Bonnie Pryor

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  • Bibliography:
    39 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1985
  • Latest Book:
    January 2013
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Full Series List in Order

Captain Hannah Pritchard

The Hunt for Pirate Gold (Jul-2011)

Marvelous Marvin

Marvelous Marvin and the Wolfman Mystery (Apr-1994)
Marvelous Marvin and the Pioneer Ghost (May-1995)

Book List in Order: 39 titles

  • Grandpa Bear

  • Rats, Spiders and Love

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    Samantha Tate, a middle child, is miserable and happy all at the same time. Luckily, she loves the house by the ocean that her family moved into after her father's death. But unluckily, her mother might marry Jim, and move the family to Ohio. Sam'...

  • Grandpa Bear's Christmas

  • Vinegar Pancakes and Vanishing Cream

  • Belly Buttons

  • Happy Birthday, Mama

    Happy Birthday, Mama is Bonnie Pryor's sweet story of familial love.Join Robert and his father as they prepare for his mother's birthday: fixing a special dinner, baking a cake, and wrapping a present. But love is one thing you can't wrap as we l...

  • The Porcupine Mouse

  • The Plum Tree War

    At the end of the summer, nine-year-old Robert Ott's life is chugging along very smoothly. How quickly life can change!

    "Remember me?" the girl said, puffing away her bearlike dog. "I'm Harriet. Most of my friends call ...

  • The Twenty-Four Hour Lipstick Mystery



  • Beaver Boys

  • Jumping Jenny

  • House on Maple Street

    What would you see from your front porch if your neighborhood suddenly looked as it did three hundred years ago? When the two girls who live at 107 Maple Street discover an ancient arrowhead and a broken china cup, they begin to wonder.

    ...

  • Poison Ivy and Eyebrow Wigs

    In the sequel to Vinegar Pancakes and Vanishing Cream, Martin Snodgrass enters the fourth grade and tries to act more grown-up by writing love notes to his teacher, trying out for the school play, and more....

  • Birthday Blizzard

  • Marvelous Marvin and the Wolfman Mystery

    Marvelous Marvin

    Marvin's imagination may be out of control, but he means to find out if his new neighbor is really a wolfman, and he convinces his twin sister and the neighborhood bully to help him investigate a case full of surprises....

  • Seth of the Lion People

    Although Seth, the young teenager with the twisted leg, is only tolerated by his tribe for his storytelling abilities, he senses his people are on the brink of a transition from hunters to artisans and growers of food, if only he can become their lea...

  • Marvelous Marvin and the Pioneer Ghost

    Marvelous Marvin

  • Dream Jar

  • Toenails, Tonsils, and Tornadoes

    Martin Snodgrass, the only "normal" member in a family of overachievers, has the worse Valentine's Day imaginable and makes his theatrical debut--in a girl's role. By the author of Vinegar Pancakes and Vanishing Cream. ...



  • Louie & Dan Are Friends

    Louie and Dan, the much-loved mouse brothers introduced in Bonnie Pryors award-winning Porcupine Mouse, return with a new set of adventures! In their cozy house under the roots of an old maple tree, Dan helps with the housework to please tidy Louie a...

  • Thomas: 1778 - Patriots on the Run

    When Thomas Bowden and his family settle in frontier Pennsylvania, the war for American independence seems far away. Then Thomas's father leaves to join General Washington's army of Tories -- Americans loyal to the British king -- is near.

    T...

  • Joseph: 1861--A Rumble of War

    When Joseph Byers tumbles down a steep riverbank and is almost drowned, he discovers a cave that becomes a refuge for him and his friends, Zachary and David. Here they can escape the bitter divisions in their small town of Branson Mills, Kentucky.

    ...

  • Luke: 1849 - On the Golden Trail

  • Thomas in Danger, 1779

    Thomas Bowden hates the Tories, the colonists who have sided with the English during the Revolutionary War. He especially hates their Native American allies who tortured and killed many of his neighbors in a terrible massacre.still, he and his mot...

  • American Adventures

    Thomas believes the Revolutionary War will never come to his peaceful Pennsylvania valley. But all too soon, he and his family are running for their lives.Thomas believes the revolutionary war will never come to his peaceful Pennsylvania valley. But ...

  • Luke on the High Seas

    When Luke Reed left his prairie home to accompany Uncle Eli to Boston, he passed hordes of fortune seekers heading west to join the Gold Rush. It seems there's money to be made out there, and Uncle Eli doesn't want to miss out on any of it. In thi...

  • Joseph's Choice: 1861

    "I hope Kentucky stays neutral because I truly don't know what side to take."

    At the beginning of the Civil War, Kentucky hasn't sided with the North or the South, but it seems that in Branson Mills everyone has take...

  • Pirate Hannah Pritchard: Captured!

    After seizing control of a British war ship, Hannah Pritchard, masquerading as a boy, and her pirate crewmates discover treasure, but are captured and imprisoned by British soldiers and endure torture and sickness before mounting a daring escape....

  • The Iron Dragon

    Lee Chin arrives in America in 1866 to work on the transcontinental railroad. His cruel father is disappointed in him because he wants to be an artist. To make matters worse, Lee Chin’s father has sold his sister, Sunshine, into slavery in order to...



  • Simon's Escape

    In September 1939, Simon looked out his window to see German soldiers shooting civilians. Bombs from airplanes rattled the windows of his home and machine-gun fire echoed in the streets. Simon and his family lived in Warsaw, Poland. On this day, Simo...

  • The Hunt for Pirate Gold

    Captain Hannah Pritchard

    Outfitted with a new ship, Hannah Pritchard is on the hunt for buried treasure. Officially a part of the new Continental navy, Hannah’s crew must also complete missions for the American war effort. On their journey, Hannah and her friends must watc...

  • Hannah Pritchard

    Upon finding her family murdered by British redcoats, Tories, and Iroquois Indians, Hannah Pritchard begins a long and difficult journey in search of revenge and adventure. The former New York farm girl wants the opportunity to fight the British, and...

  • Greenbrook Farm

    A little farm girl tends to a baby lamb, calf, kittens, chicks, and ducklings before returning home to her baby brother, in a story about the miracle of new life....

  • Mr. Munday and the Space Creatures

    When bumbling mailman Mr. Munday trades places with a space creature, everyone gets unexpectedly wonderful surprises....

  • Perfect Percy

    A model grasshopper child realizes that fun and kindness are more important than clean dishes and perfect manners. ...

  • Amanda and April

    Amanda knows that only an extra-good little pig could hope to find a Snuggly Baby doll under the tree on Christmas morning, but how can she go straght to the store and back when the park is full of sparkling snow and happy sledders?...

  • Jenny's New Baby Sister

    Four-year-old Jenny describes how she feels about her new baby sister. ...

  • Lottie's Dream

    Growing up on a farm, Lottie longs to see the ocean, but only after she has gone west to live on the prairie, marries, and raises a family, can she make her dream a reality. ...

  • Mr. Munday and the Rustlers

    Mr. Munday, a bumbling mailman, outwits ornery rustlers when he and his cat take care of a farm. ...



Award-Winning Books by Bonnie Pryor

The Porcupine Mouse
1988 Irma S. & James H. Black Award -- Children's Literature


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Bonnie Pryor has published 39 books.

Bonnie Pryor does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Jenny's New Baby Sister, was published in January 2013.

The first book by Bonnie Pryor, Grandpa Bear, was published in August 1985.

Yes. Bonnie Pryor has 2 series.
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