Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive pen of Cynthia Rylant. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes -- when an animal causes a human being to see things in a different way, and, perhaps, changes his life.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Story time:
This book is best for 4th graders and up. The stories are good to use for inferencing and questioning strategies. The length of the stories are perfect for those brief times when I need a meaningful filler activity in my classroom. Good stories to enjoy before bedtime or as class read alouds.
Valuable Teaching Tool:
This book is filled with short stories about animals. As a teacher, I am always looking for interesting stories for my students. These stories will capture the interest of my students while I use them as a fabulous teaching tool.
Living Lessons! Student from North Bay, NY:
Every Living Thing, by Cynthia Rylant, is a wonderful read for any middle school student. This book is full of many short stories, each story taught me a great deal of respect and responsibility, which added to my maturity. This book includes 12 stories. The 1st story is called "Slower Than The Rest." In this story a boy wins an award for the first time ever! The 2nd story is called "Retired." Retired is about a retired 4th grade teacher who becomes very mean and cruel and does not like kids after a couple... more info
Touching stories about people and animals:
"Every Living Thing," by Cynthia Rylant, is a collection of 12 short stories. Although different characters appear in each tale, the collection as a whole is unified by style and by theme. Each story deals with an encounter or ongoing relationship between a human being and one or more non-human animals. Since the book is only 81 pages long, each tale is quite brief.
This is a gentle, moving book. Rylant has a gift for capturing resonant details. She also writes with great compassion for both her human and... more info
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