Michael Bedard was born and raised in Toronto, where he
still lives. His novels include Stained Glass, A Darker
Magic, Painted Devil, and Redwork, which received the
Governor General’s Literary Award and the Canadian Library
Association’s Book of the Year Award for Children. He has also
written several acclaimed picture books, including The Clay
Ladies, which received the Toronto IODE Book Award, and Emily, a
story about Emily Dickinson, illustrated by Barbara Cooney.
Barbara Cooney traveled the world, lived in a house by
the sea in Maine, and made the world more beautiful through
her art. She was a two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Chanticleer
and the Fox in 1959 and Ox-Cart Man in 1980. Her beloved
book Miss Rumphius was the winner of the American Book
Award in 1982. Barbara Cooney died in 2000 at the age of
eighty-two.
“This fictionalized encounter . . . is, like a Dickinson sonnet, a
quiet gem: unassuming upon first glance, it is in fact deeply
lustrous, with new facets becoming apparent the longer one
looks..”—Publishers Weekly
“In this imaginative and unusual picture book . . . the language of
the text is lyrical . . . The illustrations convey a sense of place
and time long ago, from drawing rooms to clothing. This is a
picture book to read aloud and share…[Readers] will find that
Bedard's charming story demystifies the person and offers some
understanding of her odd behavior.”—School Library Journal
"Two time Caldecott award winning illustrator Barbara Cooney's
richly detailed oil paintings enhance the moving story of
Dickinson's extraordinary private life.”—Children’s Literature
Gr 3-5-- A young girl whose family has just moved into the neighborhood describes her first encounter with the inhabitant of the yellow house across the road. Called ``the Myth'' by some, deemed crazy by others, she is, in fact, the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson. An air of mystery surrounds the woman as the child overhears her parents discussing their neighbor. When the girl's mother is invited to the yellow house to play the piano, curiosity deepens. The first meeting and special gifts exchanged between the girl and the poet are described in this imaginative and unusual picture book. In keeping with a story about a poet, the language of the text is lyrical. The effect, however, is to make the young narrator seem much older than Cooney's wonderful oil paintings suggest. The illustrations convey a sense of place and time long ago, from drawing rooms to clothing. This is a picture book to read aloud and share with older children, both because of the sophisticated language and the nature of the story. For what are youngsters who have never heard of Emily Dickinson to make of her eccentricities? Those who are beginning to encounter her poetry will find that Bedard's charming story demystifies the person and offers some understanding of her odd behavior. --Linda Greengrass, Bank Street College Library, NY
"This fictionalized encounter . . . is, like a Dickinson sonnet, a
quiet gem: unassuming upon first glance, it is in fact deeply
lustrous, with new facets becoming apparent the longer one
looks.."-Publishers Weekly
"In this imaginative and unusual picture book . . . the language of
the text is lyrical . . . The illustrations convey a sense of place
and time long ago, from drawing rooms to clothing. This is a
picture book to read aloud and share...[Readers] will find that
Bedard's charming story demystifies the person and offers some
understanding of her odd behavior."-School Library
Journal
"Two time Caldecott award winning illustrator Barbara
Cooney's richly detailed oil paintings enhance the moving story of
Dickinson's extraordinary private life."-Children's
Literature
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