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Julie Dunlap and Marybeth Lorbiecki Louisa May and Mr. Thoreau's Flute.(Book Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)

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From: The Horn Book Magazine
Date: 20020901
Author:Burns, Mary M.

illus. by Mary Azarian 32 pp. Dial 9/02 ISBN 0-8037-2470-5 16.99 (Primary)

Based on "journals, letters, and other writings of Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, and their families" as well as other sources, this story has the ring of authenticity, a feeling supported by Mary Azarian's homely woodcuts. A surprising amount of information encapsulated in the brief prologue and equally brief afterword provides necessary background for the main narrative, which focuses on how Louisa discovers her own talents and her own "voice" as she listens to the tunes that Thoreau coaxes ...

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