Jackie Morris

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  • Bibliography:
    35 Books
  • First Book:
    August 1995
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Mar-2013)

Book List in Order: 35 titles

  • Bears, Bears, and More Bears

  • The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems

    The 74 poems in this exquisite collection trace our journey through life from birth to old age. Along the way, the works of some of the finest poets in the English language celebrate all kinds of human experience: the wide-eyed wonder and adventure o...

  • The Snow Leopard

    From the beginning of time, high above the hidden valley, Snow Leopard has sung the stars to life, the sun to rise and the moon to wax and wane. She has woven words of protection to keep the hidden valley safe from the world and as she sings, a ch...

  • The Seal Children

    When a fisherman called Huw falls in love with a selkie -- half-woman, half-seal -- she gives him her sealskin as a sign of her love. She bears him two children, Ffion and Morlo, before returning to her own people. A few years later a stranger co...

  • Tell Me a Dragon

    Dragons are a perennial favorite of most children, and this book honors the mythical creatures with words and pictures. Jackie Morris, known for the ravishing colors and sheer beauty of her art, offers young readers a gallery of dragons in every shap...

  • Luminaria

    When Princess Alex and her friends walk through mirrors, they're instantly transported from eighteenth-century Europe into Luminaria, but not the magical, light-filled world described to them by the young fairy, Willow. Instead, they step into a l...

  • The Ice Bear

    Long, long ago, in the icy lands of the far north, Raven the mischief-maker takes a bear-child from his mother. A hunter and his wife find the child and, wrapping him in sealskin, they sing him songs of the ice, the wind, and the great white bears. B...

  • The Cat and the Fiddle Signed Edition

    With over forty traditional nursery rhymes, personally chosen by the illustrator and laid out in colour-drenched double spreads. this is a beautiful, painterly collection of rhymes that has the makings of a classic. Included are familiar favourites s...

  • The Cat and the Fiddle: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes

    With over forty traditional nursery rhymes, personally chosen by the illustrator and laid out in colour-drenched double spreads. this is a beautiful, painterly collection of rhymes that has the makings of a classic.
    Included are familiar favourite...



  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon

    Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

    From the moment she saw him, she knew the bear had come for her. How many times had she dreamt of the bearÂ.... Now, here he was, as if spelled from her dreams.Â"I will come with you, Bear,” she said.It is the beginning of an extraordinary journey ...

  • I Am Cat

    A cat sleeps, curled up in a warm place, and while it sleeps it dreams . . . of being a tiger, flame cat of the forest; a cheetah  -- fast as the wind on the African plains; a lion, lounging through the heat of the day, tangled in sunshine on the A...

  • Little Evie in the Wild Wood

    Little Evie ventures into the wild woods with her basket of jam tarts and walks further and further into the trees, far from home. In a deep dark cave she finds â€" a huge wolf. The wolf comes closer and closer and then â€" Evie and the wolf share th...

  • The Song of the Golden Hare

    The boy knows his family is special; for centuries they have been guardians of the beautiful, magical Golden Hares, keeping them safe and secret from the rest of the world.So the boy and his sister watch and follow the hares, and one day they are rew...

  • I Am Cat Mini Edition

  • The Ice Bear Mini Edition

    Long, long ago in the icy lands of the far north, a hunter and his wife cared for an orphaned bear-cub. But when the cub wanders off, there are consequences for both animals and people. Set in the pristine regions of the Arctic, The Ice Bear features...

  • The Snow Leopard Mini Edition

  • Something about a Bear

    Where the water churns with salmon, thick and rich with leaping fishes, there the brown bear stands and catches the wild king of the river. With stunning watercolor paintings, this lyrical picture book describes eight bears from all over the world, a...

  • The Wild Swans

    This very beautiful and lyrical extended version of the fairy tale 'The Wild Swans' by Hans Christian Andersen is the much anticipated companion to East of the Sun, West of the Moon. With strong characterization of the heroine and also with more r...

  • One Cheetah, One Cherry

    Numbers one to ten are sumptuously illustrated in watercolor, with gold and silver leaf, and including elephants, tigers, swans, mice and more.A playful, lyrical text and striking images make this a spectacular counting book by an internationally ren...



