| An alphabetical, click-on list of titles | |
| Charlotte’s books are listed alphabetically, by title, below. Gradually, a page on each book will be put up, so you can learn about the books themselves and, in some cases, the stories behind the books — how Charlotte came to write them, why they were dedicated to a particular person, and so on. Over time, we will add reviews of the titles, ideas about how different teachers have used them in the classroom, and even tell you something about those books which are out of print. In some cases, you’ll be able to see samples of the originals and the reissued, re-illustrated reprints. We will also provide links so you can purchase those books which are still available. | |
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| Picture books & poetry for younger children | |
| All That Sunlight. Illustrated by Walter Stein. Harper, 1967. (poetry) | |
| Aren’t You Glad? Illustrated by Elaine Kurtz, Golden Press. Lothrop, 1963. | |
| Beautiful Christmas Tree, The. Illustrated by Ruth Robbins. Parnassus, 1972.Second edition: Illustrated by Yan Nascimbene. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. | |
| Big Brother. Illustrated by Mary Chalmers. Harper, 1960. | |
| Big Sister and Little Sister. Illustrated by Martha Alexander. Harper, 1966. | |
| Bunny Who Found Easter. The. Illustrated by Betty Peterson. Parnassus, 1959. Second edition: Illustrated by Helen Craig. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. | |
| But Not Billy. Illustrated by Lys Cassal. Harper Brothers, 1947. Second edition illustrated by Kay Chorao, Harper & Row, 1983 | |
| City Boy and the Country Horse, The. (Under the pseudonym Charlotte Bookman). Illustrated by William Moyers. Treasure Books, 1952. | |
| Do You Know What I’ll Do? Illustrated by Garth Williams. Harper, 1958. An American Library Association notable book citation. Second edition: Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. HarperCollins, 2000, starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Booklist. | |
| Everything Glistens and Everything Sings: New and Selected Poems. Illustrated by Margot Tomes. Harcourt, 1987. (Poems) | |
| Father Like That, A. Illustrated by Ben Shecter. Harper, 1971. Second edition: Illustrated by Joanne Scribner. HarperCollins, 2000. | |
| Flocks of Birds. Illustrated by Joan Berg. Abelard-Schuman, 1965. Second edition: Illustrated by Ruth Lercher Bornstein. Crowell, 1981. | |
| Hating Book, The. Illustrated by Ben Shecter. Harper, 1969. | |
| Hold My Hand. Illustrated by Thomas di Grazia. Harper, 1972. | |
| If It Weren’t for You. Illustrated by Ben Shecter. Harper, 1966. | |
| If You Listen. Illustrated by Marc Simont. Harper, 1980. | |
| I Have a Horse of My Own. Illustrated by Yoko Mitsuhashi. Abelard-Schuman, 1964. | |
| I Know a Lady. Illustrated by James Stevenson. Greenwillow, 1984. Redbook award, 1984. | |
| Indian, Indian. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Simon & Schuster, 1952. Named a Spring Book Festival honor book by the New York Herald Tribune, 1952. | |
| In My Garden. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Lothrop, 1960. | |
| It’s Not Fair. Illustrated by William Pene du Bois. Harper, 1976. | |
| I Want to Be Little. Illustrated by Tony De Luna. Abelard-Schuman, 1966. Second edition, retitled: I Like to Be Little. Illustrated by Erik Blegvad. Crowell, 1987. | |
| Janey, Illustrated by Ronald Himler. Harper, 1973. | |
| Little Black Puppy, The. Illustrated by Lilian Obligado. Golden Press, 1960. | |
| Magic Word, The. Illustrated by Eleanor Dart. Wonder Books, 1952. | |
| Man with the Purple Eyes, The. Illustrated by Joe Lasker. Abelard-Schuman, 1961. | |
| May I Visit? Illustrated by Erik Blegvad. Harper, 1976. | |
| Moon Was the Best, The. Illustrated with photographs by Tana Hoban (cover is pictured right). Greenwillow, 1993. |  |
| My Friend John. Illustrated by Ben Shecter. Harper, 1968.Second edition: Illustrated by Amanda Harvey, HarperCollins, 2000. | |
| My Grandson Lew. Illustrated by William Pene du Bois. Harper, 1974.Christopher Medal winner, 1974. | |
| Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Harper, 1962. A Caldecott Honor Book, 1963. An American Library Association notable book citation. | |
| New Friend, The. Illustrated by Arvis L. Stewart. Abelard-Schuman, 1968.Second edition: Illustrated by Emily A. McCully. Crowell, 1981 | |
| The Night When Mother Was Away. Illustrated by Reisie Lonette. Lothrop, 1958; republished as Summer Night, The, and illustrated by Ben Shecter. Harper, 1974. | |
| Not a Little Monkey. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Lothrop, 1957. | |
| Old Dog, The. (Under the pseudonym Sarah Abbott). Illustrated by George Mocniak. Coward-McCann, 1972.Second edition, under Charlotte Zolotow: Illustrated by James Ransome. HarperCollins, 1995. | |
| One Step, Two . . . Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Lothrop, 1955. | |
