Jane Yolen

Born February 11, 1939 in New York City

Jane Yolen is a writing machine. No other way to describe it. I have some 300 books written or edited by her in our bibliography but her current volume of output is so high, that even if you are not current by a year or two, then you may be short by a dozen books. I am guessing that she is currently looking at perhaps three hundred and twenty books written so far.

That's an impressive number by anyone's count but there are a few authors out there that were even more prodigious. If I remember correctly, Enid Blyton wrote something on the order of seven hundred children's books.

What makes Jane Yolen most remarkable is not the sheer volume of her writings. It is more that she has demonstrated such a catholic command of virtually everything within the children's literature arena. That is not intended as a slight towards Enid Blyton of whose writing I am a big fan and who showed real flare and imagination in creating a number of hallmark characters such as Noddy, The Famous Five and the Secret Seven. That said, though, Blyton's writing style is pretty consistent and recognizable. The flood of her work stayed within reasonably defined banks.

Jane Yolen on the other hand seems to have turned her hand to almost every writing style, genre, format, and topic that a child might possibly be interested in. She has written books, (both fiction and non-fiction), across the entire age spectrum: Picture Books, Independent Readers, Young Adults and Adults. She has worked as an author, editor, re-teller, and collaborator. She has ranged widely through most of the significant genres: concept books, drama, science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, horror stories, folktales, poetry, mysteries, autobiography, biography, musicals, etc. She has written standalone classics but also well regarded series.

Jane Yolen was born Jane Hyatt on February 11, 1939 in New York City. She lived in a house that honored words - her father was a newspaper columnist (and kite enthusiast and champion kite-flyer) and her mother a social worker and crossword puzzle writer. Yolen was the elder of two children with a younger brother behind her.

Yolen was an early and avid reader with a strong predilection for the Andrew Lang fairy tales and other stories of fantasy. She was an exemplary student in school despite frequent and numerous moves. Her abiding interest was in stories, reading and writing (she was heavily involved in theatre and busy writing stories and poetry) but she also demonstrated a marked talent for music and dancing (ballet).

Yolen graduated Hunter School and then attended Smith College, graduating in 1960 with a degree in English and Russian literature. She married David Stemple, a university professor of computer sciences in 1962. She worked for the five years after graduating college as a freelance writer and at a variety of jobs in the publishing business before becoming a full-time writer in 1965.

It was during this period that Yolen began serious exploration of the paths that might lead to a writing career. In 1962, an editor from Knopf, Judith Jones, decided to see if she might scare up some young talent and made a tour some of the elite universities. At Smith she was told that the only person that might meet her requirements was the recent graduate, Jane Yolen. When contacted, Yolen told a white lie that set her up for the kind of productivity that became her hallmark. When asked about her writing she intimated the existence of a number of books she had completed. The reality was that the ideas might have been there but the books were not. Having mentioned them though, not unnaturally, Jones requested that Yolen send some of these books for her to review. "Caught in the web of deceit I, who had always prided myself on my honesty, realized there was nothing to do but sit down at my typewriter and get something done quickly."

She decided on doing a series of children's books not realizing, as most soon learn, that the brevity required of children's books makes writing them in many cases a much more exacting task than books for adults. Having produced a handful of books in short order for review, Yolen sent them off. These initial efforts were not particularly well received but the effort to introduce them to publishers did launch her on the right path. One of the book propositions she had created (an idea which she had had in eighth grade, to do a book about lady pirates) was eventually accepted by McKay Publishing and her first book as author, Pirates in Petticoats, was released in 1963, followed the same year by See this Little Line?

In August 1965, the Yolens took time off from their careers to spend a year travelling around Europe. Shortly after their return, Jane Yolen gave birth to the first of their three children, Heidi Elizabeth. She subsequently had two sons, Adam and Jason. The family has always been a close one and all three children later contributed to their mother's books; Heidi as a coauthor, Jason as an illustrator and Adam by setting some of the works to music.

