Trust a City Kid (1966)
The Gift of Sarah Barker (1981)
Children of the Wolf (1984)
The Stone Silenus (1984)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1988)
Sister, Light, Sister Dark (1988)
White Jenna (1989)
Dragon's Boy (1990)
Briar Rose (1992)
The Books of Great Alta (1997)
One-Armed Queen (1998)
Armageddon Summer (1998)
Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur (2003)
The Rogues (2007)
Dragon?s Heart (Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 4) (2009)
Pit Dragon Trilogy
Dragon's Blood (1982)
Heart's Blood (1984)
A Sending of Dragons (1987)
Stuart Quartet
Queen's Own Fool (2000)
Stuart Quartet
Girl in a Cage (2002)
The Inway Investigators, or, The Mystery at McCracken's Place (1969)
The Wizard of Washington Square (1969)
Hobo Toad and the Motorcycle Gang (1970)
Adventures of Eeka Mouse (1974)
The Magic Three of Solatia (1974)
The Transfigured Hart (1975)
The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms (1978)
Robot and Rebecca: The Mystery of the Code-Carrying Kids (1980)
Acorn Quest (1981)
Boy Who Spoke Chimp (1981)
Brothers of the Wind (1981)
The Robot and Rebecca: The Mystery of the Missing Owser (1981)
Shirlick Holmes and The Case of the Wandering Wardrobe (1981)
Uncle Lemon's Spring (1981)
Wizard's Hall (1991)
And Twelve Chinese Acrobats (1995)
Wild Hunt (1995)
The Seaman (1997)
Boots and the Seven Leaguers: A Rock-and-Troll Novel (2000)
Prince Across the Water, with Robert J. Harris (2004)
Pay the Piper: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale, with Adam Stemple (2005)
Troll Bridge: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale (2006)
Young Merlin Trilogy
Passager-Young Merlin Trilogy (1996)
Hobby--Young Merlin Trilogy (1996)
Merlin--Young Merlin Trilogy (1997)
Tartan Magic
The Wizard's Map-Tartan Magic Book 1 (1999)
Tartan Magic
The Pictish Child-Tartan Magic Book 2 (1999)
The Bagpiper's Ghost-Tartan Magic Book 3 (2002)
Young Heroes
Young Heroes: Odysseus in the Serpent Maze (2001)
Young Heroes: Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons (2002)
Young Heroes: Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast (2003)
Young Heroes: Jason and the Gorgon's Blood, with Robert J. Harris (2004)
Foiled (2010)
How Do Dinosaurs Boxed Set (2006)
Come to the Faeries' Ball, illus. by Gary Lippincott (2009)
A Mirror to Nature: Poems about Reflection (2009)
An Egret's Day (2010)
Poetry
Ring Of Earth (1986)
Best Witches: Poems for Halloween (1989)
Bird Watch (1990)
Dinosaur Dances (1990)
Dragon Night and Other Lullabies (1990)
Raining Cats & Dogs (1993)
What Rhymes With Moon (1993)
How Beastly: A Menagerie of Nonsense Poems (1994)
Animal Fare: Zoological Nonsense Poems (1994)
A Sip of Aesop (1995)
Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Book (1995)
Water Music (1995)
O Jerusalem (1996)
Sacred Places (1996)
Sea Watch (1996)
The Originals: Animals That Time Forget (1998)
Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children (1998)
Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People (2000)
Dear Mother, Dear Daughter: Poems for Young People (2001)
Horizons (2002)
Wild Wings: Poems for Young People (2002)
Least Things: Poems About Small Natures (2003)
Fine Feathered Friends: Poems for Young People (2004)
Poetry Anthologies
Street Rhymes Around The World (1992)
Weather Report: Poems (1993)
Sleep Rhymes Around The World (1994)
Alphabestiary: Animal Poems from A to Z (1995)
Mother Earth/Father Sky: Poems of Our Planet (1996)
Sky Scrape/City Scape (1996)
Once Upon Ice and Other Frozen Poems (1997)
Fireside Song Book Of Birds And Beasts (1972)
Rounds About Rounds (1977)
The Lullaby Song Book (1986)
The Laptime Song And Play Book (1989)
Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Song Book (1992)
Jane Yolen's Songs Of Summer (1993)
Jane Yolen's Old MacDonald Song Book (1994)
Sing Noel (1996)
This Little Piggy and Other Rhymes to Sing and Play (2005)
Soft House
Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep
See This Little Line? (1963)
The Witch Who Wasn't (1964)
Gwinellen: The Princess Who Could Not Sleep (1965)
Isabel's Noel (1967)
The Minstrel & the Mountain: A Tale of Peace (1967)
The Emperor & the Kite (1968)
The Longest Name on the Block (1968)
Greyling (1968/1991)
It All Depends (1969)
The Seventh Mandarin (1970)
Bird of Time (1971)
The Girl Who Loved The Wind (1972)
Boy Who Had Wings (1974)
The Little Spotted Fish (1974)
An Invitation to the Butterfly Ball (1976)
Hands (1976)
Milkweed Days (1976)
Hannah Dreaming (1977)
The Lady & the Merman (1977)
The Seeing Stick (1977)
The Sultan's Perfect Tree (1977)
No Bath Tonight (1978)
The Simple Prince (1978)
All in the Woodland Early: An ABC Book (1979/1991)
Sleeping Beauty (1986)
Owl Moon (1987)
Piggins (1987)
Too Old for Naps (1987)
Picnic with Piggins (1988)
Piggins & the Royal Wedding (1988)
Dove Isabeau (1989)
Baby Bear's Bedtime Book (1990)
Elfabet: An ABC Book (1990)
Sky Dogs (1990)
Tam Lin (1990)
