William H. Hooks

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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1978
  • Latest Book:
    September 2020
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Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

Moss Gown (Nov-1990)

Book List in Order: 33 titles

  • Crossing the Line

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  • The Mystery on Bleeker Street

  • Circle of Fire

    At Christmastime in North Carolina in 1936, Harrison Hawkins, an eleven-year-old white boy, and his two best friends, Kitty and Scrap, who are Black, discover a Ku Klux Klan plot to attack a roaming band of Irish tinkers...

  • Mystery on Liberty Street

  • Read-A-Rebus: Tales and Rhymes in Words and Pictures

  • A Flight of Dazzle Angels

    In a small southern town in 1908, fifteen-year-old Annie Earle, though afflicted with a club foot and surrounded by a sick mother and brother, gains a new insight into herself and the possibilities of her life through her relationship with a young bl...

  • Pioneer Cat

    Every pioneer girl should have a cat she takes with her on the Oregon Trail.
     
    Nine-year-old Kate Purdy is traveling from Missouri to Oregon by wagon train, and she’s worried. She isn’t worried about how long the trip will be or the hardsh...

  • Lion and Lamb

  • The Gruff Brothers

    The interweaving of words and pictures within a rebus framework turns this delightful retelling of THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF into a visual puzzle, adding a playful new twist to an old favorite.FROM AMERICA’S MOST TRUSTED NAME IN EARLY CHILDHO...



  • The Ballad of Belle Dorcas

  • A Dozen Dizzy Dogs

    Dogs with checks, dogs with stripes, dogs with spots, dogs with funny hats...look for all these dogs and more in the funniest, zaniest, counting adventure ever!FROM AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED NAME IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION More than seventy years of e...

  • Mr. Monster

    In this sequel to Mr. Bubble Gum, Eli is now into monsters and has been given a new nickname as a result. There are monsters everywhere and it's driving Eli's big brother crazy. In five easy-to-read chapters, he plots to rid the house of them....

  • Moss Gown

    Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

  • The Rainbow Ribbon

  • Lo-Jack and the Pirates

    When Lo-Jack is kidnapped by pirates and put to work as a cabin boy, his comic misunderstandings of the captain's orders have hilarious results! Laugh along as Jack outsmarts Captain Grim and his greedy crew....

  • Where's Lulu?

    Is Lulu hiding? She’s not around to play catch with the new ball from Dad, and nobody knows where she is! Join the search for the missing Lulu in this charming, around-the-house adventure.FROM AMERICA’S MOST TRUSTED NAME IN EARLY CHILDHOO...

  • Mr. Baseball

    When Eli was stuck on his big brother, he was called Mr. Bubble Gum. Then Eli got hooked on monsters, and his brother called him Mr. Monster. Now Eli thinks he's ready for Little League—but is Little League ready for Mr. Baseball? Find out ...

  • The Peach Boy

    A magical boy springs from a peach in answer to a lonely couple's wish for a son. But can the boy and his animal friends save the people from wicked oni monsters? In this traditional Japanese folktale, an entire village depends on young Momotaro--the...

  • Rough Tough Rowdy



  • How Do You Make a Bubble?

    “This peppy book poses a series of simple questions...then answers them in equally simple terms.... Children just beginning to read will appreciate the text's basic vocabulary as well as the use of repetition and rhyme....”—Book...

  • Little Poss and Horrible Hound

    “Beware the hound,” warns Papa Possum. But Little Poss seems to find himself face to face with Horrible Hound every day. Can Poss outsmart, outfox, and outrun Horrible? Find out in these three wild adventures, perfect for the young indepe...

  • Feed Me!

    A mother lark knows her babies are safe in the cornfield as long as the farmer is depending on others to help cut the corn. But what will she do when the farmer decides to cut it himself? Aesop's clasic fable is charmingly retold in simple narrative,...

  • The Monster from the Sea

    A princess longs for excitement, but the king won't allow visitors or let anyone leave the island. So when a strange monster pops out of the sea and terrifies the island, the adventurous princess decides to find out more about the creature--and where...

  • The Mighty Santa Fe

  • Mr. Dinosaur

    Eli's always into something, whether it's gobble monsters and scare nooks (MR. MONSTER), the national pastime (MR. BASEBALL), or just sticking like gum to his big brother (MR. BUBBLE GUM). This time Eli's gone daffy for dinosaurs, and he&...

  • The Girl Who Could Fly

    Tomasina Jones can stop a ball in midair, comes from outer space, and is a great baseball coach, so Adam Lee tries to convince her to coach his hapless team, the Off-Beats, in a zany combination of sports and science fiction....

  • Freedom's Fruit

    Illustrated in full color. An acclaimed author and an award-winning illustrator unite to create an enchanting conjure tale ideal for both folktale and African-American history collections.  Mama Marina is willing to risk everything and use her conj...

  • Mr. Garbage

    Every book in the Bank Street Ready-to-Read series is targeted at the individual abilities of children ages three to eight as they develop reading skills.

    Level 3 (Grades 2-3) books are designed for children able to read on their own. They als...

  • Mystery of the Missing Tooth

    Everyone in Kara's class loses a tooth...everyone except Kara. Then, when she finally loses her tooth, she can't find it anywhere! Will the Tooth Fairy still come? Will she bring Kara a gift? And what does she do with all those teeth anyway? Kara can...



  • Mr. Bubble Gum

    FROM AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED NAME IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONEvery book in the Bank Street Ready-to-Read series is targeted at the individual abilities of children ages four to eight. The three interconnecting levels of the series are structu...

  • Legend of the Christmas Rose

  • Mr. Big Brother

    About The Bank Street Ready-To-Read Series

    More than seventy years of educational research and innovative teaching have given the Bank Street College of Education the reputation as America's most trusted name in early childhood...

  • Feed Me! -An Aesop Fable

    FEED ME! A mother lark knows her babies are safe in the cornfield as long as the farmer is depending on others to help cut the corn. But what will she do when the farmer decides to cut it himself? Aesop’s classic fable is charmingly retol...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William H. Hooks has published 33 books.

William H. Hooks does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Feed Me! -An Aesop Fable, was published in September 2020.

The first book by William H. Hooks, Crossing the Line, was published in January 1978.

No. William H. Hooks does not write books in series.
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