Every Living Thing Author:Cynthia Rylant, S. D. Schindler (Illustrator) Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive pen of Cynthia Rylant. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes -- when an animal causes a human being to see things in a different way, and, perhaps, changes his life. — Stories include: Slower Than the Rest, Retired, Boar Out There, Papa&... more »#39;s Parrot, A Pet, Spaghetti, Drying Out, Stray, Planting Things, A Bad Road for Cats, Safe, and Shells. « less