Books & Tapes
Get a signed hardcover copy!
Susan has hardcover copies of Heart in the Wild and Animals as Guides for the Soul for sale, and would be pleased to autograph copies for gifts. Please fill out this form and mail it with a check for $25 each (US shipping and handling included) to Susan's Books, 6491 E. Cox Drive, Bloomington, IN 47408.
In addition to the books and tapes listed below, you can also find my writings in several published anthologies, including Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals, Kinship with the Animals, Wounded Healers, and too many Chicken Soup collections to count.
Why Buffalo Dance
Nature's seasons have many gifts to share for those willing to stand still and listen. In this elegantly written and illustrated book, bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy has gathered the voices of the wind, weather, animals, and elements and transcribed the truths they have to share.
Badgers and bison, magpies and moose, eagles and elk, all have wisdom teachings that shed light on our common journey through life.
All My Relations: Living with Animals as Teachers and Healers
In All My Relations, Susan Chernak McElroy offers ten poignant stories examining such concepts as ownership, naming and unnaming things, interpreting signs and language, and animals as mirrors of the soul.
In these pages, you’ll meet Fashion, the old, arthritic mare who reminds the author of the joys of giving for its own sake; Kulu, the zoo chimpanzee who adopts the author as a surrogate mother and demonstrates the heartbreaking realities of captivity; and a host of other critters who will capture your heart and stir your soul. The meditations and practices that accompany the stories will guide you toward a deeper connection with both the animal world and your own stories.
—New World Library
Animals as Teachers and Healers
“Stirring, emotional, important... For anyone who's ever owned a pet, this kaleidoscope of emotions will elicit tears, laughter, and some very special memories”
—The Seattle Times
“Animals as Teachers and Healers gives us hared and compelling evidence that we have wild and domestic companions wise enough, brave enough, and loving enough to accompany us, sharing wisdom and providing us with healing and comfort as we navigate life's challenges”
—laJoie The Journal in Appreciation of All Life
Animals as Guides for the Soul
“You need to read this book! It will open your mind to an entirely new way of thinking about animals. And, more important, it will open your heart.”
—Jeffrey Masson, Author, When Elephants Weep
“McElroy has done it again by sharing a heartwarming lifeshifting collection of stories to transform the relationship between all living beings! This book is an essential contribution to the awareness that the relationship that we share with animals is critical to our lives.”
—Allen Schoen, D.V.M., Author, Kindred Spirits
Heart in the Wild
“Susan McElroy's book is an inspiration and a source of wisdom for all those ready to learn and heal their lives. I have learned that it makes far more sense to learn from the difficulties of others than to suffer yourself. So read, feel, learn, and move on. Let her help you find your path in life through her searching. Her stories have been a teacher for me.”
—Bernie Siegel, M.D.
“We need intimate relationships with our wild friends to more fully understand who we ourselves are—ever-changing and minute selves in an awe-inspiring, boundless, and dynamic universe... Everyone should read this book and celebrate the fact that animals can bless our lives every minute of every day if only we let them do so.”
—Marc Bekoff, Professor of Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, author of Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart
Animal Wisdom
This three-hour audio presentation captures a lot of the essence of one of my presentations and I was very pleased with Sounds True's work. Much of what is on this tape is not available in either of my books. A great tape for commuting, for meditating, for reflecting.
—Susan
Books for sale
New World Library is a great place to shop for books by Susan Chernak McElroy.