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Emma L. Brock

Emma Lillian Brock (June 11, 1886 – August 17, 1974) was an American children's author and illustrator of over 30 children's books.

Early life and career

Brock was the eldest of two daughters born in Fort Shaw, Montana to Morton W. Brock and Emma Brownson. She attended The University of Minnesota (from which she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1908), the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, and the Art Students League of New York, where she studied with George Bridgman, Boardman Robinson, and Joseph Pennell. During this period (from roughly 1909 through at least the mid-19-teens), Brock paid her way through art schools by working as a librarian in the Minneapolis and New York public library systems, respectively. In the former, she was with the art department, while in New York she served in the children's rooms.

Prior to the publication in 1929 of Runaway Sardine, the first book both written and illustrated by Brock (as well as her own personal favorite), Brock's professional debut as an illustrator came in 1922 with Clara Whitehill Hunt's adaptation of R. H. Horne's Memoirs of a London Doll.

Brooklyn Times columnist—and fellow children's author—Elsie Jean described Brock's 1929 authorial debut as "one of the loveliest picture books" of 1929, enjoyable from first page to last and ideal for ages 4 through 9, concluding, "I'm going to keep this one for my very own self, and I'm over nine!"

Personal life and death

Brock died on August 17, 1974. Her remains are interred at Lakeside Cemetery, Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota.

Bibliography

  • Runaway Sardine (1929)
  • To Market! To Market! (1930)
  • The Greedy Goat (1931)
  • One Little Indian Boy (1932)
  • The Hen That Kept House (1933)
  • Little Fat Gretchen (1934)
  • Beppo (1936)
  • Drusilla (1937)
  • The Pig With a Front Porch and The Pig That Lived Under Half a Boat (1937)
  • Till Potatoes Grow on Trees : Nine Fine Retellable Tales (1938)
  • High in the Mountains (1938)
  • Nobody's Mouse (1938)
  • A Present for Auntie (1939)
  • Heedless Susan Who Sometimes Forgot to Remember (1939)
  • At Midsummer Time, A Story of Sweden (1940)
  • Too Fast for John (1940)
  • Then came Adventure (1941)
  • Here Comes Kristie (1942)
  • Topsy-Turvy Family (1943)
  • Mr. Wren's House (1944)
  • Uncle Benny Goes Visiting (1944)
  • The Umbrella Man (1945)
  • The Bird's Christmas Tree (1946)
  • Little Duchess, Anne of Brittany (1948)
  • Surprise Balloon (1949)
  • Kristie and the Colt : And the Others (1949)
  • Three Ring Circus (1950)
  • Too Many Turtles (1951)
  • Kristie's Buttercup (1952)
  • Kristie Goes to the Fair (1953)
  • Ballet for Mary (1954)
  • Plug-Horse Derby (1955)
  • Come On-Along, Little Fish (1956)
  • Skipping Island (1958)
  • Patty on Horseback (1959)
  • Pancakes and the Merry-Go-Round (1960)
  • The Plaid Cow (1961)
  • Mary's Secret (1962)
  • Mary's Camera (1963)
  • Good Old Kristie (1964) (illustrated by Frank Aloise)
  • Mary Makes a Cake (1964)
  • Mary on Roller Skates (1967)

Brock also illustrated children's books by other authors, such as Sandy's Kingdom by Mary Gould Davis, The Wise Little Donkey by the Countess of Segur, and Granny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne.

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