You can't judge a book by its cover...

   The author was trying to show that the book is set in a semi-forested area, by showing a girl sitting on a stump with plants and trees near her. The title of the book is "Our only May Amelia" so the girl on the cover is probably May Amelia. I am guessing that the author Jennifer L. Holm, is also the illustrator because there is no specific other name of a person who contributed to the book, some illistrations in the book look like photos. I predict that May Amelia is not very "lady-like" even though she lives in an era that is when people think girls need to be "lady like" because she is wearing over-alls. I also predict that there will be something about symbols in the book because, on a rock on the cover there is a symbol. I think the author was trying to set a happy kind of mood, because on the cover the girl is smiling. Mood or tone words are: Happy, natural, care-free.