Jane Yolen bibliography

List of works by or about fantasy writer Jane Yolen:

Novels

 * The Wizard of Washington Square (1969)
 * The Inway Investigators, or, The Mystery at McCracken's Place (1970)
 * The Magic Three of Solatia (1974)
 * The Transfigured Hart (1975)
 * The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms (1978)
 * The Gift of Sarah Barker (1981)
 * The River Maid (1981)
 * Children of the Wolf (1984)
 * The Stone Silenus (1984)
 * Cards of Grief (1985, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature)
 * The Dragon's Boy (1990)
 * Wizard's Hall (1991)
 * The Wild Hunt (1995)
 * Briar Rose (1992, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, Nebula Award finalist)
 * Armageddon Summer (1998, with Bruce Coville, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers)
 * Sword of the Rightful King (2003, ALA Best Books 2004, ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2004, ALA Top 10 Fantasy Books for Youth 2004)
 * Except the Queen (2010, with Midori Snyder)
 * Snow in Summer (2011)
 * Curse of the Thirteenth Fairy (2012)
 * B.U.G. (Big Ugly Guy) (2013, with Adam Stemple)
 * Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, and Other Female Villains (2013, with Heidi E. Y. Stemple and illustrated by Rebecca Guay)
 * A Plague of Unicorns (2014)
 * Centaur Rising (2014)
 * Trash Mountain (2015)
 * Mapping the Bones (2018)
 * Finding Baba Yaga (2018)
 * Schlemiel Comes to America (2023)


 * The Pit Dragon Chronicles


 * 1) Dragon's Blood (1982)
 * 2) Heart's Blood (1984)
 * 3) A Sending of Dragons (1987)
 * 4) Dragon's Heart (2009)

Great Alta


 * 1) Sister Light, Sister Dark (1988, Nebula Award finalist)
 * 2) White Jenna (1989, Nebula Award finalist)
 * 3) The One-Armed Queen (1998)

The Young Merlin Trilogy (Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature)


 * 1) Passager (1996)
 * 2) Hobby (1996)
 * 3) Merlin (1997)

Tartan Magic


 * 1) The Wizard's Map (1999)
 * 2) The Pictish Child (1999)
 * 3) The Bagpiper's Ghost (2002)

The Stuart Quartet (with Robert J. Harris)


 * 1) Queen's Own Fool (2000), based on the life of Nichola a jester at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots
 * 2) Girl in a Cage (2002)
 * 3) Prince Across the Water (2004)
 * 4) The Rogues (2007)

Young Heroes (with Robert J. Harris)


 * Odysseus in the Serpent Maze (2001)
 * Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons (2001)
 * Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast (2003)
 * Jason and the Gorgon's Blood (2004)

Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tales (with Adam Stemple)


 * Boots and the Seven Leaguers (2000)
 * Pay the Piper (2005, Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel)
 * The Troll Bridge (2007)

The Seelie Wars (with Adam Stemple)


 * The Hostage Prince (2013)
 * The Last Changeling (2014)
 * The Seelie King's War (2016)

Short fiction

 * Collections
 * The Wizard Islands (1973, illustrated by Robert Quackenbush)
 * The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales (1974)
 * The Moon Ribbon and Other Tales (1976)
 * The Hundredth Dove and Other Tales (1977)
 * Dream Weaver (1979)
 * Neptune Rising: Songs and Tales of the Undersea People (1982)
 * Tales of Wonder (1983)
 * The Whitethorn Wood and Other Magicks (1984)
 * Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985)
 * Merlin's Booke (1986)
 * Tales of Wonder (1987, for adults)
 * The Faery Flag (1989)
 * Storyteller (1992)
 * Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast (1997)
 * Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories (2000)
 * The Fish Prince and Other Stories: Mermen Folk Tales (2001, with Shulamith Levey Oppenheim)
 * Once Upon a Time (She Said) (2005)
 * The Last Selchie Child (2012)
 * Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist (2013, with Rebecca Kai Dotlich)
 * The Bloody Tide (2014)
 * The Emerald Circus (2017)
 * How to Fracture a Fairy Tale (2017, stories and poems)
 * The Midnight Circus (2020)
 * The Scarlet Circus (2023)

