Jane Yolen / Bibliography
The list of works by Jane Yolen below is as follows:
- Novels: Individual novels and series of novels, mainly fantasy, which is also aimed at teenagers and young adults
- Short stories: collections of short stories and narratives published independently
- Children's and picture books: mainly illustrated stories, collections of fairy tales and non-fiction books for children
- Poems: collections and individual poems
- Comics: comics and graphic stories
- Non-fiction
- Editor: anthologies edited by Yolen
Rows are arranged chronologically in ascending order.
Novels
- Single novels
- Trust a City Kid (1966, with Anne Huston)
- The Wizard of Washington Square (1969)
- The Inway Investigators, or, The Mystery at McCracken's Place (1970)
- The Magic Three of Solatia (1974)
- The Transfigured Hart (1975)
- The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms (1978)
- The Gift of Sarah Barker (1981)
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Children of the Wolf (1984)
- English: The wolf children of Midnapur. Translated by Wolf Harranth. Oetinger, Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-7891-1752-8 .
- The Stone Silenus (1984)
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Cards of Grief (1985)
- German: A world of sadness. Translated by Eva Eppers. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 24107, 1988, ISBN 3-404-24107-X .
- The Dragon's Boy (1990)
- Wizard's Hall (1991)
- The Wild Hunt (1995)
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Briar Rose (1992)
- German: Dornrose: The story of my grandmother. Translated by Ulrike Nolte. Bloomsbury, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8270-5305-3 .
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Armageddon Summer (1998, with Bruce Coville)
- German: The day on which the world ends. Translated by Katja Schüler and Salah Naoura. Arena Paperback # 2238. Arena, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-401-02238-5 .
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Sword of the Rightful King (2003)
- English: The secret of the magical sword: an Arthurian novel. Translated by Anja Malich. Carlsen, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-551-35376-X .
- English: The dragon fighter of Sarkkhan: the dragon trilogy in the anthology. Translated by Anja Hansen-Schmidt. Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2006, ISBN 3-407-74017-4 .
- Except the Queen (2010, with Midori Snyder)
- Snow in Summer (2011)
- Curse of the Thirteenth Fairy (2012)
- BUG (Big Ugly Guy) (2013, with Adam Stemple)
- Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, and Other Female Villains (2013, with Heidi EY Stemple and illustrations by Rebecca Guay)
- A Plague of Unicorns (2014)
- Centaur Rising (2014)
- Trash Mountain (2015)
- Mapping the Bones (2018)
- Finding Baba Yaga (2018)
- The Pit Dragon Chronicles
- 1 Dragon's Blood (1982)
- German: Drachenblut. Translated by Anja Hansen-Schmidt. Anrich, Weinheim 2001, ISBN 3-89106-413-6
- 2 Heart's Blood (1984)
- German: Herzblut. Translated by Anja Hansen-Schmidt. Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2002, ISBN 3-89106-423-3 .
- 3 A Sending of Dragons (1987)
- German: Drachenbotschaft. Translated by Anja Hansen-Schmidt. Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2002, ISBN 3-89106-428-4 .
- 4 Dragon's Heart (2009)
German collective edition:
- The dragon fighter of Sarkkhan: the dragon trilogy in the anthology. Translated by Anja Hansen-Schmidt. Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2006, ISBN 3-407-74017-4 .
Great Alta
- 1 Sister Light, Sister Dark (1988)
- 2 White Jenna (1989)
- 3 The One-Armed Queen (1998)
The Young Merlin Trilogy
- 1 passenger (1996)
- 2 Hobby (1996)
- 3 Merlin (1997)
Tartan Magic
- 1 The Wizard's Map (1999)
- 2 The Pictish Child (1999)
- 3 The Bagpiper's Ghost (2002)
The Stuart Quartet (with Robert J. Harris)
- 1 Queen's Own Fool (2000)
- 2 Girl in a Cage (2002)
- 3 Prince Across the Water (2004)
- 4 The Rogues (2007)
Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tales (with Adam Stemple)
- Boots and the Seven Leaguers (2000)
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Pay the Piper (2005)
- English: Pied Piper: a rock and roll fairy tale. Translated by Joachim Körber. Ed. Phantasia, Bellheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-937897-23-3 .
- The Troll Bridge (2007)
Young Heroes (with Robert J. Harris)
- Odysseus in the Serpent Maze (2001)
- Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons (2001)
- Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast (2003)
- Jason and the Gorgon's Blood (2004)
The Seelie Wars (with Adam Stemple)
- The Hostage Prince (2013)
- The Last Changeling (2014)
Short stories
- Greyling (1968)
- The Wizard of Washington Square (1969)
- The Seventh Mandarin (1970)
- The Bird of Time (1971)
- The Girl Who Loved the Wind (1972)
- Dawn Strider (1974)
- Rainbow Rider (1974)
- Silent Bianca (1974)
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The Boy Who Had Wings (1974)
- English: The boy with the wondrous wings With wax chalk pictures by Helga Aichinger. Translated by Elisabeth Schnack. Artemis, Zurich & Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7608-0369-5 .
- The Girl Who Cried Flowers (1974)
- The Lad Who Stared Everyone Down (1974)
- The Weaver of Tomorrow (1974)
- Wild Goose and Gander (1974)
- Sans Soleil (1976)
- The Moon Ribbon (1976)
- The Lady and the Merman (1976)
- The White Seal Maid (1977)
- The Hundredth Dove (1977)
- The Maiden Made of Fire (1977)
- Once a Good Man (1977)
- The Promise (1977)
- Johanna (1978)
- The Tree's Wife (1978)
- The Tower Bird (1978)
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Brother Hart (1978)
- German: Brother Hirsch. In: Manfred Kluge (Ed.): Lektrik Jack. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3681), 1979, ISBN 3-453-30600-7 .
