This is a lovely little book, easy to read, though you may want to re-read part or all of it once you’re finished! Ludie is good company – a little cranky, very honest, and grateful for her life and its blessings. As always, Rylant is deeply sympathetic to her main character and in fact dedicates the book to “all the Ludies who raised me.” In simple blank verse Rylant tells the story of Ludie’s life, from her childhood in Alabama to her marriage at fifteen, the births of her six children and the chores and challenges of daily life in the mountains. But did you know she also writes poetry for adults? “Ludie’s Life” is a beautiful example of Rylant’s gentle style, including the hardships and the joys of life in coal camps and coal towns. She has won a Newbery award and continues to publish picture books, children’s fiction and early readers. /rebates/2fbook2f4065461272fLudie-s-Life&. A powerful read for young and old alike.Beloved children’s author Cynthia Rylant has always used her own life and upbringing in Appalachia as a resource for her work. Cynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collection of poems. “A collection of Zen-like moments of self-discovery and serenity . . . “A brilliant contribution to the growing collection of Appalachian literature that tells the story as honestly and purely as life in the mountains has always been and always will be.” - Teenreads What makes Ludie extraordinary is her lifenot as it is shaped by popular success, but as it is lived. In luminous moments told in lovely language, the poems of the Newbery.
In luminous moments told in lovely language, the poems of the Newbery Medalwinning. Affordable digital textbook from RedShelf: Ludies Life by: Cynthia Rylant. This is the story of one woman’s experiences in a hardscrabble coal-mining town, a story that brims with universal themes about life, love, and family-and all of the joy, laughter, heartache, and loss that accompany them. Read Ludies Life by Cynthia Rylant available from Rakuten Kobo. In a heartbreaking narrative that flows like a novel, we follow Ludie from childhood to falling in love and getting married, through the birth of her own children, and on into old age. In “luminous moments told in lovely language,” the poems of the Newbery Medal–winning author of Boris bring a rural woman to vivid life ( School Library Journal).Ĭynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collection of poems.
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