Jane Yolen’s Emily Writes is an imagined and evocative picture book account of Emily Dickinsons childhood poetic beginnings, featuring illustrations by Christine Davenier.

As a young girl, Emily Dickinson loved to scribble curlicues and circles, imagine new rhymes, and connect with the natural world around her. The sounds, sights, and smells of home swirled through her mind, and Emily began to explore writing and rhyming her thoughts and impressions. She thinks about the real and the unreal. Perhaps poems are the in-between.

This thoughtful spotlight on Emilys early experimentations with poetry offers a unique window into one of the worlds most famous and influential poets.

Christy Ottaviano Books