My Uncle Emily
This six-year-old has an uncle like no other! His uncle wears long white dresses and never smokes cigars. Gilbert's uncle is none other than Emily Dickinson...Uncle Emily he calls her. And how he loves her. He knows that she writes poems about everything, even dead bees.
But it's a poem about truth that, after a fracas in school, he remembers best. Tell all the Truth, the poem begins. And, in finally admitting what went on that day, he learns something firsthand about her poetry, something about her, and a good deal about the importance of telling the truth, no matter how difficult it might be.
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"This picture book in free verse centers around Emily Dickinson’s famous poem, 'Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant.' Yolen bases her story on true events in the life of the reclusive poet, who doted on her nephews next door in Amherst, Massachusetts, and joked that they should call her 'Uncle'...Carpenter’s clear, digitally touched pen-and-ink pictures show the classroom and playground drama, and then the warm, close family, all in period detail. After listening to the story, kids may want to hear the poem, printed in full at the back, and to talk about what it means." -- Hazel Rochman, Booklist
Product Details
| Recommended Age | 5 - 9 |
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| Author | Jane Yolen |
| Illustrator | Nancy Sippel Carpenter |
| ISBN | 0399240055 |
| Publication Date | May 14, 2009 |
| Publisher | Philomel |
| Language | English |
