Jane Yolen Reading List

From Jane Yolen’s most well-known books to some of her most lyrical, you can’t go wrong with these titles:

Picture Books


mal">• Animal Train, illustrated by Doug Cushman, Little Simon, 2002. “Clickety-clack! Clickety-clack! The animal train goes down the track.” The text in this board book for Yolen’s littlest readers is tightly woven and bounces along at a clip that’s sure to get tiny heads bobbing. There are more than 30 flaps to keep little hands occupied.


mal">• Child of Faerie, Child of Earth, illustrated by Jane Dyer, Little Brown, 1997. This is the story of a human child and a faerie boy who try to decide whether they should live in the human world or the faerie world. The rhyme scheme Yolen invented for this book has an airy quality perfect for this magical tale, and the illustrations will transport readers.


mal">• Harvest Home, illustrated by Greg Shed, Silver Whistle, Harcourt, 2002. Yolen’s rich language is matched by Shed’s deep autumn colors in this celebration of harvest time on American farms. The line “Bringing the harvest home” is a poetic refrain that echoes through the story of this family working alongside each other to collect the harvest.


mal">• How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?, illustrated by Mark Teague, Scholastic, 2000. This story, about the kind of fit dinosaurs could pitch at bedtime if they had a mind to, mixes Teague’s hilarious illustrations of giant dinosaurs trying to cram into twin beds with Yolen’s crisp rhyme that kids will want to hear again and again. Watch for the sequel, How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? in 2003.


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