- Dream Weaver (1979)
- Man of Rock, Man of Stone (1979)
- Princess Heart O'Stone (1979)
- The Boy Who Sang for Death (1979)
- The Cat Bride (1979)
- The Pot Child (1979)
- Angelica (1979)
- The Sleep of Trees (1980)
- Brothers of the Wind (1981)
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The River Maid (1981)
- German: Die Flußnixe. In: René Oth (ed.): When everything was different. Luchterhand (Luchterhand Collection # 530), 1985, ISBN 3-472-61530-3 .
- Sleeping Ugly (1981)
- The Corridors of the Sea (1981)
- One Old Man, with Seals (1982)
- The Fisherman's Wife (1982)
- The Malaysian Mer (1982)
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Boris Chernevsky's Hands (1982)
- English: Boris Chernevsky's hands. In: Susan M. Shwartz (Ed.): Hexengeschichten. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe General Series # 13003), 1985, ISBN 3-404-13003-0 .
- Sun / Flight (1982)
- Sule Skerry (1982)
- The Undine (1982)
- In the Hall of Grief (1982)
- Brother Kenan's Bell (1983)
- Cards of Grief (1983)
- Names (1983)
- Old Herald (1983)
- The Golden Balls (1983)
- The Soul Fisher (1983)
- The Sow, the Mare, and the Cow (1983)
- Sister Light, Sister Dark (1983)
- Happy dens; or, A Day in the Old Wolves' Home (1984)
- Salvage (1984)
- The Bull & the Crowth (1984)
- The Foxwife (1984)
- The Five Points of Roguery (1984)
- The Thirteenth Fey (1985)
- The Face in the Cloth (1985)
- Dragonfield (1985)
- An Infestation of Angels (1985)
- Great-Grandfather Dragon's Tale (1986)
- The Uncorking of Uncle Finn (1986)
- The King's Dragon (1987)
- The White Babe (1987)
- Wolf / Child (1987)
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Words of Power (1987)
- German: words of power. In: Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling (ed.): The new book of fantasy. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Paperback # 28191), 1990, ISBN 3-404-28191-8 .
- Green Messiah (1988)
- The Boy Who Drew Unicorns (1988)
- The Music of the Dales from ›Sister Light, Sister Dark‹ (1988)
- Meditation in a Whitethorn Tree (1988)
- The Quiet Monk (1988)
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The Devil's Arithmetic (1988)
- German: Chaja means life. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-8000-2734-8 . Also as: Ravensburger Taschenbuch # 4096, 1992, ISBN 3-473-54096-X .
- Dusty Loves (1988)
- Sir John Mandeville's Report on the Griffin – Persia, Twelfth Century (1988)
- Memoirs of a Bottle Djinni (1988)
- Dove Isabeau (1989)
- The Baby-Sitter (1989)
- The Faery Flag (1989)
- The Music of the Dales from ›White Jenna‹ (1989)
- The Singer of Seeds (1989)
- Feast of Souls (1989)
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The Sea Man (1989)
- German: The Aquarius. In: Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): The Aquarius. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4786), 1991, ISBN 3-453-04495-9 .
- Creationism: An Illustrated Lecture in Two Parts (1990)
- Tintagel Morning: Song (1990)
- The Dragon Woke and Stretched (1990)
- Ear (1991)
- Mama Gone (1991)
- Great Gray (1991)
- Dear Ms. Lonelylegs (1991)
- Wings (1991)
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Winter's King (1992)
- German: The Winter King. In: Martin H. Greenberg (ed.): The heirs of the ring: JRR Tolkien to honor. Bastei Lübbe, 1997, ISBN 3-404-13803-1 .
- Flight (1992)
- Memoirs of a Bottle Djinn (1992)
- Sun (1992)
- Afterword (The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories) (1992)
- Gift of the Magicians, with Apologies to You Know Who (1992)
- The Tale of the Seventeenth Eunuch (1992)
- For Love of Juoun (1993)
- Harlyn's Fairy (1993)
- Momster in the Closet (1993)
- One Ox, Two Ox, Three Ox, and the Dragon King (1993)
- Inscription (1993)
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The Snatchers (1993)
- German: the gripper. In: Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): Ansley's demons. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5341), 1995, ISBN 3-453-08587-6 .
