Kathy Stinson

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1988
  • Latest Book:
    May 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Marie-Claire

4 - A Season of Sorrow (Oct-2002)

Multi-Author Series List

Annikins

4 - Big or Little? (Feb-2009)
12 - Red is Best (Sep-2006)

Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • The Bare Naked Book

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  • Dressed Up Book

    Here's an opportunity to discover all the creative fun to be had dressing up, written and illustrated by the team that developed The Bare Naked Book.

    "What's in the closet for-- Dressing up red? Dressing up scary? Dressing up funny? Dress...

  • Who Is Sleeping in Aunty's Bed?

    So begins a long chain of events. Soon everyone is up and searching for a good night's sleep. But Aunty's house is just too full of elbows and knees, and snoring and singing, and counting and giggling for sleep to happen.

    ...

  • Steven's Baseball Mitt

  • King of the Castle

    By the prizewinning author of the classics Red is Best, The Bare Naked Book and Big or Little, this chapter book is about a man who spends every day in a school but who cannot read. Mr. Elliot has a job he loves. He is the custodian in a primary scho...

  • A Season of Sorrow

    Marie-Claire - 4

    Of the 3,200 people who died during the smallpox epidemic in 1885, 2,500 of them were children under the age of 10. In A Season of Sorrow, smallpox, which lurked on the periphery of Dark Spring, descends upon Marie-Claire and her family. How they, th...

  • Becoming Ruby

  • One More Clue

    In this fabulous follow-up to Kathy Stinson's classic children's novels, Seven Clues and The Great Bike Race, Matt Randall uncovers two mysterious objects in his neighbour's attic: a magician's costume and a brand new clue. Or is it an old clue? Matt...



  • Seven Clues

    Matt is bored. It's summer vacation, all his friends are away, and there is nothing -- NOTHING -- to do in Pebble Creek ... until he receives a clue to a mystery! "There's something you should look for. It will bring you great pleasure. Not coins in...

  • The Great Bike Race

    Can Matt win first prize in the town's bike race? He thinks so. Not only is he fast, but he deserves the 18-speed mountain bike being given away. His own bike is falling apart! But Matt has a problem. His friends Mike, David, and Amanda all think the...

  • 101 Ways to Dance

    A quirky collection of stories about teens in lust and in love. From the first stirrings of same-sex desire to paternity questions around a teen pregnancy, 101 Ways to Dance reflects the spectrum of teen sexuality from the sweet to the scary....

  • Red is Best

    Annikins - 12

    Kelly's mom doesn't understand all of the reasons why red is the best color. Through minimal text and elegant illustration, Kelly shows her mom why juice tastes better in the red cup, red pyjamas keep the monsters away at night, and red boots...

  • One Year Commencing

    Kathy Stinson’s new young adult novel is set in downtown Toronto, where the main character, Al, faces a terrible choice. Every summer she leaves her home in Alberta to spend a month with her father in the East, but this year she must spend a who...

  • Fish House Secrets

    Set in the beautiful environs of the Canadian East Coast, this novel draws the reader into the struggles of two troubled teens whose encounter helps them to confront and overcome their problems.

    An excellent starting point for giving students t...

  • Mom and Dad Don't Live Together Anymore

    Divorce is never easy, not for parents and especially not for children. More than 20 years ago, celebrated author Kathy Stinson wrote in a positive way about the confusion, insecurity, and sorrow experienced by young children whose parents have separ...

  • Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It

    Celebrated children’s writer Kathy Stinson explores "what’s-in-what” concepts for young children. With a chorus of questions that encourage interaction, children will delight in playing with the language of spatial relationships, from a pocket...

  • Big or Little?

    Annikins - 4

    When you’re really young, it can be tough to figure out if you’re a little kid or big kid. So it is for one boy named Toby, who sometimes feels big, like when he pours his own milk, but sometimes feels little, like when he spills it. Mom and Dad ...

  • Highway of Heroes

    2011 Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable - Information Book Award

    2011/2012 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award nomninee

    2012 Silver Birch Nonfiction Award nominee

    2012 Golden Oak Award nominee

    A young b...



  • What Happened to Ivy

    David’s younger sister Ivy, born with multiple disabilities, needs constant attention. She may be eleven years old, but in many ways she’s still a baby. She embarrasses him in public. She takes all of their parents’ focus, to the point where Da...

  • The Man with the Violin

    Who is playing that beautiful music in the subway? And why is nobody listening? This gorgeous picture book is based on the true story of Joshua Bell, the renowned American violinist who famously took his instrument down into the Washington D.C. subwa...

  • Harry and Walter

    Best Friends Forever. Harry may be four and three-quarters and Walter may be ninety-two and a half, but that doesn’t stop them from being best friends. Harry loves to go next door to play games with Walter and draw pictures together. And when the ...

  • The Dog Who Wanted to Fly

    Who says dogs can’t fly? Meet Zora: a dog with a big dream and an even bigger personality. All Zora wants to do is learn how to fly so she can catch that pesky squirrel in her yard. But try as she might to prove to her friend Tully -- a skeptical c...

  • The Dance of the Violin

    Even Joshua Bell makes mistakes, but there is always a second chance. As a young student of the violin, Joshua Bell learns about an international competition to be held in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He chooses a piece of music, which his teacher suggests m...

  • The Lady with the Books

    A fictionalized retelling of how books from around the world helped children in Germany recuperate after WWII. Anneliese and Peter will never be the same after the war that took their father’s life. One day, while wandering the ruined streets of Mu...

  • The Rock and the Butterfly

    Key Selling Points The butterfly and the rock have always been there for each other...until the day the rock disappears and the butterfly has to learn how to live without its beloved friend. This poignant tale addresses what it's like to lose someone...

  • If You Were Here

    For kids ages 3-7, this lyrical picture book explores the complex emotions around missing a loved one, with stunning illustrations by Ojibwe artist Maya McKibbin.I wish I could show you…this great big meadow,like a sea of lacy clouds….In ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kathy Stinson has published 27 books.

The next book by Kathy Stinson, If You Were Here, will be published in May 2025.

The first book by Kathy Stinson, The Bare Naked Book, was published in March 1988.

Yes. Kathy Stinson has 1 series.
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