Jane Yolen bibliography
Bibliography of fantasy writer Jane Yolen:
Novels
- The Wizard of Washington Square
- The Inway Investigators, or, The Mystery at McCracken's Place
- The Magic Three of Solatia
- The Transfigured Hart
- The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms
- The Gift of Sarah Barker
- Children of the Wolf
- The Stone Silenus
- Cards of Grief
- The Dragon's Boy
- Wizard's Hall
- The Wild Hunt
- Briar Rose
- Armageddon Summer
- Sword of the Rightful King
- Except the Queen
- Snow in Summer
- Curse of the Thirteenth Fairy
- B.U.G.
- Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, and Other Female Villains
- A Plague of Unicorns
- Centaur Rising
- Trash Mountain
- Mapping the Bones
- Finding Baba Yaga
- Dragon's Blood
- Heart's Blood
- A Sending of Dragons
- Dragon's Heart
- Sister Light, Sister Dark
- White Jenna
- The One-Armed Queen
- Passager
- Hobby
- Merlin
- The Wizard's Map
- The Pictish Child
- The Bagpiper's Ghost
- Queen's Own Fool, based on the life of Nichola a jester at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Girl in a Cage
- Prince Across the Water
- The Rogues
- Odysseus in the Serpent Maze
- Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons
- Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast
- Jason and the Gorgon's Blood
- Boots and the Seven Leaguers
- Pay the Piper
- The Troll Bridge
- The Hostage Prince
- The Last Changeling
Short fiction
- The Wizard Islands
- The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales
- The Moon Ribbon and Other Tales
- The Hundredth Dove and Other Tales
- Dream Weaver
- Neptune Rising: Songs and Tales of the Undersea People
- Tales of Wonder
- The Whitethorn Wood and Other Magicks
- Dragonfield and Other Stories
- Merlin's Booke
- Tales of Wonder
- The Faery Flag
- Storyteller
- Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories
- The Fish Prince and Other Stories: Mermen Folk Tales
- Once Upon a Time
- The Last Selchie Child
- Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist
- The Bloody Tide
- The Emerald Circus
- How to Fracture a Fairy Tale
- Here There Be Dragons
- Here There Be Unicorns
- Here There Be Witches
- Here There Be Angels
- Here There Be Ghosts
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
Sister Emily's Lightship | 1997 | Starlight 1 | Short story; Nebula Award winner | |
The Devil's Arithmetic | 1988 | Novella; Nebula Award finalist; basis of the 1999 film The Devil's arithmetic | ||
Lost Girls | 1998 | Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast | Novelette; Nebula Award winner | |
The Jewel in the Toad Queen's Crown | 2013 | Queen Victoria's Book of Spells |
Children's books and picture books
Fiction picture books
- The Witch Who Wasn't
- Gwinellen: The Princess Who Could Not Sleep
- The Emperor and the Kite
- Isabel's Noel
- The Minstrel and the Mountain: A Tale of Peace
- The Longest Name on the Block
- It All Depends
- The Seventh Mandarin
- The Bird of Time
- Rainbow Rider
- The Boy Who Had Wings
- The Little Spotted Fish
- An Invitation To The Butterfly Ball
- Milkweed Days
- The Seeing Stick
- The Sultan's Perfect Tree
- The Simple Prince
- No Bath Tonight
- All in the Woodland Early: An ABC Book
- The Giants Go Camping
- The Giants' Farm
- Mice on Ice
- Dragon Night and Other Lullabies
- Sleeping Ugly
- Uncle Lemon's Spring
- Shirlick Holmes and the Case of the Wandering Wardrobe
- The Boy Who Spoke Chimp
- The Acorn Quest
- Brothers of the Wind
- The Sleeping Beauty
- The Girl Who Loved the Wind
- Owl Moon
- Dove Isabeau
- Tam Lin
- Elfabet: An ABC of Elves
- Sky Dogs
- Dinosaur Dances
- All Those Secrets of the World
- Hark! A Christmas Sampler
- Greyling
- Wings
- Letting Swift River Go
- Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole
- Welcome to the Green House
- Too Old for Naps
- Honkers
- Mouse's Birthday
- The Girl in the Golden Bower
- Beneath the Ghost Moon
- Good Griselle
- Before the Storm
- Grandad Bill's Song
- Old Dame Counterpane
- The Ballad of the Pirate Queens
- Alphabestiary
- Merlin and the Dragons
- A Sip of Aesop
- And Twelve Chinese Acrobats
- Little Mouse & Elephant: A Tale from Turkey
- Musicians of Bremen: A Tale from Germany
- Encounter
- Meet the Monsters
- Miz Berlin Walks
- Nocturne
- Once Upon a Bedtime Story
- Pegasus, the Flying Horse
- Welcome to the Ice House
- The Sea Man
- King Long Shanks
- Raising Yoder's Barn
- MoonBall
- Where Have the Unicorns Gone?
