Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cassie Binegar | 1980 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 2 | Arthur, for the Very First Time | 1980 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 3 | Tomorrow’s Wizard | 1982 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 4 | Seven Kisses in a Row | 1983 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 5 | Unclaimed Treasures | 1984 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 6 | The Facts And Fictions Of Minna Pratt | 1988 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 7 | Journey | 1991 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 8 | Baby | 1993 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 9 | Edward’s Eyes | 2007 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 10 | The True Gift | 2009 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 11 | Word After Word After Word | 2010 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 12 | Waiting for the Magic | 2011 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 13 | Kindred Souls | 2012 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 14 | White Fur Flying | 2013 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 15 | Prairie Days | 2013 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 16 | The Truth of Me | 2013 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 17 | Fly Away | 2014 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 18 | The Poet’s Dog | 2016 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 19 | Just Dance | 2017 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 20 | My Father’s Words | 2018 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 21 | Dream Within a Dream | 2019 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 22 | A Secret Shared | 2021 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
| 23 | My Life Begins! | 2022 | Patricia MacLachlan | Buy |
Patricia MacLachlan’s 23 standalone novels span more than four decades of children’s literature, from Cassie Binegar in 1980 to My Life Begins! in 2022. Each book tells a self-contained story, though MacLachlan returned to the same themes of family, belonging, and the natural world throughout her career.
Her standalones include Journey, about a boy dealing with his mother’s abandonment, and Baby, about a family that finds an infant left on their doorstep. Later works like The Poet’s Dog and My Father’s Words continued her tradition of short, emotionally rich novels that treat young readers with respect and honesty.