A young girl in Amherst, Massachusetts, wonders about the reclusive woman wholives across the street in a yellow house surrounded by a tall hedge. One dayher mother goes there to play piano, and the girl comes face to face with oneof the country's greatest poets--Emily Dickinson.
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9780440417408
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Authors:Bedard, Michael|Cooney, Barbara
Copyright:2002
Format:Paperback
GTIN13:9780440417408
ISBN10:0440417406
Page Count:40
Dimensions:9.9x0.2x8.8
Publisher:Dragonfly Books
Jacket Notes:A young girl who lives across the street from the reclusive Emily Dickinson gets her chance to meet the poet when her mother is invited to play the piano for Emily. The girl sneaks up to Emily's room and exchanges a small gift for an authentic poem, which is included in the book.
"From the Hardcover edition.
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From Michael Bedard and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Barbara Cooney comes a storyabout American poet Emily Dickinson and the young girl who befriends her.
What if your neighbor were the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson? And what if one day she sent a letter inviting your mother to pay her a visit? A little girl who lives across the street from the mysterious Emily gets a chance to meet the poet when her mother goes to play the piano for her. There, the girl sneaks a gift up to Emily, who listens from the landing, and in return, Emily gives the girl a precious gift of her own--the gift of poetry.