Elizabeth Laird

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  • Bibliography:
    44 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1987
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Book List in Order: 44 titles

  • The Road to Bethlehem

  • Time for Fun Cubby Bear

  • Kiss the Dust

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    No place is safe for Tara and her family. 12-year-old Tara Hawrami lives a normal life in Iraq -- until the day she sees a boy, a Kurd like herself, get shot by soldiers in the street. But Tara still doesn't realize just how dangerous life for the K...

  • Day Veronica Was Nosy

    This is the story of Veronica - the nosy cow. The story is set in the country and features Duncan the Little Red Tractor, Stan the farmer and many more characters from Gosling Farm. A book accompanies the tape which has music and sound effects includ...

  • Stinker Muggles and the Dazzle Bug

  • Secret Friends

    What's the good in keeping secrets?Secret Friends is a heartbreaking story about friendship and bullying from the multi-award-winning Elizabeth Laird. Rafaella doesn't find it easy to make friends. She looks and feels different from the others at...

  • Dead Man's River

  • Story Corner: King of the Supermarket

    Daniel and Janine go to the supermarket with Grandma and when Daniel spots the toy he wants to buy, he runs over to take it off the shelf. But the supermarket is very busy and suddenly he can't see Grandma. What should he do? How will he find Grandma...

  • A Book of Promises



  • Hot Rock Mountain

  • Beautiful Bananas

    A young girl’s ordinary journey through the jungle turns into an amusing adventure, thanks to a few surprising encounters along the way.
    Beatrice sets out through the lush African jungle to visit her beloved granddad. She carries with her a bunc...

  • Jungle School

    It's Jani's first day at school and she's nervous. Will the other monkeys be friendly? Will they all stare at her because she is in a wheelchair? Thanks to her sense of playfulness, Jani makes friends and has a wonderful first day at school! Green Ba...

  • A Little Piece of Ground

    A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today.Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain’s best-known young adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the hu...

  • Oranges in No Man's Land

    Oranges in No Man’s Land tells the riveting story of ten-year-old Ayesha’s terrifying journey across no man’s land to reach a doctor in hostile territory in search of medicine for her dying grandmother.

    Set in Lebanon during the civil ...

  • Crusade

    Crusade is a richly detailed historical adventure, from Carnegie shortlisted author, Elizabeth Laird.Two boys. Two faiths. One unholy war . . .When Adam's mother dies unconfessed, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Employed as ...

  • Lost Riders

    A story of separation and the strength of family, Lost Riders is a powerful and thought-provoking novel from award-winning author Elizabeth Laird.Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf, eight-year-old Rashid and his little brot...

  • A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq

    Secret serpents, devilish demons, mysterious magicians -- the folk tales of Iraq are filled with otherworldly creatures, enchantment, and earthy humor. During her time spent in the Middle East, award-winning novelist Elizabeth Laird gathered togeth...

  • The Garbage King

    Inspired by the true story of an African childhood lived on the edge of destitution, award-winning Elizabeth Laird's The Garbage King takes readers on an unforgettable emotional journey.When Mamo's mother dies, he is abandoned in the shanties of Addi...

  • Paradise End

    Paradise End by Elizabeth Laird, author of The Fastest Boy in the World, is the story of an unlikely friendship between two girls who both long for a different life.Carly often finds herself gazing through the gates of Paradise End. She fantasizes a...



  • The Listener

  • Where's Toto?/?Donde Esta Toto?

    This new title in the illustrated Let's Read! language-learning series is a real page-turner! It's a story for kids, written in a bilingual Spanish and English format, which encourages boys and girls who are independent readers in their own language...

  • Where's Toto?

    This new title in the illustrated Let's Read! language-learning series is a real page-turner! It's a story for kids, written in a bilingual French and English format, which encourages boys and girls who are independent readers in their own language ...

  • The Ogress and the Snake and Other Stories from Somalia

    For millennia, Somalia has been crossed and recrossed by camel caravans of merchants, bringing with them stories such as "The Good Prince," in which a kindhearted prince conquers the evil magic of a beautiful sorceress, and "The Ogress and the Snake,...

  • Pea Boy and Other Stories from Iran

    Iran is a country of mountains striped with snow, dense forests where bears and lynxes still roam, deserts, bazaars . . . but above all it has stories -- of fairies and demons, of a monstrous metal eagle called the okab, of romantic cockroaches and...

  • The Witching Hour

    Everyone knows the devil is real. Everyone knows that witches exist. Everyone knows that saying the wrong thing can get you hanged . . . When fourteen-year-old Maggie's grandmother is accused of witchcraft, Maggie has to run for her life. But Scotlan...

