2014 Scholastic Press
HC $18.99
48 pgs.
Goodreads rating: 4.08
My rating: 4
My comments: I've always known of Ralph Waldo Emerson - I knew he was a philosophical writer linked to Thoreau and Concord, Massachusetts. This picture book biography, like somany I've read in the last few years, illuminates the man as a person - husband, father, friend; then thinker and and writer. The book is filled with his quotes - they are actually much of the text - and best of all is a list of writing ideas after the excellent Author's Note at the back of the book entitled "Build a World of Your Own."
A few suggestions:
List 5 things you love to do
List 3 things you'd like to learn more about
Think about your favorie room - what do you like about it?
Write down 5 favorite spots in your city
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
A few suggestions:
List 5 things you love to do
List 3 things you'd like to learn more about
Think about your favorie room - what do you like about it?
Write down 5 favorite spots in your city
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
Goodreads: From the award-winning creators of THOSE REBELS, JOHN & TOM, a joyful portrait of an American icon and an inspiring blueprint for how to live your life.
"All life is an experiment.
The more
experiments you make
the better."
Before Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great writer, he was a city boy who longed for the broad, open fields and deep, still woods of the country, and then a young man who treasured books, ideas, and people. When he grew up and set out in the world, he wondered, could he build a life around these things he loved?
This moving biography--presented with Barbara Kerley and Edwin Fotheringham's inimitable grace and style--illustrates the rewards of a life well-lived, one built around personal passions: creativity and community, nature and friendship.
May it inspire you to experiment and build the life you dream of living.
"All life is an experiment.
The more
experiments you make
the better."
Before Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great writer, he was a city boy who longed for the broad, open fields and deep, still woods of the country, and then a young man who treasured books, ideas, and people. When he grew up and set out in the world, he wondered, could he build a life around these things he loved?
This moving biography--presented with Barbara Kerley and Edwin Fotheringham's inimitable grace and style--illustrates the rewards of a life well-lived, one built around personal passions: creativity and community, nature and friendship.
May it inspire you to experiment and build the life you dream of living.
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