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A review by amynbell
A Home for Mr. Emerson by Barbara Kerley
3.0
I wanted to like this children's picture book so much. After all, Emerson is one of my favorite writers. But it really doesn't do much as a children's book. The story line is too wordy to be interesting, there aren't enough good quotes, and the most interesting bits about Emerson are in the end notes instead of the story itself. Why is the focus on Emerson as an old man and his house being burned down? I'd have preferred something that would make my heart swell with my love of the author rather than a story that made me feel sorry for an old man who liked his house and his books.
I remembered to tell my daughter that this book is a story about a real person immediately after the page where Emerson is being carried over the ocean to Europe by birds. Oops. She took the birds literally for a second. I didn't even notice because I knew that it was meant figuratively.
The pictures in this book are beautiful, and the book is worth reading to your child if you're a lover of Emerson. But don't expect it to endear your child to the man. You'll need to follow it up with your own introduction to Emerson if you'd like to do that.
I remembered to tell my daughter that this book is a story about a real person immediately after the page where Emerson is being carried over the ocean to Europe by birds. Oops. She took the birds literally for a second. I didn't even notice because I knew that it was meant figuratively.
The pictures in this book are beautiful, and the book is worth reading to your child if you're a lover of Emerson. But don't expect it to endear your child to the man. You'll need to follow it up with your own introduction to Emerson if you'd like to do that.