TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glaser, Linda
TI  - Emma's Poem: the voice of the statue of Liberty 
U1  - 811.4 GLA-L 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Houghton Mifflin Books
KW  - Young Learners
KW  - Poets, American
KW  - Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - Women social reformers
KW  - New York (State)--New York
KW  - Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887
KW  - Jews
N1  - A celebration of our nation's melting pot, this beautifully illustrated origin story of the Statue of Liberty honors a poet who has advocated for the voiceless.

"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)
ER  -