Here There Be... illustrated by David Wilgus


 * Here There Be Dragons (1993)
 * Here There Be Unicorns (1994)
 * Here There Be Witches (1995)
 * Here There Be Angels (1996)
 * Here There Be Ghosts (1998)


 * Stories



Fiction picture books

 * The Witch Who Wasn't (1964, illustrated by Arnold Roth)
 * Gwinellen: The Princess Who Could Not Sleep (1965, illustrated by Ed Renfro)
 * The Emperor and the Kite (1967, illustrated by Ed Young; Caldecott Medal winner, 1968)
 * Isabel's Noel (1967, illustrated by Arnold Roth)
 * The Minstrel and the Mountain: A Tale of Peace (1968, illustrated by Anne Rockwell)
 * The Longest Name on the Block (1968, illustrated by Peter Madden)
 * It All Depends (1969, illustrated by Don Bolognese)
 * The Seventh Mandarin (1970, illustrated by Ed Young)
 * The Bird of Time (1971, illustrated by Mercer Mayer)
 * Rainbow Rider (1974, illustrated by Michael Foreman)
 * The Boy Who Had Wings (1974, illustrated by Helga Aichinger)
 * The Little Spotted Fish (1974, illustrated by Friso Henstra)
 * An Invitation To The Butterfly Ball (1976, illustrated by Jane Breskin Zalben)
 * Milkweed Days (1976, photos by Gabriel Amadeus Cooney)
 * The Seeing Stick (1977, illustrated by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini)
 * The Sultan's Perfect Tree (1977, illustrated by Barbara Garrison)
 * The Simple Prince (1978, illustrated by Jack Kent)
 * No Bath Tonight (1978, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker)
 * All in the Woodland Early: An ABC Book (1978, illustrated by Jane Breskin Zalben)
 * The Giants Go Camping (1979, illustrated by Tomie dePaola)
 * The Giants' Farm (1979, illustrated by Tomie dePaola)
 * The Robot and Rebecca: Mystery of the Code-Carrying Kids (1980, illustrated by Jurg Obrist)
 * Mice on Ice (1980, illustrated by Lawrence Di Fiori)
 * Dragon Night and Other Lullabies (1980, illustrated by Demi)
 * The Robot, Rebecca, and the Missing Owser (1981, illustrated by Lady McCrady)
 * Sleeping Ugly (1981, illustrated by Diane Stanley)
 * Uncle Lemon's Spring (1981, illustrated by Glen Rounds)
 * Shirlick Holmes and the Case of the Wandering Wardrobe (1981, illustrated by Anthony Rao)
 * The Boy Who Spoke Chimp (1981, illustrated by David Wiesner)
 * The Acorn Quest (1981, illustrated by Susanna Natti)
 * Brothers of the Wind (1981, illustrated by Barbara Berger)
 * The Sleeping Beauty (1986, illustrated by Ruth Sanderson)
 * The Girl Who Loved the Wind (1987, illustrated by Ed Young; Lewis Carroll Shelf Award)
 * Owl Moon (1987, illustrated by John Schoenherr; Caldecott Medal winner, 1988)
 * Dove Isabeau (1989, illustrated by Dennis Nolan)
 * Tam Lin (1990, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak)
 * Elfabet: An ABC of Elves (1990, illustrated by Lauren A. Mills)
 * Sky Dogs (1990, illustrated by Barry Moser)
 * Dinosaur Dances (1990, illustrated by Bruce Degan)
 * All Those Secrets of the World (1991, illustrated by Leslie Baker)
 * Hark! A Christmas Sampler (1991, with Tomie dePaola)
 * Greyling (1991, illustrated by William Stobbs)
 * Wings (1991, illustrated by Dennis Nolan)
 * Letting Swift River Go (1992, illustrated by Barbara Cooney)
 * Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole (1992, illustrated by Kathryn Brown)
 * Welcome to the Green House (1993, illustrated by Laura Regan)
 * Too Old for Naps (1993, illustrated by Alexi Natchev)
 * Honkers (1993, illustrated by Leslie Baker)
 * Mouse's Birthday (1993, illustrated by Bruce Degen)
 * The Girl in the Golden Bower (1994, illustrated by Jane Dyer)
 * Beneath the Ghost Moon (1994, illustrated by Laurel Molk)
 * Good Griselle (1994, illustrated by David Christiana)
 * Before the Storm (1994, illustrated by Georgia Pugh)
 * Grandad Bill's Song (1994, illustrated by Melissa Bay Mathis)
 * Old Dame Counterpane (1994, illustrated by Ruth Tietjen Councell)
 * The Ballad of the Pirate Queens (1995, illustrated by David Shannon)
 * Alphabestiary (1995, illustrated by Allan Eitzen)
 * Merlin and the Dragons (1995, illustrated by Li Ming, based on film Merlin and the Dragons)
 * A Sip of Aesop (1995, illustrated by Karen Barbour)
 * And Twelve Chinese Acrobats (1995, illustrated by Jean Gralley)
