Marilyn Singer

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  • Bibliography:
    77 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1978
  • Latest Book:
    October 2022
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Full Series List in Order

A Sam and Dave Mystery Story

The Case of the Sabotaged School Play (Jan-1984)
The Case of the Cackling Car (Jan-1985)
The Hoax on You (Apr-1989)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Snow White

Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse (Mar-2010)

Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse (Mar-2010)

Fairytale Retellings: Sleeping Beauty

Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse (Mar-2010)

Fairytale Retellings: Rapunzel

Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse (Mar-2010)

Book List in Order: 77 titles

  • It Can't Hurt Forever

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  • The First Few Friends

  • Tarantulas on the Brain

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    Was having a tarantula for a pet really so much to ask for? YES! Tarantulas. What would anyone like about these creatures with hairy legs and fat, fuzzy bodies? Well, Lizzie can't understand how anyone doesn't like them. After all, a tarantula won...

  • The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth

  • The Case of the Sabotaged School Play

    A Sam and Dave Mystery Story

  • The Case of the Cackling Car

    A Sam and Dave Mystery Story

  • Mitzi Meyer, Fearless Warrior Queen

  • LeRoy Is Missing

  • Several Kinds of Silence



  • Ghost Host

    Sixteen-year-old football star Bart Hawkins seeks a way to rid his house of a nasty poltergeist without losing the nine friendly ghosts also haunting it, in return for which they agree to help him win the championship game....

  • Clue in Code

  • The Horsemaster

    Jessica dreams of a flying horse, then finds an old tapestry with the power to summon up her dream horse, on which she flies away through time and space to fulfill her destiny in a distant, war-torn land....

  • The Hoax on You

    A Sam and Dave Mystery Story

    Right in the middle of their hard work at winning the best hoax in school contest, Sam and Dave Bean are sidetracked by exchange student Dardanella--who may be the girl of Dave's dreams, or an accomplished jewel thief...

  • Charmed

    Summoned to her heroic quest by a cobra named Naja, Miranda, her invisible, cat-like friend Bastable, a rat named Rattus, an immortal bird, and a boy named Iron Dog, travel from world to world in pursuit of Charmer, an evil villain...

  • Exotic Birds

  • The Golden Heart of Winter

  • Chester the Out-of-Work Dog

  • Storm Rising

    Seventeen-year-old Storm, lonely, lost, and going nowhere, is drawn to a gentle older woman who possesses unusual powers, and as love develops between them, Storm experiences the beginnings of confidence, suffering, and a promise of a new start to hi...

  • Turtle in July



  • Twenty Ways to Lose Your Best Friend

  • It's Hard to Read a Map with a Beagle on Your Lap

  • Nine O'Clock Lullaby

    When it′s 9 P.M. in Brooklyn, it′s 10 P.M. in Puerto Rico, and midnight on the mid-atlantic. Far from the vroom of New York traffic, the Puerto Rican night is filled with conga music, sweet rice, and fruit ice. In India, villagers begin their ...

  • Big Wheel

    Wheel must overcome his sense of competition with Topper, the new kid in town with the big house and pool who has been stealing all his friends, if he wants to put on a great Fourth of July celebration....

  • Sky Words

  • The Painted Fan

  • Family Reunion

    A whimsical look at a family reunion presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of the colorful characters who make the gathering an ever-changing, entertaining experience--from fastidious Aunt Alicia to bug-lover young Max, to fun-loving Uncle Steve....

  • California Demon

    While practicing at making love potions, Rosie, the daughter of a witch who owns a magic shop in Los Angeles, accidentally releases a mischievous imp, who ends up in the hands of two delighted siblings on Christmas Day...

  • Please Don't Squeeze Your Boa, Noah

  • In the Palace of the Ocean King



  • The Maiden on the Moor

  • The Morgans Dream

    Combining sleepy verse with calming images, a collection of poems feature the dreams of the bedded-down Morgan family, and children can witness the secret fears and wishes by each member, from Baby Kevin to Daisy the dog....

  • Deal With a Ghost

    Unwanted by her own mother and forced to live with her cold grandmother, Deal McCarthy drowns her sorrows by stealing other girl's boyfriends, but the influence of an awkward boy and a ghost will help her break with her unhealthy habits. Reprint....

  • Bottoms Up!; A Book about Rear Ends

    What has one of the most feared rear ends in the animal kingdom? Why are baboon bottoms red? How does a chicken lay an egg? These are just a few of the intriguing questions that are answered in this informative picture book about the incredible thing...

  • Stay True

    An outstanding collection of short stories written by eleven popular authors varies in content but produces the same message: that young women deserve recognition and have much to say about their futures....

  • Josie to the Rescue

    After she overhears her parents' concerns about the family finances, second-grader Josie, who is about to become a big sister again, decides to pitch in her money making ideas with very funny results....

  • Solomon Sneezes

  • On the Same Day in March

    On the same day in March...Polar bears ride on Artic ice.People in French cafes turn up their faces to the sun. Hailstones roll over Indian hillsides. Rain makes a river in Kenya.