In 1966, David Stemple took a position at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. The Yolens purchased a large home there and settled down to pursue their careers and raise a family. Through the later 1960's and the 1970's, while raising three children, Yolen wrote more than fifty further books for children. While successful, it was not until the 1980's that Yolen began to really register with the reading public in an established way. Just as another prolific author Astrid Lindgren's reputation has, I think, been somewhat undermined by very varied translations and by very heterogeneous illustrators (i.e. making it difficult to register her as a single author), I think Yolen's reputation among the reading population has perhaps been masked by the sheer breadth of her work.

In looking at a bibliography of some three hundred books of such heterogeneous style, genre and reading level, it is virtually impossible to make any summary statement that is not immediately contradicted by a dozen instances. I think what can best be said is that beyond her sheer creativity and imagination, Yolen is a master story-teller and a master wordsmith. She does a magnificent job of adjusting her style to the needs of the story and making every story feel like you are hearing it from your mother's lips at bedtime or from your father around a campfire.

Among the three hundred, which should be highlighted? Oh, so hard. Because she is such a chameleon of a writer, modifying style to story circumstance, not all books will be pleasing to all readers. The polymath virtuosity of her writing means that one book is not a predictor of another. Some of her books are among my very favorites, others I am indifferent to. In a peculiar way, though, I think that is an unusual mark of distinction for an author.

Among those of her books which I hear others praising and which have been honored with numerous awards, I would call out Briar Rose, The Devil's Arithmetic, the How do Dinosaurs . . . series, The Pit Dragon Trilogy, White Jenna, Letting Swift River Go, The Girl Who Cried Flowers, and the Commander Toad series.

Among my personal favorites, and those of our children are The Ballad of the Pirate Queens, All Those Secrets of the World, and Owl Moon. Picking just these dozen or so understates how many of her books are just so enjoyable but when dealing with large numbers it can be overwhelming to the point of numbing. For young children, I would especially draw attention to The Ballad of the Pirate Queens. A perfect bedtime story in which there is action and adventure, beautiful illustrations, a touch of humor, and words and poetry that gently rock you to sleep, as if listening to waves lapping the shore. To me it is a gem.

Jane Yolen is not only an author. She has long been an active and senior member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, a performer on stage of public readings and folktales, as well as a teacher at Smith College. The last words, with which I could not be in greater agreement, are best left to her:

I believe that culture begins in the cradle. Literature is a continuous process from childhood onward. . . . The continuum of literature is best maintained by these tales of fantasy, fancy, faerie, and the supra-natural, those crafted visions and bits of dream-remembering that link our past and our future. To do without tales and stories and books is to lose humanity's past, is to have no star map for our future.

Picture Books

All in the Woodland Early by Jane Yolen Suggested

Animal Train by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Doug Cushman Suggested

Apple For The Teacher by Jane Yolen, music by Adam Stemple and illustrated by Eileen Michaelis Smiles Suggested

Baby Bear's Books by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Melissa Sweet Unreviewed

Baby Bear's Chairs by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Melissa Sweet Unreviewed

Baby Bear's Big Dreams by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Melissa Sweet Unreviewed

Color Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple Suggested

Count Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple Suggested

Dear Mother, Dear Daughter by Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple and illustrated by Gil Ashby Unreviewed

Dimity Duck by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Sebastien Braun Unreviewed

Fine Feathered Friends by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple Unreviewed

The Firebird by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Vladimir Vasilevich Vagin Suggested

Here's a Little Poem - by Jane Yolen, Andrew Fusek Peters and olly Dunbar Unreviewed

Hip Hippos by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Vlasta Van Kampen Unreviewed

Hoptoad by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt Suggested

Horizons by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple Suggested

How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague Suggested

How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague Suggested

How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague Suggested

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague Suggested

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague Suggested

How Do Dinosaurs Go to School by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague Suggested

How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague Suggested

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague Recommended

Least Things by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple Suggested

Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Barbara Cooney Recommended

Meow by Jane Yolen and illustarted by Hala Wittwer Suggested

Mother Earth Father Sky edited by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jennifer Hewitson Unreviewed

Off We Go by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Laurel Molk Unreviewed

