Books with author Susan Crawford

Barton the very hairy buffalo has so much hair, he doesn't need to carry a suitcase or push a shopping cart: he carries a multitude of wonderful treasures tucked into his fur! When Barton decides the time has come for a change (that means a very big haircut), he suddenly sees how he can help his friends by helping himself. The lesson Barton shares is an oldie but a goodie: it truly is better to give than to receive (though receiving is quite nice, too).

This is a story about two young sisters who are best friends and love adventures. Their story starts on Cape Cod where Rosie, the youngest, insists they need to bring “dinosaur eggs” back home from the beach so they can plant them in the backyard and watch them hatch.Amie, the older and more sensible sister, argues that they aren’t dinosaur eggs at all just granite rocks!When the family returns to their home in Lowell, Rosie insists on burying the first of the many “eggs” they brought home. When Amie starts digging the hole for the egg she uncovers a box hidden in the ground! Inside the box is a key and a list of six short strange clues, but clues to what? It’s their job to figure it out and it isn’t easy. The girls put their heads together guessing one clue at a time, while they quietly sneak around the neighborhood without parent’s permission.Will they solve the puzzle of the six clues? If they do, what will they find? Or is it a joke someone is playing on them?

This summary explains in simple terms why polar bears are thriving despite the recent loss of Arctic sea ice. It’s written in a question and answer format, in language that readers of all ages can understand (age 7 and up). The book takes a sensible, big-picture approach that many readers will appreciate and is based on the most up-to-date information available. While the ebook was produced in color, most appliances will display the photos and images in gray-scale, which unfortunately will diminish the impact of some of the images.