Charlotte Zolotow

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  • Bibliography:
    47 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1952
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Book List in Order: 47 titles

  • Storm Book

    A Caldecott Honor book about a little boy’s curiosity during a summer storm, poetically written by celebrated author Charlotte Zolotow and with stunning illustrations by Margaret Bloy Graham.

    This beautifully crafted story is perfect to p...

  • Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present

    The author of such classics as My Granson Lew, Williams's Doll, and Over and Over needs no introduction. Neither does her collaborator Maurice Sendak, who has illustrated so many of today's best-loved, as well as most distinguised, books for child...

  • The Sky Was Blue

  • Someday

  • When I Have a Little Girl

    From Hilary Knight, co-creator of the ever-popular Eloise series, and Charlotte Zolotow, a Caldecott Award-winning author, these two masterpieces of children's literature are relaunched in an unusual 2-in-1 flip-flop edition. Now, they appear for...

  • If It Weren't for You

    Sooner or later, all big brothers and big sisters think it. Sometimes they may even say it:

    If it weren't for you, I'd be the only child and I'd get all the presents.

    But then there are other times too, times when having a young...

  • The summer night

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  • One Step, Two...

  • Big Brother



  • The Quarreling Book

    ‘Gruffness and anger is passed along from person to person until a little dog starts a chain of happiness that reverses the trend. [A] pleasant picture book [that touches on] emotional maturity.’ -- ALA Children’s Services Division.

    ...

  • William's Doll

    "An excellent book about a boy named William who wants the forbidden -- a doll. The long-awaited realistic handling of this theme makes it a landmark book." -- School Library Journal

    More than anything, William wants a doll. “Don’t be a ...

  • The Park Book

  • Early Sorrow

  • An Overpraised Season

  • If You Listen

  • Everything Glistens and Everything Sings

  • When I Have a Little Boy

  • Hating Book

    I hate hate hated my friend. When I moved over in the school bus, she sat somewhere else. When her point broke in arithmetic and I passed her my pencil,she took Peter's instead."Ask her," my mother said."Ask your friend why."

     

    ...

  • Big Sister and Little Sister

    A small girl runs away from her domineering older sister, only to discover how much she is needed and loved. ‘A heartwarming picture book for small girls.’ -- BL.

    Children's Books of the Year 1966 (CSA)...



  • I Like to Be Little

    With her finely tuned ear for the concerns and cadences of childhood, Zolotow records a little girl describing all the things she likes that grown-ups usually do not. This tale, adapted from Zolotow's I Want to Be Little and newly illustrated with...

  • Something Is Going to Happen

  • I Know a Lady

    If you are lucky you know someone like the elderly lady in this book. Whenever she sees you--coming home from school, trick-or-treating at Halloween, or walking with your dog in the wood--she makes you feel special. She is someone you admire. She ...

  • Moon Was the Best

    "Here is Paris presented as a series of memories by a parent who understands that 'the special things' to share with a child are not always the attractions featured in the guidebooks....The photographs...are gorgeous....The understated narrative comp...

  • Peter and the Pigeons

  • Seashore Book

    A summer classic by two masters, reissued and redesigned for contemporary audiences.Wendell Minor’s elegant artwork and Charlotte Zolotow’s simple, evocative prose brings a day at the beach vividly to life as a boy and his mother imagine what ...

  • Old Dog

    Once there was a dog who loved to run and jump and play. She was the best friend Ben -- or any little boy -- could have. But as Ben got older, so did his dog. One morning, Ben's old dog didn't open her eyes or wag her tail. She didn't even move.

    C...

  • Over and Over

    An enchanting picture book by beloved author Charlotte Zolotow, celebrating the coming holidays, changing seasons, and rhythm of time.

    A little girl remembers a snowman, a pumpkin, and birthday cake. But she doesn’t understand time. Summe...

  • When the Wind Stops

    Beloved author Charlotte Zolotow's lyrical prose and Stefano Vitale's rich illustrations make this classic picture book a beautiful celebration of the cycle of life.

    Where does the wind go when it stops?

