Our February author is Cynthia Rylant.  You will probably recognize some of the characters she has created.  Poppleton, Henry and Mudge, and Mr. Putter and Tabby are popular with second graders and are at an appropriate level.  Cynthia Rylant has written over 100 books for children.  She was honored with a Newbery Medal for Missing May, a story of love and coping with the death of a loved one.  A Fine White Dust was also a Newbery Honor Book.

You can learn about Cynthia Rylant by watching a video about her on Brain Pop Jr. You will need to log in with the username: brelem and password: spartans.    https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/authors/cynthiarylant/  Click on “Reading and Writing” and then select “Authors.”