Oh Susannah: Things That Go Bump

by Carole P Roman, Mateya Arkova (Illustrator)

Overview

Susannah Maya Logan is not having a good day. She doesn't want to go to her best friend, Lola's sleepover. Susannah thinks the house is big and spooky, not to mention the ghost that is said to live there. Lola's big brother, Kai, loves to tease Susannah with scary stories. Throughout her day, she sees people deal with things that scare them. Her sight-impaired friend, Macy, is terrified of unicorns, of all things. She sees a boy at a party who's frightened of clowns. Her teacher is afraid of getting a cold. Susannah realizes everybody is scared of something. She wishes she was more like Lola, who is not afraid of anything, or so it seems. Susannah discovers people have different ideas of what is scary and what is not, and only they can determine the difference. Join Susannah as she learns to confront her fears and not let her imagination prevent her from having fun.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781947188136
Publisher:	Chelshire, Inc.
Publication date:	07/11/2017
Series:	Oh Susannah Story , #2
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.13(d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Carole P. Roman is the award-winning author of the Captain No Beard series. Both Captain No Beard-An Imaginary Tale of a Pirate's Life and Captain No Beard and the Aurora Borealis have received the Kirkus Star of Exceptional Merit. The first book in the series was named to Kirkus Reviews Best 2012. Captain No Beard and the Aurora Borealis has been named to Kirkus Reviews Best of 2015. Each book in the series has won numerous awards including the NABE Pinnacle Award, IAN Award, Moonbeam Award 2014, National Indie Excellence Award Finalist, Shelf Media Outstanding Series Award, ForeWord Review Five Star and Finalist in the Book of the Year, and Reader's Views Children's Book of the Year 2013. Roman is also the author of the award-winning non-fiction culture series If You Were Me and Lived in... that explores customs and cultures around the world. She has co-authored a self-help book, Navigating Indieworld A Beginners Guide to Self-Publishing and Marketing. She lives on Long Island with her husband and near her children and grandchildren.

Mateya Arkova is a children's illustrator based in Bulgaria. Her illustrations take the readers in a funny cartoonish world with bright pastel colors and curvy lines leading to great adventures. Her favorite sources of inspiration are traveling the world and drawing its vivid colors.

Table of Contents

ONE

Unfinished Business

TWO

On the Road Again

THREE

A Wicked Nose

FOUR

Unicorns and Hot Chocolate

FIVE

Clowns Are Not My Favorite Either

SIX

Mrs. Horn Goes Missing

SEVEN

The Closer We Get

EIGHT

Grandpa Jackson

CHAPTER NINE

Things That Go Thump, Thump… Drag

Editorial Reviews

10/30/2017
This second book in Roman’s Oh Susannah series, after It’s in the Bag, finds almost-eight-year-old Susannah Maya Logan nervous to accept an invitation to a friend’s sleepover: she believes Lola’s house is haunted. During 10 short chapters that gradually build toward the sleepover itself, Susannah struggles with her many anxieties and fears while also noticing them in others. Susannah’s literal interpretations of teachers’ comments cause her some confusion (she can’t understand what her teacher is scared of when the woman announces, “I’m afraid I’ve caught a cold”), but she rethinks her own fear of the dark with some help from a blind girl named Macy during a charity event. It’s a quiet, slow-paced story but one that should give nervous readers new perspective on their insecurities. Ages 7–10. (BookLife)

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