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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
picture book
Copyright Year
1993-01-01
Page Count
24
Publisher
Puffin Books
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
978-0140548754
Themes
family
memory
nature
community

When I Was Young in the Mountains

Written by Cynthia Rylant and Illustrated by Diane Goode

Caldecott Honor Book!

"An evocative remembrance of the simple pleasures in country living; splashing in the swimming hole, taking baths in the kitchen, sharing family times, each is eloquently portrayed here in both the misty-hued scenes and in the poetic text."
-Association for Childhood Education International

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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
picture book
Copyright Year
1993-01-01
Page Count
24
Publisher
Puffin Books
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
978-0140548754
Themes
family
memory
nature
community
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