Emily goes to Market
Books / Hardcover
Books › Juvenile Nonfiction › Activity Books
ISBN: 0224064622 / Publisher: Jonathan Cape, January 2004
Emily's journey to market - which one would expect to be an everyday affair - becomes a magical adventure. She is accompanied by a butterfly, kittens and birds but most important is the delivery boy who saves the day when Miss Tulliver cannot be found.
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A wonderfully lyrical text is combined with soft and warm illustrations.Emily and her Grandma are working hard on making a new patchwork counterpane for Emily’s bed. Patches of red, green, gold and several sorts of blue combine to make the beautiful quilt.But then Grandma discovers that she does not have quite enough patches to finish, so she sends Emily out to the market to buy some more material from Miss Tulliver’s stall. Emily sets off, down the garden path, on an everyday errand that is transformed into a magical adventure.
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