- An Infestation of Unicorns (1994)
- Blood Sister (1994)
- De Natura Unicorni (1994)
- Li Po and the Unicorn (1994)
- Mrs. Ambroseworthy (1994)
- Pitch (1994)
- Snakes (1994)
- The Healing Horn (1994)
- The Hunt (1994)
- The Unicorn and the Pool (1994)
- Unicorn Tapestry (1994)
- The Lady's Garden (1994)
- Granny Rumple (1994)
- The Woman Who Loved a Bear (1994)
- Daffodils (1995, with Heidi EY Stemple)
- Journey into the Dark (1995)
- Merlin and the Dragons (1995)
- Night Wolves (1995)
- The One-Armed Queen (1995)
- The Traveler and the Tale (1995)
- The Witch's Ride (1995)
- Vamping the Muse (1995)
- When I Grow Up, by Michael Dee (1995)
- Wilding (1995)
- Witchfinder (1995)
- Circles (1995)
- Allerleirauh (1995)
- Sister Death (1995)
- Bolundeers (1996)
- Brandon and the Aliens (1996)
- Fallen Angel (1996)
- Jacob's Ladder (1996)
- King Henry (1996) [graphic format]
- Lady Merion's Angel (1996)
- Phoenix Farm (1996)
- Sea Dragon of Fife (1996)
- Sextraterrestrials (1996, with Joe Haldeman)
- Sister Emily's Lightship (1996)
- The House of Seven Angels (1996)
- The School Visitor (1996)
- The Word the Devil Made Up (1996)
- Wonder Land (1996)
- Wrestling with Angels (1996)
- Castle Collapse (1996)
- Sphinx Song (1996)
- A Southern Night (1997)
- Dick W. and His Pussy; or, Tess and Her Adequate Dick (1997)
- Lost Girls (1997)
- Rabbit Hole (1997)
- The Bridge's Complaint (1997)
- Tough Alice (1997)
- Godmother Death (1997)
- Belle Bloody Merciless Dame (1997)
- The Wizard of the Birds (1997, with Adam Stemple)
- Bird Count (1998)
- Ghost Boy (1998)
- Green Ghosts (1998)
- Mandy (1998)
- Police Report (1998)
- Prom Ghost (1998)
- Souls (1998)
- Studies in Stone (1998, with Robert J. Harris)
- The Emperor and the Kite (1998)
- Become a Warrior (1998)
- Carrion Crows (1998, with Robert Harris)
- Angus Mor and the Fairies (1999)
- The Fairies Banished (1999)
- The Fairy Midwife (1999)
- The Fee's Changeling (1999)
- The Lost Spear (1999)
- The Peri Wife (1999)
- The Stolen Wife (1999)
- The Tailor's Treasure (1999)
- The Three Fairies of Sandy Batoum (1999)
- Thomas the Rhymer (1999)
- Three Short Welsh Fairy Stories (1999)
- Cinder Elephant (2000)
- Green Plague (2000)
- Our Lady of the Greenwood (2000)
- Snow in Summer (2000)
- Holy, Holy, Holy (2000, with Heidi EY Stemple)
- Requiem Antarctica (2000, with Robert J. Harris)
- A Ghost of an Affair (2000)
- Speaking to the Wind (2000)
- The Singer and the Song (2000)
- Under the Hill (2000)
- Where Have the Unicorns Gone? (2000)
- Glamor (2000, with Adam Stemple)
- The Barbarian and the Queen: Thirteen Views (2001)
- Centaur Field (2001)
- Dark Seed, Dark Stone (2002)
- Greenkid (2003)
- Ride Me Like a Wave (2003)
- Troubles (2004, with Adam Stemple)
- The Great Selchie of Sule Skerry (2004)
- A Knot of Toads (2005)
- Except the Queen (2005, with Midori Snyder)
- Rosechild (2005)
- Somewhen (2005)
- The Honey-Stick Boy (2005)
- The Moon Child (2005)
- Max, the Hand, and Me (2005, with Heidi EY Stemple)
- Slipping Sideways Through Eternity (2007)
- Little Red (2009, with Adam Stemple)
- Troll (2009)
- Mesopotamian Fire (2009, with Adam Stemple)
- Come to the Fairies' Ball (2009)
- The Tsar's Dragons (2009, with Adam Stemple)
- When Elder Sister Grew Her Wings (2009)
- The Elephant's Bride (2010)
- Andersen's Witch (2012)
- Waking Dragons (2012)
- Enough (2013)
- The Jewel in the Toad Queen's Crown (2013)
- Dog Boy Remembers (2013)
- The Spinning Wheel's Tale (2013)
- A Song for Sacagawea (2015)
- On Duck Pond (2017)
- A Glory of Unicorns (2017)
- The Bird (2017)
- Handmaid's Tale (2017)
- Conjoined (2017)
- On Gull Beach (2018)
- Crow Not Crow (2018, with Adam Stemple)
- Monster Academy (2018, with Heidi EY Stemple)
- A Kite for Moon (2019, with Heidi EY Stemple)
Collections
- The Wizard Islands (1973, illustrations by Robert Quackenbush)
- The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales (1974)
- The Moon Ribbon and Other Tales (1976)
- The Hundredth Dove and Other Tales (1977)
- Dream Weaver (1979)
- Neptune Rising: Songs and Tales of the Undersea People (1982)
- Tales of Wonder (1983)
- The Whitethorn Wood and Other Magicks (1984)
- Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985)
- Merlin's Booke (1986)
- Tales of Wonder (1987, for adults)
- The Faery Flag (1989)
- Storyteller (1992)
- Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast (1997)
- Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories (2000)
- The Fish Prince and Other Stories: Mermen Folk Tales (2001, with Shulamith Levey Oppenheim)
- Once Upon a Time (She Said) (2005)
- The Last Selchie Child (2012)
- Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist (2013, with Rebecca Kai Dotlich)
- The Bloody Tide (2014)
- The Emerald Circus (2017)
- How to Fracture a Fairy Tale (2017, Short Stories and Poems)
Here There Be… (Illustrations by David Wilgus)
- Here There Be Dragons (1993)
- Here There Be Unicorns (1994)
- Here There Be Witches (1995)
- Here There Be Angels (1996)
- Here There Be Ghosts (1998)
Children's and picture books
Stories
- The Witch Who Wasn't (1964, illustrated by Arnold Roth )
- Gwinellen: The Princess Who Could Not Sleep (1965, illustrations by Ed Renfro)
- The Emperor and the Kite (1967, illustrations by Ed Young)
- Isabel's Noel (1967, illustrations by Arnold Roth)
- The Minstrel and the Mountain: A Tale of Peace (1968, illustrated by Anne Rockwell)
- The Longest Name on the Block (1968, illustrations by Peter Madden)
- It All Depends (1969, illustrations by Don Bolognese)
- The Seventh Mandarin (1970, illustrated by Ed Young)
- The Bird of Time (1971, illustrated by Mercer Mayer)
- Rainbow Rider (1974, illustrated by Michael Foreman)
- The Boy Who Had Wings (1974, illustrations by Helga Aichinger)
- The Little Spotted Fish (1974, illustrations by Friso Henstra)
- An Invitation To The Butterfly Ball (1976, illustrated by Jane Breskin Zalben)
- Milkweed Days (1976, photos by Gabriel Amadeus Cooney)
- The Seeing Stick (1977, illustrations by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini)
- The Sultan's Perfect Tree (1977, illustrated by Barbara Garrison)
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The Simple Prince (1978, illustrations by Jack Kent)
- German: The Prince and the Simple Life. Translated by Marion von der Kammer. Carlsen (Lilli-Billi-Bücher), Reinbek near Hamburg 1980, ISBN 3-551-11628-8 .
