Best Selling Books by Susan Taylor Brown

Describes what happened during the siege at the Alamo in 1836, as experienced by young Enrique Esparza and his family, and includes a script and instructions for staging a theatrical performance of this adventure.

Through a series of poems, Rachel expresses her feelings about her parents'' divorce, living without her mother, and her changing attitude towards her father.

Quickly and quietly, Robert Smalls headed the ship out of the Charleston Harbor. Across the wide river was the Northern Army and freedom for slaves like him. On Robert’s side of the river was the Southern Army and Robert’s master. Robert knew his master would never give him freedom. Now was his chance to escape. Robert steered the ship into the open water. He could see the nearby forts of the Southern Army and their cannons ready to fire. The Southern soldiers would capture Robert if they could. Could he sail across hidden by the darkness of night? Could he pass by in disguise?

Together Oliver and his mother play through their "to do" list.

Compared to your grandfather you''ll have a dozen jobs before you''re through; this means you''ll have to know how to get all of them too. Here''s how.

A story about a boy who is scared of riding a pony, so he takes his time with the pony and gets to know the pony and evently learns to ride the pony.

In rhyming text, a child wonders how and when and where is the perfect way to say a prayer and realizes that there is no wrong time or place for prayer.

This story is about a little girl that wants to ride a horse but she doesn''t want to ride the pony that is blind. So she decides to ride another horse who won''t do what she wants it to do. The blind pony is just her size, so she decides that she will try and ride it anyway.