Emily Jenkins Books In Order

Bea and HaHa Books In Publication Order

  1. Hug, Hug, Hug! (2006)
  2. Num, Num, Num! (2006)
  3. Plonk, Plonk, Plonk! (2006)
  4. Up, Up, Up! (2006)

Toys Trilogy Books In Publication Order

  1. Toys Go Out (2006)
  2. Toy Dance Party (2008)
  3. Toys Come Home (2011)
  4. Toys Meet Snow (2015)

Invisible Inkling Books In Publication Order

  1. Invisible Inkling (2011)
  2. Dangerous Pumpkins (2012)
  3. The Whoopie Pie War (2013)

Upside-Down Magic Books In Publication Order

  1. Upside-Down Magic (2015)
  2. Sticks & Stones (2016)
  3. Showing Off (2017)
  4. Dragon Overnight (2018)
  5. Weather or Not (2018)
  6. The Big Shrink (2019)
  7. Hide and Seek (2020)
  8. Night Owl (2021)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Mister Posterior and the Genius Child (2002)
  2. Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School (2021)

Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. Brave Red, Smart Frog (2017)

Picture Books In Publication Order

  1. Five Creatures (2001)
  2. Daffodil (2004)
  3. My Favorite Thing (2004)
  4. That New Animal (2005)
  5. Love You When You Whine (2006)
  6. Daffodil, Crocodile (2007)
  7. What Happens on Wednesdays (2007)
  8. Skunkdog (2008)
  9. The Little Bit Scary People (2008)
  10. Sugar Would Not Eat It (2009)
  11. Small, Medium, Large (2011)
  12. Lemonade in Winter (2012)
  13. Water in the Park (2013)
  14. A Fine Dessert (2015)
  15. The Fun Book of Scary Stuff (2015)
  16. Tiger and Badger (2016)
  17. A Greyhound, a Groundhog (2017)
  18. Princessland (2017)
  19. All-Of-A-Kind Family Hanukkah (2018)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Tongue First (1998)

Bea and HaHa Book Covers

Toys Trilogy Book Covers

Invisible Inkling Book Covers

Upside-Down Magic Book Covers

Standalone Novels Book Covers

Short Story Collections Book Covers

Picture Book Covers

Non-Fiction Book Covers

Emily Jenkins Books Overview

Hug, Hug, Hug!

HaHa does not understand why Bea is hugging a blanket untilthey share its cozy delights. Bea and HaHa an adorable hippo and a small ferret are thebest of friends, but they don t always get along. Perhaps it isbecause they are so different from each other: excitable, verbalHaHa is always trying to make sense of solid, confident Bea,who says very little. These two charming stories, featuringbright, graphic art, are centered on fundamental objects andexperiences of early childhood: cuddling a security blanket andsharing a bagel.

Up, Up, Up!

It’s good to have a friend around when you need help coming down, down, down! Bea and HaHa an adorable hippo and a precocious ferret are the best of friends, but they don t always get along. These two new board books, with bright graphic art picturing situations every child can relate to and simple refrains repeated on every page, join last season s Hug, Hug, Hug! and Yum, Yum, Yum! to make a foursome.

Toys Go Out

Lumphy is a stuffed buffalo. StingRay is a stuffed stingray. And Plastic…
well, Plastic isn’t quite sure what she is. They all belong to the Little Girl who lives on the high bed with the fluffy pillows. A very nice person to belong to. But outside of the Little Girl’s room things can be confusing. Like when Lumphy gets sticky with peanut butter on a picnic, why is he called ‘dirty’? Or when StingRay jumps into the bathtub, what will happen to her fur? And where in the house can they find the Little Girl a birthday present that she will love the most?Together is best for these three best friends. Together they look things up in the dictionary, explore the baseme*nt, and argue about the meaning of life. And together they face dogs, school, television commercials, the vastness of the sea and the terrifying bigness of the washing machine. With all the appeal of a classic, here are six linked stories form Emily Jenkins, and illustrated by Caldecott winning Paul O. Zelinsky that showcase the unforgettable adventures and misadventures of three extraordinary friends. From the Hardcover edition.

