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  • Bibliography:
    25 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1990
  • Latest Book:
    June 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Jack

1 - Love That Dog (Aug-2001)
2 - Hate That Cat (Oct-2008)

Book List in Order: 25 titles



  • Dear Mr. Birkway, Here it is: my summer journal. As you can see, I got a little carried away. The problem is this, though. I don’t want you to read it. Mary Lou Finney is less than excited about her assignment to keep a journal over the summer. Bo...



  • "Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out." To trace the path of her missing mother, Sal embarks on a journey from Ohio to Idaho with her grandparents. On the road, Sal tells the...



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    'Hammertoe!' shouted Uncle Arvie 'Hammer a needle with needlinks!' Uncle Arvie's words had been pretty mixed up when he was alive. Now he's a ghost, it's a crazy business trying to work out what he wants. Can Danny and his dog Bo hammer a needle, fra...



  • A GHOSTLY VISITOR Ever since nine-year-old Dennis's dad died, a veritable parade of ghosts has been passing through his bedroom. When the ghost of his Uncle Arvie blows into his room on a warm breeze, Dennis isn't surprised, but Uncle Arvie is the fi...



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    It started out as an ordinary summer. But the minute thirteen-year-old Zinny covered the old, overgrown trail that ran through the woods behind her family's house, she realized that things were about to change. Right from the start, Zinny knew tha...



  • My second life began when I was kidnapped by two complete strangers . . . That the kidnappers are actually Aunt Sandy and Uncle Max makes no difference to thirteen-year-old Domenica Santolina Doone, better known as Dinnie--she just doesn't want to go...



  • The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in. THE WANDERER Thirteen-year-old Sophie is the only girl among the surly crew of The Wanderer, made up of her three uncles and two cousins. They sail across t...



  • A Fine, Fine School is a delight for kids, with its colorful illustrations and gentle comeuppance for a well-meaning principal who learns that learning outside of school can be just as important as being in school.

    Tillie goes to a fine, fin...



  • Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog, a funny, sweet, original short novel written in free verse, introduces us to an endearingly unassuming, straight-talking boy who discovers the powers and pleasures of poetry. Against his will. After...






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    Bailey, who is usually so nice, Bailey, my neighbor, my friend, my buddy, my pal for my whole life, knowing me better than anybody, that Bailey, that Bailey I am so mad at right now, that Bailey, I hate him today. Twelve-year-old Rosie and her b...



  • Early in the blue-black morning, a father and son slip out of the house with their fishing poles and a can of worms. But this is no ordinary fishing trip. With their lines and bobbers, they cast high into the air to catch the breeze, the sky, the ...



  • From Sharon Creech, the Newbery Medal winning author of Walk Two Moons, comes a heartwarming adventure about finding family, and a home, when you least expect it.Ruby Holler is a Carnegie Medal-winning novel, and with its quirky protagonists and exci...



  • RUN RUN RUN. That's what twelve-year-old Annie loves to do. When she's barefoot and running, she can hear her heart beating . . . thump-THUMP, thump-THUMP. It's a rhythm that makes sense in a year when everything's shifting: Her mother is pregnant...



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    Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's inspired novel tells the story of a boy who fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become.Now with fresh and gorgeous new cover art, this touching tale has received many starred reviews, and w...



  • Who are you, babynewly bornwho's this little babe?

    Baby burritoes . . . are held very tight.Banana babies . . . are bundled up in the cold.Leaky babies . . . leak.

    No matter what kind of baby they are, all new babies see, hear, think, ...



  • Long ago and far away . . . There was a castle. But not just any castle. This was a castle that glittered and sparkled and rose majestically above the banks of the winding Winono River: the Castle Corona.And in this castle lived a family. But not jus...



  • Return to Miss Stretchberry's class with Jack, the reluctant poet, who over the course of a year encounters new and challenging things like metaphors, alliterations, onomatopoeia, and one mean fat black cat!The Newbery Medal-winning author of Walk Tw...



  • Peoples are strange! The things they are doing and saying -- sometimes they make no sense. Did their brains fall out of their heads? And why so much saying, so much talking all the time day and night, all those words spilling out of those mouths? Wh...



  • CELEBRATE THE UNEXPECTED I had big thoughts to match the big wind. I wondered if we find the people we need when we need them. I wondered if we attract our future by some sort of invisible force, or if we are drawn to it by a similar force. I felt...






  • ans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Ruby Holler will love her latest tween novel about finding family when you least expect it. When a young couple finds a boy asleep on their porch, their lives take a surprising turn. Unable to speak, the...



  • Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning author Sharon Creech's stories become instant classics, beloved for their genuine characters and celebration of classic themes such as the gifts of love, family, and forgiveness. This quartet collects four of her be...



  • This uplifting tale reminds us that if we're open to new experiences, life is full of surprises. Following one family's momentous move from the city to rural Maine, an unexpected bond develops between twelve-year-old Reena and one very ornery cow. ...



  • Perfect for fans of Charlotte’s Web and The One and Only Ivan, Saving Winslow is an uplifting modern classic in the making about a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health, from New York Times bestseller and Ne...



  • From Sharon Creech, Newbery Medal winner and New York Times bestselling author, comes a powerful coming-of-age story of a girl who discovers the endless possibilities her future may hold, with help from a brilliant teacher and a boy with a generous s...



  • A Bank Street Books Best Children's Book of the Year for Family/School/Community Fiction, noted for outstanding merit (2024)Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech delivers a companion to the New York Times bestselling picture book favorite...


Award-Winning Books by Sharon Creech

A Fine, Fine School
2004 California Young Reader Medal -- Primary
Love That Dog
2002 Bookseller's Choice -- Middle Readers
2002 Children's Book Committee Award -- Poetry
2002 Great Stone Face Book Award -- Grades 4-6
2003 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award -- Children's
2003 Land of Enchantment Book Award -- Young Adult
2003 Maine Student Book Award -- Grades 4-8
2003 Volunteer State Book Award -- Grades 4-6
Ruby Holler
2002 Carnegie Medal -- Children's
2004 Land of Enchantment Book Award -- Young Adult
Walk Two Moons
1995 Newbery Medal -- Children's
1997 Heartland Award -- Young Adult


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sharon Creech has published 25 books.

Sharon Creech does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Smart, Smart School, was published in June 2023.

The first book by Sharon Creech, Absolutely Normal Chaos, was published in December 1990.

Yes. Sharon Creech has 1 series.