Zetta Elliott

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  • Bibliography:
    35 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2008
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Dragons in a Bag

1 - Dragons in a Bag (Oct-2018)
2 - The Dragon Thief (Oct-2019)
3 - The Witch's Apprentice (Jan-2022)
4 - The Enchanted Bridge (Jan-2023)
5 - The War of the Witches (Jan-2024)

Book List in Order: 35 titles

  • Bird

    Young Mekhai, better known as Bird, loves to draw. With drawings, he can erase the things that don't turn out right. In real life, problems aren't so easily fixed. As Bird struggles to understand the death of his beloved grandfather and his older bro...

  • A Wish After Midnight

    Genna is a fifteen-year-old girl who wants out of her tough Brooklyn neighborhood. But she gets more than she bargained for when a wish gone awry transports her back in time. Facing the perilous realities of Civil War-era Brooklyn, Genna must use all...

  • One Eye Open

    More than anything, Nina Traymore wants stability in her life. After graduating from college, Nina returns to New York City determined to immerse herself in the struggle to revive impoverished communities. Her world is shattered, however, when she is...

  • Ship of Souls

    When Dmitri, an 11-year-old bird watcher and math whiz, loses his mother to breast cancer, he is taken in by Mrs. Martin, an elderly white woman. Unaccustomed to the company of kids his own age, D struggles at school and feels like an outcast until a...

  • The Deep

    THE DEEP plunges readers into a dangerous, underground world policed by members of The League, a secret group of women and men who use their intuitive abilities to detect energy surges far below the earth’s surface. In the deep, ancient sources of ...

  • The Boy in the Bubble

    A mysterious boy from another planet chooses an unusual girl as his guide on Earth. Both children lead solitary lives: the girl lives under a rock and lives on a diet of dreams; the boy, encased in a bubble, is unable to touch--or be touched by-- any...

  • Max Loves Munecas!

    Max wants to visit a beautiful boutique that sells handmade dolls, but he worries that other children will tease him. When he finally finds the courage to enter the store, Max meets Señor Pepe who has been making dolls since he was a boy in Honduras...

  • The Phoenix on Barkley Street

    Best friends Carlos and Tariq love their block, but Barkley Street has started to change. The playground has been taken over by older boys, which leaves Carlos and Tariq with no place to call their own. They decide to turn the yard of an abandoned br...

  • Room in My Heart

    It took some time for Nikki to adjust to her parents’ divorce, but now she and her little sister Natalie enjoy their new routine. Daddy comes over for dinner on Tuesday nights and the girls spend each weekend with him. But everything changes when D...



  • The Girl Who Swallowed the Sun

    On the outside, Zoe looks like an ordinary little girl, but her father knows just how special she is inside. On cloudy days, they pretend that she has swallowed the sun, and then together Zoe and her father put it back up in the sky. After the terrib...

  • The Magic Mirror

    When a boy at school hurts Kamara’s feelings, she goes home and asks her grandmother if the mean words are really true. Gramma tells Kamara to go upstairs and clean the old mirror in the guest room. But when Kamara starts to rub the glass, she disc...

  • The Last Bunny in Brooklyn

    Chloe isn’t a social bunny, but she enjoys her solitary life in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. As autumn approaches, however, Chloe realizes that all the other bunnies have gone away. The little rabbit enlists the help of her neighbors to solve the m...

  • Fox & Crow

    Fox and Crow are old friends who enjoy trying to outsmart one another. One winter evening, mischievous Crow plays a trick that leaves Fox with his head stuck in an empty jar! Instead of helping her friend, Crow flies off to have an adventure in town....

  • I Love Snow!

    I love snow! spinning, swirling, swooshing snow crunch beneath my boots snow tickling my tongue snow I love snow! This short poem uses rhythm and repetition to describe the fun activities a fresh snowfall permits. Too much snow can sometimes cause pr...

  • A Wave Came Through Our Window

    Two sisters find a way to endure the hot summer nights by savoring the scents and sounds carried into their bedroom on currents of air. The girls lie awake and wait for each new wave to arrive, bringing jazz and Latin music, the smell of fried fish, ...

  • Dayshaun's Gift

    Summer vacation has just begun and Dayshaun wants to spend Saturday morning playing his new video game. But Dayshaun's mother has other plans: she volunteers at a nearby community garden and that means Dayshaun has to volunteer, too. When Dayshaun pu...

  • Let the Faithful Come

    When a bright star shines on a dark, silent night, let the faithful come. This lyrical retelling of the traditional Christmas story serves as a plea for greater compassion and unity in our contemporary world. Peace and goodwill are values celebrated ...