 * Little Mouse & Elephant: A Tale from Turkey (1995, illustrated by John Segal)
 * Musicians of Bremen: A Tale from Germany (1995, illustrated by John Segal)
 * Encounter (1996, picture book illustrated by David Shannon)
 * Meet the Monsters (1996, with Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrated by Patricia Ludlow)
 * Miz Berlin Walks (1997, illustrated by Floyd Cooper)
 * Nocturne (1997, illustrated by Anne Hunter)
 * Once Upon a Bedtime Story (1997, illustrated by Ruth Tietjen Councell)
 * Pegasus, the Flying Horse (1998, illustrated by Li Ming)
 * Welcome to the Ice House (1998, illustrated by Laura Regan)
 * The Prince of Egypt (1998, illustrated by Michael Köelsch)
 * The Sea Man (1998, illustrated by Christopher Denise)
 * King Long Shanks (1998, illustrated by Victoria Chess)
 * Raising Yoder's Barn (1998, illustrations by Bernie Fuchs)
 * MoonBall (1999, illustrated by Greg Couch)
 * Where Have the Unicorns Gone? (2000, illustrated by Ruth Sanderson)
 * Off We Go! (2000, illustrated by Laurel Molk)
 * The Flying Witch (2003, illustrated by Vladimir Vagin)
 * The Firebird (2002, illustrated by Vladimir Vagin)
 * Harvest Home (2002, illustrated by Greg Shed)
 * The Sea King (2002, with Shulamith Levey Oppenheim; illustrated by Stefan Czernecki)
 * Time for Naps (2002, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata)
 * Hoptoad (2003, illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt)
 * Child of Faerie, Child of Earth (2005, illustrated by Jane Dyer)
 * Grandma's Hurrying Child (2005, illustrated by Kay Charao)
 * Soft House (2005, illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin)
 * Dimity Duck (2006, illustrated by Sebastien Braun)
 * Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep (2007, with Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrated by Brooke Dyer)
 * Naming Liberty (2008, illustrated by Jim Burke)
 * One Hippo Hops (2008, illustrated by Vlasta van Kampen)
 * Sad, Mad, Glad Hippos (2008, illustrated by Vlasta van Kampen)
 * Hip Hippos (2008, illustrated by Vlasta van Kampen)
 * Mama's Kiss (2008, illustrated by Daniel Baxter)
 * Pumpkin Baby (2009, illustrated by Susan Mitchell)
 * The Scarecrow's Dance (2009, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline)
 * My Uncle Emily (2009, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter)
 * Come to the Fairies' Ball (2009, illustrated by Gary Lippincott)
 * Under the Star: A Christmas Counting Story (2009, illustrated by Vlasta van Kampen)
 * Elsie's Bird (2010, illustrated by David Small)
 * Hush, Little Horsie (2010, illustrated by Ruth Sanderson)
 * My Father Knows the Names of Things (2010, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch)
 * Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters (2011, illustrated by Kelly Murphy)
 * The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye (2011, illustrated by Jim LaMarche)
 * Pretty Princess Pig (2011, with Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrated by Sam Williams)
 * Sister Bear: A Norse Tale (2011, illustrated by Linda Graves)
 * Waking Dragons (2012, illustrated by Derek Anderson)
 * Romping Monsters, Stomping Monsters (2013, illustrated by Kelly Murphy)
 * The Stranded Whale (2015, illustrated by Melanie Cataldo)
 * Stone Angel (2015, illustrated by Katie May Green),
 * You Nest Here with Me (2015, with Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrated by Melissa Sweet)
 * Sing a Season Song (2015, illustrated by Lisa Ashlock)
 * What To Do With a Box (2016, illustrated by Chris Sheban)
 * On Bird Hill (2016, illustrated by Bob Marstall)
 * On Duck Pond (2017, illustrated by Bob Marstall)
 * Thunder Underground (2017, illustrated by Josée Masse)
 * On Gull Beach (2018, illustrated by Bob Marstall)
 * Crow Not Crow (2018, illustrated by Elizabeth Dulemba)
 * A Bear Sat on My Porch Today (2018, illustrated by Rilla Alexander)
 * Monster Academy (2018, with Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrated by John McKinley)
 * Miriam at the River (2020, illustrated by Khoa Le)
 * Kiki Kicks (2023, with Ariel Stemple; illustrated by John Ledda)