- No Bath Tonight (1978, illustrations by Nancy Winslow Parker)
- All in the Woodland Early: An ABC Book (1978, illustrations by Jane Breskin Zalben)
- The Giants Go Camping (1979, illustrations by Tomie dePaola)
- The Giants' Farm (1979, illustrations by Tomie dePaola)
- Mice on Ice (1980, illustrations by Lawrence Di Fiori)
- Dragon Night and Other Lullabies (1980, illustrations by Demi)
- Sleeping Ugly (1981, illustrated by Diane Stanley)
- Uncle Lemon's Spring (1981, illustrated by Glen Rounds)
- Shirlick Holmes and the Case of the Wandering Wardrobe (1981, illustrations by Anthony Rao)
- The Boy Who Spoke Chimp (1981, illustrations by David Wiesner )
- The Acorn Quest (1981, illustrations by Susanna Natti)
- Brothers of the Wind (1981, illustrations by Barbara Berger)
- The Sleeping Beauty (1986, illustrated by Ruth Sanderson)
- The Girl Who Loved the Wind (1987, illustrated by Ed Young)
- Owl Moon (1987, illustrations by John Schoenherr)
- Dove Isabeau (1989, illustrations by Dennis Nolan)
- Tam Lin (1990, illustrations by Charles Mikolaycak)
- Elfabet: An ABC of Elves (1990, illustrated by Lauren A. Mills)
- Sky Dogs (1990, illustrations by Barry Moser)
- Dinosaur Dances (1990, illustrated by Bruce Degan)
- All Those Secrets of the World (1991, illustrated by Leslie Baker)
- Hark! A Christmas Sampler (1991, with Tomie dePaola)
- Greyling (1991, illustrations by William Stobbs)
- Wings (1991, illustrations by Dennis Nolan)
- Letting Swift River Go (1992, illustrated by Barbara Cooney)
- Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole (1992, illustrations by Kathryn Brown)
- Welcome to the Green House (1993, illustrated by Laura Regan)
- Too Old for Naps (1993, illustrated by Alexi Natchev)
- Honkers (1993, illustrated by Leslie Baker)
- Mouse's Birthday (1993, illustrated by Bruce Degen)
- The Girl in the Golden Bower (1994, illustrated by Jane Dyer)
- Beneath the Ghost Moon (1994, illustrated by Laurel Molk)
- Good Griselle (1994, illustrations by David Christiana)
- Before the Storm (1994, illustrated by Georgia Pugh)
- Grandad Bill's Song (1994, illustrated by Melissa Bay Mathis)
- Old Dame Counterpane (1994, illustrations by Ruth Tietjen Councell)
- The Ballad of the Pirate Queens (1995, illustrated by David Shannon)
- Alphabestiary (1995, illustrations by Allan Eitzen)
- Merlin and the Dragons (1995, illustrated by Li Ming, based on film Merlin and the Dragons )
- A Sip of Aesop (1995, illustrated by Karen Barbour)
- And Twelve Chinese Acrobats (1995, illustrated by Jean Gralley)
- Little Mouse & Elephant: A Tale from Turkey (1995, illustrations by John Segal)
- Musicians of Bremen: A Tale from Germany (1995, illustrations by John Segal)
- Encounter (1996, picture book illustrations by David Shannon)
- Meet the Monsters (1996, with Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Patricia Ludlow)
- Miz Berlin Walks (1997, illustrations by Floyd Cooper)
- Nocturne (1997, illustrated by Anne Hunter)
- Once Upon a Bedtime Story (1997, illustrated by Ruth Tietjen Councell)
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The Prince of Egypt (1998, illustrations by Michael Köelsch based on drawings by Larry Navarro)
- English: The Prince of Egypt. Translated by Annemarie Bruhns. Bertelsmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-570-12355-3 .
