Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sick Day | 1979 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 2 | Moon, Stars, Frogs, and Friends | 1980 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 3 | Mama One, Mama Two | 1982 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 4 | Three Names | 1991 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 5 | All the Places to Love | 1994 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 6 | Painting the Wind | 2003 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 7 | Bittle | 2004 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 8 | Who Loves Me? | 2005 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 9 | Once I Ate a Pie | 2006 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 10 | Fiona Loves the Night | 2007 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 11 | I Didn’t Do It | 2010 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 12 | Before You Came | 2011 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 13 | Your Moon, My Moon | 2011 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 14 | Lala Salama | 2011 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 15 | Nora’s Chicks | 2013 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 16 | Snowflakes Fall | 2013 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 17 | Cat Talk | 2013 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 18 | You Were the First | 2013 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 19 | The Iridescence of Birds | 2014 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 20 | The Moon’s Almost Here | 2016 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 21 | Someone Like Me | 2017 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 22 | Barkus | 2017 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 23 | Little Robot Alone | 2018 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 24 | Barkus Dog Dreams | 2018 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 25 | Chicken Talk | 2019 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 26 | The Hundred-Year Barn | 2019 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 27 | My Friend Earth | 2020 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 28 | When Grandfather Flew | 2021 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 29 | My Poet | 2022 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
Patricia MacLachlan wrote 29 picture books over the course of her career, starting with The Sick Day in 1979. Her picture books share the same spare, poetic language that marks her novels, bringing emotional depth to stories aimed at the youngest readers.
Titles like All the Places to Love, Three Names, and Snowflakes Fall are among her best-known picture books. Many deal with nature, family, and the passage of time. Later picture books like Little Robot Alone and My Friend Earth show her willingness to experiment with new subjects while maintaining her distinctive voice.