    On the same day that it's icy cold in the Artic, it's foggy in Louis...

  • The Circus Lunicus

    Solomom Yanish uncovers his family ties to a celestial circus in this quirky middle grade novel.

    Solly heard a noise coming from his closet. This time it wasn't a rattling. It was a small, spongy noise, like a balloon bobbing. Cautiously he op...

  • I Believe in Water

    An anthology of stories for teenagers explores the topics of religion, belief, and spirituality by award-winning authors, including M. E. Kerr, Kyoko Mori, Jacqueline Woodson, and Virginia Euwer Wolff....



  • Didi and Daddy on the Promenade

    Didi’s in a hurry to take her father to the best place on earth -- to the Brooklyn Promenade! Will she see dogs out for a walk? Will she hear a trumpet tune? One thing’s for sure, there are plenty of surprises in store for Didi and Daddy as they ...

  • Creature Carnival

    This collection of twenty-six poems features some of the creepiest, funniest, most bizarre, and fascinating creatures from myth, legend, and popular culture. Marilyn Singer has written more than sixty books for children and young adults, including Mo...

  • Block Party Today!

    On the first Saturday of June everyone on Berkeley Place is turning out to eat corn bread and cookies, to dance to the drumbeat, to play in the street, to have the best block party ever. Everyone except Lola. She’s too angry at her friends Yasmin a...

  • Make Me Over

    A thought provoking approach to a current culture of readily available plastic surgery, makeovers and underlying obsession with beauty, 11 stories delve into the theory, truth, and even occasional humorous side to fascination with reinventing oneself...

  • Make Me Over: Eleven Stories of Transformation

    What kind of a makeover has the power to change a person, inside and out? These stories, specially written for this collection, delve into our culture’s fascination with beauty and present different views about all kinds of makeovers. Sometimes fun...

  • What Stinks?

  • Cats to the Rescue

    Do cats really have a sixth sense?War hero, world traveler, adventurer, bodyguard—not the first descriptions that come to mind when we think of cats. But in this collection of true stories about the fascinating behavior of cats around the world ...

  • Let's Build a Clubhouse

    Here is a picture book perfectly suited to tool-crazy youngsters. Marilyn Singer's short, snappy verses invite young readers to participate in the building of a clubhouse, from drawing a plan to brushing paint on the walls. In addition to the poem, t...

  • City Lullaby

    Ice cream truck jing-a-linging Nine phones ringing, ten horns beeping In the stroller Baby's sleeping.

    Will anything wake up that snoozing baby? Follow the red stroller through the cacophony of the city and find out! Rhythm, rhyme, and lots of...

  • Shoe Bop!



  • I'm Your Bus

    A fun day-in-the-life of a school bus and his road-hugging buddies

    Get ready for a rip-roaring, rhyming ride that celebrates all things drivin' with a special spotlight on a kid's four-wheeled best buddy--his school bus! When you're a kid, you...

  • I'm Getting a Checkup

  • Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse

    Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella
    Fairytale Retellings: Rapunzel
    Fairytale Retellings: Sleeping Beauty
    Fairytale Retellings: Snow White

    What’s brewing when two favorites -- poetry and fairy tales -- are turned (literally) on their heads? It’s a revolutionary recipe: an infectious new genre of poetry and a lovably modern take on classic stories. First, read the poems forward (h...

  • Twosomes

    Do animals celebrate Valentine's Day? Nobody knows for sure. But this funny (and punny) little book imagines how some of them declare their love, affection, or friendship any day of the year."Nice to Meetcha! You smell delish!/Wanna share my water di...

  • Tallulah's Tutu

    Tallulah just knew she could be a great ballerina, if only she had a tutu. So she starts ballet class. When she does not receive a tutu, she quits. But everywhere she goes, things keep reminding her of ballet. Her neighbor’s basset hound always sta...

  • What Is Your Dog Doing?

    This colorful, young read-aloud about all things canine is doggone fun. Woof! Sit. Stay. Roll Over. But, dogs can do so much more than that! Sledding. Shedding. Inspecting. Protecting. Paddling laps. Dancing? Perhaps! Be it a working dog or a pla...

  • The Boy Who Cried Alien

    This is The Boy Who Cried Wolf like you've never seen it before: with tentacles, wigs, and a secret code language that kids can decipher. Larry the Liar must help these friendly extra-terrestrials refuel their ship so they can get back home. But will...

  • Follow Follow

    Once upon a time, Mirror Mirror, a brilliant book of fairy tale themed reversos -- a poetic form in which the poem is presented forward and then backward -- became a smashing success. Now a second book is here with more witty double takes on well-lov...

  • Face Relations: 11 Stories about Seeing Beyond Color

    Why can't a white kid sit with the black kids in the cafeteria? What happens when a biracial girl from Trinidad falls for a guy from a very different culture? How does a teen deal with being the only Palestinian boy or the only Japanese gir...