Toy Dance Party

LUMPHY, STINGRAY, AND Plastic are back! In this sequel to the hugely successful Toys Go Out, the lovable trio finds that their little girl has left for winter vacation and taken a box of dominoes, a stegosaurus puzzle, and two Barbie dolls but not them. Could she have forgotten them?As the girl starts to grow up, the three best friends must join together to brave a blizzard, save the toy mice from the vacuum, and make sure that they ll always have the little girl’s love. And they still have time to throw an all out dance party with the washing machine!From the Hardcover edition.

Toys Come Home

‘ A timeless story of adventure and friendship to treasure aloud or independently,’ raved Booklist in a starred review of Toys Come Home. Fans of acclaimed author Jenkins’s and Caldecott Award winner Zelinsky’s Toys Go Out and Toy Dance Party, as well as newcomers, will happily discover how Lumphy, StingRay, and Plastic came to live with the Girl. In six linked adventures, readers will also learn how the one eared Sheep became one eared; watch a cranky toy meet an unfortunate end; and best of all, learn why it’s okay for someone you truly love to puke on you. Here is perhaps the most charming of three inimitably charming books destined to become classics.

Invisible Inkling

The thing about Hank’s new friend Inkling is, he’s invisible. No, not imaginary. Inkling is an invisible bandapat, a creature native only to the Peruvian Woods of Mystery. Or maybe it is the Ukrainian glaciers. Inkling hardly ever gets his stories straight. Now Inkling has found his way to Brooklyn and into Hank’s laundry basket on his quest for squash bandapats’ favorite food. But Hank has bigger problems than helping Inkling fend off maniac doggies and search for yummy pumpkins: Bruno Gillicut is a lunch stealing dirtbug caveperson and he’s got to be stopped. And who better to help stand up to a bully than an invisible friend?

Mister Posterior and the Genius Child

Woodstock was over. The Beatles had just broken up. ‘Sesame Street’ was new. And people in Cambridge, Massachusetts, were getting in touch with their feelings. It was 1970, the year Vanessa Brick was picked as a Super Duper Speller for the Cambridge Harmony School and started an uproar by following her teacher’s instructions to ‘express herself.’ In this absurdly funny and tender novel from a brilliant new voice in fiction, a now grown Vanessa looks back on a time that was less innocent than it seemed.

Five Creatures

Three humans and two catsFive Creatures live in our house. Three humans, and two cats. Three short, and two tall. Four grownups, and one child that’s me!. In this book of lighthearted comparisons, simple text and warm pictures work together to depict various scenes in a happy household where each member is distinct but also has something inn common with one or more of the others. The fun comes from sorting out the similarities and the differences. Five Creatures is a 2001 Boston Globe Horn Book Award Honor Book for Picture Books.

Daffodil

It’s time for a change of clothes!Daffodil had two sisters,and they all three looked alike. People couldn’t tell them apart. When Daffodil and her sisters go to parties, Mommy puts them in fancy dresses of different colors so that people will know ‘who is who, and which is which.’ Violet’s dress is violet, with lots of lace. Rose’s dress is pink, with little bows all over. Lucky ducks. Poor Daffodil‘s dress is a horrible yellow, with weird fake pearls. She hates it ‘very extremely hugely much.’ One day Daffodil finally has enough and when she rebels, she learns something surprising from her sisters. This funny story about individuality is given a lively twist by Tomek Bogacki’s colorful illustrations.

My Favorite Thing

Alberta likes what she likes. Big dogs: no Small dogs: yes Grapefruits: no Gummy candies: yes Her favorite color is orange. And her favorite vegetable is potato chip. She likes baths. And boats. But none of these is her favorite thing of all. What could it be, then, her favorite thing?

