Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dragons & Dreams |
1986 |
Buy |
| It’s Fine to Be Nine |
2000 |
Buy |
| It’s Heaven to Be Seven |
2000 |
Buy |
| It’s Great to Be Eight |
2000 |
Buy |
| Fire and Wings: Dragon Tales from East and West |
2002 |
Buy |
| Acting Out |
2008 |
Buy |
Barkus Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Barkus |
2017 |
Buy |
| Barkus Dog Dreams |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Most Fun |
2021 |
Buy |
Boxcar Children Mysteries#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm |
2012 |
Buy |
Picture Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Sick Day |
1979 |
Buy |
| Moon, Stars, Frogs, and Friends |
1980 |
Buy |
| Mama One, Mama Two |
1982 |
Buy |
| Three Names |
1991 |
Buy |
| All the Places to Love |
1994 |
Buy |
| Painting the Wind |
2003 |
Buy |
| Bittle |
2004 |
Buy |
| Who Loves Me? |
2005 |
Buy |
| Once I Ate a Pie |
2006 |
Buy |
| Fiona Loves the Night |
2007 |
Buy |
| I Didn’t Do It |
2010 |
Buy |
| Before You Came |
2011 |
Buy |
| Your Moon, My Moon |
2011 |
Buy |
| Lala Salama |
2011 |
Buy |
| Nora’s Chicks |
2013 |
Buy |
| Snowflakes Fall |
2013 |
Buy |
| Cat Talk |
2013 |
Buy |
| You Were the First |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Iridescence of Birds |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Moon’s Almost Here |
2016 |
Buy |
| Someone Like Me |
2017 |
Buy |
| Barkus |
2017 |
Buy |
| Little Robot Alone |
2018 |
Buy |
| Barkus Dog Dreams |
2018 |
Buy |
| Chicken Talk |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Hundred-Year Barn |
2019 |
Buy |
| My Friend Earth |
2020 |
Buy |
| When Grandfather Flew |
2021 |
Buy |
| My Poet |
2022 |
Buy |
Reading Rainbow Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Over the River and Through the Wood |
- |
Buy |
| Through Grandpa’s Eyes |
1971 |
Buy |
| My Puppy Is Born |
1973 |
Buy |
| I Have a Sister–My Sister Is Deaf |
1977 |
Buy |
| Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems |
1978 |
Buy |
| Eats |
1979 |
Buy |
| Mummies Made in Egypt |
1979 |
Buy |
| “Could Be Worse!” |
1979 |
Buy |
| Hot-Air Henry |
1981 |
Buy |
| Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe |
1981 |
Buy |
| Just Us Women |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Philharmonic Gets Dressed |
1982 |
Buy |
| A Medieval Feast |
1983 |
Buy |
| Truck Song |
1984 |
Buy |
| Dabble Duck |
1984 |
Buy |
| George Shrinks |
1985 |
Buy |
| A Three Hat Day |
1985 |
Buy |
| Maps and Globes |
1985 |
Buy |
| The Paper Crane |
1985 |
Buy |
| Lights! Camera! Action!: How a Movie Is Made |
1985 |
Buy |
| How a Book Is Made |
1986 |
Buy |
| I Like the Music |
1987 |
Buy |
| Bugs |
1987 |
Buy |
| Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters |
1987 |
Buy |
| An Enchanted Hair Tale |
1987 |
Buy |
| Sunken Treasure |
1988 |
Buy |
| Storms |
1989 |
Buy |
| Galimoto |
1990 |
Buy |
| How Many Stars in the Sky? |
1991 |
Buy |
| Water, Water Everywhere |
1994 |
Buy |
Sarah, Plain and Tall Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Sarah, Plain and Tall |
1985 |
Buy |
| Skylark |
1994 |
Buy |
| Caleb’s Story |
2000 |
Buy |
| More Perfect Than The Moon |
2004 |
Buy |
| Grandfather’s Dance |
2006 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Wondrous Rex |
2020 |
Buy |
| Snow Horses |
2022 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Cassie Binegar |
1980 |
Buy |
| Arthur, for the Very First Time |
1980 |
Buy |
| Tomorrow’s Wizard |
1982 |
Buy |
| Seven Kisses in a Row |
1983 |
Buy |
| Unclaimed Treasures |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Facts And Fictions Of Minna Pratt |
1988 |
Buy |
| Journey |
1991 |
Buy |
| Baby |
1993 |
Buy |
| Edward’s Eyes |
