4 0 out of 5 stars emma s rug.
Emma s rug.
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Narrative with a bit of non fiction summary.
These are great books for children that like books based on true stories about family.
It asks the larger question what is inspiration and where does it come from.
It becomes shriveled with all the fluff gone.
It is clear as we read this text that the rug is an extension of emma.
Emma s rug is a deceptively simple child s book with a much deeper meaning.
Emma s rug is a multicultural picture book that explores the creativity of emma.
She sleeps with it by her bed.
Emma stops drawing and painting and eventually throws away her awards pencils paints brushes and the rug.
When she was born someone gave her a rug that as she grows becomes a vital part of her life.
Emma who copies her art from images she sees in her favorite fuzzy rug is sad when her mother washes the rug and damages it.
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A book for all ages.
One day emma s mother washes the rug.
Eventually sitting in her now empty room emma begins to see things in the wall and then in the trees outside that she knew from before.
She later realizes that her creativity does not come from her rug but from inside her.
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She cuddles with it.