 * Commander Toad


 * Commander Toad in Space (1980)
 * Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes (1982)
 * Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole (1983)
 * Commander Toad and the Dis-asteroid (1985)
 * Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy (1986)
 * Commander Toad and the Space Pirates (1987)
 * Commander Toad and the Voyage Home (1998)

Piggins (illustrated by Jane Dyer)


 * Piggins (1987)
 * Picnic with Piggins (1988)
 * Piggins and the Royal Wedding (1989)

How Do Dinosaurs...? (illustrated by Mark Teague)


 * How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? (2000)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? (2002)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read? (2003)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? (2004)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? (2004)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? (2005)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? (2006)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? (2006)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? (2007)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? (2009)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Learn Colours and Numbers? (2009)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Cats? (2010)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Dogs? (2010)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Laugh Out Loud? (2010)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday? (2011)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Go Up and Down? (2011)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Play All Day? (2011)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas? (2012)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? (2012)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Eat Cookies? (2012)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad? (2013)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? (2013)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends? (2016)
 * How Do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets? (2016)

Baby Bear (illustrated by Melissa Sweet)


 * Baby Bear's Bedtime Book (1990)
 * Baby Bear's Chairs (2005)
 * Baby Bear's Books (2006)
 * Baby Bear's Big Dreams (2007)

Little Frog


 * Little Frog and the Scary Autumn Thing (2016, illustrated by Ellen Shi)
 * Little Frog and the Spring Polliwogs (2017, illustrated by Ellen Shi)

Story collections

 * Spider Jane (1978, illustrated by Stefan Bernath)
 * Ring of Earth: A Child's Book of Seasons (1986, illustrated by John Wallner)
 * Milk and Honey: A Year of Jewish Holidays (1996, illustrated by Louise August)
 * The Fairies' Ring: A Book of Fairy Stories & Poems (1999, illustrated by Stephen Mackey)
 * Not One Damsel In Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls (2000, illustrated by Susan Guevara)
 * Mightier Than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys (2003, illustrated by Raúl Colón)
 * The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories (2004, with Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrated by Rebecca Guay)
 * Meow: Cat Stories from Around the World (2005, illustrated by Hala Wittwer)
 * The Barefoot Book of Dance Stories (2010, with Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrated by Helen Cann)
 * Animal Stories: Heartwarming True Tales from the Animal Kingdom (2014, with Heidi E. Y. Stemple, Adam Stemple, and Jason Stemple; illustrated by Jui Ishida)
 * Once There Was a Story: Tales from Around the World, Perfect for Sharing (2017, illustrated by Jane Dyer)
 * Meet Me at the Well: The Girls and Women of the Bible (2018, with Barbara Diamond Goldin; illustrated by Vali Mintzi)

Songbooks

 * The Fireside Song Book of Birds and Beasts (1972, musical arrangement by Barbara Green; illustrated by Peter Parnall)
 * Rounds about Rounds (1977, music arrangement by Barbara Green; illustrated by Gail Gibbons)
 * The Lullaby Songbook (1986, music arrangement by Adam Stemple; illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak)
 * The Lap-Time Song and Play Book (1998, music arrangement by Adam Stemple; illustrated by Margot Tomes)
 * Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook (1992, music arrangement by Adam Stemple; illustrated by Rosekrans Hoffman)
 * Jane Yolen's Songs Of Summer (1993, music arrangement by Adam Stemple; illustrated by Cyd Moore)
 * Jane Yolen's Old Macdonald Songbook (1994, music arrangement by Adam Stemple; illustrated by Rosekrans Hoffman)
 * Apple for the Teacher: Thirty Songs for Singing While You Work (2005, music arrangement by Adam Stemple)

