JANE YOLEN BOOKS BY THEME AND AGE

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THEMES

Angels
Cities and Towns
Communities
Death and Loss
Dragons
Family
Friendship

Habitats
History
Holidays
King Arthur et al
Lullabies and Good Night Books
The Moon

Multicultural Books
Our Good Earth
Personal Narratives
Religious/Sacred

Science Fiction
Seasons and Weather
Unicorns
Writing

Angels

AMONG ANGELS (poetry)
HERE THERE BE ANGELS

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Cities and Towns

LETTING SWIFT RIVER GO
THE LONGEST NAME ON THE BLOCK
O JERUSALEM
SKY SCRAPE/CITY SCAPE
STREET RHYMES AROUND THE WORLD
TEA WITH AN OLD DRAGON
AND TWELVE CHINESE ACROBATS
WIZARD OF WASHINGTON SQUARE

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Communities

     Picture Books

BENEATH THE GHOST MOON
CHILD OF FAERIE
EMPEROR & THE KITE
ENCOUNTER
HARVEST HOME
KING LONGSHANKS
LETTING SWIFT RIVER GO
MERLIN & THE DRAGONS
MINSTREL & THE MOUNTAIN
MOTHER EARTH/FATHER SKY
OFF WE GO
O JERUSALEM
OLD DAME COUNTERPANE
PEGASUS, THE FLYING HORSE
PICNIC WITH PIGGINS
PIGGINS
PIGGINS & THE ROYAL WEDDING
PRINCE OF EGYPT
RAISING YODER'S BARN
SACRED PLACES
THE SEEING STICK
THE SEVENTH MANDARIN
THE SIMPLE PRINCE
SKY SCRAPE/CITY SCAPE
SLEEPING BEAUTY
SLEEP RHYMES AROUND THE WORLD
STREET RHYMES AROUND THE WORLD
THE SULTAN'S PERFECT TREE
TAM LIN
TEA WITH AN OLD DRAGON

     Middle Grade

ACORN QUEST
AND TWELVE CHINESE ACROBATS
BOOTS & THE SEVEN LEAGUERS
BROTHERS OF THE WIND
WIZARD OF WASHINGTON SQUARE
WIZARD'S HALL

     Young Adult

ARMAGEDDON SUMMER
CHILDREN OF THE WOLF
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC
DRAGON'S BOY
THE GIFT OF SARAH BARKER
PIT DRAGON TRILOGY:
   DRAGON'S BLOOD
   HEART'S BLOOD
   A SENDING OF DRAGONS
QUEEN'S OWN FOOL

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Death and Loss

     Picture Books
ALL THOSE SECRETS OF THE WORLD
BENEATH THE GHOST MOON
BOY WHO HAD WINGS
ENCOUNTER
THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN BOWER
GOOD GRISELLE
GRANDAD BILL'S SONG
GREYLING
HONKERS
LETTING SWIFT RIVER GO
MIZ BERLIN WALKS
WHERE HAVE THE UNICORNS GONE?
WINGS

     Mid Grade novels
BROTHERS OF THE WIND
CHILDREN OF THE WOLF
TRANSFIGURED HART

     Young Adult Novels
ARMAGEDDON SUMMER
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC
THE STONE SILENUS
THE GIFT OF SARAH BARKER

     Adult Novels
BRIAR ROSE
CARDS OF GRIEF
ONE-ARMED QUEEN

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Dragons

DOVE ISABEAU
MERLIN & THE DRAGONS
DRAGON'S BOY
PIT DRAGON TRILOGY:
          DRAGON'S BLOOD
          HEART'S BLOOD
          A SENDING OF DRAGONS
HERE THERE BE DRAGONS
DRAGONFIELD

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Family

     Full family
BABY BEAR’S CHAIRS

BABY BEAR’S BOOKS

BABY BEAR’S BIG DREAMS

BAGPIPER’S GHOST

THREE BEARS HOLIDAY RHYME BOOK
THREE BEARS RHYME BOOKSLEEP RHYMES AROUND THE WORLD
THE LAPTIME SONG AND PLAY BOOK
THE LULLABY SONG BOOK
HARVEST HOME 
HOW DOES A DINOSAUR SAY GOODNIGHT?
IT ALL DEPENDS
KING LONGSHANKS
LETTING SWIFT RIVER GO
RAISING YODER'S BARN
THE GIANTS FARM
THE GIANTS GO CAMPING
Tartan Magic: THE PICTISH CHILD
Tartan Magic: THE WIZARD'S MAP
AND TWELVE CHINESE ACROBATS

