Susan Hughes

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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1992
  • Latest Book:
    October 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Puppy Pals

1 - Bailey // Bailey's Visit (Jun-2015)
2 - Riley // Riley Knows Best (Jun-2015)
3 - Murphy // Murphy Helps Out (Jun-2015)
4 - Bijou // Bijou Needs a Home (Oct-2015)
5 - Piper's First Show (Oct-2015)
6 - Cricket's Close Call (Oct-2015)
7 - Houdini's Escape (May-2016)
8 - Nutmeg All Alone (Jun-2016)

Wild Paws

1 - Bobcat Rescue ()
2 - Lonely Wolf Pup ()
3 - Bunnies in Trouble (2004)
4 - Orphaned Beluga ()
5 - Cubs All Alone ()

Book List in Order: 33 titles

  • Anything Can Happen

  • Not-Quite World Famous Scientist

    Even the most observant scientist can botch up a theory or two.

    Alexandra Bointon dreams about becoming a scientist. When her school has their annual science fair, she always pairs up with her best friend, who is happy to let Alex take ov...

  • Bunnies in Trouble

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    Wild Paws - 3

    Maxine Kearney loves animals. Volunteering at Wild Paws and Claws Clinic and Rehabilitation Center with her best friend Sarah, and helping to rescue wild animals in need, is like a dream come true. Just as a spring blizzard blows in, Wild Paws rec...

  • Earth to Audrey

    Audrey comes into Ray's life like an earthbound star. Everything about her is a bit far-out. And she's always in her own little world. So Ray decides that this unusual girl who has dropped into his neighborhood for the summer must be an alien.

  • No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure

    A female pharaoh? A woman general in the Kahn's army? A female Viking raider? No way, you say? Look again. Appearances can be deceiving ... Based on legends, poems, letters and first-hand accounts, these seven biographical tales tell of women who dis...

  • Virginia

    Fourteen-year-old Ivy is flabbergasted when her childhood friend Virginia claims that she has been visited by an angel who has asked her to bear the child of God. As Ivy struggles to understand and help her friend, she uncovers more secrets, includin...

  • The Island Horse

    It's the early half of the 19th century in coastal Nova Scotia, and almost-ten-year-old Ellie is adjusting to the recent death of her mother. But just when she finally begins to feel happy again, Ellie and her father move to remote Sable Island, a ti...

  • Mountain Adventure

    This is a fictional story about two cousins who have different approaches to life. Emma is careful and cautious but she doesn't judge her cousin; Matt sometimes lets his impatience rule him, and he accuses Emma of being overly cautious. As you read, ...

  • Pass the Salt

    When we think about the most important things in our lives, how many of us ever think about salt? And yet without salt, we would not be able to live. Its no wonder that humans, from the earliest times, have searched for salt, learned to produce it, t...



  • Runaway

    This fictional story propels the reader right into the action. How does it do that? Also, think about how we know, from the very first page, the storys setting, the situation between the characters, and something important about the main character. A...

  • Four Seasons of Patrick

    It's the start of winter, and Patrick is beginning to feel crowded out of his own family. His father's friend, Linda, and her seven-year-old daughter, Claire, are coming for dinner again. By the time spring arrives, not only is Patrick's ...

  • Bailey // Bailey's Visit

    Puppy Pals - 1

    Meet Bailey, a playful yellow lab puppy It's a new school year and things haven't been great for Kat so far. She's being teased, and her best friend Maya is in a different class. But things start to look up when her Aunt Jenn opens a kennel and d...

  • Murphy // Murphy Helps Out

    Puppy Pals - 3

    Meet Murphy, a clever sheltie puppy! Kat and her BFF Maya love playing with the puppies at her aunt Jenn's grooming business, Tails Up! The girls know that every dog has its own special personality...and problems. Luckily, Kat and Maya are always ...

  • Riley // Riley Knows Best

    Puppy Pals - 2

    Meet Riley, a loving golden retriever puppy! Kat and her BFF Maya love playing with the puppies at her aunt Jenn's grooming business, Tails Up! The girls know that every dog has its own special personality...and problems. Luckily, Kat and Maya are...

  • A Kiss from France

    Dangerous munitions work links two very different women in WWI Britain. Ambitious Lizzie Fenwick puts a note in a box of ammunition shells which triggers an exciting wartime romance. In the face of increasing casualty figures, patriotic Eunice Wilson...