| Over and Over. Illustrated by Garth Williams. Harper, 1957. | |
| Park Book, The. Illustrated by H.A. Rey. Harper, 1944. | |
| Peter and the Pigeons. Illustrated by Martine Gourbault. Greenwillow, 1993. | |
| Poodle Who Barked at the Wind, The. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Lothrop, 1964.Second edition: Illustrated by June Otani. Harper, 1987. | |
| Quarreling Book, The. Illustrated by Arnold Lobel. Harper, 1963. | |
| Quiet Lady, This. Illustrated by Anita Lobel. Greenwillow, 1992. | |
| Quiet Mother and the Noisy Little Boy, The. Illustrated by Kurt Werth. Lothrop, 1953. Second edition: Illustrated by Marc Simont. Harper, 1989. | |
| River Winding. Illustrated by Regina Sherkerjian. Abelard-Schuman, 1970. Second edition: Illustrated by Kazue Mizumura. Crowell, 1978. | |
| Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse, A. Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz. Harper, 1964.Second edition: Illustrated by Robin Spowart. Harper, 1987. | |
| Say It! Illustrated by James Stevenson. Greenwillow, 1980 | |
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Seashore Book, The. Illustrated by Wendell Minor. HarperCollins, 1992. (To the right, one of Wendell’s beautiful paintings from the book, illustrating the lines “I watch you while you sleep, / and you don’t see two little gray sandpipers / run past you. / But when you wake up, / you do see their claw prints / like pencil lines in the sand.”) |
| Seasons. Illustrated by Eric Blegvad, HarperCollins, 2002 (Poems) | |
| Sky Was Blue, The. Illustrated by Garth Williams. Harper, 1963 | |
| Sleepy Book. Illustrated by Vladimir Bobri. Lothrop, 1958;second edition illustrated by Ilse Plume; reissued in 2001 by HarperCollins with illustrations by Stefano Vitale. | |
| Snippets: A Gathering of Poems, Pictures, and Possibilities. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. HarperCollins, 1993. (Poetry) | |
| Someday. Illustrated by Arnold Lobel. Harper, 1965. | |
| Some Things Go Together. Illustrated by Sylvie Selig. Abelard-Schuman, 1969. Second edition: Illustrated by Karen Gundersheimer. Crowell, 1983. Carolyn W. Field Award, Pennsylvania Library Association Youth Services Division, 1984. Third edition: Illustrated by Ashley Wolff. HarperCollins, 1999. | |
| Something Is Going to Happen. Illustrated by Catherine Stock. Harper, 1988. | |
| Song, The. Illustrated by Nancy Tafuri. Greenwillow, 1982 | |
| Storm Book, The. Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham. Harper, 1952, a Caldecott Honor Book, 1953. Second edition: Illustrated by Ilse Plume. Harper, 1989 | |
| Summer Is . . . Illustrated by Janet Archer. Abelard-Schuman, 1967.Second edition: Illustrated by Ruth Lercher Bornstein. Crowell, 1983. | |
| Summer Night, The. Illustrated by Ben Shecter. Harper, 1974 (originally published as The Night When Mother Was Away, illustrated by Reisie Lonette and published by Lothrop, in 1958). | |
| Tiger Called Thomas, A. Illustrated by Kurt Werth. Lothrop, 1963.Second edition: Illustrated by Catherine Stock. Lothrop, 1988 | |
| Timothy Too! Illustrated by Ruth Robbins. Houghton, 1986 | |
| Three Funny Friends, The. Illustrated by Mary Chalmers. Harper, 1961. | |
| Unfriendly Book, The. Illustrated by William Pene du Bois. Harper, 1975. | |
| Wake Up and Goodnight. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Harper, 1971.Second edition: Illustrated by Pamela Paparone. HarperCollins, 1998. |
| When I Have a Little Girl. Illustrated by Hilary Knight. Harper, 1965. |
| When the Wind Stops. Illustrated by Joe Lasker. Abelard-Schuman, 1962.Second edition: Illustrated by Howard Knotts. Harper, 1975.Third edition: Illustrated by Stefano Vitale. HarperCollins, 1995. |
| White Marble, The. Illustrated by Lillian Obligado. Abelard-Schuman, 1963. Second edition: Illustrated by Deborah K. Ray. Crowell, 1982. |
| When I Have a Son. Illustrated by Hilary Knight. Harper, 1967. |
| Where I Begin is on the page for This Quiet Lady, the title under which it was later published in a second edition. This edition was written under the pseudonym Sarah Abbot, and illustrated by Rocco Negri. Coward-McCann, 1970. |
| Who Is Ben? Illustrated by Kathryn Jacobi. HarperCollins, 1997 |
| William’s Doll. Illustrated by William Pene du Bois. Harper, 1972. Redbook award, American Library Association notable book citation, New York Times Outstanding Children’s Book of the Year. |
| Textbooks |
| You and Me. Illustrated by Robert Quackenbush. Macmillan, 1971.Second edition: Here We Are. Illustrated by Robert Quackenbush. Macmillan, 1971. |
| A Week in Yani’s World: Greece. Illustrated by Donal Getsug. Macmillan, 1969. |
| A Week in Lateef’s World: India. Illustrated by Ray Shaw. Crowell-Collier, 1970 |
| Anthologies for young adult readers edited by Charlotte. |
| An Overpraised Season: Ten Stories of Youth. Harper, 1973. |
| Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth. Harper, 1986. |
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