     Brothers and Sisters
BABY BEAR’S CHAIRS

BABY BEAR’S BOOKS

BABY BEAR’S BIG DREAMS

ALL THOSE SECRETS OF THE WORLD
BEFORE THE STORM
EENY MEENY MINEY MOLE
HARVEST HOME
HIPPOLYTA AND THE CURSE OF THE AMAZONS
MILKWEED DAYS
Tartan Magic: THE PICTISH CHILD
Tartan Magic: THE WIZARD'S MAP
AND TWELVE CHINESE ACROBATS
BOOTS & THE SEVEN LEAGUERS
ONE-ARMED QUEEN
SOFT HOUSE to come

     Mothers and Daughters/Mothers and Sons
GOOD GRISELLE
HOW DOES A DINOSAUR SAY GOODNIGHT?
THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN BOWER
GIRL IN A CAGE
HIPPOLYTA AND THE CURSE OF THE AMAZONS
MIRROR, MIRROR
DEAR MOTHER, DEAR DAUGHTER
ONE-ARMED QUEEN
SISTER, LIGHT, SISTER DARK
WHITE JENNA
THE BOOKS OF GREAT ALTA
NOCTURNE
THE GIFT OF SARAH BARKER
ARMAGEDDON SUMMER

YOU NEST HERE WITH ME (to come)

     Fathers and Daughters/ Fathers and Sons
ALL THOSE SECRETS OF THE WORLD
BOY WHO HAD WINGS
THE EMPEROR & THE KITE
THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN BOWER
THE GIRL WHO LOVED THE WIND
HOW DOES A DINOSAUR SAY GOODNIGHT?
OWL MOON
WINGS
ARMAGEDDON SUMMER

     Grandparents

ALL THOSE SECRETS OF THE WORLD
THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN BOWER
GRANDAD BILL'S SONG
GRANDMA'S HURRYING CHILD 
HONKERS
NO BATH TONIGHT
OFF WE GO
Tartan Magic: THE PICTISH CHILD
Tartan Magic:THE WIZARD'S MAP
Tartan Magic: THE BAGPIPER'S GHOST

BRIAR ROSE

     Non nuclear familes
EENY MEENY MINEY MOLE
THE GIFT OF SARAH BARKER
ARMAGEDDON SUMMER
UNCLE LEMON'S SPRING
ONE-ARMED QUEEN
SISTER, LIGHT, SISTER DARK
WHITE JENNA
THE BOOKS OF GREAT ALTA

     Adoptive
GOOD GRISELLE
GREYLING

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Friendship

     Picture Books
ALL IN THE WOODLAND EARLY
THE BALLAD OF THE PIRATE QUEENS
CHILD OF FAERIE
MIZ BERLIN WALKS
MOUSE'S BIRTHDAY
MUSICIANS OF BREMEN
RAINBOW RIDER
TEA WITH AN OLD DRAGON
SPIDER JANE
SPIDER JANE ON THE MOVE
THREE BEARS HOLIDAY RHYME BOOK
THREE BEARS RHYME BOOK

     Mid Grade novels
ACORN QUEST
BOOTS & THE SEVEN LEAGUERS
INWAY INVESTIGATORS
THE MERMAID'S THREE WISDOMS
ROBOT & REBECCA; THE CASE OF THE CODE-CARRYING KIDS
ROBOT & REBECCA: THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING OWSER
SHIRLICK HOLMES & THE CASE OF THE WANDERING WARDROBE
TRANSFIGURED HART
WILD HUNT
WIZARD OF WASHINGTON SQUARE
WIZARD'S HALL
YOUNG HEROES: ODYSSEUS & THE SERPENT MAZE

     Young Adult Novels
ARMAGEDDON SUMMER
QUEEN'S OWN FOOL to come

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Habitats

   Picture Books

ALL IN THE WOODLAND EARLY woodlands
HARVEST HOME farmland
HONKERS farmland
LETTING SWIFT RIVER GO reservoir
RAINBOW RIDER desert
RAISING YODER'S BARN farmland
SEA WATCH ocean
SKY SCRAPE/CITY SCAPE city
WELCOME TO THE GREEN HOUSE rainforest
WELCOME TO THE ICE HOUSE arctic
WELCOME TO THE SEA OF SAND desert
WELCOME TO THE RIVER OF GRASS Everglades

   Middle Grade

BROTHERS OF THE WIND desert
THE MERMAID'S THREE WISDOMS Philomel ocean
SEAMAN ocean

