Emily Writes: Emily Dickinson and Her Poetic Beginnings by Jane Yolen. Illustrated by Christine
Davenier. Christy Ottavino Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
Of course, we don't really know how early Emily Dickinson began to write poems. But, Yolen has found inspiration for this picture book in Spring, 1934, where in Amherst, Massachusetts, a very young Emily might have scribbled on scraps of paper from her father's trash basket. Yolen has done her research and uses information known about Emily's life as well as words that have been used in real poems that Dickinson wrote. The result is a charming imaginative story. The softly colored illustrations add to the childlike appeal. An author's note, examples of some of Dickinson's poems, and a bibliography are at the back of the book.
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