Bess Takes a Ride

This is the second book in the Great Woods Books series. In the

first story, the author's granddaughter, Emma, accompanied by the

family's Old English sheepdog, Chaucer, explores the Great Woods,

meets the woodland animals, and comes face to face with a wild

boar.


In this book, Emma's little sister, Bess, discovers the Rock

Creek that flows through the Great Woods and has her own

adventure. The animals from the Great Woods are back again, along

with some new ones that Bess encounters along the way.


Craig Howarth, from Durban South Africa, who has illustrated

over fifty books, including many children's stories, has once again

provided the marvelous illustrations.


The author and grandfather of Emma and Bess practices law

in Northern Illinois, and lives with his wife Joann at the edge of

the Great Woods.