2007 |
Buy |
| The True Gift |
2009 |
Buy |
| Word After Word After Word |
2010 |
Buy |
| Waiting for the Magic |
2011 |
Buy |
| Kindred Souls |
2012 |
Buy |
| White Fur Flying |
2013 |
Buy |
| Prairie Days |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Truth of Me |
2013 |
Buy |
| Fly Away |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Poet’s Dog |
2016 |
Buy |
| Just Dance |
2017 |
Buy |
| My Father’s Words |
2018 |
Buy |
| Dream Within a Dream |
2019 |
Buy |
| A Secret Shared |
2021 |
Buy |
| My Life Begins! |
2022 |
Buy |
Trophy Picture Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Story Of Valentine’s Day |
1965 |
Buy |
| The Folks in the Valley |
1970 |
Buy |
| What You Know First |
1970 |
Buy |
| How Little Porcupine Played Christmas |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Gunnywolf |
1988 |
Buy |
| Cats Sleep Anywhere |
1989 |
Buy |
| Good Books, Good Times! |
1990 |
Buy |
| Sierra |
1991 |
Buy |
| Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa |
1992 |
Buy |
| Sing to the Sun |
1992 |
Buy |
| Radio Man/Don Radio |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Korean Cinderella |
1993 |
Buy |
| My Visit to the Aquarium |
1993 |
Buy |
| Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus |
1994 |
Buy |
| Good Rhymes, Good Times |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Story of Christmas |
1995 |
Buy |
| Buz |
1995 |
Buy |
| Just My Dad and Me |
1995 |
Buy |
| Now I Will Never Leave the Dinner Table |
1996 |
Buy |
| Wild and Woolly Mammoths |
1996 |
Buy |
| Market Day |
1996 |
Buy |
| Going Home |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Story of Kwanzaa |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Story of Passover |
1997 |
Buy |
| For the Love of the Game |
1997 |
Buy |
| Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase |
1997 |
Buy |
| Moonstick |
1997 |
Buy |
| Show & Tell Day |
1997 |
Buy |
| Inch by Inch |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Story of Easter |
1998 |
Buy |
| I Have Heard of a Land |
1998 |
Buy |
| Muscles |
1998 |
Buy |
| William Shakespeare And The Globe |
1999 |
Buy |
| Grandpa’s Teeth |
1999 |
Buy |
| My Visit To The Zoo |
1999 |
Buy |
| Thanksgiving Day |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Irish Cinderlad |
2000 |
Buy |
| Art Dog |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Toy Brother |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Seashore Book |
2017 |
Buy |
| You’re Just What I Need |
2019 |
Buy |
Patricia MacLachlan was an American author of children’s books who published over 140 works between 1965 and 2022. She is best known for Sarah, Plain and Tall, which won the Newbery Medal in 1986 and was adapted into a television movie starring Glenn Close.
MacLachlan wrote across formats, from picture books to middle-grade novels. Her picture books number in the dozens, and she contributed to several educational reading series. Her standalone novels, including Journey, Baby, and The Poet’s Dog, deal with themes of family, loss, and belonging in prose that is spare and emotionally direct. The Barkus series, about a dog who goes on adventures, was among her last published works.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Patricia MacLachlan written?
Patricia MacLachlan has written 141 books across nine series.
What was Patricia MacLachlan's first book?
Patricia MacLachlan’s first book is The Story Of Valentine’s Day, published in 1965.
Which Patricia MacLachlan book won the Newbery Medal?
Sarah, Plain and Tall won the Newbery Medal in 1986. The novel tells the story of a mail-order bride from Maine who comes to live with a widowed farmer and his two children on the prairie.