This is a quiet book - there isn't any great conflict. The major story is the efforts to get a public library started in the small town where Emily lives. The charm of the book lies in the peek it gives the reader of the world where motor cars were just beginning to come into fashion. Emily thinks often of her pioneer ancestors and doesn't feel that removed from them. Emily has some fun adventures, which seem to work out o.k. - it reminds me, as an adult, about how the small things can make kids worry. ( )

Not as touching as the Ramona books, but enjoyable nonetheless. ( )

I love Beverly Cleary's books. They are always witty and funny and most of all you never know what is going to happen. This book is generally read at the middle school level and there are so many to choose from. She has a long history of writing books and her series are tremendous. It is a very easy book to read and takes a short time to read it. Most of her books are kid-friendly and these books currently are in our school library under the Accelerated Reader program. Students are able to get involved and read books that they feel are easy and the vocabulary is easy also. Everyone should read a couple of books by Beverly Cleary in their lifetime! ( )

A childhood favorite of mine, Emily Bartlett is a little girl growing up in the post-WWI era, where times were changing at a furious pace. She lives in a small town in Oregon called Pitchfork, where nothing much happens at all, but still Emily gets by with a vivid imagination and plenty of spunk. If you ever wanted to know what it was like to Clorox a horse, here's a story for you. ( )

excellent book, about a girl named Emily who try to get her little town to keep up with the new times by getting a library in her town. ( )