  • Billie's Blues

    Billie’s best friend thinks their neighbor, Ms. Marble, is crazy. Supposedly Ms. Marble has a hundred cats in her apartment and sings to them all day long. But when Billie spends an afternoon with her elderly neighbor, she discovers that Ms. Marble...

  • A Hand to Hold

    Can you hold onto someone with your heart instead of your hand? When it’s time to start school, a little girl must let go of her father’s hand in order to reach out and grab hold of something new....



  • The Door at the Crossroads

    One summer night, Genna Colon makes a fateful wish that sends her and her boyfriend Judah spiraling through time. They land hours apart in the city of Brooklyn-and in the middle of the Civil War. Genna is taken to the free Black community of Weeksvil...

  • Melena's Jubilee

    Named to Bank Street College of Education’s prestigious 2016 Best Children’s Books of the Year with a star for outstanding merit.

    Named to Bayviews Outstanding List (online journal for the Association of Children's Librarians of Northern...

  • Milo's Museum

    Milo is excited about her class trip to the museum. The docent leads them on a tour and afterward Milo has time to look around on her own. But something doesn’t feel right, and Milo gradually realizes that the people from her community are missing ...

  • The Ghosts in the Castle

    Zaria has dreamed of England for as long as she can remember -- according to the novels she’s read, everything magical happens there! When her grandfather suffers a stroke, Zaria and her mother head to London to help care for him. Zaria reads fanta...

  • Mother of the Sea

    When her village is raided, a teenage girl finds herself on a brutal journey to the coast of Africa and across the Atlantic. Her only comfort is a small child who clings to her for protection. But once they board the slave ship, the child reveals her...

  • Benny Doesn't Like to Be Hugged

    A little girl uses rhyming verse to describe the unique traits of her autistic friend. Benny likes trains and cupcakes without sprinkles, but he can also be fussy sometimes. The narrator doesn’t mind, however, because “true friends accept each ot...

  • The Phantom Unicorn

    It's lonely being the new kid on the block, especially when your family is "unique." Q has left California behind to start a new life in New York City with his two moms and baby sister. He can't wait for his dad to come up for the weekend, but the vi...

  • Dragons in a Bag

    Dragons in a Bag - 1

    The dragon's out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author! When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she's not his grandmother--but she is a witch! She needs his ...

  • The Dragon Thief

    Dragons in a Bag - 2

    Stealing a baby dragon was easy! Hiding it is a little more complicated, in this sequel to reviewer favorite Dragons in a Bag. Jaxon had just one job--to return three baby dragons to the realm of magic. But when he got there, only two dragons were...

  • A Place Inside of Me

    In this powerful, affirming poem by award-winning author Zetta Elliott, a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the year. There is a place inside of me a space deep down inside of me where all my feelings hide. Summertime is f...



  • The Witch's Apprentice

    Dragons in a Bag - 3

    The dragons may be out of the bag, but Jaxon is ready to hatch some magic of his own in this third book in the critically acclaimed series.Ever since the baby dragons were returned to the magical realm, things have been off. The New York summer has b...

  • Moonwalking

    "This novel in verse, alternately narrated by two boys in 1980s Greenpoint, Brooklyn, one channeled by Elliott and one by Miller-Lachmann, eloquently tackles race, culture and life on the spectrum." -- The New York TimesFor fans of Jason Reynolds a...

  • The Enchanted Bridge

    Dragons in a Bag - 4

    Getting three baby dragons back home was just the beginning. Now Jaxon is on a mission to help all magical creatures from Dragons in a Bag! But things in the magical realm are more complicated than they seem in the fourth book in the critically ...

  • A Song for Juneteenth

    This emotional and lyrical picture book by acclaimed poet Zetta Elliott, with breathtaking illustrations by debut illustrator David Anthony Geary, celebrates the importance of Juneteenth as well as the resilience of Black families and the power of co...

  • The Ship in the Garden

    During a school field trip to a historic mansion, thirteen-year-old Kofi is paired with Gavin, the class bully. Kofi hasn't yet made any friends at St. Mike's and rumours have spread about his suspension from Jameson, an elite private school. To ease...

  • The War of the Witches

    Dragons in a Bag - 5

    The witches are ready to go to war, but Jax and his friends are still searching for a path to peace. . . . In the epic series finale of Dragons in a Bag, friends and foes must unite to defeat the mighty Scourge before it drains all magic from the wor...

Award-Winning Books by Zetta Elliott

Bird
2009 Coretta Scott King Award -- New Talent
2011 West Virginia Children's Book Award -- Children's


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Zetta Elliott has published 35 books.

Zetta Elliott does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The War of the Witches, was published in January 2024.

The first book by Zetta Elliott, Bird, was published in November 2008.

Yes. Zetta Elliott has 1 series.
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