Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
Author:
Linda Glaser
Illustrator:
Claire A. Nivola
Publication:
2010 by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Genre:
Biography, Non-fiction, Picture Books
Pages:
32
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Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses
Yearning to breathe free...Who wrote these words? And why?
In 1883, Emma Lazarus, in writing what she cared about, gave a very urgent, human message to a cold, colossal statue. Her small sonnet would—with time and the help of a friend, a composer, ant the voices of schoolchildren across the country—shape the hearts and minds of a whole nation. It would forever declare that the Statue of Liberty and her torch stand as a welcome to immigrants and that the United States of America is a country that cares about those who come to our shores.
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Linda Glaser
AmericanLinda Glaser first visited the Statue of Liberty as a child growing up in New York. The huge statue had welcomed her own immigrant grandparents&mdas... See more
Claire A. Nivola
1947 -American
Claire A. Nivola works as a sculptor and as a painter and has illustrated several children's books, among them Elisabeth, which she wrote as well as... See more
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