Title:
Waiting to waltz ; a childhood
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poems by Cynthia Rylant ; drawings by Stephen Gammell.
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Publication Information:
Scarsdale, New York : Bradbury Press, c1984.
Physical Description:
45, [3] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780027780000
General Note:
"The text of this book is set in 12 pt. Goudy Old Style. The illustrations are pencil drawings reproduced in halftone."--colophon
Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature copy donated by Robert L. Egolf and is signed by the author.
Abstract:
A cycle of thirty poems chronicles a young girl's growing up in a small Appalachian town.
Reading Level:
NP Lexile
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Contents:
Beaver -- Wax Lips -- The brain surgeon -- General delivery -- Mr. Lafon -- Little short legs -- Holiness -- Spelling bee -- The great beyond -- Henry's Market -- The rescue -- Cassius -- Swearing -- Sam the shoe shop man -- Mad dog -- Mr. Dill -- The Kool-Kup -- Pink belly -- PTA -- Mike and Major -- Forgotten -- Band practice -- Catholics -- Steve -- Jimmy's dad -- Pet rock -- Rocky Trailer's grandmother's garage -- Saved -- Teenagers -- The world.