Literary cookbooks

 * Fairy Tale Feasts (2006, recipes by Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrations by Philippe Béha)
 * Fairy Tale Breakfasts (2009, recipes by Heidi E.Y. Stemple; illustrations by Philippe Béha)
 * Fairy Tale Lunches (2009, recipes by Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrations by Philippe Béha)
 * Fairy Tale Dinners (2009, recipes by Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrations by Philippe Béha)
 * Fairy Tale Desserts (2009, recipes by Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrations by Philippe Béha)
 * Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts (2013, recipes by Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrations by Sima Elizabeth Shefrin)

Nonfiction picture books

 * Ring Out! A Book of Bells (1974, illustrated by Richard Cuffari)
 * World on a String: The Story of Kites (1975)
 * Simple Gifts: The Story of the Shakers (1976, illustrated by Betty Fraser)
 * A Letter from Phoenix Farm (1992, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * Welcome to the Sea of Sand (1996, illustrated by Laura Regan)
 * Tea with an Old Dragon: A Story of Sophia Smith, Found of Smith College (1998, illustrated by Monica Vachula)
 * House, House (1998, photos by the Howes Brothers and Jason Stemple)
 * Welcome to the River of Grass (2001, illustrated by Laura Regan)
 * My Brothers' Flying Machine: Wilbur, Orville, and Me (2003, illustrated by Jim Burke)
 * The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen (2005, illustrated by Dennis Nolan)
 * Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth (2008, illustrated by Jim Burke)
 * Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan (2010, illustrated by Steve Adams)
 * All Star!: Honus Wagner and the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever (2010, illustrated by Jim Burke)
 * The Emily Sonnets: The Life of Emily Dickinson (2012, illustrated by Gary Kelley)
 * Smout and the Lighthouse (2023, with John Patrick Pazdziora, illustrated by Lyndsay Roberts Rayne)

An Unsolved Mystery from History (with Heidi E.Y. Stemple; illustrated by Roger Roth)


 * The Mary Celeste (1999)
 * The Wolf Girls (2001)
 * Roanoke, the Lost Colony (2003)
 * The Salem Witch Trials (2004)

Poetry

 * Collections
 * Best Witches: Poems for Halloween (1989, illustrated by Elise Primavera)
 * What Rhymes with Moon? (1993, illustrated by Ruth Tietjen Councell)
 * Raining Cats and Dogs (1993, illustrated by Janet Street)
 * How Beastly! (1994, illustrated by James Marshall)
 * Animal Fare (1994, illustrated by Janet Street)
 * Water Music: Poems for Children (1995, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * Sacred Places (1996, illustrations by David Shannon)
 * Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children (1998, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * The Originals: Animals that Time Forgot (1998, illustrated by Ted Lewin)
 * Bird Watch (1990, illustrated by Ted Lewin)
 * O Jerusalem: Voices of a Sacred City (1996, illustrated by John Thompson)
 * Sea Watch (1996, illustrated by Ted Lewin)
 * Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People (2000, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * Dear Mother, Dear Daughter: Poems for Young People (2001, with Heidi E.Y. Stemple; illustrated by Gil Ashby)
 * Wild Wings: Poems for Young People (2002, with Jason Stemple. National Outdoor Book Award (Children's Category))
 * Horizons: Poems as Far as the Eye Can See (2002, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * The Radiation Sonnets (2003)
 * Least Things: Poems about Small Natures (2003, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * Fine Feathered Friends (2004, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers (2006, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * Shape Me a Rhyme: Nature's Forms in Poetry (2007, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * A Mirror to Nature: Poems About Reflection (2009, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * An Egret's Day (2010, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * Things to Say to a Dead Man: Poems at the End of a Marriage and After (2011)
 * Bird of a Feather (2011, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * Bug Off! Creepy, Crawly Poems (2012, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * The Last Selchie Child (2012)
 * Ekaterinoslav: One Family's Passage to America: A Memoir in Verse (2012)
 * Sister Fox’s Field Guide to the Writing Life (2013)
 * Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist (2013, with Rebecca Kai Dotlich; illustrated by Matt Mahurin)
 * The Bloody Tide: Poems about Politics and Power (2012)
 * Grumbles from the Town: Mother-Goose Voices with a Twist (2016, with Rebecca Kai Dotlich; illustrated by Angela Matteson)
 * The Alligator's Smile, and Other Poems (2016, photos by Jason Stemple)
 * How to Fracture a Fairy Tale (2017, stories and poems)
 * Before the Vote After (2017)
 * Fly with Me: A Celebration of Birds Through Pictures, Poems, and Stories (2018, with Heidi E.Y. Stemple, Adam Stemple, and Jason Stemple)
 * Fly with Me: A Celebration of Birds Through Pictures, Poems, and Stories (2018, with Heidi E.Y. Stemple, Adam Stemple, and Jason Stemple)