  • Bijou // Bijou Needs a Home

    Puppy Pals - 4

    Meet Bijou, a shy Bijon Frise puppy! Kat and her BFF Maya love playing with the puppies at her Aunt Jenn's grooming business, Tails UP! The girls know that every dog has their own special personality...and problems. Luckily, Kat and Maya are alway...

  • Cricket's Close Call

    Puppy Pals - 6

    Meet all kinds of puppies in this sweet illustrated series, perfect for newly independent readers! Kat, Maya, and Grace are looking after Cricket, a Yorkshire terrier puppy, when a chocolate bar disappears from Maya's backpack. Kat knows chocolate is...

  • Piper's First Show

    Puppy Pals - 5

    Meet all kinds of puppies in this sweet illustrated series perfect for newly independent readers! Kat and her friends are eager to help when Aunt Jenn asks them to train a special puppy, 4-month-old Bernese mountain dog Piper, for her first puppy sho...

  • Houdini's Escape

    Puppy Pals - 7

    Can Kat, Maya and Grace keep Houdini out of trouble? When Aunt Jenn asks Kat, Maya and Grace to help her care for a little mischievous beagle pup named Houdini, the girls don't know the trouble they're in for. True to his name, Houdini somehow manage...



  • Nutmeg All Alone

    Puppy Pals - 8

    Can Kat, Maya and Grace cheer up a sad, lonely pup? Kat, Maya, and Grace are thrilled to be helping Aunt Jenn care for another puppy boarder at Tails Up. This time it is a 3-month-old cavalier King Charles spaniel named Nutmeg. The girls show up on s...

  • Maggie McGillicuddy's Eye for Trouble

    Unlike her neighbors, Maggie McGillicuddy has an eye for trouble. And while she's knitting on her porch swing, she manages to spot it --- everywhere! With the "tickety, tickety, tack!" of her knitting needles, the elderly Maggie scares off a prowling...

  • Bath Time -- Nap Time -- Play Time

    This delightful collection of three board books is perfect for toddlers acquiring language skills. Each page features a full-color photo of a familiar animal followed by a two-word text that includes the animal’s name and a verb to describe what th...

  • Not Quite Cinderella

    Amber, Vicky and Melanie are three young, fun-loving girls working on the reception desk at Lockards Construction Company in Bath. They're inseparable, both in and out of work. The wildest of the three, Melanie's life revolves around sex with casual ...

  • Suffrage

  • What Happens Next

    What Happens Next is a raw, realistic story told by an unnamed protagonist who is made to feel different from everybody else―even invisible sometimes. Bullied by a girl at school, our narrator gives a terse script of the related facts (What Her Fri...

  • Carmen and the House That Gaudí Built

    A joyful celebration of the nature-inspired work of architect Antoni Gaudí Carmen Batlló and Dragon, her imaginary salamander friend, love exploring the woods behind their home. But when Carmen’s family announces a move to the city, ...

  • Sounds All Around

    A comprehensive, kid-friendly examination of how sound works. How does sound happen? How do we hear it? What makes some sounds loud and some soft? Some high pitched and some low pitched? How do humans and animals use sound to communicate? Which sound...

  • Sprout's Surprise!

    Children and grown-ups will love this funny and engaging rhyming picture book with its delightfully gentle eco-friendly message. Perfect to share time and again at home and in the classroom.Sprout is a playful little Brussel whose tummy keeps...

  • Hooray for Trucks!

    A joyful celebration of trucks and teamwork It’s time for the hardworking trucks at the construction site to get cleaned up! But when the narrator tries to round up the muddy machines, they dig in their wheels and refuse to be led away. They do...



  • Bobcat Rescue

    • / General Fiction
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    Wild Paws - 1

  • Cubs All Alone

    • / General Fiction
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    Wild Paws - 5

  • Lonely Wolf Pup

    • / General Fiction
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    Wild Paws - 2

  • Orphaned Beluga

    • / General Fiction
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    Wild Paws - 4

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Susan Hughes has published 33 books.

Susan Hughes does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Hooray for Trucks!, was published in October 2022.

The first book by Susan Hughes, Anything Can Happen, was published in April 1992.

Yes. Susan Hughes has 2 series.
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