Emily Dickinson's Letters to the World
Publication Information
Author:  Winter, Jeanette	Illustrator:  Winter, Jeanette
Title:  Emily Dickinson's Letters to the World	Date:  2002
Publisher:  Frances Foster Books	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-374-32147-7	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry, biography and autobiography
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading
Summary:
This introduction to Emily Dickinson's best-known poems also contains biographical information in a fictional narration by her sister Lavinia.
Teaching Ideas:
Read the poems aloud. Since they are short, the poems invite close study of the figurative language, rhythm, rhyme, and structure. Learners may want to use a favorite poem as a model for writing their own poems. Cooney's Emily provides similar information for beginning readers. Interested students may want to search the Internet for more bigraphical information and pictures at guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/dickinson.htm.
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