All Those Secrets of the World (1991)
Wings (1991)
Eeny Meeny Miney Mole (1992)
Encounter (1992)
A Letter from Phoenix Farm (1992)
Letting Swift River Go (1992)
Honkers (1993)
Mouse's Birthday (1993)
Welcome to the Green House (1993)
Beneath the Ghost Moon (1994)
The Girl in the Golden Bower (1994)
Good Griselle (1994)
Grandad Bill's Song (1994)
Old Dame Counterpane (1994)
The Ballad of the Pirate Queens (1995)
Before the Storm (1995)
Merlin & the Dragons (1995)
Little Mouse and Elephant (1996)
Meet the Monsters (1996)
The Musicians of Bremen (1996)
Welcome to the Sea of Sand (1996)
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth (1997)
Miz Berlin Walks (1997)
Nocturne (1997)
Rainbow Rider (1997)
King Longshanks (1998)
Moonball (1998)
Pegasus, the Flying Horse (1998)
Prince of Egypt (1998)
Raising Yoder's Barn (1998)
Welcome to the Ice House (1998)
Tea With an Old Dragon (1998)
An Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children (1999)
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? (2000)
Off We Go (2000)
Where Have the Unicorns Gone? (2000)
Firebird (2002)
Harvest Home (2002)
Welcome to the River of Grass (2002)
Hoptoad (2003)
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? (2003)
Sea King (2003)
The Flying Witch (2003)
The Barefoot book of Ballet Stories (2004)
How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? (2004)
How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? (2004)
Grandma's Hurrying Child (2005)
Baby Bear's Chairs (2005)
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? (2005)
Soft House (2005)
Meow: Cat Stories from Around the World, illus. by Hala Wittwer (2005)
Dimity Duck (2006)
How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? (2006)
How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? (2006)
Fairy Tales Feasts: A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers (2006)
Baby Bear's Books (2006)
Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep (2007)
Baby Bear's Big Dreams (2007)
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? (2007)
Naming Liberty (2008)
My Uncle Emily (2009)
How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? (2009)
The Scarecrow's Dance (2009)
How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Cats? (2010)
How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Dogs? (2010)
Shape Me a Rhyme: Nature's Forms in Poetry (2006)
Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Number (2006)
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry (2007)
The Giants Farm (1977)
Spider Jane (1978)
The Giants Go Camping (1979)
Mice on Ice (1980)
Spider Jane on the Move (1980)
Sleeping Ugly (1981)
Commander Toad
Commander Toad in Space (1980)
Commander Toad & the Planet of the Grapes (1982)
Commander Toad & the Big Black Hole (1983)
Commander Toad & the Dis-Asteroid (1985)
Commander Toad & the Intergalactic Spy (1986)
Commander Toad & the Space Pirates (1987)
Commander Toad & the Voyage Home (1988)
Pirates in Petticoats (1963)
World on a String: The Story of Kites (1968)
Friend: The Story of George Fox and the Quakers (1972)
The Wizard Islands (1973)
Ring Out! A Book of Bells (1974)
Simple Gifts: The Story of the Shakers (1976)
House, House (1998)
The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History (1999)
The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History (2001)
Roanoke, The Lost Colony: An Unsolved Mystery from History (2003)
My Brothers' Flying Machine: Wilbur, Orville, and Me (2003)
The Salem Witch Trials: An Un solved Mystery from History (2004)
The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen, illus. by Dennis Nolan (2005)
Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World (2008)
Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth (2008)
All Star! Honus Wagner and the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever (2010)
Animal Train (2002)
Bedtime for Bunny (2002)
Time for Naps (2002)
Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales (1974)
Moon Ribbon and Other Tales (1976)
The Hundredth Dove (1977)
Dream Weaver (1979)
Neptune Rising: Songs & Tales of the Undersea Folk (1982)
Faerie Flag: Stories and Poems of Fantasy and the Supernatural (1989)
Hark: A Christmas Sampler (1991)
Here There Be Dragons (1993)
Here There Be Unicorns (1994)
Here There Be Witches (1995)
Here There Be Angels (1996)
Milk & Honey (1996)
Once Upon a Bedtime (1997)
Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Stories (1997)
Here There Be Ghosts (1998)
The Fairies' Ring (1999)
Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls (2000)
Mightier Than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys (2003)
Zoo 2000: Twelve Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy Beats (1973)
Shape Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales About Humans Who Can Change Their Shapes (1978)
Dragons & Dreams: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories (1986)
