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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1988
  • Latest Book:
    January 2020
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Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

Cindy Ellen (May-2000)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • 1989 Milkweed trade paperback, 3rd printing. Susan Lowell (Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella). In the novella that accompanies the eight stories in this collection, Susan Lowell traces the ownership of an intricate Navajo rug - the Ganado Red of...



  • Everyone knows the story of the three little pigs, but now you're going to meet the three little javelinas (pronounced ha-ve-LEE-nas)-loveable, wild, southwestern cousins of pigs. Living in homes built out of tumbleweeds and saguaro ribs (from the f...



  • Ten-year-old Lavina Cumming loves the Bosque Ranch in Arizona Territory, where she has always lived with her father and mother, her five brothers, and her black mustang pony Chummy. But when her mother dies, Lavina must go to live with her aunt in Ca...



  • The Tortoise and the Hare with a southwestern flair. Tortoise, living comfortably in her home on Slow Lane, awakens one morning feeling good and challenges cocky Jackrabbit to a race. Patiently bumping her way through the desert landscape, Tortoise h...



  • Confined to bed because of illness, Paul sails a paper airplane into his closet and becomes caught up in a perilous adventure as he joins forces with G.I. Joe and Mighty Power Barbie to stop the Drainers and their evil leader, Commander Kron....




  • From the author of The Three Little Javelinas comes a Wild West retelling of the classic Cinderella fairytale, perfect for fans of Little Ree by Ree Drummond, Prince Cinders by Babette Cole, Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson, and Red Riding Hood as ret...





  • She hadn't had a bath for a month of Sundays, so everybody called her Dusty Locks. But Trouble was her middle name.

    A wild and funny Southwestern Goldilocks

    Way out West live three bears who like to keep their cabin neat and tidy. But...






  • Josefina Javelina longs to be a ballerina. So.she packs up her concertina and leaves her favorite little cantina to go to Pasadena to visit her cousin Angelina. From the desert to the city, a wild adventure ensues as Josefina puts some dip in her hip...



  • “We’re going to see the Elephant!” That’s what people say when they head West on a journey promising to be “something powerful strange. Like a real live elephant, but even bigger " stranger " wilder " scarier!” Lily Rose is rarin...



  • Take off with Sam and Rosie as they go on a fantastic trip back through time to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. With Major Powell as your guide, the Time Train will slice through the biggest layer cake in the world! Grab your silver ticket and experi...



  • The javelinas are back and full of holiday cheer! Inside their cozy home, they bake gingerbread cookies, string lights, and set their boots out for Santa to fill with presents. Meanwhile, someone is devising a plan to ruin their Christmas festivities...



  • Winner of the George Garrett Fiction Prize, Susan Lowell’s Two Desperados is a collection of southwest-flavored stories that feature a blacksmith, several smugglers, a mule, a jaguar, a runaway groom, a murderess, a witch, a basket weaver, a Gremli...


Award-Winning Books by Susan Lowell

I Am Lavina Cumming
1994 Reading the West -- Children's
The Three Little Javelinas
1994 Grand Canyon Reader Award -- Picture Book


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Susan Lowell has published 14 books.

Susan Lowell does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Two Desperados: Stories, was published in January 2020.

The first book by Susan Lowell, Ganado Red, was published in April 1988.

No. Susan Lowell does not write books in series.