- Pegasus, the Flying Horse (1998, illustrated by Li Ming)
- Welcome to the Ice House (1998, illustrated by Laura Regan)
- The Sea Man (1998, illustrations by Christopher Denise)
- King Long Shanks (1998, illustrated by Victoria Chess)
- Raising Yoder's Barn (1998, illustrated by Bernie Fuchs)
- MoonBall (1999, illustrated by Greg Couch)
- Where Have the Unicorns Gone? (2000, illustrations by Ruth Sanderson)
- Off We Go! (2000, illustrations by Laurel Molk)
- The Flying Witch (2003, illustrations by Vladimir Vagin)
- The Firebird (2002, illustrations by Vladimir Vagin)
- Harvest Home (2002, illustrations by Greg Shed)
- The Sea King (2002, with Shulamith Levey Oppenheim; illustrations by Stefan Czernecki)
- Time for Naps (2002, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata)
- Hoptoad (2003, illustrations by Karen Lee Schmidt)
- Child of Faerie, Child of Earth (2005, illustrations by Jane Dyer)
- Grandma's Hurrying Child (2005, illustrated by Kay Charao)
- Soft House (2005, illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin)
- Dimity Duck (2006, illustrations by Sebastien Braun)
- Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep (2007, with Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Brooke Dyer)
- Naming Liberty (2008, illustrated by Jim Burke)
- One Hippo Hops (2008, illustrations by Vlasta van Kampen)
- Sad, Mad, Glad Hippos (2008, illustrations by Vlasta van Kampen)
- Hip Hippos (2008, illustrations by Vlasta van Kampen)
- Mama's Kiss (2008, illustrations by Daniel Baxter)
- Pumpkin Baby (2009, illustrations by Susan Mitchell)
- The Scarecrow's Dance (2009, illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline)
- My Uncle Emily (2009, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter)
- Come to the Fairies' Ball (2009, illustrated by Gary Lippincott)
- Under the Star: A Christmas Counting Story (2009, illustrations by Vlasta van Kampen)
- Elsie's Bird (2010, illustrations by David Small)
- Hush, Little Horsie (2010, illustrated by Ruth Sanderson)
- My Father Knows the Names of Things (2010, illustrations by Stéphane Jorisch)
- Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters (2011, illustrations by Kelly Murphy)
- The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye (2011, illustrations by Jim LaMarche)
- Pretty Princess Pig (2011, with Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Sam Williams)
- Sister Bear: A Norse Tale (2011, illustrated by Linda Graves)
- Waking Dragons (2012, illustrated by Derek Anderson)
- Romping Monsters, Stomping Monsters (2013, illustrations by Kelly Murphy)
- The Stranded Whale (2015, illustrated by Melanie Cataldo)
- Stone Angel (2015, illustrated by Katie May Green)
- You Nest Here with Me (2015, with Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Melissa Sweet)
- Sing a Season Song (2015, illustrations by Lisa Ashlock)
- What To Do With a Box (2016, illustrated by Chris Sheban)
- On Bird Hill (2016, illustrations by Bob Marstall)
- On Duck Pond (2017, illustrations by Bob Marstall)
- Thunder Underground (2017, illustrations by Josée Masse)
- On Gull Beach (2018, illustrations by Bob Marstall)
- Crow Not Crow (2018, illustrations by Elizabeth Dulemba)
- A Bear Sat on My Porch Today (2018, illustration by Rilla Alexander)
- Monster Academy (2018, with Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by John McKinley)
- Commander Toad
- Commander Toad in Space (1980)
- Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes (1982)
- Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole (1983)
- Commander Toad and the Dis-asteroid (1985)
- Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy (1986)
- Commander Toad and the Space Pirates (1987)
- Commander Toad and the Voyage Home (1998)
Piggins (Illustrations by Jane Dyer)
- Piggins (1987)
- Picnic with Piggins (1988)
- Piggins and the Royal Wedding (1989)
Baby Bear (Illustrations by Melissa Sweet)
- Baby Bear's Bedtime Book (1990)
- Baby Bear's Chairs (2005)
- Baby Bear's Books (2006)
- Baby Bear's Big Dreams (2007)
How Do Dinosaurs ...? (Illustrations by Mark Teague)
- How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? (2000)
- How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? (2002)
- How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read? (2003)
- How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? (2004)
- How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? (2004)
- How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? (2005)
- How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? (2006)
- How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? (2006)
- How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? (2007)
- How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? (2009)
- How Do Dinosaurs Learn Colors and Numbers? (2009)
- How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Cats? (2010)
- How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Dogs? (2010)
- How Do Dinosaurs Laugh Out Loud? (2010)
- How do dinosaurs say happy birthday? (2011)
- How Do Dinosaurs Go Up and Down? (2011)
- How Do Dinosaurs Play All Day? (2011)
- How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas? (2012)
- How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? (2012)
- How Do Dinosaurs Eat Cookies? (2012)
- How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad? (2013)
- How do dinosaurs stay safe? (2013)
- How do dinosaurs stay friends? (2016)
- How Do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets? (2016)
Little Frog
- Little Frog and the Scary Autumn Thing (2016, illustrations by Ellen Shi)
- Little Frog and the Spring Polliwogs (2017, illustrations by Ellen Shi)
Story collections
- Spider Jane (1978, illustrations by Stefan Bernath)
- Ring of Earth: A Child's Book of Seasons (1986, illustrations by John Wallner)
- Milk and Honey: A Year of Jewish Holidays (1996, illustrations by Louise August)
- The Fairies' Ring: A Book of Fairy Stories & Poems (1999, illustrated by Stephen Mackey)
- Not One Damsel In Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls (2000, illustrated by Susan Guevara)
- Mightier Than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys (2003, illustrations by Raúl Colón)
- The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories (2004, with Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Rebecca Guay)
- Meow: Cat Stories from Around the World (2005, illustrations by Hala Wittwer)
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The Barefoot Book of Dance Stories (2010, with Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Helen Cann)
- German: Waltz, Polka and Flamenco: the most beautiful fairy tales of dancing. Translated by Michael Stehle. Urachhaus, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8251-7690-7 .
