Jane Yolen

  • 234

    Catalog books

  • 106

    Works

  • 1972 to 2025

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Jane Yolen has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 234 catalog-linked books across 1972 to 2025, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Horror & Supernatural.

Best for readers who want imaginative settings, series momentum, and clearer jumping-in spots. If you want the easiest first click, start with The Pictish Child: Tartan Magic, Book Two and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1972 to 2025; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harcourt Childrens Books and Penguin Group USA.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Fantasy & Sci-Fi entry points • Horror & Supernatural entry points • common used copies from Harcourt Childrens Books and Penguin Group USA

Genres and themes: Fantasy & Sci-Fi • Horror & Supernatural • Young Readers & Series Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want imaginative settings, series momentum, and clearer jumping-in spots

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1972 to 2025; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harcourt Childrens Books and Penguin Group USA.

Top Books To Start With

  1. The Pictish Child: Tartan Magic, Book Two

    Harcourt Childrens Books • 1999 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 135 pages.

  2. Here There Be Dragons

    Harcourt Childrens Books • 1998 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1998 • 160 pages.

  3. Here There Be Ghosts

    Harcourt Childrens Books • 1998 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1998 • 121 pages.

  4. A Sending of Dragons: The Pit Dragon Trilogy, Volume Three

    Harcourt Childrens Books • 1997 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  5. Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Stories

    Harcourt Childrens Books • 1997 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1997 • 175 pages.

  6. Heart's Blood: The Pit Dragon Trilogy, Volume Two

    Harcourt Childrens Books • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 338 pages.

  7. The Wild Hunt

    Harcourt Childrens Books • 1995 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1995 • 137 pages.

  8. Arch of Bone

    Tachyon Publications • 2021 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2021 • 192 pages.

  9. Midnight Circus

    Tachyon Publications • 2020 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2020 • 256 pages.

  10. The Devil's Arithmetic

    Thorndike Press Large Print • 2019 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2019 • 233 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • The Pictish Child: Tartan Magic, Book Two is the easier short commitment, while Here There Be Dragons asks for more reading time up front.
  • Here There Be Dragons gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while The Pictish Child: Tartan Magic, Book Two leans later in the catalog.

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