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A Home for Mr. Emerson

A Home for Mr. Emerson Hardcover - 2014

by Barbara Kerley

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Scholastic, Incorporated, 2014. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title A Home for Mr. Emerson
  • Author Barbara Kerley
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scholastic, Incorporated
  • Date 2014
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0545350883I3N10
  • ISBN 9780545350884 / 0545350883
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 12 x 8.8 x 0.6 in (30.48 x 22.35 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 830
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 19th century, Emerson, Ralph Waldo
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013007482
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2014, Page 52
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 03/01/2014, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2013, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/02/2013, Page 0
  • PW Children's Starred Reviews, 12/01/2014, Page 54
  • School Library Journal, 02/01/2014, Page 120
  • Shelf Awareness, 03/07/2014, Page 0

About the author

Edwin Fotheringham's stylish, award-winning illustrations have graced the pages of The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and many other publications. He has illustrated numerous highly acclaimed nonfiction picture books, such as Barbara Kerley's What to Do About Alice?, a Sibert Honor Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book; The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy), a New York Public Library Best Children's Book; Those Rebels, John & Tom, an NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book; and A Home for Mr. Emerson, a NAPPA Gold Award winner; as well as younger fiction picture books, such as Pam Muoz Ryan's Tony Baloney and the eponymous beginning reader series, Jennifer Hamburg's Monkey and Duck Quack Up!, a spring 2015 Indie Favorite, and Andria Rosenbaum's Big Sister, Little Monster. Ed lives in Seattle, Washington. Visit him online at edfotheringham.com.
Barbara Kerley is a two-time Sibert Honoree and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honoree whose award-winning biographies include What to Do About Alice?, The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy), Those Rebels, John & Tom, and A Home for Mr. Emerson, all illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham; Tigers & Tea with Toppy, illustrated by Matte Stephens; and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins and Walt Whitman: Words for America, illustrated by Brian Selznick. Kerley's books have all been praised for their lively prose, meticulous research, and artistic presentation style. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at barbarakerley.com.

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