Once upon Ice edited by Jane Yolen and illustrtaed by Jason Stemple Suggested

One Hippo Hops by Jane Yolen and illustrated byVlasta Van Kampen Unreviewed

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr Recommended

Piggins by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jane Dyer Unreviewed

Sacred Places by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Shannon Unreviewed

Sad, Mad, Glad Hippos by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Vlasta Van Kampen Unreviewed

Shape Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple Unreviewed

Sky Scrape/City Scape edited by Jane Yolen and illusttrated by Ken Condon Suggested

Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple and illustrated by Brooke Dyer Suggested

Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Diane Stanley Suggested

Snow, Snow by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple Suggested

Soft House by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin Suggested

The Ballad of the Pirate Queens by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Shannon Highly Recommended

The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Young Suggested

Water Music by Jane Yolen and illustrated Jason Stemple Suggested

Where Have the Unicorns Gone by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ruth Sanderson Unreviewed

Wild Wings by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple Suggested

Independent Reader

A Sending of Dragons by Jane Yolen Suggested

Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville Unreviewed

Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Bruce Degen Suggested

Commander Toad and the Dis-Asteriod by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Bruce Degen Suggested

Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Bruce Degen Suggested

Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Bruce Degen Suggested

Commander Toad and the Space Pirates by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Bruce Degen Suggested

Commander Toad and the Voyage Home by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Bruce Degen Suggested

Commander Toad in Space by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Bruce Degen Suggested

Dragon's Blood by Author Recommended

Encounter by Jane Yolen Suggested

Fairy Tale Feasts by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple and illustrated by Philippe Beha Suggested

Favorite Folktales from Around the World by Jane Yolen Possible

Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris Suggested

Heart's Blood by Jane Yolen Suggested

Here There Be Dragons by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Wilgus Suggested

Street Rhymes Around the World by Jane Yolen Possible

The Mary Celeste by Jane Yolen and Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple and illustrated by Roger Roth Suggested

Merlin by Jane Yolen Recommended

Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ming Li Recommended

Mightier Than the Sword by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Raul Colon Suggested

Miz Berlin Walks by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Floyd Cooper Suggested

My Brothers' Flying Machine by Jane Yolen and illustrate by Jim Burke Suggested

Not One Damsel in Distress by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Susan Guevara Recommended

Odds Are Good by Bruce Coville and Jane Yolen Unreviewed

Passager by Jane Yolen Suggested

Pay The Piper by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple Unreviewed

Prince Across the Water by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris Suggested

Queen's Own Fool by Jane Yolen Suggested

Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen Unreviewed

Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen Suggested

Bagpiper's Ghost by Jane Yolen Suggested

The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple and illustrated by Rebecca Guay Recommendation

The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Recommended

The Dragon's Boy by Jane Yolen Suggested

Magic Three of Solatia by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Julia Noonan Unreviewed

The One-Armed Queen by Jane Yolen Unreviewed

The Perfect Wizard by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Dennis Nolan Suggested

The Pictish Child by Jane Yolen Suggested

Roanoke by Jane Yolen Heidi and E. Y. Stemple and illustrated by Roger Roth Suggested

The Rogues by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris Suggested

The Salem Witch Trials by Jane Yolen and Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple and illustrated by Roger Roth Suggested

The Wizard's Map by Jane Yolen Suggested

The Young Merlin Trilogy by Jane Yolen Suggested

This Little Piggy edited by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand with music by Adam Stemple Unreviewed

Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Jane Yolen Suggested

Welcome to the Green House by Jane Yolen and llustrated by Laura Regan Suggested

Welcome to the Ice House by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Laura Regan Suggested

Welcome to the River of Grass by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Laura Regan Suggested

Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen Suggested

Young Adult

Title by Author Recommended

The Books of Magic by Jane Yolen Unreviewed

The Year's Best Science Fiction And Fantasy For Teens edited by Jane Yolen and Patrick Nielsen Hayden Unreviewed