- Animal Stories: Heartwarming True Tales from the Animal Kingdom (2014, with Heidi EY Stemple, Adam Stemple and Jason Stemple; illustrations by Jui Ishida)
- Once There Was a Story: Tales from Around the World, Perfect for Sharing (2017, illustrated by Jane Dyer)
- Meet Me at the Well: The Girls and Women of the Bible (2018, with Barbara Diamond Goldin; illustrations by Vali Mintzi)
Song books
- The Fireside Song Book of Birds and Beasts (1972, sheet music by Barbara Green; illustrations by Peter Parnall)
- Rounds about Rounds (1977, sheet music by Barbara Green; illustration by Gail Gibbons)
- The Lullaby Songbook (1986, sheet music by Adam Stemple; illustrations by Charles Mikolaycak)
- The Lap-Time Song and Play Book (1998, sheet music by Adam Stemple; illustrations by Margot Tomes)
- Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook (1992, sheet music by Adam Stemple; illustrations by Rosenkran Hoffman)
- Jane Yolen's Songs Of Summer (1993, sheet music by Adam Stemple; illustration by Cyd Moore)
- Jane Yolen's Old Macdonald Songbook (1994, sheet music by Adam Stemple; illustrations by Rosenkrans Hoffman)
- Apple for the Teacher: Thirty Songs for Singing While You Work (2005, sheet music by Adam Stemple)
Cookbooks
- Fairy Tale Feasts (2006, recipes by Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Philippe Béha)
- Fairy Tale Breakfasts (2009, recipes by Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Philippe Béha)
- Fairy Tale Lunches (2009, recipes by Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Philippe Béha)
- Fairy Tale Dinners (2009, recipes by Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Philippe Béha)
- Fairy Tale Desserts (2009, recipes by Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Philippe Béha)
- Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts (2013, recipes by Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Sima Elizabeth Shefrin)
Non-fiction
- Pirates in Petticoats (1963, illustrations by Leonard Vosburgh)
- See This Little Line (1963, illustrated by Kathleen Elgin)
- Ring out! A Book of Bells (1974, illustrated by Richard Cuffari)
- World on a String: The Story of Kites (1975)
- Simple Gifts: The Story of the Shakers (1976, illustrated by Betty Fraser)
- A Letter from Phoenix Farm (1992, photos by Jason Stemple)
- Welcome to the Sea of Sand (1996, illustrated by Laura Regan)
- Tea with an Old Dragon: A Story of Sophia Smith, Found of Smith College (1998, illustrated by Monica Vachula)
- House, House (1998, photos by Howes Brothers and Jason Stemple)
- Welcome to the River of Grass (2001, illustrated by Laura Regan)
- My Brothers' Flying Machine: Wilbur, Orville, and Me (2003, illustrated by Jim Burke)
- The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen (2005, illustrations by Dennis Nolan)
- Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth (2008, illustrated by Jim Burke)
- Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan (2010, illustrations by Steve Adams)
- All Star !: Honus Wagner and the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever (2010, illustrations by Jim Burke)
- The Emily Sonnets: The Life of Emily Dickinson (2012, illustrations by Gary Kelley)
An Unsolved Mystery from History (with Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Roger Roth)
- The Mary Celeste (1999)
- The Wolf Girls (2001)
- Roanoke, the Lost Colony (2003)
- The Salem Witch Trials (2004)
Poems
- Caliban (1960)
- Dragon Night (1980)
- The Fossilot (1980)
- Bed / Time / Tale (1981)
- Nightmare in Browns (1981)
- Selchie's Midnight Song (1981)
- The Merman in Love (1981)
- Antique Store Merman (1982)
- Davy Jones' Locker (1982)
- Metamorphosis (1982)
- Old King Lir (1982)
- The Ballad of the White Seal Maid (1982)
- The Mermaid to Her Glass (1982)
- The Selchie's Midnight Song (1982)
- Undine (1982)
- Iduna's Fruit (1982)
- Neptune Rising (1982)
- Why a Virgin or, Advice to Young Dragons (1982)
- The Fates (1982)
- Death of a Unicorn (1984)
- Dryad's Lament (1984)
- Sings Astoreth (1984)
- The Girl Who Loves a Tree (1984)
- The Storyteller (1984)
- Four Tree Lullabies (1985)
- Into the Wood (1985)
- The Ballad of the Quick Levars (1986)
- The Making of Dragons (1986)
- Once Upon a Time, She Said (1987)
- Regenesis (1987)
- Science Fiction (1987)
- Frog Prince (1987)
- Sir John Mandeville's Report on the Griffin — Persia, Twelfth Century (1988)
- The Cow Who Jumped (1988)
- Atlas (1989)
- Beauty and the Beast: An Anniversary (1989)
- Gretel Spies the Magic House (1989)
- The Golden Stair (1989)
- The Magic House (1989)
- Tombmates (1989)
- Nazca Lines (1989)
- Toads (1989)
- The Wisdom of the Dales (1990)
- Marine Passage: Two Mothers (1990)
- A Story Must Be Held (1991)
- Big Bang Theory (1991)
- Angels Fly Because They Take Themselves Lightly (1991)
- Lucifer (1991)
- "Camelot Redux" (1992)
- This is a story (1992)
- Witch's Cat (1992)
- Deirdre (1992)
- Family Stories (1992)
- Prince Charming Comes (1992)
- Smallpox (1992)
- Imprint (1992)
- Will (1992)
- The Question of the Grail (1992)
- "Story," the Old Man Said, (1993)
- Here There Be Dragons (1993)
- Knives (1993)
- Why Dragons? (1993)
- The Ring at Yarrow (1993)
- The Green Children (1993)
- A Visitor's Account (1994)
- Fossils (1994)
- Fairy tales (1994)
- The Hunting of the Narwhale (1994)
- The Long Cellar (1994)
- The Making of a Unicorn (1994)
- The Unicorn Leaves (1994)
