Jim Aylesworth

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books
  • First Book:
    October 1987
  • Latest Book:
    October 2014
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Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Two Terrible Frights

  • Hanna's Hog

  • Mr. McGill Goes to Town

  • One Crow

  • Country Crossing

  • Old Black Fly

    Nothing drives a family crazy faster than an old black fly on a hot summer day, especially when the family's a little crazy already. And this fly is as bad as they come. He knows every low-down trick in the book--and won't rest until he's gone thr...

  • Cat and the Fiddle and More

  • The Good-Night Kiss

  • Folks in the Valley

    "From the alarm clock that wakens this Pennsylvania Dutch family in the morning to the 'Z' sound of their peaceful sleep at night, this rhyming alphabet book celebrates their way of life as it follows them through the day. Whether used to introduce r...



  • My Son John

    A collection of fourteen original verses, based on the Mother Goose rhyme "Diddle, Diddle dumpling," introduces a new cast of characters, from Jake who eats pancakes to Ann who milks her cow, accompanied by vibrant woodcut illustrations. By the autho...

  • The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock

    Yeargh!!! Cliffhangers have plagued us since childhood (and maybe before). Hickory dickory dock--we all know about the mouse and the clock, but what happened after the clock struck one? Follow that energetic mouse through the other eleven hours of no...

  • Mcgraw's Emporium

    Rhyming couplets name eighty-eight unlikely items for young children to find and identify in McGraw's Emporium, and artful collage illustrations include every one of them, along with many others to help expand vocabularies and cultural literacy....

  • Wake Up, Little Children

  • My Sister's Rusty Bike

    Heading out on a cross-country journey, a young traveler encounters a host of diverse characters along the way, such as Buddy Biggs whose cow has more than twenty-two blue spots and Maybelle Bean whose dog can recite his ABCs....

  • Little Celebrations, Hush Up!, Single Copy, Fluency, Stage 3b

  • Through the Night

  • Gingerbread Man

    Jim Ayelsworth's charming text and Barbara McClintock's narrative pictures in this New York Times Best Illustrated Book make for an unbeatable re-telling of the classic tale.This irresistible retelling of the Gingerbread Man from the award-winning du...

  • Jim Aylesworth's Book of Bedtime Stories

    A collection of four of the author's best bedtime stories includes Two Terrible Frights, Teddy Bear Tears, The Completed Hickory-Dickory-Dock, and The Good-Night Kiss, with new introductions for each....

  • Aunt Pitty Patty's Piggy



  • The Full Belly Bowl

    Dear Friend, the tiny note reads, In appreciation of your kindness and generosity, I leave you this Full Belly Bowl. You need never know hunger again. Use it wisely or it will be a burden. To empty, pour it out. When not in use, store it upside down...

  • Teddy Bear Tears

    Imagine have four beloved teddy bears, each of whom is afraid of something at bedtime. That is the challenge for the little boy in Jim Aylesworth's charming bedtime story, Teddy Bear Tears. Just as the boy is ready to settle in for the night, each be...

  • The Tale of Tricky Fox

    After making a bet with his brother that he can outsmart a human into giving him one of her pigs, Tricky Fox sets off to win the bet, but when he uses his charms on a wise schoolteacher, the tables are turned and it is Tricky Fox who is outsmarted in...

  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears

    "Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Goldilocks, who was very, very good, except that sometimes she forgot to do things that her mother told her to do. Yes she did... "

    But worse is when she forget's not to do what she is told ...

  • Once Upon a Time

  • Naughty Little Monkeys

    What happens when you leave twenty-six little monkeys home alone? Lots of monkey business, that’s what! The charming chimps in this book, with names and misbehaviors to match each letter of the alphabet, cause all kinds of trouble when Mom and Dad ...

  • Little Bitty Mousie

    What new surprise will Little Bitty Mousie find around the next corner?

    While a family sleeps, Mousie scampers through the house one night. She sniffs around, wiggling her nose at all she sees from A through Z. After a bite of an apple, a ta...

  • Our Abe Lincoln

    At last! A book about Lincoln for K-1-- by an award-winning and bestselling author and artist team!Wise Abe Lincoln said, No More! to slavery,No More! to slavery,No More! to slavery,Wise Abe Lincoln said, No More! to slavery,Many brave days ago.This ...

  • The Mitten

    A fresh, spirited rendition of a best-selling read-aloud classic.

    When a little boy loses a mitten in the snow, a passing squirrel finds it's the perfect place to warm his icy toes. So he sqe-e-e-e-zes inside. But he's not the only animal with...

  • Cock-A-Doodle Doo, Creak, Pop-Pop, Moo

    Rooster crows, Cock-a-doodle-doo. Wake up, girls, And little boys, too. Breakfast ham pop-pops, cow moo as they're being milked, girls feed clucking hens, and boys split wood--wack! When chores are done, rockers squeak, and kids play games wh...



  • My Grandfather's Coat

    A rollicking, rhyming, fun rendition of a favorite folksong about a many-times recycled coat -- by the award-winning, bestselling team of Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock. When my grandfather came to America he made himself a handsome coat...

Award-Winning Books by Jim Aylesworth

My Grandfather's Coat
2015 Sydney Taylor Book Award -- Younger Readers


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jim Aylesworth has published 30 books.

Jim Aylesworth does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, My Grandfather's Coat, was published in October 2014.

The first book by Jim Aylesworth, Two Terrible Frights, was published in October 1987.

No. Jim Aylesworth does not write books in series.
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