Spaceships & Spells: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science-Fiction Stories (1987)
Werewolves: A Collection of Original Stories (1988)
Things That Go Bump in the Night: A Collection of Original Stories (1989)
2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers (1991)
Vampires: A Collection of Original Stories (1991)
Camelot: A Collection of Original Arthurian Stories (1995)
Haunted House: A Collection of Original Stories (1995)
Sherwood: Original Stories from the World of Robin Hood (2000)
The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens: First Annual Collection (2005)
Novels
Cards Of Grief (1984)
Story Collections
Tales Of Wonder (1983)
The Whitethorn Wood and Other Magicks (1984)
Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985)
Merlin's Booke (1986)
Storyteller (1992)
Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories (2000)
Poetry
The Radiation Sonnets: For My Love, in Sickness and in Health (2003)
Edited Poetry Collections
Among Angels (1995)
Anthologies
Favorite Folktales from Around the World (1986)
Xanadu (1993)
Xanadu 2 (1994)
Xanadu 3 (1995)
Gray Heroes: Elder Tales from Around the World (1999)
Mirror, Mirror: Folk Tales for Mothers and Daughters to Share (2000)
The Fish Prince And Other Stories (2001)
Nonfiction
Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie, and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood (1981)
Writing for Children (1989)
Take Joy: A Book for Writers (2003)
Comic Books
King Henry (1993)
The Lady and the Merman in Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales (1982)
Words of Power in Visions: Nineteen Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults (1987)
The Boy Who Drew Unicorns in The Unicorn Treasury (1988)
Earth in 2041: Twelve Short Stories about the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers (1991)
Suzy and Leah in American Girl magazine (1993)
Blood Sister in Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (1994)
Bolundeers in A Nightmare's Dozen: Stories from the Dark (1997)
Brandon and the Aliens in Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens II (1997)
Harlyn's Fairy in A Wizard's Dozen: Stories of the Fantastic (1997)
Phoenix Farm in Bruce Coville's Book of Magic (1997)
Sea Dragon of Fife in Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters II (1997)
Wilding in A Starfarer's Dozen (1997)
Winter's King in After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien (1997)
The Baby-Sitter in Things That Go Bump in the Night (1997)
Sister Emily's Lightship in Starlight (2000)
Lost Girls in Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast (2000)
Mama Gone in Vampires: A Collection of Original Stories (2000)
Centaur Field in Half-Human (2001)
Max, the Hand, and Me (2005)
Going for Gold (2006)
Bang, Bang, You're Dead (2006)
Little Red (2009)
The White Babe, from Sister Light, Sister Dark (June 1987)
Homework in Breakfast, Books, and Dreams: A Day in Verse (1981)
Will in Magazine of Speculative Poetry (1992)
Angels Fly Because They Take Themselves Lightly in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1995)
Homework Police in Dear Mother, Dear Daughter: Poems for Young People (2001)
American Gothic in Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art (2001)
Wheels (2007)
Louisa's Angels (2007)
The White House First Residents: An Imagined Conversation Between John and Abigail Adams (2008)
America's Cinderella in The Cinderella Casebook (1988)
Turtles All the Way Down in Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (1991)
On Writing and Illustrating Letting Swift River Go in Book Links (1997)
How Hard Can It Be? (2010)
On Silent Wings in The New Advocate (Fall 1989)
On Collaborating with Bruce Coville on a Young Adult Novel in Book Links (November 1998)
An Empress of Thieves in Horn Book (November/December 1994)
All in the Family in Book Links (September 1997)
Disas-Tour, Inc.
Daedelus Award (1985)
Honorary Doctor of Laws, College of Our Lady of the Elms (1988)
Kerlan Award, University of Minnesota (1988)
Regina Medal, Catholic Library Association (1990)
"Skylark" Award/Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, Boskone 27, New England Science Fiction Association (1990)
Smith College Medal (1990)
Distinguished Author Award, Richard Salter Storrs Library, Longmeadow, Massachusetts (1994)
New England Reading Association Special Recognition Award (1995)
Keene State College Children's Literature Festival Award (1995)
Literary Lights for Children Award, Boston Public Library (1998)
Keene State College Honorary Doctor of Letters (1998)
Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Children's Literature, Tulsa Library Trust (1999)
Smith College: Remarkable Women Award (1999)
Talking Leaves Literary Award, National Storytelling Network (2004)
SF-FFW (Science Fiction-Fantasy Female Writers) Roots Award (2006)
Arts Achievement Award (in Literature), Town of Westport, Connecticut (2006)
