Young Mountains
Young Mountains
DIANE GOODE has illustrated over 60 beloved and critically acclaimed picture books, including the NY Times Best Sellers FOUNDING MOTHERS and the Caldecott Honor Book, WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS. dianegoode.com . From the critics: Kirkus (*starred review): "Goode's illustrations are often breathtaking." For twenty years, Cynthia Rylant's story of childhood in the Appalachian Mountains has been an enduring favorite. Growing up in the mountains is depicted with a spare, lyrical text and beautiful, tender illustrations by Diane Goode. The book was awarded a Caldecott Honor Medal. To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, When I Was Young in the.
YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS, Denver, Colorado. 2,639 likes · 142 talking about this. FINE INLAY JEWELRY using 100% RECYCLED gold & silver, CONFLICT FREE. When I Was Young in the Mountains is a 1982 children's book by Cynthia Rylant. The book, which Rylant later said took her but an hour to complete, earned an American Book Award in 1982 and Diane Goode 's illustrations won it a Caldecott Honor for children's literature. [1] Plot Summary Young Mountains
Young mountains, created several dozen million years ago, have steep slopes and high-pointed peaks. The youngest mountains, also the highest in the world, are within the Himalayas massif in Asia. Old mountains, in contrast, have rounded peaks and slopes made gentler by hundreds of millions of years of erosion. The theme of the book is contentment: "When I was young in the mountains. . . I never wanted to go anywhere else in the world, for I was in the mountains. And that was always enough." I used the Content card from We Choose Virtues to help me teach this lesson. We practiced having our "wanter" under control and tried to go the whole week without.