Mazer, N. F. (2007). Has Anyone Seen My Emily Greene? Davenier, C. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
Genre: Picture Storybook
This is a very charming book. A father playfully looks
around the house for his energetic, dancing, giggling daughter, Emily Greene.
Having the text written as poetry adds to the playful tone of the book and the
watercolor illustrations are lively too! I enjoyed how the cat appears to be
playing along with the father and daughter.
It is very sad that Norma Fox Mazer’s daughter passed away
before she could illustrate this book but it is wonderful to see that the book
was still shared with readers and Christine Davenier was able to capture some
of the daughter’s artistic tastes.
Another little note about this author, I read
Mazer’s Babyface a million times during my childhood. It was like a
pacifier to me, lol. That book also captures a father-daughter relationship,
but the daughter is a teen and the relationship is much more complicated.
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