Emma Kate

By Patricia Polacco

Book Overview

That adorable Emma Kate has an imaginary friend. They walk to school together every morning and sit together in class. They sleep over at each other's houses and do their homework side by side. They even have their tonsils out and eat gallons of pink ice cream together. But a hilarious twist will have readers realizing there's more to this imaginary friend than meets the eye!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142411965
• ISBN13: 9780142411964
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.3" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

A delightful read-aloud book

I am a reading specialist and I shared this book with several classes. They loved it! It is a sweet, fun book.

How sweet !!!

When I saw this book title I just had to have it for my Granddaughter. Her name is Emma Kate and she is now 6 months old so I guess grandma will enjoy reading it to her until she is old enough to enjoy it herself. And...I loved the ending !

The Sweetest Book I know!

My five year old daughter loves elephants, so when we saw this book, we thought we'd give it a try. We both fell in love with the friendship described in this book; the yearning of wanting one's fantasies to come true. The surprise ending gave us both goosebumps. Although we have tons of books, we love to snuggle up at night to read this book, "...and dream of Emma Kate."

DELIGHTFUL BOOK

Here we get wonderful story telling from a true master of the genre. The art work is fantastic and the reader's imganination is stimulated on each and ever page Children will love this work (and I am including sixty four plus year old children also) and this is a work you will certainly want to read for your child, and if building a library for your your child, this is one you will want to add. Highly recommend this one. Don Blankenship

A NEW TWIST ON FRIENDSHIP DELIGHTFULLY ILLUSTRATED

Children will easily relate to this story of friendship and how much it means to have a really good pal - a best friend, if you will. Polacco's pencil drawings and bright watercolors create an excellent contrast in her attractive illustrations. Four to eight year old youngsters will probably nod wisely as they hear about all the things Emma Kate and her best friend do together - walking to school together, eating lunch together, and riding their bikes after school. They even develop tonsillitis together! The surprise in this togetherness comes at the story's conclusion when Polacco introduces a new twist on friendship. One more engaging story from the superb Polacco who says that she modeled the elephant in this story on the character in a favorite book she read as a little girl - "Horton Hatches the Egg" by Dr. Seuss. - Gail Cooke