Jane Yolen Bibliography

Pirates in Petticoats by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Leonard Vosburgh 1963
See This Little Line? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Kathleen Elgin 1963
The Witch Who Wasn't by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Arnold Roth 1964
Gwinellen, the Princess Who Could Not Sleep by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Renfro 1965
Trust a City Kid by Jane Yolen and illustrated by J. C. Kocsis 1966
Isabel's Noel by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Arnold Roth 1967
Robin Hood by Jane Yolen 1967
The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Young 1967
The Minstrel and the Mountain: A Tale of Peace by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Anne Rockwell 1967
Greyling: A Picture Story from the Islands of Shetland by Jane Yolen and illustrated by William Stobbs 1968
The Longest Name on the Block by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Peter Madden 1968
World on a String: The Story of Kites by Jane Yolen 1968
The Inway Investigators; or The Mystery at McCracken's Place by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Allan Eitzen 1969
The Wizard of Washington Square by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ray Cruz 1969
Hobo Toad and the Motorcycle Gang by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Emily McCully 1970
It All Depends by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Don Bolognese 1970
The Seventh Mandarin by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Young 1970
The Bird of Time by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mercer Mayer 1971
Friend: The Story of George Fox and the Quakers by Jane Yolen 1972
The Fireside Song Book of Birds and Beasts by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Peter Parnall 1972
The Girl Who Loved the Wind by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Young 1972
The Wizard Islands by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Robert Quackenbush 1973
Writing Books for Children by Jane Yolen 1973
Zoo 2000: Twelve Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy Beasts by Jane Yolen 1973
Ring Out! A Book of Bells by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Richard Cuffari 1974
The Adventures of Eeka Mouse by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Myra McKee 1974
The Boy Who Had Wings by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Helga Aichinger 1974
The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Palladini 1974
The Magic Three of Solatia by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Julia Noonan 1974
The Rainbow Rider by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Michael Foreman 1974
The Little Spotted Fish by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Friso Henstra 1975
The Transfigured Hart by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Donna Diamond 1975
An Invitation to the Butterfly Ball: A Counting Rhyme by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jane Breskin Zalben 1976
Milkweed Days by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Gabriel Amadeus Cooney 1976
Simple Gifts: The Story of the Shakers by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Betty Fraser 1976
The Moon Ribbon and Other Tales by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Palladini 1976
Hannah Dreaming by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Alan R. Epstein 1977
Rounds about Rounds by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Gail Gibbons 1977
The Giants' Farm by Jane Yolen 1977
The Hundredth Dove and Other Tales by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Palladini 1977
The Lady and the Merman by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Barry Moser 1977
The Seeing Stick by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Remy Charlip and Demetra Maraslis 1977
The Sultan's Perfect Tree by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Barbara Garrison 1977
No Bath Tonight by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker 1978
Shape Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales about Humans Who Can Change Their Shape by Jane Yolen 1978
Spider Jane by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Stefan Bernath 1978
The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Laura Rader 1978
The Simple Prince by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jack Kent 1978
All in the Woodland Early: An ABC Book by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jane Breskin Zalben 1979
Dream Weaver and Other Tales by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Michael Hague 1979
The Giants Go Camping by Jane Yolen 1979
Commander Toad in Space by Jane Yolen 1980
Dragon Night and Other Lullabies by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Demi 1980
How Beastly!: A Menagerie of Nonsense Poems by Jane Yolen and illustrated by James Marshall 1980
Mice on Ice by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Lawrence DiFiori 1980
Spider Jane on the Move by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Stefan Bernath 1980
The Robot and Rebecca: The Mystery of the Code-Carrying Kids by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jurg Obrist 1980
Brothers of the Wind by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Barbara Berger 1981
Dragons of Light by Orson Scott Card 1981
Elsewhere Volume 1 by Terri Windling 1981
Shirlick Holmes and the Case of the Wandering Wardrobe by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Anthony Rao 1981
Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Diane Stanley 1981
The Acorn Quest by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Susanna Natti 1981