- The Unicorn's Pool (1994)
- Orkney Lament (1994)
- A Southern Story (1994)
- Rhinoceros (1994)
- A Conversation Among Witches (1995)
- Jacob and the Angel (1995)
- Pythagoras (1995)
- The Elf King's Daughter (1995)
- The Passing of the Eye (1995)
- The Question of the Sword (1995)
- Weird Sisters (1995)
- When Love Came to Witch Alfre (1995)
- Witch Call (1995)
- Women's Stories (1995)
- Swan / Princess (1995)
- The Mirror Speaks (1995)
- Great Selkie (1995)
- Amesbury Song (1995, with Adam Stemple)
- A Tale of Two Peters (1996)
- Angel City Blues (1996)
- Angel Feather (1996)
- Another Count of Angels (1996)
- Child's Prayer (1996)
- First Contact / Second Coming (1996)
- Flattened Fauna Poem # 37: Cats (1996)
- Intermarriage (1996)
- Manya's Story (1996)
- On the Head of a Pin (1996)
- Sex Among the Abos (1996)
- The Angel of Mons (1996)
- Thinking of Angels (1996)
- Headlines (1996)
- Song of the Cards (1997)
- Haunt (1998)
- In the Silvered Night (1998)
- It Was the Hour (1998)
- My Own Ghosts (1998)
- Seance for Eight (1998)
- The Ballad of the Pirate Queens (1998)
- The White Lady (1998)
- Old Merlin Dancing on the Sands of Time (1999)
- The Queen of the Fay (1999)
- Where to Find Fairies (1999)
- Three Questions (2000)
- Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale (2000)
- Last Day (2000)
- Vampire (2001)
- Rodergo's Song (2002, with Adam Stemple)
- Song of the Cailleach Bheur (2002)
- Musings About Seth (2004)
- Birthday: 64 (2004)
- Ridinghood (2004)
- Reads (2005)
- War Memorial: Edinburgh (2005)
- Beans (2005)
- Black Dog Times (2005)
- Crows (2005)
- Impedimenta (2005)
- Mother Goose's Maladies (2005)
- My Father Died Seven Times (2005)
- Fairy tale (2005)
- Ten Things You May Not Know About Me (2005)
- The Wolf King's Daughter (2005)
- When Raven Sang (2005)
- Fife Map (2006)
- Growing Old the Mythic Way (2006)
- Last Unicorn (2006)
- Troll Under Bridge (2006)
- Kwaku Anansi Walks the World's Web (2007)
- The Bull (2007)
- Goodbye Billy Goat Gruff (2008)
- The Selchie's Children's Plaint (2009)
- The Gospel of the Rope (2010)
- Foxwife (2010)
- Chronicles of the Borderlands (2011)
- Tower (2011)
- Garden Fairies (2011)
- Once Upon a Wolf (2012)
- Objectifying Faerie (2012)
- Gray (2012)
- Second Coming (2012)
- Desiring Dragons (2013)
- Fraud (2013)
- About Grandma Wolf (2013)
- Beauty Sleep (2013)
- Enchanted Frog (2013)
- Gingerbread Boy: A Haiku (2013)
- Gruff for Dinner (2013)
- Jack (2013)
- Just One Pea (2013)
- Little Bit: A Haiku (2013)
- Once (2013)
- Shoes (2013)
- Snow Speaks to the Mirror (2013)
- Three Bears, Five Voices (2013)
- Water Girl (2013)
- Who told the lie? (2013)
- Portrait of the Book as Golem (2013)
- Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters: A Lullaby (2013)
- Romping Monsters, Stomping Monsters (2013)
- Telling the True (2013)
- St. Patrick and the Snakes (2013)
- Flash Fiction Horror Show (2014)
- Everything Old Becomes New (2014)
- What a Time Traveler Needs Most (2014)
- Never Told (2014)
- Princess: A Life (2014)
- Warning from the Undine (2014)
- South of Oz (2014)
- Bearing Witness (2014)
- Fiddler at Midnight (2014)
- Getting Out of the Way: The Muse Complains (2014)
- Call of the Wild (2014)
- Perhaps (2015)
- Prince / Glass (2015)
- Eating and Being Eaten (2015)
- Mortar / Pestle (2015)
- The Traveler's Wagon Speaks (2015)
- Dorothy Before Oz (2015)
- A Murder of Crows (2015)
- Postcards from the Abyss (2015)
- Scarecrow Hangs (2015)
- The Truth of Briars (2015)
- Sing a Season Song (2015)
- Baba Yaga Has Tea with Kostchai the Deathless (2015)
- Shatter (2015)
- Black Bull of Norroway (2016)
- Gretel Asks (2016)
- Nice Touch (2016)
- Back in Time (2016)
- Death Rides USAir at Night (2016)
- Rusalka (2016)
- Long Argument, the Longest (2016)
- Embracing the Bear (2016)
- Old Women of the Wood (2016)
- The Poem on the Page (2016)
- Why Politics Is Like a Love Affair (2016)
- A Better Tool (2017)
- Lancelot Writes Arthur's Epitaph (2017)
- Ovens (2017)
- Blur (2017)
- Feisty Girls (2017)
- Grave Robber (2017)
- Imperatives (2017)
- Prince Ever After (2017)
- The Confessions of Persephone (2017)
- Milk from a cockroach; or, Gregor's Revenge (2017)
- Spider Rain (2017)
- Stardust (2017)
- The Metric of Space (2017)
- Challenger: A Sedoka (2017)
- Marrying the Bear (2017)
- Night Does Not (2017)
- Wheelwork (2017)
- Locked in Amber (2017)
- Circling the Moon (2017)
- A Myth as Big as a Mile (2017)
- Nettle Coat (2017)
- Song for an Immigrant (2017)
- This Desert Is the Place (2017)
- Juno in July (2017)
- Not So Great a Divide (2017)
- The Physics of a Dying Star (2017)
- I Am a Woman (2017)
- I Didn't Say That (2017)
- No Tanks (2017)
- Trickster Times (2017)
- Run, Rabbit, Run (2017)
- Balance (2018)
- Writing Away Coincidence (2018)
- Is it true? It's Not True (2018)
- Can SciFi Save Us? (2018)
- Now a Ragged Breeze (2018)
- Pachyderm Thoughts (2018)
- The Mad Queen's House of Cards (2018)
- A Short History of the Table Round (2018)
- Counting the Cost (2018)
- Reverend Blind Gary Davis: Death Don't Have No Mercy, 1961 (2018)
- Questions on Re-Reading Oz (2018)
- Song of the Peat Hag (2018)
- Halloween Treats (2018)
- Finding Baba Yaga (2018)
- The Language of Water (2018)
- Carrying the Flag of Faery (2018)
- Cinderella in the Ashes (2018)
- Frog Meet Princess (2018)
- Icarus Fall (2018)
- Jacob's Regret (2018)
