Books with author Susan Pearson

Susan Pearson has written her own unique version of the popular song, “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,” introducing four children who go out at night in search of a ghost. After squish-squash-squooshing through a swamp, rustle-rustle-rat-a-tattling through a cornfield, and overcoming all kinds of obstacles on their journey, they come face to face with a ghost in a graveyard. Then—RUN! RUN! RUN!—they race back to the safety of their warm, cozy house. S.D. Schindler’s spirited illustrations bring warmth and humor to this lively rhyming read-aloud.

AN INTREPID VOYAGE. A GROUNDBREAKING THEORY. The life and work of oneof the world's most influential scientists.Young readers of this altogether fascinating biography follow Charles Darwin not only on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle but also through the thinking that led him to his world-changing theory and most famous work, The Origin of th e Species. Complete with historical photographs and documented passages straight from Darwin's personal diary, this engaging book ensures that a new generation of young readers will get to know one of the scientists who shaped our understanding of the world.Charles Darwin and the Mystery of Mysteries is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

AN INTREPID VOYAGE. A GROUNDBREAKING THEORY. The life and work of oneof the world’s most influential scientists.Young readers of this altogether fascinating biography follow Charles Darwin not only on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle but also through the thinking that led him to his world-changing theory and most famous work, The Origin of th e Species. Complete with historical photographs and documented passages straight from Darwin’s personal diary, this engaging book ensures that a new generation of young readers will get to know one of the scientists who shaped our understanding of the world. Charles Darwin and the Mystery of Mysteries is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Ruthie is an angry, sassy-mouthed kid obsessed with ponies. Her incessant begging for a pony has driven her parents to the end of their patience. Ruthie's luck changes when her family goes upstate to live on The Farm. She gets - not the pretty pony of her dreams - but Sam, who is huge, ugly, and has some anger issues of his own. Kid and horse work out their problems and fall in love, while her parent's marriage disintegrates and her Dad leaves. Rough times follow; Ruthie feels that the whole world has turned against her. Lash out at the world though she may, she holds tight to her horse, who carries her through the raging storms of her adolescence. Will she learn Sam's lessons in patience and understanding? Can she save herself, her family, and her horse? Sam knows the answer.