Her picture books reflect her childhood in West Virginia, where she had hot biscuits for breakfast and squirrel for dinner. She didn't read children's books until she worked in a library after college. Her first book came out in 1982 when she was 28 and became a Caldecott Honor Book. It is a warm recollection of growing up in Appalachia, "When I Was Young in the Mountains," by Cynthia Rylant.
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