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WHEN YOUNG MELISSA SWEEPS
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Written by
Nancy Byrd Turner
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Illustrated by
Debrah Santini
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Hardcover: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-157-9
Total Pages: 30
Size: 9-1/2x 8-1/2
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Picture Books, ages 4-8/Fiction
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Nancy Byrd Turner was born in 1880. She published a number of poems,
novels, and song lyrics for children during her lifetime. She also
served on the editorial staff of Youth Companion, Atlantic Monthly, and The Independent Magazine. She died in 1971.
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Debrah Santini has illustrated a number of children’s books. She holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a faculty member of the art and is a faculty member of the art department at West Georgia College.
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WHEN YOUNG MELISSA sweeps, her broom becomes her dancing partner, and together they turn a common chore into an adventure. Amidst a series of jigs and reels, a waltz, and the Highland fling, even the two cats get swept away by Melissa's boundless energy and imagination.
A poem penned by Nancy Byrd Turner and originally published in an anthology entitled Magpie Lane in 1927, When Young Melissa Sweeps comes to life with illustrator Debrah Santini's graceful and fluid artwork, capturing young Melissa's movement across the page as well as her unflinching optimism.
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Reviews
"...this exuberant poem captures the enthusiasm and imagination children can bring to the most ordinary task.... Santini's watercolors dance across the page as well, giving Melissa a down-to-earth, real girl look, comical (with bare feet and flying ponytail) but also graceful in every line. A pair of comical cats add to the fun of this light, winsome picture book." Booklist
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