- Off We Go!
- The Flying Witch
- The Firebird
- Harvest Home
- The Sea King
- Time for Naps
- Hoptoad
- Child of Faerie, Child of Earth
- Grandma's Hurrying Child
- Soft House
- Dimity Duck
- Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep
- Naming Liberty
- One Hippo Hops
- Sad, Mad, Glad Hippos
- Hip Hippos
- Mama's Kiss
- Pumpkin Baby
- The Scarecrow's Dance
- My Uncle Emily
- Come to the Fairies' Ball
- Under the Star: A Christmas Counting Story
- Elsie's Bird
- Hush, Little Horsie
- My Father Knows the Names of Things
- Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters
- The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye
- Pretty Princess Pig
- Sister Bear: A Norse Tale
- Waking Dragons
- Romping Monsters, Stomping Monsters
- The Stranded Whale
- Stone Angel,
- You Nest Here with Me
- Sing a Season Song
- What To Do With a Box
- On Bird Hill
- On Duck Pond
- Thunder Underground
- On Gull Beach
- Crow Not Crow
- A Bear Sat on My Porch Today
- Monster Academy
- Commander Toad in Space
- Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes
- Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole
- Commander Toad and the Dis-asteroid
- Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy
- Commander Toad and the Space Pirates
- Commander Toad and the Voyage Home
- Piggins
- Picnic with Piggins
- Piggins and the Royal Wedding
- How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
- How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
- How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read?
- How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?
- How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten?
- How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
- How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends?
- How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors?
- How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?
- How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?
- How Do Dinosaurs Learn Colours and Numbers?
- How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Cats?
- How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Dogs?
- How Do Dinosaurs Laugh Out Loud?
- How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday?
- How Do Dinosaurs Go Up and Down?
- How Do Dinosaurs Play All Day?
- How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?
- How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah?
- How Do Dinosaurs Eat Cookies?
- How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad?
- How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe?
- How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends?
- How Do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets?
- Baby Bear's Bedtime Book
- Baby Bear's Chairs
- Baby Bear's Books
- Baby Bear's Big Dreams
- Little Frog and the Scary Autumn Thing
- Little Frog and the Spring Polliwogs
Story collections
- Spider Jane
- Ring of Earth: A Child's Book of Seasons
- Milk and Honey: A Year of Jewish Holidays
- The Fairies' Ring: A Book of Fairy Stories & Poems
- Not One Damsel In Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls
- Mightier Than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys
- The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories
- Meow: Cat Stories from Around the World
- The Barefoot Book of Dance Stories
- Animal Stories: Heartwarming True Tales from the Animal Kingdom
- Once There Was a Story: Tales from Around the World, Perfect for Sharing
- Meet Me at the Well: The Girls and Women of the Bible
Songbooks
- The Fireside Song Book of Birds and Beasts
- Rounds about Rounds
- The Lullaby Songbook
- The Lap-Time Song and Play Book
- Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook
- Jane Yolen's Songs Of Summer
- Jane Yolen's Old Macdonald Songbook
- Apple for the Teacher: Thirty Songs for Singing While You Work
Literary cookbooks
- Fairy Tale Feasts
- Fairy Tale Breakfasts
- Fairy Tale Lunches
- Fairy Tale Dinners
- Fairy Tale Desserts
- Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts
Nonfiction picture books
- Ring Out! A Book of Bells
- World on a String: The Story of Kites
- Simple Gifts: The Story of the Shakers
- A Letter from Phoenix Farm
- Welcome to the Sea of Sand
- Tea with an Old Dragon: A Story of Sophia Smith, Found of Smith College
- House, House
- Welcome to the River of Grass
- My Brothers' Flying Machine: Wilbur, Orville, and Me
- The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen
- Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth
- Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan
- All Star!: Honus Wagner and the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever
- The Emily Sonnets: The Life of Emily Dickinson
- The Mary Celeste
- The Wolf Girls
- Roanoke, the Lost Colony
- The Salem Witch Trials
Poetry
- The Three Bears Rhyme Book
- Best Witches: Poems for Halloween
- What Rhymes with Moon?
