A large dog smiles and runs outside. Smaller images of the dog in blue tones shows the dog dreaming of singing, splashing, dancing, and rolling.
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Elisha Cooper, Illustration for Emma Full of Wonders, by Elisha Cooper (Roaring Brook Press).  © 2024 Elisha Cooper.

Special Storytime: Elisha Cooper

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Free with Museum admission

“Blindsidingly moving…” 
- Shelf Awareness, starred review

Emma is a big dog with a lot of little dreams. She dreams of a cool roll in the grass, a warm spring walk, and food, of course. Every day her dreams get bigger, and bigger, until one day…

A beautiful classic-in-the-making, Caldecott Honor Winner Elisha Cooper’s Emma Full of Wonders is a heartwarming and special read that will be cherished amongst readers young and old. During this special storytime, Elisha Cooper will read Emma Full of Wonders, answer questions, and do a drawing demonstration.

Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online.

We are grateful to Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group for their sponsorship of this program.

Cover illustration of Emma Full of Wonders, showing a large dog with her tongue hanging out of her mouth, with sky, clouds, grass, and trees in the background.

Elisha Cooper, Cover illustration for Emma, Full of Wonders, by Elisha Cooper (Roaring Brook Press).  © 2024 Elisha Cooper.

Who You'll Meet
Artist Elisha Cooper

Elisha Cooper

Elisha Cooper is an author/illustrator who has received a Caldecott Honor for Big Cat, Little Cat, and his following book River won the 2020 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize. One of his earlier books, Dance!, was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year, and Beach won the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. In 2016 he was awarded a Sendak Fellowship. His essays and sketchbooks have appeared in the sports section of The New York Times. Cooper lives with his wife, daughters, and cats in New York City.

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