Picture Book # 3

A.   Author	Ken Rush
B.    Title	What about Emma?
C.    Illustrator	Ken Rush
D.   Readability Score	N/A
E.    Genre	Fiction
F.    Subgenre	Realistic Fiction
G.   Theme	Animals, feelings and emotions
H.   Primary and Secondary Characters	Primary - Sue, Pete, and Emma (the cow) Secondary - Mother, Father, Snowy the calf
I.      Awards/Date of Publication	No awards - 1996
J.     Publishing Company	Orchard Books
K.   ISBN Number	0-531-08884-7
L.    Summary	Sue's family are unable to keep their family farm. Sue makes a connection with a cow named Emma. Emma needs to be sold to help support the family, but Sue's father allows her to keep Emma until calves.
M.  Picture of Book Cover
N.   Usage with students	As a teacher, I would use this story when teaching a unit on farms.