   Young Adult

CHILDREN OF THE WOLF Indian sal forest
NEPTUNE RISING ocean

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History

     Picture Books
ALL THOSE SECRETS OF THE WORLD--USA homefront, World War II
ENCOUNTER--Columbus lands in America
O JERUSALEM--3000 years of Jerusalem's history in poetry
THE BALLAD OF THE PIRATE QUEENS--19th century female pirates
ELSIE'S BIRD to come--Westward movement in America
HARVEST HOME 19th century American farms
LETTING SWIFT RIVER GO--1930-1940 creating a reservoir
MY BROTHERS' FLYING MACHINE Wright Brothers' sister
RAISING YODER'S BARN-- nineteenth and twentieth century Amish
TEA WITH AN OLD DRAGON--nineteenth century New England

     Mid Grade novels
AND TWELVE CHINESE ACROBATS--1900s shtetl, Poland

     Young Adult Novels
THE GIFT OF SARAH BARKER--Shakers in the 1850s
QUEEN'S OWN FOOL--Mary Queen of Scots to come
BRIAR ROSE--Holocaust
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC--Holocaust
CHILDREN OF THE WOLF--India in the 1920s
GIRL IN A CAGE thirteeth century Scotland, Robert the Bruce PRINCE ACROSS THE WATER nineteenth century Scotland SWORD OF THE RIGHTFUL KING sixth century England

 

     Non fiction
MARY CELESTE--an unsolved mystery from the 19th century
FRIEND: THE STORY OF GEORGE FOX & THE QUAKERS--18th century, England
THE LOST COLONY Roanoke
SALEM WITCHES Salem witch trials
THE WOLF GIRLS --India 1920s
HOUSE, HOUSE--late 19th century America

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Holidays

BEST WITCHES--Halloween
CHILD OF FAERIE --Halloween
THE FAIRIES' RING--Halloween
THE WITCH WHO WASN'T --Halloween
HAUNTED HOUSE --Halloween
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT --Halloween
HERE THERE BE WITCHES--Halloween
VAMPIRES--Halloween
MEET THE MONSTERS--Halloween
BENEATH THE GHOST MOON--Halloween
WEREWOLVES--Halloween
DEAR MOTHER, DEAR DAUGHTER--Mother's Day
MIRROR, MIRROR--Mothers Day
THREE BEARS HOLIDAY RHYME BOOK--many holidays
MILK & HONEY--Jewish holidays
SING NOEL--Christmas
HARK--Christmas
GOOD GRISELLE--Christmas
HERE THERE BE ANGELS--Christmas
ISABEL'S NOEL--Christmas
ENCOUNTER--Columbus Day
HARVEST HOME--Thanksgiving
MOUSE'S BIRTHDAY --birthday
PRINCE OF EGYPT --Passover

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King Arthur et al

MERLIN'S BOOKE
MERLIN & THE DRAGONS
YOUNG MERLIN TRILOGY: PASSAGER , HOBBY, MERLIN SWORD OF THE RIGHTFUL KING
DRAGON'S BOY

 

Lullabies and Good Night Books

BABY BEAR'S BEDTIME BOOK
DRAGON NIGHT
HOW DOES A DINOSAUR SAY GOODNIGHT?
THE LULLABY SONG BOOK
MOONBALL
NOCTURNE
SLEEP RHYMES AROUND THE WORLD
TOO OLD FOR NAPS
WHAT RHYMES WITH MOON

 

The Moon

MOONBALL
OWL MOON
WHAT RHYMES WITH MOON

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Multicultural Books:

     Picture Books
O JERUSALEM--Israel/Arab & Jewish
SACRED PLACES--all over the world
SLEEP RHYMES AROUND THE WORLD--all over the world
STREET RHYMES AROUND THE WORLD--all over the world NAMING LIBERTY Ukraine and America
THE FLYING WITCH Russia
THE EMPEROR & THE KITE--China
ENCOUNTER--Native Americans
FIREBIRD -Russia
GOOD GRISELLE--France
GREYLING--Scotland
MERLIN & THE DRAGONS--England/Wales
MUSICIANS OF BREMEN--Germany
PEGASUS, THE FLYING HORSE --Greece
PRINCE OF EGYPT--Egypt/Jewish
TAM LIN--Scotland
WINGS--Greece