  • The White Fox

    The day the fox came things began to change for Sol. Lost, alone and far away from home, Sol feels a deep connection with the little Arctic fox he discovers down at the Seattle docks - he too feels lost in the big city. Dad is always busy working and...

  • The Quiet Music of Gently Falling Snow

    A beautifully illustrated collection of interconnected folk tales by internationally bestselling author Jackie Morris, set in a world of music, curious animals, and towers that reach the stars. The tales are illustrated with a series of musically-the...

  • Mrs Noah's Pockets

    "At last all were gathered inside the ark. It heaved with animals, large and small. Mrs Noah wore a brand-new coat, with a hood and a cape - and very deep pockets. Lots of pockets." When Mr Noah builds the ark, he makes two lists - one for all the an...

  • The Lost Words

    Winner of the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year 2018 Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2017 Shortlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2018 Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2019 Once upon...

  • The Ice Bear Poster

    This poster stunningly reproduces the cover illustration from Jackie Morris’s much-loved children’s title The Ice Bear. deal for appreciating the beauty, intricacy and unique qualities of Jackie’s artwork or for giving as a gift....

  • Lord of the Forest Poster

    This poster stunningly reproduces the cover illustration from Jackie Morris’s art work for Lord of the Forest, the children's title by Caroline Pitcher, ideal for appreciating the beauty, intricacy, and unique qualities of Jackie’s artwork or for...

  • The Snow Leopard Poster

    This poster stunningly reproduces the cover illustration from Jackie Morris’s much-loved children’s title The Snow Leopard. Ideal for appreciating the beauty, intricacy, and unique qualities of Jackie’s artwork or for giving as a gift....

  • Tell Me a Dragon Poster

    This poster stunningly reproduces the cover illustration from Jackie Morris’s much-loved children’s title Tell Me a Dragon, ideal for appreciating the beauty, intricacy, and unique qualities of Jackie’s artwork or for giving as a gift....

  • Ga'i Hanes Draig?

  • Mrs Noah's Garden

    A new story about the lovable, independent-minded and resourceful Mrs Noah will be widely welcomed."Mrs Noah touched the earth. It was warm on her fingertips. She looked all round the Ark. On the south side the slope was less steep. A few shrubs and ...



  • The Secret of the Tattered Shoes

    Selected by The Guardian as one of the top children's books of 2019.The Secret of the Tattered Shoes is a fresh interpretation of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale about twelve princesses who are locked in at night, yet whose dancing shoes are st...

  • The Jackie Morris Book of Classic Nursery Rhymes

    A wonderfully illustrated and sumptuous collection of nursery rhymes for all ages, including many favorite rhymes as well as some that will be a delightful discovery. Originally published as The Cat and the Fiddle in 2011, this edition includes a new...

  • Mrs Noah's Song

    A beautiful new picture book from an incredible picture book team, in which Mrs Noah brings song back into the world and shows the children how to listen – and singMrs Noah sang to the children when they woke in the morning. She sang as she wor...

  • The Panda's Child

    A magical, powerful new story by Jackie Morris, co-creator of The Lost Words, and award-winning illustrator Cathy Fisher In a faraway forest a baby is lost and found, protected by a she-panda. Nine years later another baby, the panda's child, is ...

  • The Summer Puppy

    The joyful and lyrical story of a puppy’s first summer, this gorgeous picture book captures. In words and pictures, Rosie the puppy’s growth and development, what she learns and discovers, and what she knows by instinct. Her home is out i...

  • Wild Folk

    Wild Folk comprises seven illustrated fables of transformation and power. The tales are neither new nor old. They are full of ‘wild folk’, shape-shifting spirits that carry the energy that connects all things.In its pages you will meet se...

Award-Winning Books by Jackie Morris

The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems
2006 NAPPA Gold Award -- Family


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jackie Morris has published 35 books.

The next book by Jackie Morris, Wild Folk, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by Jackie Morris, Bears, Bears, and More Bears, was published in August 1995.

No. Jackie Morris does not write books in series.
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