  • Secrets of the Fearless

    When twelve-year-old John Barr is forced to join the navy his life takes a dangerous turn. As he trains to become a powder monkey on board the mighty HMS Fearless, he soon learns that the ship hides many secrets. Thrust into a sinister world of spies...

  • The Betrayal of Maggie Blair

    In seventeenth-century Scotland, saying the wrong thing can lead to banishment -- or worse. Accused of being a witch, sixteen-year-old Maggie Blair is sentenced to be hanged. She escapes, but instead of finding shelter with her principled, patriotic ...

  • The Prince Who Walked With Lions

    The British Army is circling the stronghold of the King of Abyssinia. Its mission is to rescue the British Envoy, held prisoner. Watching with terror and awe is the king's young son, Alamayu. He knows that his father is as brave as a lion, but the fi...

  • The Shahnameh

    The Shahnameh is a collection of stories and myths from ancient Iran, filled with kings, heroes, princesses, magical animals and demons. Written as an epic poem by the poet Ferdowsi in the 10th century, it is one of the great classics of Persian l...



  • Red Sky in the Morning

    Twelve-year-old Anna is looking forward to the birth of her baby brother. Ben arrives, but is disabled and will never be like other children. Anna loves him with her whole heart, but she finds herself unable to admit the truth of Ben's condition to h...

  • Two Crafty Jackals

    A good story is like a river that starts from far away and travels on and on.

    The animal stories in Two Crafty Jackals began their lives in India more than 2,000 years ago and have been travelling ever since. They were already a thous...

  • The Fastest Boy in the World

    Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are his heroes and he dreams that one day he will be a gold-medal-winning athlete like them, in spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet.When his grandfather anno...

  • Dindy and the Elephant

    Bored with her little brother Pog's childish games, Dindy decides that she's finally grown-up enough for a real adventure. While her mother is sleeping and the servants are busy, she takes Pog deep into the tea gardens, a place they are never suppose...

  • Welcome to Nowhere

    Welcome to Nowhere is a powerful and beautifully written story about the life of one family caught up in civil war by the award-winning author Elizabeth Laird, shortlisted for the Scottish Teen Book Award and winner of the UKLA Book Award.Twelve-year...

  • Song of the Dolphin Boy

    Finn has always been different, and in the tiny fishing village of Stromhead he sticks out like a sore thumb. Always told to keep away from the water, he's felt that something was missing until one day he dives in and finds that, swimming with the do...

  • Grobblechops

    Amir is worried about the little monster lurking under the bed. What if it tries to eat him up?! And what if that monster has a dad and a mom too? As Amir’s dad tucks him in, Amir wonders if the monster might just become a friend instead...This cla...

  • A House Without Walls

    A House Without Walls is a powerful story of family, hope and redemption amidst the refugee crisis in Syria from the award-winning Elizabeth Laird, illustrated by Lucy Eldridge.Thirteen-year-old Safiya and her family have been driven out of Syria by ...

  • Gloria's Porridge

    Gloria is making a delicious porridge, but she's too hungry to share it with the cat. When Gloria goes to fetch some water, cat eats all the porridge . Angry Gloria shakes her spoon at the cat, and the scared cat runs away, starting a chaos around he...

  • Stories of Peace and Kindness



  • The Name Game

  • Two Ants Puzzled!

  • The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown

    An atmospheric tale told in sparkling prose. Kirkus Starred ReviewA novel that is at once entertaining and thought-provoking. Publishers WeeklyInspired by award-winning author's Elizabeth Laird's own childhood growing up in post-war London, The Misun...

  • Baboon Rock

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    Afra invites Tom and Joseph on a trip to a game lodge, and is devastated when her father breaks his promise to come too. She sees a troop of baboons and connects her own wounded heart with an injured baby. Determined to save it from predators, she...

  • Jake's Tower

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    'It's good that I've found this secret place . . . No one can get to to me up there. It's totally safe.'In real life, Jake is never safe. He lives in constant fear of his mother's violent boyfriend. But in his imaginary tower he can dream up his own...

Award-Winning Books by Elizabeth Laird

A Little Piece of Ground
2006 Middle East Book Award -- Youth Literature


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elizabeth Laird has published 44 books.

Elizabeth Laird does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown, was published in May 2024.

The first book by Elizabeth Laird, The Road to Bethlehem, was published in September 1987.

No. Elizabeth Laird does not write books in series.
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