  • Tallulah's Nutcracker

    It’s Christmastime, and Tallulah finally gets what she’s been wishing for -- a part in a real ballet, a professional production of The Nutcracker. She’s only a mouse, but she works as hard as if she had been cast as the Sugar Plum Fairy. On ...

  • I'm Gonna Climb a Mountain in My Patent Leather Shoes

    Sadie is all set for her family’s rustic camping trip -- she’s packed her favorite patent leather shoes, ballerina skirt, and other stylish accessories in her sparkly suitcase -- everything a girl needs in order to have an adventure! Especially w...

  • Tallulah's Tap Shoes

    It’s summer, and Tallulah is excited about going to dance camp. She’ll get to take plenty of ballet classes. She’ll have to take tap, too, and she’s NOT excited about that. She’s never taken tap before, so she’ll be a beginning beginner. ...

  • Miss Muffet, or What Came After

    People will tell you that all little Miss Muffet wanted was to sit quietly and eat her curds and whey. They’ll insist that she was so scared of a spider, she ran away from it, and that’s where her story ends. Well, those people are wrong! Miss Mu...

  • What's a Banana?

    What can you do with a banana? You can grip it, unzip it, squeeze it, freeze it -- you can even play it like a flute! With a little imagination and a sense of humor, you can transform it into anything! Turn the ordinary into the extraordinary with t...

  • What's an Apple?

    What can you do with an apple? You can pick it, kick it, wash it, squash it -- but don’t forget to eat it. This charming new series will show readers how to find magic and joy in the beauty of everyday life....

  • Every Month Is a New Year

    In many places around the globe, the new year starts on January 1. But not everywhere! Chinese New Year is celebrated in January or February. Iranians observe Nowruz in March. For Thai people, Songkran occurs in April. Ethiopians greet the new year a...

  • Tallulah's Ice Skates

    Tallulah heads out into a winter wonderland to go ice skating and finds out that having fun is sometimes more important than being the best, in this new, snowy addition to the popular Tallulah series. Tallulah is an accomplished ballerina, but she...

  • Float, Flutter

    Ready-to-Read: Pre-Level 1

    Award-winning author Marilyn Singer opens up an entire world of imagination in only twenty-four rhyming words in this Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read about how animals move! Come see animals of all different kinds hurry to their very special destination...

  • Gulp, Gobble

    Ready-to-Read: Pre-Level 1

    Award-winning author Marilyn Singer opens up an entire world of imagination in only twenty-four rhyming words in this Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read about how animals eat!Come see animals of all different kinds enjoy a picnic in this delightful story that...

  • Bug Dipping, Bug Sipping

    Ready-to-Read: Pre-Level 1

    Award-winning author Marilyn Singer takes us on a journey into the fascinating and colorful world of bugs in this Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read!Come see bugs of all different kinds dipping, sipping, crawling, calling, and so much more in this charming, r...

  • Follow the Recipe

    A joyful collection of poems by the author of Mirror Mirror, in the form of recipes both simple and allegorical.This delicious collection of poems by the innovative Marilyn Singer is accompanied by vibrant splashy artwork by two-time Caldecott honore...

  • Bird Singing, Bird Winging

    Ready-to-Read: Pre-Level 1

    Award-winning author Marilyn Singer takes us on a flight into the beautiful world of birds in this Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read!Come see birds of all different kinds in this delightful story that beginning readers will love reading again and again. See ...

  • Ways to Say I Love You

    A sweet and lyrical picture book for younger children celebrating all the ways that creatures on our planet say "I love you." 

    From snuggling garter snakes to big, cozy bear hugs, this book in verse shares how animals we'd expect,...

  • Best Day Ever!

    A sweet dog-loves-kid/kid-loves-dog story, in which the kid uses a wheelchair, from an award-winning children’s poet and talented debut illustrator.This playful puppy thinks she’s having the best day ever! She's so happy to be out ...

  • Dog Says, Cat Says

    The amusing differences between dogs and cats are shown through clever rhyming couplets in this lively picture book by a renowned poetFrom morning to night, a cat and dog who live together show their innate feline and canine natures. The dog barks at...

  • Hairy, Hairy Poodle

    Ready-to-Read: Level 1

    From award-winning author Marilyn Singer comes a funny Level 1 Ready-to-Read about a poodle whose hair won’t stop growing! Poodle coming, poodle going. Poodle’s curly hair is growing. Poodle’s eyes are hardly showing. Like the grass, that dog n...

  • Awe-some Days

    Discover and celebrate all of the Jewish holidays with this warm and engaging poetry collection by the acclaimed author of Mirror Mirror.In this cheerful, enjoyable poetry collection, a family decides to celebrate every Jewish holiday for a full year...

  • Brushes with Religion

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Award-Winning Books by Marilyn Singer

City Lullaby
2007 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) -- Approved
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
2010 Cybils -- Poetry
2011 Land of Enchantment Book Award -- Picture Book


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Marilyn Singer has published 77 books.

Marilyn Singer does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Awe-some Days, was published in October 2022.

The first book by Marilyn Singer, It Can't Hurt Forever, was published in January 1978.

Yes. Marilyn Singer has 1 series.
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