 * Anthologies edited
 * Street Rhymes Around the World (1992)
 * Weather Report (1993, illustrated by Annie Gusman)
 * Sleep Rhymes Around the World (1994)
 * Mother Earth Father Sky: Poems of Our Planet (1995, illustrated by Jennifer Hewitson)
 * Sky Scrape/City Scape: Poems of City Life (1996, illustrated by Ken Condon)
 * Once Upon Ice: And Other Frozen Poems (1997, photos by Jason Stemple)


 * Individual poems


 * "Lies" (Paradox, Issue 8, Winter 2005–2006)
 * "War Memorial: Edinburgh" (Paradox, Issue 8, Winter 2005–2006)
 * "Fife Map" (Paradox, Issue 9, Summer 2006)
 * "Suzy and Leah"
 * "Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale" (Find in Poetry 180)
 * "Smallpox" and "A Story Must Be Held", Sarah LeFanu and Stephen Hayward (eds), Colours of a New Day: Writing for South Africa (London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1990), pp. 145–146
 * "Portrait of the Book As Golem" (Tor.com 2013)

Graphic novels

 * The Last Dragon (2011, adapted from the short story "Dragonfield" [1985] and illustrated by Rebecca Guay)
 * Foiled (2010, illustrated by Mike Cavallaro)
 * Curses! Foiled Again (2013, illustrated by Mike Cavallaro)
 * The Stone Man Mysteries (with Adam Stemple; illustrated by Orion Zangara)
 * Stone Cold (2016)
 * Sanctuary (2018)

Screenplays

 * Merlin and the Dragons (1991, story by Yolen, animation based on illustrations by Alan Lee)

Fiction

 * Zoo 2000: Twelve Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy Beasts (1973)
 * Favorite Folktales From Around the World (1986, winner of the World Fantasy Award)
 * Spaceships & Spells: A Collection Of New Fantasy And Science Fiction Stories (1987, with Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh)
 * Werewolves (1988, with Martin H. Greenberg)
 * Things That Go Bump in the Night (1989, with Martin H. Greenberg)
 * Vampires (1991, with Martin H. Greenberg)
 * Xanadu (1992, with Martin H. Greenberg)
 * Xanadu 2 (1993, with Martin H. Greenberg)
 * Xanadu 3 (1994, with Martin H. Greenberg)
 * 2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers (1994, with Connie Willis and Anne McCaffrey)
 * Camelot: A Collection of Original Arthurian Stories (1995, illustrated by Winslow Pels)
 * Gray Heroes: Elder Tales from Around the World (1999)
 * Sherwood: Original Stories from the World of Robin Hood (2000)
 * Mirror, Mirror: Forty Folk Tales for Mothers and Daughters to Share (2000, with Heidi E.Y. Stemple)
 * Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens (2005, with Patrick Nielsen Hayden)
 * Nebula Awards Showcase 2018 (2018)

Nonfiction

 * Writing Books for Children (1973)
 * Friend: The Story of George Fox and the Quakers (1979)
 * Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood (1981)
 * Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft (2003)
 * Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World (2008, illustrated by Christine Joy Pratt)