| Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story Contributor(s): Rylant, Cynthia (Author), Soentpiet, Chris K. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 053130051X ISBN-13: 9780531300510 Publisher: Scholastic Inc. OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: In Appalachia each Christmas, a boy named Frankie waits beside the tracks for the Christmas Train, which will bring presents to the children who live in coal towns and hollows. Year after year, Frankie hopes that one particular gift a very special gift will be tossed to him from that train. It is this enduring hope that will guide him to the true meaning of the season. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Christmas & Advent - Juvenile Fiction | Biographical - United States - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 96053876 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9" W x 10.3" (0.85 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Holiday - Christmas |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 31561 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Appalachia each Christmas, a boy named Frankie waits beside the tracks for the Christmas Train, which will bring presents to the children who live in coal towns and hollows. Year after year, Frankie hopes that one particular gift -- one very special gift -- will be tossed to him from that train. And it is this enduring hope that will guide him to the true meaning of the season. Cynthia Rylant's story about expectation and the transforming power of kindness first appeared in her acclaimed collection Children of Christmas. Now gloriously illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet with watercolor paintings of glistening trains and snow-covered hills, it shines all the more brightly. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rylant, Cynthia: - CYNTHIA RYLANT is the acclaimed author of many beloved books for young people, including the Mr. Putter & Tabby series, the novel Missing May, which received the Newbery Medal, and the Little Whistle series. She lives on an island in Puget Sound, Washington. ARTHUR HOWARD is best known as the illustrator of Cynthia Rylant's Mr. Putter & Tabby series. He is also the illustrator of Kathi Appelt's Bubba and Beau series and has written and illustrated three picture books of his own: Hoodwinked; When I Was Five, an ABA's Pick of the Lists and a Crayola Kids Best Book; and Cosmo Zooms, an IRA-CBC Children's Choice. He lives in New York City. |