Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Kerley, Barbara ; Fotheringham, Edwin |
| Publisher: | Scholastic Press |
| Date: | 02/25/2014 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
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.Tis the good reader that makes the good book – Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Parents’ Choice Gold Award WinnerAn NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book* Exuberant. — Publishers Weekly, starred review From the award-winning creators of What to Do About Alice?, comes a joyful portrait of an American icon and an inspiring blueprint for how to live your 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 Kerley and Fotheringham’s inimitable grace and style–illustrates the rewards of a life well-lived, one built around personal passions: creativity and community, nature and it inspire you to experiment and build the life you dream of living.
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