Emily's Runaway Imagination

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EMILY'S RUNAWAY IMAGINATION
by Beverly Cleary Illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush
"Emily," Mama often says, "I think your imagination is running away with you again."
Emily Bartlett's imagination isn't really so wild. It's just that adventure is pretty scarce in the little farm-town of Pitchfork, Oregon, in the 1920s. Besides, Emily's ideas always seem sensible at first. Why not use Clorox bleach to transform Dad's old plow horse into a snow-white steer? And what's wrong with feeding rotten apples to the pigs—after all, isn't it important not to waste good food?
But at least one of Emily's many schemes has a happy ending. That's her idea to start a library in Pitchfork. It's a big project the perfect challenge for a girl with a runaway imagination!
"Emily's adventures make the book as freshly funny as Henry Huggins."
—Association of Children's Librarians
"Emily is vividly real The relationships and attitudes of the small town are described with a gentle affection."... Tovább

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EMILY'S RUNAWAY IMAGINATION
by Beverly Cleary Illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush
"Emily," Mama often says, "I think your imagination is running away with you again."
Emily Bartlett's imagination isn't really so wild. It's just that adventure is pretty scarce in the little farm-town of Pitchfork, Oregon, in the 1920s. Besides, Emily's ideas always seem sensible at first. Why not use Clorox bleach to transform Dad's old plow horse into a snow-white steer? And what's wrong with feeding rotten apples to the pigs—after all, isn't it important not to waste good food?
But at least one of Emily's many schemes has a happy ending. That's her idea to start a library in Pitchfork. It's a big project the perfect challenge for a girl with a runaway imagination!
"Emily's adventures make the book as freshly funny as Henry Huggins."
—Association of Children's Librarians
"Emily is vividly real The relationships and attitudes of the small town are described with a gentle affection."
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
BEVERLY CLEARY, who grew up in Portland, Oregon, is a winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for "books which have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children." Among Mrs. Cleary's many books are Henry Huggins, Ellen Tebbits, Beezus and Ramona, Ramona and Her Father, Henry and the Clubhouse, Henry and the Paper Route, Henry and Ribsy, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Otis Spofford, Mitch and Amy, and Socks, all available in Yearling editions. Mrs. Cleary currently lives in California with her husband. Vissza