Emily / by Michael Bedard ; pictures by Barbara Cooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bedard, Michael

Contributor:

Cooney, Barbara, 1917-2000, illustrator.

Braswell, Lynn, typographer.

Delacorte Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Juvenile fiction.

Dickinson, Emily.

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.

Neighborliness--Juvenile fiction.

Neighborliness.

Friendship--Juvenile fiction.

Friendship.

Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.

Mothers and daughters.

Sisters--Juvenile fiction.

Sisters.

Gifts--Juvenile fiction.

Gifts.

Flowers--Juvenile fiction.

Flowers.

American poetry--Women authors--19th century--Juvenile fiction.

American poetry.

Winter--Juvenile fiction.

Winter.

Spring--Juvenile fiction.

Spring.

American poetry--Women authors.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Capps, Jack L. (donor) (Capps Dickinson Collection copy)

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Delacorte Press, 1992.

Summary:

When a mother and child pay a visit to their reclusive neighbor Emily, who stays in her house writing poems, there is an exchange of special gifts.

Notes:

Includes an afterword about Emily Dickinson (p. [35]).

"The illustrations for this book were painted on China silk mounted on illustration board and covered in two coats of gesso. Liquitex acrylic paints, prismacolor, and Derwent colored pencils and pastels were used. The book is set in 16-point ITC Goudy Old Style. The typography is by Lynn Braswell"--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Capps Dickinson Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2006 by Brigadier General Jack L. Capps.

Capps Dickinson Collection copy has dustjacket.

Other Format:

Online version: Bedard, Michael, 1949- Emily.

ISBN:

0385306970

9780385306973

OCLC:

24846841

Online:

Publisher description