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1: A fine survey of the poet's inner world comes to life
In a yellow house in Massachusetts lives a woman who hasn't left the house and grounds in nearly twenty years. She hides from strangers - and only a young girl who lives across the street has been able to befriend her. Her name? Emily Dickinson... a fine survey of the poet's inner world comes to life in a lovely picturebook form is supplemented by fine color pictures by Barbara Cooney.
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2: Hauntingly Beautiful
I knew nothing about this book when I picked it up for my children. At first reading, I was concerned that it was a ghost story, which might be a little too scary for my three year old. I was delightfully surprised that it is more of a mystery, with a little girl (the narrator) discovering Emily Dickinson in the house across the street. Barbara Cooney's slightly primitive paintings are a wonderful accompaniament to Michael Bedard's text. But it is Emily's own poetry which is the climax of the book. This book would be an excellent accompaniament to any young person's study of Emily Dickinson's poetry.
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3: Prose that will change the way a child hears
The beauty's in the telling, and even more in the not-telling: "The road was full of mud and mirrors..." Thanks, Michael Bedard, for not talking down to children, and for an explanation of poetry that any child or adult would be better for hearing. Gorgeous prose without the overblown cloying sentiment of so many children's books.
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4: Emily
In this story this little girl is curious about her neighbor and this letter her mother recieved. He say footprints coming from her neighbors house to her door. This neighbor hasn't left her house in 20 years. This lady is Emily. Later in the story they decide to go visit her. They went to play music for her. Emily just wanted spring that is why she asked them to play her music n the letter. The little girl keeps thinking about the mystery of Emily when spring has come. This Emily is Emily Dickinson and she is shut in the house for so long because she is writing poetry. She has the little girls mother come to play music becase it inspires her. This is a very good story and might even be true story. I enjoyed it.
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5: An ok mystery book to read
The book "Emily" was an ok book for me because I'm just not into mystery books but you other kids may like it. Its about a myth that a person is living in a yellow house and has never came out for 20 years. This little girl, Emily, has always wanted to go there and give the person some bulbs that grow into lillies in the spring. Will she do it? Who knows? You need to read the book to find out what happens next.
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