Order of Kathryn Lasky Books
Kathryn Lasky is an American author of children’s novels and non-fiction books. She writes the Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Wolves of the Beyond, Daughters of the Sea and several other series, along with many series she has contributed to, such as Dear America and The Royal Diaries. When Lasky writes for adults, she uses her married name of Kathryn Lasky Knight or the pen name E.L. Swann. Kathryn grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Michigan and her Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College. Kathryn lives in Massachusetts with her husband and frequent collaborator, photographer Christopher Knight.
Kathryn Lasky became a published author in 1976 with the picture book I Have Four Names for My Grandfather. Below is a list of Kathryn Lasky’s books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Bears Of The Ice Books
| The Quest of the Cubs | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Den of Forever Frost | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Keepers of the Keys | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Calista Jacobs Books
(as Kathryn Lasky Knight)
| Trace Elements | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mortal Words | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mumbo Jumbo | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dark Swan | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Camp Princess Books
| Born to Rule | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Unicorns? Get Real! | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Daughters Of The Sea Books
| Hannah / Girl in the Shadows | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| May | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lucy | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Crossing | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Deadlies Books
| Felix Takes the Stage | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Spiders on the Case | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Georgia O’Keeffe Mystery Books
| Light on Bone | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mortal Radiance | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Slant of Light | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Guardians Of Ga'Hoole Books
| The Capture | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Journey | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rescue | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Siege | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shattering | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The First Collier | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hatchling | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| To Be a King | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The River of Wind | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Golden Tree | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Exile | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The War of the Ember | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Burning | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Outcast | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Coming of Hoole | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rise of a Legend | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Guardian Of Ga'Hoole Books | ||
Publication Order of Guardians Of Ga'Hoole Guide Books
(with Kathryn Huang)
| A Guide Book to the Great Tree | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lost Tales of Ga'Hoole | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Horses Of The Dawn Books
| The Escape | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Rise | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wild Blood | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Lucille The Pig Books
| Lucille's Snowsuit | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Starring Lucille | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lucille Camps In | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of My America Books
| Hope in My Heart | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Home at Last | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| An American Spring | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Portraits Books
| Portraits of Flowers and Shadows | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dancing Through Fire | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Starbuck Family Adventures Books
| Double Trouble Squared | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadows in the Water | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Voice in the Wind | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Tangled In Time Books
| The Portal | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Burning Queen | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Secret of Glendunny Books
| The Haunting | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Searchers | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Wolves Of The Beyond Books
| Lone Wolf | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow Wolf | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Watch Wolf | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Frost Wolf | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Spirit Wolf | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Wolf | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Tugboats Never Sleep | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tall Ships | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dollmaker | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sugaring Time | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Atlantic Circle | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Surtsey: The New Place on Earth | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Traces of Life: The Origins of Humankind / Early Man | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dinosaur Dig | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Think Like an Eagle: At Work with a Wildlife Photographer | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Searching for Laura Ingalls | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Monarchs | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadows in the Dawn: The Lemurs of Madagascar | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Brilliant Streak: The Making of Mark Twain | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| First Painter | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Born in the Breezes: The Seafaring Life of Joshua Slocum | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phyllis Wheatley, Slave Poet | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| John Muir: America's First Environmentalist | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Silk and Venom: Searching for a Dangerous Spider | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| She Caught the Light | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Picture Books
(with Adele Faber)
Publication Order of Dear America Books
| When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Picture Of Freedom | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Stationery Pack | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| My Heart is on the Ground | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| All the Stars in the Sky | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Like the Willow Tree | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Cannons at Dawn | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of My Name Is America Books
| The Journal of James Edmond Pease | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of William Thomas Emerson | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Joshua Loper | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Ben Uchida | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Sean Sullivan | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Otto Peltonen | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Augustus Pelletier | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Biddy Owens | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of C.J. Jackson | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Jedediah Barstow | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Finn Reardon | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Rufus Rowe | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Brian Doyle | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung / Staking a Claim | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Adele Faber Children's Books
(with Adele Faber)
| Hercules | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of My Story Books
Publication Order of Orbis Pictus Award Books
| In Defense of Liberty | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Man Who Made Time Travel | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Secrets Of The Sphinx | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Spiders | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Secret World of Walter Anderson | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| If Stones Could Speak | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ballet for Martha | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Splash of Red | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Family Romanov | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Right Word | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of The Royal Diaries Books
| Mary, Queen of Scots | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isabel: Jewel of Castilla | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sŏndŏk: Princess of the Moon and Stars | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kaiulani | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Jahanara, Princess Of Princesses | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Elisabeth: The Princess Bride | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kristina: The Girl King | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Anacaona: Golden Flower | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Catherine, The Great Journey | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Notes: Hannah was also published as Girl in the Shadows. Lost Tales Of Ga’Hoole was written with Kathryn Huang. Of Flowers and Shadows was written with Anna Kirwan. Fantastic Tales for Boys also contains stories by Katherine Applegate and Emily Rodda. The Calista Jacobs series, the novel The Widow of Oz and the non-fiction book Atlantic Circle were written as Kathryn Lasky Knight. Night Gardening was written as E.L. Swann.
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In Beyond the Divide by Kathryn Lasky, it is 1849 and a young Amish teenager does something her people don’t do – leave home in order to accompany her father on a very long trip across the continent.
In Prank by Kathryn Lasky, Birdie Flynn is an Irish Catholic teenager from Boston. After her brother vandalizes a synagogue, she must deal with the consequences of his actions.
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