Best Selling Books by Susan E. Goodman

Twelve-year-old drummer boy Robert Henry Hendershot joins the Union Army over his mother''s objections and takes part in the Battle of Fredericksburg despite the company commander attempts to remove him from the battlefield.

Describes animal senses and how they differ from humans'', and explains the roles these senses play for various animals.

Presents a compendium of fascinating, unusual, and gross facts about excrement and urine throughout history, in the animal kingdom, and in science.

How does it feel to be near the North Pole when it''s so cold that a cup of hot water, thrown in the air, explodes into ice particles? What''s it like to be somewhere even colder - the South Pole, where a refrigerator containing fruits and vegetables has to be heated? Come and explore these two places where few people have ever been. Life on the Ice is brimming with fabulous photos and frigid facts about working and living in these exotic frozen worlds.

FIRE! Cora loves riding through the wild prairie with her doctor father on his house calls. One day, they have a bigger adventure than they bargained for. Prairie Fire! Their old horses will never outrun the flames that are galloping right toward them! What will Cora and Papa do to save their lives? * Cora Frear was a real pioneer girl, growing up on the prairie at the end of the nineteenth century. Her true story is as exciting as any novel. And it is only the first adventure in the Brave Kids series. Coming next: the story of Robert Henry Hendershot, Civil War drummer boy.

Describes the experiences of a group of middle school students who spend a week at Kings Landing Historical Settlement, learning what life was like for young people in the nineteenth century.

"A non-fiction travel guide to space tourism that includes information about accommodations, attractions, and more." --

"Few realize how fascinating, and even educational, this subject can be. You can learn about all sorts of things from pee--American history (Civil War belles hoarded urine for making gunpowder); the animal kingdom (when lobsters fight they squirt each other with pee from bladders on either side of their eyes); even espionage (scientists are using urine to classify "odortypes" that will identify individuals as accurately as their fingerprints).--From publisher description."--Source other than the Library of Congress.