    When a little boy asks this que...

  • Who Is Ben?



  • Wake up and Goodnight

    Preschoolers are invited to greet the day in one half of an engaging flip-around picture book and invited to share the day's end in the other, depicted in lyrical, soothing verse designed to nurture young ones' language skills....

  • The Beautiful Christmas Tree

    A new edition of a Christmas classic, featuring striking new illustrations, shows how Mr. Crockett saves a thin little tree that the neighbors have rejected and raises it into a healthy pine that improves life for everyone....

  • My Friend John

    What makes someone a best friend?

    John knows everything about me, and I know everything about him. So begins the heartwarming story of two young boys who together experience fun times, sad times, happy times, hard times, secret times, and all ...

  • This Quiet Lady

    What was your mother like as a little girl? How did she look in school? What did she do before you were born? Follow along as one girl joyously searches through old pictures to find out. Generations will be inspired to share family history as they tr...

  • Do You Know What I'll Do?

    One day a little girl said to her brother...

    Do you know what I'll do at the seashore?

    I'll bring you a shell to hold the sound of the sea.

    In a little girl's magical question-and-answer game, Charlotte Zolotow captures, with unerring chi...

  • When I Have a Little Girl/When I Have a Little Boy

    From Hilary Knight, co-creator of the ever-popular Eloise series, and Charlotte Zolotow, a Caldecott Award-winning author, these two masterpieces of children's literature are relaunched in an unusual 2-in-1 flip-flop edition. Now, they appear for the...

  • The Bunny Who Found Easter

    Where is Easter? asked the little bunny eagerly.  But the old owl had dozed off to sleep again in the sun.  It must be some place East, thought the bunny and he set off searching.A lonely bunny goes hunting for Easter, where he hopes to fin...

  • Seasons: A Book of Poems

  • The Poodle Who Barked at the Wind


    A warm family story featuring a very lovable little dog

    "The little black poodle barks at everything.
    She barks at the garbagemen and the telephone.
    She barks at the wind when it blows and the rain when it rains."

    Her family...

  • The Three Funny Friends

    A classic story first published in 1961, The Three Funny Friends tells the tale of a little girl who moves to a new town and, in her loneliness, befriends a trio of pals who conspire to do all sorts of things--both good and naughty--with her. The mis...



  • A Tiger Called Thomas

    When shy Thomas moves into a new house on a new street, he takes it into his head that the new people might not like him. But when Halloween rolls around and Thomas sets out in a tiger-rific costume, he realizes the real trick to enjoying the treat o...

  • A Father Like That

    A boy knows all about fathers. He knows there are little things a father understands, like how to play checkers and when to bend the rules at bedtime. And he knows there are big things a father does, like banishing nightmares and spending special ...

  • My Grandson Lew

  • Sleepy Book

    Bears spend the winter months slumbering deep in dark caves. But they’re not the only wild animals with strange sleep habits. Horses do it standing up in stalls or fields, their tails switching at troublesome flies. Seals like to stretch out their ...

  • In My Garden

    Welcome the outdoors inside for story time with this classic tale of a garden changing through the seasons.A young girl and her older companion watch birds, fly a kite, plant flowers, and play in the snow, watching flowers bloom and leaves fall as th...

  • The New Friend

    A Kirkus Best Picture Book of the Year, author Charlotte Zolotow and award-winning illustrator Benjamin Chaud’s The New Friend is a poignant evocation of childhood pain and jealousy at the desertion of a best friend, with a message of optimism ...

  • A Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse

    A reimagined edition of A Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse—the classic picture book by a legendary author and a beloved illustrator, about a girl and her mother, with themes of growing up, dreams, and letting go. A girl declares all the ...

  • Some Things Go Together

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Award-Winning Books by Charlotte Zolotow

Some Things Go Together
1984 Carolyn W. Field Award -- Children's


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Charlotte Zolotow has published 47 books.

Charlotte Zolotow does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse, was published in April 2024.

The first book by Charlotte Zolotow, Storm Book, was published in June 1952.

No. Charlotte Zolotow does not write books in series.
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