Rylant, C.
(1982). When I was young in the mountains.
New York: E.P. Dutton
Have you
ever dreamed of living during a simpler time? Where daily life is not ruled by
technology? In When I was Young in the
Mountains, the narrator tells of the many ways she stayed busy living with
her brother and grandparents high in the mountains of coal mining country. She tells of jumping in the swimming hole,
regardless of the presence of snakes, visiting old Mr. Crawford’s shop,
participating in church activities, and sitting out under the stars. She says
as long as she was in the mountains she never had the desire to visit the
ocean, desert, or anywhere else in the world. This story tells of how adventure
can be discovered anywhere, even amongst the elderly in a place of peace and
quiet.
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