     Middle Grade Books
AND TWELVE CHINESE ACROBATS--Eastern Europe/Russia
BROTHERS OF THE WIND--Arabic
THE SEAMAN--Holland
THE WIZARD'S MAP--Scotland
THE PICTISH CHILD--Scotland
ODYSSEUS AND THE SERPENT MAZE --Greece
HIPPOLYTA AND THE LOST AMAZON CITY --Greece ATALANTA AND THE ARCADIAN BEAST--ancient Greece JASON AND THE GORGON'S BLOOD--ancient Greece
Young Merlin Trilogy (
PASSAGER, HOBBY, MERLIN)--England

     Young Adult Books

THE GIFT OF SARAH BARKER--Shakers in the 1850s
QUEEN'S OWN FOOL--Mary Queen of Scots to come
BRIAR ROSE--Holocaust
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC--Holocaust
CHILDREN OF THE WOLF--India in the 1920s
GIRL IN A CAGE thirteeth century Scotland, Robert the Bruce PRINCE ACROSS THE WATER---eighteenth century Scotland THE ROGUES--nineteenth century, the Scottish Clearances SWORD OF THE RIGHTFUL KING sixth century England

     Non fiction and Story Collections Books
FAVORITE FOLKTALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD--many nations
GRAY HEROES--many nations
MIRROR, MIRROR--many nations
THE FAIRIES' RING--many nations
NOT ONE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS--folk tales of many nations MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD--folk tales of many nations FAIRY TALE FEASTS--folk tales & recipes of many nations BAREFOOT BOOK OF BALLET STORIES of many nations BAREFOOT BOOK OF DANCE STORIES to come
SHERWOOD--England
CAMELOT--England

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Our Good Earth

BIRD WATCH
COLOR ME A RHYME
THE ORIGINALS
RING OF EARTH
SEA WATCH
SNOW, SNOW
WATER MUSIC
WHAT RHYMES WITH MOON
WILD WINGS
ALPHABESTIARY
MOTHER EARTH/FATHER SKY
ONCE UPON ICE
WEATHER REPORT
FIRESIDE SONG BOOK OF BIRDS AND BEASTS
JANE YOLEN'S OLD MACDONALD SONG BOOK
ALL IN THE WOODLAND EARLY
BEFORE THE STORM
HARVEST HOME
HONKERS
LETTING SWIFT RIVER GO
MILKWEED DAYS
NOCTURNE
OFF WE GO
OWL MOON
RAINBOW RIDER
WELCOME TO THE GREEN HOUSE
WELCOME TO THE ICE HOUSE
WELCOME TO THE SEA OF SAND
WELCOME TO THE RIVER OF GRASS
WIZARD ISLANDS

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Personal Narratives

OWL MOON
ALL THOSE SECRETS OF THE WORLD
MIZ BERLIN WALKS

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Religious/Sacred

     Children's Books
O JERUSALEM
SACRED PLACES
SING NOEL
PRINCE OF EGYPT
RAISING YODER'S BARN
ARMAGEDDON SUMMER
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC
HARK
HERE THERE BE ANGELS
MILK & HONEY
FRIEND: THE STORY OF GEORGE FOX & THE QUAKERS
THE GIFT OF SARAH BARKER
SIMPLE GIFTS: THE STORY OF THE SHAKERS

     Adult
AMONG ANGELS (poetry)

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Science Fiction

     Children's books
COMMANDER TOAD IN SPACE
COMMANDER & THE BIG BLACK HOLE
COMMANDER TOAD & THE INTERGALACTIC SPY
COMMANDER TOAD & THE SPACE PIRATES
COMMANDER TOAD & THE DIS-ASTEROID
COMMANDER TOAD &THE PLANET OF THE GRAPES
COMMANDER TOAD & THE VOYAGE HOME
ROBOT & REBECCA; THE CASE OF THE CODE-CARRYING KIDS
ROBOT & REBECCA: THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING OWSER
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC
PIT DRAGON TRILOGY:
          DRAGON'S BLOOD
          HEART'S BLOOD
          A SENDING OF DRAGONS
SPACESHIPS & SPELLS
2041
ZOO 2000

     Adult Books
CARDS OF GRIEF

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Seasons and Weather

RING OF EARTH
SNOW, SNOW
ONCE UPON ICE
WEATHER REPORT
JANE YOLEN'S SONGS OF SUMMER
BEFORE THE STORM

Unicorns

WHERE HAVE THE UNICORNS GONE?
HERE THERE BE UNICORNS
TRANSFIGURED HART

Writing

GUIDE TO WRITING FOR CHILDREN
WRITING BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
TAKE JOY to come
TOUCH MAGIC

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