The Boy Who Spoke Chimp by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Wiesner 1981
The Gift of Sarah Barker by Jane Yolen 1981
The Robot and Rebecca and the Missing Owser by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Lady McCrady 1981
Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood by Jane Yolen 1981
Uncle Lemon's Spring by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Glen Rounds 1981
Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes by Jane Yolen 1982
Dragon's Blood: A Fantasy by Jane Yolen 1982
Elsewhere Volume 2 by Terri Windling 1982
Hecate's Cauldron by Susan Schwartz 1982
Merlin's Booke by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Thomas Canty 1982
Neptune Rising: Songs and Tales of the Undersea Folk by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Wiesner 1982
Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole by Jane Yolen 1983
Heroic Visions by Jessica Amanda Salmonson 1983
Tales of Wonder by Jane Yolen 1983
Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen 1984
Children of the Wolf by Jane Yolen 1984
Heart's Blood by Jane Yolen 1984
The Stone Silenus by Jane Yolen 1984
Commander Toad and the Dis-Asteroid by Jane Yolen 1985
Dragonfield and Other Stories by Jane Yolen 1985
Faery! by Windling 1985
Imaginary Lands by Robin McKinley 1985
Liavek by Will Shetterly 1985
Moonsinger's Friends by Susan Schwartz 1985
Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy by Jane Yolen 1986
Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England by Jack Zipes 1986
Dragons and Dreams by Jane Yolen 1986
Favorite Folktales from around the World by Jane Yolen 1986
Liavek: Players of Luck by Will Shetterly 1986
Ring of Earth: A Child's Book of Seasons by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Wallner 1986
The Lullaby Songbook by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak 1986
The Sleeping Beauty by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ruth Sanderson 1986
A Sending of Dragons by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Tom McKeveny 1987
Commander Toad and the Space Pirates by Jane Yolen 1987
Liavek: Wizard's Row by Will Shetterly 1987
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr 1987
Piggins by Jane Yolen 1987
Spaceships and Spells by Jane Yolen 1987
The Three Bears Rhyme Book by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jane Dyer 1987
Visions by Donald R. Gallo 1987
Invitation to Camelot by Parke Godwin 1988
Liavek: Spells of Binding by Will Shetterly 1988
Picnic with Piggins by Jane Yolen 1988
Piggins and the Royal Wedding by Jane Yolen 1988
Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen 1988
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen 1988
Werewolves: A Collection of Original Stories by Jane Yolen 1988
Best Witches: Poems for Halloween by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Elise Primavera 1989
Dove Isabeau by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Dennis Nolan 1989
Guide to Writing for Children by Jane Yolen 1989
The Faery Flag: Stories and Poems of Fantasy and the Supernatural by Jane Yolen 1989
The Lap-Time Song and Play Book by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Margot Tomes 1989
Things That Go Bump in the Night by Jane Yolen 1989
White Jenna by Jane Yolen 1989
2041 AD: Twelve Stories about the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers (anthology) by Jane Yolen 1990
Baby Bear's Bedtime Book by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jane Dyer 1990
Bird Watch by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ted Lewin 1990
Dinosaur Dances by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Degen 1990
Elfabet: An ABC of Elves by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Lauren Mills 1990
Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Barbara Cooney 1990
Sky Dogs by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Barry Moser 1990
Tam Lin: An Old Ballad by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak 1990
The Dragon's Boy by Jane Yolen 1990
A Plague of Sorcerers by Mary Frances Zambreno 1991
All Those Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Leslie Baker 1991
An Invitation to the Butterfly Ball: A Counting Rhyme by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jane Breskin Zalben 1991
Appleblossom by Shulamith L. Oppenheim 1991
Hark! A Christmas Sampler by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Tomie dePaola 1991
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville 1991
Sword and the Stone by Jane Yolen 1991
The Jewel of Life by Anna Kirwan-Vogel 1991
The Patchwork Lady by Mary K. Whittington 1991
The Red Ball by Joanna Yardley 1991
Vampires by Jane Yolen 1991
Wings by Jane Yolen 1991
Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen 1991
A Letter from Phoenix Farm by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple 1992
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen 1992
Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Kathryn Brown 1992
Encounter by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Shannon 1992
Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Rosecrans Hoffman 1992
Storyteller by Jane Yolen 1992
Street Rhymes around the World by Jane Yolen and illustrated by seventeen artists 1992
Hands by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Chi Chung 1993
Here There Be Dragons by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Wilgus 1993
Honkers by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Leslie Baker 1993
Jane Yolen's Songs of Summer by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Cyd Moore 1993
Mouse's Birthday by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Degen 1993
Mouse's Birthday by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Degen 1993
