Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run, Run, As Fast As You Can | 1982 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 2 | Love Always, Blue | 1983 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 3 | Best Wishes, Joe Brady | 1984 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 4 | Last One Home | 1986 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 5 | The Deadly Power of Medusa | 1988 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 6 | Moonhorse | 1988 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 7 | Jason and the Argonauts | 1988 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 8 | Molly and the Prince | 1994 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 9 | Haunted Waters | 1994 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 10 | Rocking Horse Christmas | 1997 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 11 | Adaline Falling Star | 2000 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 12 | Kate and the Beanstalk | 2000 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 13 | The Brave Little Seamstress | 2002 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
| 14 | New York’s Bravest | 2002 | Mary Pope Osborne | Buy |
Mary Pope Osborne’s standalone novels cover a wide range of formats and age groups. Her earliest books, like Run, Run, As Fast As You Can (1982) and Love Always, Blue (1983), are young adult novels. During the late 1980s, she published several mythology retellings including The Deadly Power of Medusa (1988) and Jason and the Argonauts (1988), aimed at middle-grade readers.
Her later standalones include picture books like Kate and the Beanstalk (2000), a gender-swapped fairy tale retelling, and New York’s Bravest (2002), a picture book about New York City firefighters. Adaline Falling Star (2000) is a historical novel set during the Lewis and Clark expedition. The variety of these books reflects Osborne’s broad range as a children’s author before and during her work on the Magic Tree House series.