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Clarion Books, 2013-10-09

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

Linda Glaser, Author

Claire A Nivola, Illustrator

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9780544105089

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A picture book biography that shows how one poet's voice forever changed the way we view perhaps the most symbolic piece of art in America: the Statue of Liberty

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Keywords and Themes: Art • Biography & Autobiography • Cultural & Regional • Diversity & Multicultural • Exploration & Discovery • Family • General • General (see also headings under Social Topics) • Girls & Women • History • Holidays & Celebrations • JNF006040 • JNF007010 • JNF007050 • JNF007070 • JNF007120 • JNF019000 • JNF023000 • JNF025080 • JNF025200 • JNF026090 • JNF038100 • JNF042000 • JNF049110 • JNF052040 • JNF061000 • JNF069000 • Judaism • Juvenile Nonfiction • Other • Places • Poetry • Political • Religion • Religious • Social Science • Sociology • Technology • United States • United States - 19th Century • Women

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 32

Subjects • Jews • Biography • Poets • American • Reformers • Women social reformers • Picture books • Statue of Liberty (New York • N.Y.) • 19th century • New York (State) • New York • Lazarus • Emma • Juvenile works

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Art • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural & Regional • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Political • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Other, Religious • Juvenile Nonfiction | Religion | Judaism • Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Sociology • Juvenile Nonfiction | Places | United States • Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women • Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Topics) • Juvenile Nonfiction | Diversity & Multicultural • Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | History • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women

A celebration of our nation's melting pot, this beautifully illustrated origin story of the Statue of Liberty honors a poet who has advocated for the voiceless.

"Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free . . . " In 1883, Emma Lazarus, deeply moved by an influx of immigrants from eastern Europe, wrote a sonnet that gave a voice to the Statue of Liberty. Originally a gift from France to celebrate our shared national struggles for liberty, the statue, thanks to Emma's poem, came to define us as a nation that welcomes immigrants. The text of that now famous poem, "The New Colossus," appears in this free-verse biography, illustrated in an exquisite folk art style. The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Poetry)

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