- Learning from Those Other Princesses (2018)
- Not That Princess (2018)
- Old Woman by the Well (2018)
- On Meeting a God (2018)
- Spinning Straw (2018)
- St. George's Sword and Word (2018)
- Stone Hand in Stone Hand: Norvelt Cemetery (2018)
- The Keening Woman (2018)
- The Thing About Fairy Tales (2018)
- The Vampire Regrets (2018)
- To Be Paid (2018)
- Troll Maiden on the Bridge (2018)
- What Do We Need of Heaven (2018)
- When I Was a Selchie (2018)
- A Street Away (2019)
- Robot Dreams (2019)
- Crane Wife (2019)
Collections
- The Three Bears Rhyme Book (1987, illustrated by Jane Dyer)
- Best Witches: Poems for Halloween (1989, illustrated by Elise Primavera)
- What Rhymes with Moon? (1993, illustrations by Ruth Tietjen Councell)
- Raining Cats and Dogs (1993, illustrated by Janet Street)
- How Beastly! (1994, illustrations by James Marshall)
- Animal Fare (1994, illustrations by Janet Street)
- Water Music: Poems for Children (1995, photos by Jason Stemple)
- Sacred Places (1996, illustrations by David Shannon)
- Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children (1998, photos by Jason Stemple)
- The Originals: Animals that Time Forgot (1998, illustrated by Ted Lewin)
- Bird Watch (1990, illustrated by Ted Lewin)
- O Jerusalem: Voices of a Sacred City (1996, illustrations by John Thompson)
- Sea Watch (1996, illustrations by Ted Lewin)
- Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People (2000, photos by Jason Stemple)
- Dear Mother, Dear Daughter: Poems for Young People (2001, with Heidi EY Stemple; illustrations by Gil Ashby)
- Wild Wings: Poems for Young People (2002, with Jason Stemple)
- Horizons: Poems as Far as the Eye Can See (2002, photos by Jason Stemple)
- The Radiation Sonnets (2003)
- Least Things: Poems about Small Natures (2003, photos by Jason Stemple)
- Fine Feathered Friends (2004, photos by Jason Stemple)
- Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers (2006, photos by Jason Stemple)
- Shape Me a Rhyme: Nature's Forms in Poetry (2007, photos by Jason Stemple)
- A Mirror to Nature: Poems About Reflection (2009, photos by Jason Stemple)
- An Egret's Day (2010, photos by Jason Stemple)
- Things to Say to a Dead Man: Poems at the End of a Marriage and After (2011)
- Bird of a Feather (2011, photos by Jason Stemple)
- Bug off! Creepy, Crawly Poems (2012, photos by Jason Stemple)
- The Last Selchie Child (2012)
- Ekaterinoslav: One Family's Passage to America: A Memoir in Verse (2012)
- Sister Fox's Field Guide to the Writing Life (2013)
- Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist (2013, with Rebecca Kai Dotlich; illustrations by Matt Mahurin)
- The Bloody Tide: Poems about Politics and Power (2012)
- Grumbles from the Town: Mother-Goose Voices with a Twist (2016, with Rebecca Kai Dotlich; illustrations by Angela Matteson)
- The Alligator's Smile, and Other Poems (2016, photos by Jason Stemple)
- How to Fracture a Fairy Tale (2017, stories and poems)
- Before the Vote After (2017)
- Fly with Me: A Celebration of Birds Through Pictures, Poems, and Stories (2018, with Heidi EY Stemple, Adam Stemple, and Jason Stemple)
comics
- The Last Dragon (2011, adaptation of the Dragonfield spa story with illustrations by Rebecca Guay)
- Foiled (2010, illustrations by Mike Cavallaro)
- Curses! Foiled Again (2013, illustrated by Mike Cavallaro)
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The Stone Man Mysteries (with Adam Stemple; illustrations by Orion Zangara)
- 1 Stone Cold (2016)
- 2 Sanctuary (2018)
Non-fiction
- Writing Books for Children (1973)
- Friend: The Story of George Fox and the Quakers (1979)
- Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood (1981)
- Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft (2003)
- Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World (2008, illustrated by Christine Joy Pratt)
Editor
Story anthologies
- Zoo 2000: Twelve Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy Beasts (1973)
- Favorite Folktales From Around the World (1986)
- Spaceships & Spells: A Collection Of New Fantasy And Science Fiction Stories (1987, with Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh)
- Werewolves (1988, with Martin H. Greenberg)
- Things That Go Bump in the Night (1989, with Martin H. Greenberg)
- Vampires (1991, with Martin H. Greenberg)
- Xanadu (1992, with Martin H. Greenberg)
- Xanadu 2 (1993, with Martin H. Greenberg)
- Xanadu 3 (1994, with Martin H. Greenberg)
- 2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers (1994, with Connie Willis and Anne McCaffrey )
- Camelot: A Collection of Original Arthurian Stories (1995, illustrations by Winslow Pels)
- Gray Heroes: Elder Tales from Around the World (1999)
- Sherwood: Original Stories from the World of Robin Hood (2000)
- Mirror, Mirror: Forty Folk Tales for Mothers and Daughters to Share (2000, with Heidi EY Stemple)
- Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens (2005, with Patrick Nielsen Hayden)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2018 (2018)
Poetry anthologies
- Street Rhymes Around the World (1992)
- Weather Report (1993, illustrated by Annie Gusman)
- Sleep Rhymes Around the World (1994)
- Mother Earth Father Sky: Poems of Our Planet (1995, illustrations by Jennifer Hewitson)
- Sky Scrape / City Scape: Poems of City Life (1996, illustrations by Ken Condon)
- Once Upon Ice: And Other Frozen Poems (1997, photos by Jason Stemple)