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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books
  • First Book:
    August 1971
  • Latest Book:
    October 2014
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Book List in Order: 23 titles





  • Award-winning author Crescent Dragonwagon teams up with award-winning Julián Is a Mermaid illustrator Jessica Love to present a powerful updated edition of a classic picture book that asks a tough question and answers it with humanity, humor, and gr...










  • Elizabeth Stein, seventeen, is an uneasy survivor. Back from a year of madness, she finds that everyone she knows is falling apart and the questions she asks seem to have no answers. But the past--including the year it rained--must be untangled.Her f...





  • There's going to be a feast! And everyone is here with food from A to Z! There is Elderberry Elixir from Elephant and Mocha Mousse made by Mouse. By the time Zebra Zips in with his Zaftig Zucchini, there will be enough food to feed a zoo! So come and...








  • A young girl, Sarah, and her father confront their feelings of grief, sorrow, and love as they begin to come to terms with the death of Sarah's mother and remember all the good times they shared with her...



  • Up above the earth so far Hang half a moon and one whole star Hang one whole star and half a moon; Nighttime will be coming soon. And while a young girl sleeps, nighttime deepens all around her -- in the woods and garden, on the ocean, in the city, a...




  • Deep in the woods there used to be a house where a family once lived. Over there was the chimney. Just imagine little toes warming up beside it. And see those daffodils? Someone took special care to plant and tend to them so that every spring they bl...



  • Unbeknownst to its owner, Mrs. Moffat's new red coat loses a brass button, and the button begins a long journey around the neighborhood, from bushes to birds' nests, before it is returned to Mrs. Moffat....





  • Having spent the afternoon preparing a special dinner for her husband, Ned's dedicated wife is shocked when he decides to throw a party and sudenly appears at the door with a large group of his friends in tow, in a humorous, rhyming, cumulative tale....







  • My little one, lay down your head. It's time to doze, it's time for bed. You tell me, "I'm not sleepy now." "Just try," I say. You ask me, "How?" In this lyrical animal ABC book, a mother tries to tuck her child in for the night by telling him ...



  • And then it rained... And what a long time since it has rained! A whole apartment building full of overjoyed neighbors revel in the raininess. It's the perfect day to read a book on dinosaurs, to stay home and bake bread, or even to go out for a ...



  • The day Chrysta Perretti runs away from her crazy parents in Benton, Illinois, she feels she’s angry enough to stay on the road forever. But two years later, when the car she’s in suddenly breaks down in a small Arkansas town, Chrysta's road feve...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Crescent Dragonwagon has published 23 books.

Crescent Dragonwagon does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, To Take a Dare, was published in October 2014.

The first book by Crescent Dragonwagon, Rainy Day Together, was published in August 1971.

No. Crescent Dragonwagon does not write books in series.