That New Animal

A new baby changes everything…
for two dogsFudgeFudge does not like That New Animal. Marshmallow does not like it either. Not even a little bit. So begins this forthright, hilarious, and boldly illustrated story about two dogs that see the arrival of a new baby as a huge problem. They don’t like the way That New Animal smells or the way the people just sit and stare at it, forgetting all about FudgeFudge and Marshmallow. They have to do something about it, but what? Then one morning a stranger named Grandpa arrives, and he wants to hold That New Animal. Instantly FudgeFudge and Marshmallow know they can’t allow that. Why? they ask each other. Because, by now, That New Animal has become their new animal.A picture book that speaks with wise and knowing humor to every parent and child who has welcomed or resisted an addition to the family. That New Animal is a 2005 Boston Globe Horn Book Award Honor Book for Picture Books.

Love You When You Whine

Have you ever known a child who doesn t occasionally whine? Or hit, or forget to say please, or refuse to share, or interrupt, or throw a tantrum, or ask for every toy in the store? We may like to pretend otherwise, but these are things small children do…
and we continue to love them even when they misbehave.

This amusing catalog of bad behaviors is playfully illustrated in warm watercolors. Together, text and art present funny and familiar scenes that grownups and children everywhere will recognize and want to talk about.

Daffodil, Crocodile

Triplet Daffodil does not want to be as sweet as a flower, and she is sick and tired of constantly being mistaken for her sisters. With a papier m ch crocodile head and a ‘Raaa raaa raaa chomp chomp chomp,’ Daffodil embarks on a day of getting dirty, biting trees, and playing with her food. One thing is for sure everyone knows the crocodile is DAFFODIL, not Rose or Violet. But what is Daffodil to do when her crocodile head falls apart? Will she go back to being a pretty, clean little flower of a girl? Bright illustrations enliven this charming story of a spunky hero*ine asserting herself as an individual.

What Happens on Wednesdays

A preschooler marks the progress of her day, not by the clock but by what happens after lunch, after nap, after swimming, after the library and after Daddy comes home. She doesn t map her neighborhood by street signs, either. Her morning walk to see dogs in the park takes her past the cat outside the deli, past her friend Errolyn’s building and the daycare where she used to go when she was little, and down the block to the bagel store.

The sounds, tastes, smells, and sights of a multiethnic Brooklyn neighborhood, as seen through a child s eyes and captured with enchanting pictures by debut illustrator Lauren Castillo, will encourage children to make their own sensory maps and list the events in their daily schedules.

Skunkdog

Dumpling is a dog of enormous enthusiasm, excellent obedience skills and no sense of smell. She doesn t care about flowers, garbage, or any of the other smelly things most dogs enjoy. As a result, Dumpling has no dog friends. With a useless nose, she can t relate. Dumpling is lonely…
until she and her people move to the country. And then the good dog has to choose between obedience and friendship with a skunk!Ridiculous, touching, and a little bit disgusting, Skunkdog, with its lively storytelling and comic pictures, will spark conversations and giggles.

The Little Bit Scary People

Some people are a little bit STRANGE or a little too LOUD, and justa little bit SCARY. But I bet, if you knew them,and knew their favorite things,you’d think that maybe, probably most people aren’t so scary after all.

Sugar Would Not Eat It

Like children everywhere, Sugar the cat refuses to eat food she doesn t like!All children have heard their parents try to threaten, cajole, and guilt them into eating their vegetables. And it’s no different for Leo s new cat, Sugar. She s hungry, but when Leo generously gives her his last piece of birthday cake, Sugar will not eat it. Leo finally gives up. He fixes himself a chicken sandwich and some milk. Suddenly, guess who is up on the counter, nibbling at Leo s sandwich? Features a great cast of neighborhood characters each with their own tidbit of advice that is also the perfect tool for parents to use with children to talk about food. From the Hardcover edition.

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