Books with author Emma L Brock

Dust jacket notes: "The crackling of fire in a wood stove, the pungent smell of a barn; the simple sounds of ducks and geese, the sloshing of a wooden spoon in rich cake batter; the warm sweet fragrance of gingerbread baking; the rewarding fun of a happy family project; the love of a boy for an injured gull; the jealousy of an old farm horse for the new young colt - make these simple, down-to-earth stories the kind that children will want to read and read again. Illustrated in color and in black and white."

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More than anything else in the world, Sudden Mary wanted to take ballet lessons. She was called Sudden Mary because she was so apt to break things. Studying ballet was to make her more graceful. Mary insisted. So her mother and father finally allowed her to enroll in Madame Samovar's Ballet class-though not without misgivings. How Sudden Mary and six other little girls really do learn to dance, and how Mary brings triumph out of the disaster of their Hansel and Gretel on the night of the big performance, makes a hilarious story young readers will thoroughly enjoy

A story of early 1900’s Italian Life. Beppo and his family live in Assisi Italy. Beppo wants a new hat like his fathers, with a wide black rim for working in the fields. His father has promised him one of the new goslings to raise and sell at the annual fair to get money for his hat. Beppo picks out one of the spunkiest goslings and names her Bianca. Follow Beppo as he tries to keep his rambunctious goose out of trouble and learn about Italian family and farm life at the turn of the century. A colorful beautifully illustrated book.