Books by George Shannon

 

Picture Books

April Showers
Illustrated by Aruego & Dewey.
Greenwillow, 1995.

Busy in the Garden
Illustrated by Sam Williams.
Greenwillow (HarperCollins), 2006.

Climbing Kansas Mountains
Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen.
Bradbury,1993.
Paperback: Aladdin, 1996.

Dance Away
Illustrated by Aruego & Dewey.
Greenwillow, 1982.
Paperback: HarperTrophy, 1991.
Great Britain: Julia MacRae Books, 1983.
Paperback: Picturemac/Macmillan Children’s Books, 1986.
France: Echappee belle. Paris: l’ecole des loisirs, 1982.

Frog Legs
Illustrated by Amit Trynan.
Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 2000.
Scholastic paperback edition, 2000

Heart to Heart
Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman.
Houghton Mifflin, 1995.

Lizard’s Guest
Illustrated by Aruego & Dewey.
Greenwillow (HarperCollins), 2003.

Lizard’s Home
Illustrated by Aruego & Dewey.
Greenwillow (HarperCollins), 1999.
France: C’est chez moi Paris: l’ecole des loisirs, 2001

Lizard’s Song
Illustrated by Aruego & Dewey.
Greenwillow, 1981.
Paperback: Mulberry Books, 1992.
Spanish Language Edition: La Cancion del Largarto. 1994.

Rabbit's Gift
Illustrated by Laura Dronzek.
Harcourt, Fall 2007

Sea Gifts
Illustrated by Mary Azarian.
Godine, 1989.
Paperback, 2000.

The Secret Chicken Club
Illustrated by Deborah Zemik
Handprint Books, 2005.

Spring: A Haiku Story
Illustrated by Malcah Zeldis.
Greenwillow, 1996.

This is the Bird
Illustrated by David Soman.
Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!
Illustrated by Laura Dronzek.
Greenwillow (HarperCollins), 2003.

Tomorrow’s Alphabet
Illustrated by Donald Crews.
Greenwillow, 1996.

White is for Blueberry
Illustrated by Laura Dronzek.
Greenwillow (HarperCollins). To be published.

Wise Acres
Illustrated by Deborah Zemke.
Handprint Books, 2004.

 
 

Folklore

More Stories to Solve: Fifteen Folktales from Around the World
Illustrated by Peter Sis.
Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 1991.
Paperback: Beechtree, 1994.
Norway: Flera gatfulla sagor. Opal, 1991.
Denmark: Flere gadefulde eventyr. Gyldendal, 1991.
Flere gadefulde eventyr. Gyldendals Bogklubber, 1992.
Hoe Aap en zijin 99 familieleden door Vuurvlieg
verslagen worden. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Ploegsma, 1992.

More True Lies: Eighteen Tales for You to Judge
Illustrated by John O’Brien.
Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 2001.

Still More Stories to Solve: Fourteen Folktales from Around the World Illustrated by Peter Sis.
Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 1994.
Paperback: Beechtree, 1996.

Stories to Solve: Folktales from Around the World
Illustrated by Peter Sis.
Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 1985.
Paperback: Beechtree, 1991.

True Lies: Eighteen Tales for You to Judge
Illustrated by John O’Brien.
Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 1997.
Paperback:HarperTropy, 1998.

 
 

In Your Library (though out of print)

Bean Boy
Illustrated by Peter Sis.
Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 1984.

Dancing the Breeze
Illustrated by Jacqueline Rodgers.
Bradbury, 1991.

The Gang and Mrs. Higgins
Illustrated by Andrew Vines.
Greenwillow, 1981.

Laughing All the Way
Illustrated by Meg McLean.
Houghton Mifflin, 1992.

Oh I Love
Illustrated by Cheryl Harness.
Bradbury, 1988.

The Piney Woods Peddlar
Illustrated by Nancy Tafuri.
Greenwillow/ HarperCollins, 1981.

Seeds
Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman.
Houghton Mifflin, 1994.


The Surprise
Illustrated by Aruego & Dewey.
Greenwillow, 1983.

 
 

Young Adult

Unlived Affections.
A Charlotte Zolotow
Book/HarperCollins, 1989.
Paperback: Alyson, 1995.

 
 

For Teachers and Librarians

Arnold Lobel
Twayne/Macmillan, 1989.

Folkliterature and Children: An Annotated Bibliography
of Secondary Materials

Greenwood Press, 1981.

Humpty Dumpty: A Pictorial History
Green Tiger Press, 1981.

A Knock at the Door: 35 Ethnic Versions of a Tale
(Oryx Multi-Cultural Folktale Series) Oryx Press, 1992.

Storytelling: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
With Ellin Greene. Garland, 1986.

 

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