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

$7.99

Author: Linda Glaser
Series: Biographical, Picture Book Bios
Genres: Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Rhyming & Verse
Tags: Ages 3-5, Ages 5-8
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Publication Year: 2013
ASIN: 0544105087
ISBN: 0544105087

"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 strug...

About the Book

“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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