- Raining Cats and Dogs
- How Beastly!
- Animal Fare
- Water Music: Poems for Children
- Sacred Places
- Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children
- The Originals: Animals that Time Forgot
- Bird Watch
- O Jerusalem: Voices of a Sacred City
- Sea Watch
- Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People
- Dear Mother, Dear Daughter: Poems for Young People
- Wild Wings: Poems for Young People
- Horizons: Poems as Far as the Eye Can See
- The Radiation Sonnets
- Least Things: Poems about Small Natures
- Fine Feathered Friends
- Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers
- Shape Me a Rhyme: Nature's Forms in Poetry
- A Mirror to Nature: Poems About Reflection
- An Egret's Day
- Things to Say to a Dead Man: Poems at the End of a Marriage and After
- Bird of a Feather
- Bug Off! Creepy, Crawly Poems
- The Last Selchie Child
- Ekaterinoslav: One Family's Passage to America: A Memoir in Verse
- Sister Fox’s Field Guide to the Writing Life
- Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist
- The Bloody Tide: Poems about Politics and Power
- Grumbles from the Town: Mother-Goose Voices with a Twist
- The Alligator's Smile, and Other Poems
- How to Fracture a Fairy Tale
- Before the Vote After
- Fly with Me: A Celebration of Birds Through Pictures, Poems, and Stories
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly | 1991 | - | |
South of Oz | 2014 | ||
Telling the true | 2013 | ||
Tintagel morning : song | 1990 | ||
What a time traveler needs most | 2014 |
- "Will"
- "Lies"
- "War Memorial: Edinburgh"
- "Fife Map"
- "Suzy and Leah"
- "Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale"
- "Smallpox" and "A Story Must Be Held", Sarah Lefanu and Stephen Hayward, , pp. 145–146
- "Portrait of the Book As Golem"
Graphic novels
- The Last Dragon
- Foiled
- Curses! Foiled Again
- The Stone Man Mysteries
- #Stone Cold
- #Sanctuary
Screenplays
- Merlin and the Dragons
As editor
Fiction
- Zoo 2000: Twelve Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy Beasts
- Favorite Folktales From Around the World
- Spaceships & Spells: A Collection Of New Fantasy And Science Fiction Stories
- Werewolves
- Things That Go Bump in the Night
- Vampires
- Xanadu
- Xanadu 2
- Xanadu 3
- 2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers
- Camelot: A Collection of Original Arthurian Stories
- Gray Heroes: Elder Tales from Around the World
- Sherwood: Original Stories from the World of Robin Hood
- Mirror, Mirror: Forty Folk Tales for Mothers and Daughters to Share
- Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2018
Poetry
- Street Rhymes Around the World
- Weather Report
- Sleep Rhymes Around the World
- Mother Earth Father Sky: Poems of Our Planet
- Sky Scrape/City Scape: Poems of City Life
- Once Upon Ice: And Other Frozen Poems
Nonfiction
- Writing Books for Children
- Friend: The Story of George Fox and the Quakers
- Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
- Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft
- Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World