Emily Chetkowski (1957 - )

Genre: Children's Literature

Chetkowski is a children's book writer who lives in a farmhouse called Winn Farm in Westminster, Mass., most of the year, and summers on the island of Isleboro in Maine, which is where she does most of her writing. Chetkowski's website provides more information about her, her books, upcoming author events, school visits, etc.

Her first published book, Mabel Takes the Ferry (1995/2001; illus. Dawn Peterson) was based on a true story about her border collie's adventures on and around Penobscot Bay one summer day. Other books include:

• Amasa Walker's Splendid Garment (1996), the true story of a colonial New England boy who needs to get a new winter coat; takes place in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, in 1811.
• Mabel Takes A Sail (1999/2000; illus. Dawn Peterson), the further adventures of border collie Mabel
• Pumpkin Smile (2001; illus. Dawn Peterson), the Halloween story of a six year old who is going through the childhood experience of losing her baby teeth, one after the other. At first, she thinks it is fun, until the gaps make her talk with a lisp.
• Gooseman (2001; illus. Martha Armstrong), which is based on a true story and chronicles the experience of an American soldier stationed in Germany in late spring of 1945, at the end of World War II.
• Just a Kid: A Guard at the Nuremburg Trials (2004), told by her father, Emilio DiPalma, to his daughter Emily Chetkowski.
• Sister Sluggers (2006), a story of sibling rivalry and struggling with growing independence, set in the 1960s

Last Update: 07/31/2007

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