Raining Cats and Dogs by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Janet Street 1993
Sleep Rhymes around the World by Jane Yolen and illustrated by seventeen artists 1993
Weather Report by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Annie Gusman 1993
Welcome to the Green House by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Laura Reagan 1993
What Rhymes with Moon? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Councell 1993
Xanadu One by Jane Yolen 1993
Alphabestiary: Animal Poems from A to Z by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Allan Eitzen 1994
And Twelve Chinese Acrobats by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jean Gralley 1994
Animal Fare: Zoological Nonsense Poems by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Janet Street 1994
Beneath the Ghost Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Laurel Molk 1994
Good Griselle by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Christiana 1994
Grandad Bill's Song by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Melissa Bay Mathis 1994
Here There Be Unicorns by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Wilgus 1994
Jane Yolen's Old MacDonald Songbook by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Rosecrans Hoffman 1994
Little Mouse and Elephant: A Tale from Turkey by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Segal 1994
Old Dame Counterpane by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ruth Tietjen Councell 1994
Sacred Places by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Shannon 1994
The Girl in the Golden Bower by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jane Dyer 1994
The Musicians of Bremen: A Tale from Germany by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Segal 1994
Xanadu Two by Jane Yolen 1994
A Sip of Aesop by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Karen Barbour 1995
Among Angels by Jane Yolen and illustrated by S. Saelig Gallagher 1995
Before the Storm by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Georgia Pugh 1995
Camelot: A Collection of Original Arthurian Tales by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Winslow Pels 1995
Here There Be Witches by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Wilgus 1995
Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ming Li 1995
The Ballad of the Pirate Queens by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Shannon 1995
The Books of Magic by Jane Yolen 1995
The Haunted House: A Collection of Original Stories by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Doron Ben-Ami 1995
The Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Book by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jane Dyer 1995
The Wild Hunt by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Francisco Mora 1995
Water Music: Poems for Children by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple 1995
Xanadu Three by Jane Yolen 1995
Here There Be Angels by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Wilgus 1996
Hobby by Jane Yolen 1996
Meet the Monsters by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Patricia Ludlow 1996
Milk and Honey: A Year of Jewish Holidays by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Louise August 1996
Mother Earth, Father Sky: Poems of Our Planet by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jennifer Hewitson 1996
O Jerusalem by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Thompson 1996
Passager by Jane Yolen 1996
Sea Watch: A Book of Poetry by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ted Lewin 1996
Sing Noel by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Nancy Carpenter 1996
Sky Scrape/City Scape: Poems of City Life by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ken Condon 1996
Welcome to the Sea of Sand by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Laura Regan 1996
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jane Dyer 1997
Merlin by Jane Yolen 1997
Miz Berlin Walks by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Floyd Cooper 1997
Nocturne by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Anne Hunter 1997
Once upon a Bedtime Story: Classic Tales by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Councell 1997
Once upon Ice and Other Frozen Poems by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple 1997
The Books of Great Alta by Jane Yolen 1997
The Sea Man by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Christopher Denise 1997
Twelve Impossible Things before Breakfast by Jane Yolen 1997
Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen 1998
Commander Toad and the Voyage Home by Jane Yolen 1998
Gray Heroes: Elder Tales from around the World by Jane Yolen 1998
Here There Be Ghosts by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Wilgus 1998
House, House by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Howes Brothers and Jason Stemple 1998
King Long Shanks by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Victoria Chess 1998
Pegasus, the Flying Horse by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ming Li 1998
Prince of Egypt by Jane Yolen 1998
Raising Yoder's Barn by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Bernie Fuchs 1998
Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple 1998
Tea with an Old Dragon: A Story of Sophia Smith, Founder of Smith College by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Monica Vachula 1998
The One-armed Queen by Jane Yolen 1998
The Originals: Animals That Time Forgot by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ted Lewin 1998
The Wizard's Map by Jane Yolen 1998
Welcome to the Ice House by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Laura Regan 1998
Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Roger Roth 1999
Moonball by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Greg Couch 1999
The Fairies' Ring: A Book of Fairy Stories & Poems by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Stephen Mackey 1999
The Pictish Child by Jane Yolen 1999
Boots and the Seven Leaguers: A Rock-and-Troll Novel by Jane Yolen 2000
Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Children by Jane Yolen 2000
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague 2000
Mirror, Mirror by Jane Yolen 2000
Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls
by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Susan Guevara 2000
Off We Go! by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Laurel Molk 2000
Queen's Own Fool by Jane Yolen 2000
Sherwood: A Collection of Original Robin Hood Stories by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Dennis Nolan 2000
Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories by Jane Yolen 2000
Where Have the Unicorns Gone? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ruth Sanderson 2000
Dear Mother, Dear Daughter: Poems for Young People by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Gil Ashby 2001
Odysseus in the Serpent Maze by Jane Yolen 2001
Odysseus in the Serpent Maze by Jane Yolen 2001
The Fish Prince and Other Stories: Mermen Folk Tales by Jane Yolen 2001
The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Roger Roth 2001
Welcome to the River of Grass by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Laura Regan 2001
Firebird by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Vladimir Vagin 2002
Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen 2002
Harvest Home by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Greg Shed 2002
Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons by Jane Yolen 2002
Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons by Jane Yolen 2002
Horizons: Poems as Far as the Eye Can See by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple 2002
The Bagpiper's Ghost by Jane Yolen 2002
The Sea King by Jane Yolen 2002
Wild Wings: Poems for Young People by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple 2002
Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast by Jane Yolen 2003
Atlanta and the Arcadian Beast by Jane Yolen 2003
Hoptoad by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt 2003
Least Things: Poems about Small Natures by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple 2003
Mightier Than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Paul Colón 2003
My Brothers' Flying Machine by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jim Burke 2003
Roanoke: The Lost Colony: An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Roger Roth 2003
Take Joy: A Book for Writers by Jane Yolen 2003
The Flying Witch by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Vladimir Vagin 2003
The Radiation Sonnets by Jane Yolen 2003
The Roanoke Colony: An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Roger Roth 2003
Fine Feathered Friends by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple 2004
How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague 2004
How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague 2004
Jason and the Gorgon's Blood by Jane Yolen 2004
Meow: Cat Stories from around the World by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Hala Wittwer 2004
Prince Across the Water by Jane Yolen 2004
Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen 2004
The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Denis Nolan 2004
The Salem Witch Trials by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Roger Roth 2004
Apple for the Teacher by Jane Yolen 2005
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague 2005
Pay the Piper by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Adam Stemple 2005
Baby Bear's Books by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Melissa Sweet 2006
Baby Bear's Chairs by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Melissa Sweet 2006
Odds Are Good by Jane Yolen 2006
This Little Piggy by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Will Hillenbrandt 2006
Baby Bear's Dreams by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Melissa Sweet 2007
Here's A Little Poem by Jane Yolen 2007
Shape Me A Rhyme by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple 2007
The Rogues by Jane Yolen 2007
Hip Hippos by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Vasta Van Kampen 2008
One Hippos Hop by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Vlasta Van Kampen 2008
Sad, Mad, Glad Hippos by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Vlasta Van Kampen 2008
Animal Train by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Doug Cushman
Count Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jason Stemple
Dimity Duck by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Sebastian Braun
Fairy Tale Feasts by Jane Yolen
How Do Diinosaurs Learn Their Colors? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague
How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague
How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends? by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, a counting rhyme book published by Doubleday, and a series of activity books. by Ghostwriter
Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Brooke Dyer
Soft House by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin
The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Rebecca (ILT) Guay-Mitchell
The Whitethorn Wood by Jane Yolen
The Year's Best Science Fiction And Fantasy For Teens by Jane Yolen
The Young Merlin Trilogy by Jane Yolen
Troll Bridge by Jane Yolen