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Title: The Mouse of Amherst by Elizabeth Spires, Claire A. Nivola (Illustrator) ISBN: 0-374-35083-3 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Pub. Date: 26 March, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.89 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Mouse and "the Myth".....
Comment: "I am a mouse, a white mouse. My name is Emmaline. Before I met Emily, the great poet of Amherst, I was nothing more than a crumb gatherer, a cheese nibbler, a mouse-of-little-purpose. There was an emptiness in my life that nothing seemed to fill. All that changed the day I moved into the Dickinson residence on Main Street..." Emmaline moves into the simple, quiet, sunny upstairs bedroom, and begins her new life in the wainscoting of Emily's room. She observes the Dickinson family, and is most fascinated by her new roommate, Emily. "She always wore white. She seemed to be everywhere and nowhere at once, fluttering through the house like a ghost, stirring up a batch of gingerbread in the kitchen, or walking in the garden, lost in reverie..." Emily is always sitting at her little desk in deep concentration, writing and scribbling on small scraps of paper, and this intrigues the little mouse. When a small scrap finally lands on the floor near Emmaline's door, she snatches it up and begins reading. "Imagine my surprise when I realized I was holding a poem! The words spoke to me. These were my feelings exactly, but ones I had always kept hidden for fear the world would think me a sentimental fool..." Emmaline turns the paper over and words begin to pour out of her; a poem of her own. Then she returns the scrap with her new poem on the back to Emily's desk. That night while Emmaline slept, Emily read her poem and wrote back, slipping the note paper under her little mouse door. "I'm Nobody! Who are you?/Are you-Nobody-too/Then there's a pair of us!/Don't tell! they'd banish us-you know!..." And that, as they say, was the beginning of a beautiful friendship..... Elizabeth Spires has written an engaging, gentle, and evocative introduction to the great poet, Emily Dickinson. Her charming and creative story, told often in poems passed back and forth between mouse and Myth, is sometimes poignant, often humorous, and always enlightening. Claire Nivola's black and white sketches complement the text beautifully, and together word and art paint a lovely portrait of the elusive and reclusive Dickinson and her genius, with great insight. Perfect for youngsters 9-12, The Mouse Of Amherst makes an even better read aloud book the entire family can share, and includes an Author's note about Emily Dickinson's life and her poetry to augment and enhance the story and open interesting discussions. This sweet little treasure is sure to whet the appetite of both young and old, and send kids out looking for more. It works well as a companion book to Jeanette Winter's Emily Dickinson's Letters To The World, and Michael Bedard's Emily.
Rating: 5
Summary: An engaging tale
Comment: Emmaline is a mouse who lives in a house in Emily Dickinson's room. They become friends very quickly and write poems together.
This was an excellent book, and I recommend it to everyone.
Rating: 5
Summary: An engaging and memorable tale
Comment: Emmaline is a mouse who lives behind the wainscoting of Emily Dickinson's bedroom and is a small, but courageous writer. The Mouse Of Amherst is a unique and effective little story for young children that aptly introduces wonderful poetry woven into the warm and superbly crafted story. Illustrations by Claire A. Nivola are perfect augmentations to Elizabeth Spires's engaging and memorable tale.
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Title: Emily Dickinson's Letters to the World by Jeanette Winter ISBN: 0374321477 Publisher: Frances Foster Books Pub. Date: 19 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Emily by Michael Bedard, Barbara Cooney ISBN: 0385306970 Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 01 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Now the Green Blade Rises: Poems by Elizabeth Spires ISBN: 0393051463 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The World of Emily Dickinson by Polly Longsworth ISBN: 0393316564 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Love to Langston by Tony Medina, R. Gregory Christie, Gregory Christie ISBN: 1584300418 Publisher: Lee & Low Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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