The Rose Bush

About the Book

The Rose Bush is a gentle story of two lonely people and how they met and change one another’s lives. Miss Hackett, a spinster, has a rose bush that is the challenge of her existence, and though she lavishes all of her attention on it, it will not bloom. Emma, a neighbor child, wanders into the garden and invades Miss Hackett’s life, making her into the companion and playmate that is so needed. By the end of the summer many changes take place.

About the Author

E. Jean Lanyon has both written and drawn since she was a small child. She served as Poet Laureate for the State of Delaware for twenty-two years, and has an international reputation as a Fine Artist. Her first picture-story book was published in 1970, and she has illustrated many books and magazines since. In 1999 she completed a coloring book of Civil War reinaction for the Fort Delaware State Park program. Interested in a more positive world of possibilities for girls and women, many of her story books have female protagonists.