Missing May Resources

Feeling close to Cynthia Rylant? You can learn more about the author and even write to her by visiting her official website.

Rylant says that when she first found out she was going to be published, the first person she told was the mailman who delivered the letter.

Publisher's Weekly calls Missing May a "study in grief." Oof—that's some heavy stuff for a children's book, don't you think?

Do you young whippersnappers even remember what an audio cassette is? Well, dust off Mom and Dad's old player, because you can still order Missing May on cassette.

Just by looking at the cover of Missing May, you'd think that it was a book about sky-gazing hobbyists.

Cynthia Rylant is a pretty outdoorsy lady. Here's the author and an unnamed dog.