Sept. 4, 2007 issue

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BOOKS: Robert Neely, Eastern Michigan University's associate provost, (right) thanks Wallace Cripps and Barbara Tracy for their donation of an original manuscript, "Silly Goose and the Holidays," by Annabella Sumera, a 1942 alumna who died in 2005. Sumera's brother, Wallace, and niece, Barbara, presented the book to celebrate the opening of the Sumera Children's Literature Alcove in EMU's Halle Library. Sumera was a longtime teacher and principal before retiring to write children's books, rhymes, poetry and short stories. The alcove highlights the library's extensive collection of children's literature and provides a welcoming environment for the campus and community.

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