Eve Bunting

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  • Bibliography:
    164 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1950
  • Latest Book:
    August 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Frog and Friends

1 - Frog and Friends (Jul-2011)
2 - Party at the Pond (Oct-2011)
3 - The Best Summer Ever (Jun-2012)
4 - Frog's Flying Adventure (Oct-2012)
5 - Outdoor Surprises (Apr-2013)
6 - Frog Saves the Day (Sep-2013)
7 - Frog's Lucky Day (Apr-2014)
8 - Frog and Friends Celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve (Sep-2015)

Book List in Order: 164 titles

  • Just Like Everyone Else

    The Pearson Education Library Collection offers you over 1200 fiction, nonfiction, classic, adapted classic, illustrated classic, short stories, biographies, special anthologies, atlases, visual dictionaries, history trade, animal, sports titles and ...

  • Iceberg!

  • The Cloverdale Switch

    • / General Fiction
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  • St. Patrick's Day in the Morning

    Jamie seeks a way to prove that he is not too young to march in the big St. Patrick's Day parade. Detailed, warmly rounded pen-and-ink illustrations with shades of green and yellow complement this satisfying story for the 17th of March. -- School Lib...

  • Blackbird Singing

    Pulled apart by his parent's stormy relationship, which comes to a climax when their crops are threatened by huge numbers of migrating blackbirds, 10-year-old Marcus struggles to come to terms with himself, his parents, and a complex ecological dilem...

  • The Waiting Game

  • Fifteen

  • Surrogate Sister

  • The Ghosts of Departure Point



  • Karen Kepplewhite Is the World's Best Kisser

  • The Valentine Bears

  • The Haunting of SafeKeep

  • Mother, How Could You?

  • Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance

  • Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island

    The Outlaws, the toughest gang in school, follow Danny Sullivan to Alcatraz Island after he unintentionally thwarts one member's attempt to mug an old woman. There he is trapped as they plot their revenge. PW praised Bunting's storytelling sk...

  • Sixth-Grade Sleepover

    A night in the cafeteria. Janey loves being in the sixth-grade reading club. She gets to read lots of exciting books, plus all of her friends are R.A.B.B.I.T.S. (Read A Book; Bring It To School). But then the Rabbits find out that they are going to ...

  • If I Asked You, Would You Stay?

  • Will You Be My POSSLQ

  • The Mother's Day Mice

    " Bring her a daisy,"" Biggest Mouse said over his shoulder. ""Bring her a rock,"" Middle Mouse puffed. ""They''re nice,"" Little Mouse said. ""But they''re not special enough for this special day."" Biggest Mouse, Middle Mouse, and Little Mouse al...



  • Face at the Edge of the World

  • Ghost Behind Me

  • Jane Martin, Dog Detective

    Detective Martin is on the trail of three canine mysteries--Charlie has been kidnapped a week before the dog show, two dogs are wrongly accused of harrassing a kitten, and Boo-Boo disappears during his daily walk in the park...

  • Scary, Scary Halloween

    I peer outside, there''s something there That makes me shiver, spikes my hair. It must be Halloween. Four pairs of eyes stare from the blackness to watch fearsome creatures trick-or-treat. Vampires prowl; witches and ghosts glide past. A sheeted cr...

  • The Wednesday Surprise

    Anna and Grandma are planning a surprise for Dad's birthday. Dad thinks he has received all his presents, but Grandma stands up and gives him the best one of all: she reads aloud the stories that Anna has taught her....

  • Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour

  • Happy Birthday, Dear Duck

  • Is Anybody There?

    Is anybody there?For Marcus Mullen, being a latchkey kid is no bigdeal. Every day after school, he picks up his key from it's hiding place in the oak tree in the yard, and spends the afternoon working on his bike or cooking dinner for his mom and him...

  • The Wall

    This is the wall, my grandfather's wall. On it are the names of those killed in a war, long ago."A father and his young son have come to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to find the name of the grandfather the little boy never knew. They share...

  • Such Nice Kids

    This cautionary tale, as tantalizing as a tabloid headline, illustrates the manner in which a single error in judgment can set off an avalanche of mistakes. When Pidge needs to borrow a car for a hot date, he turns to best friends Meek and Jason. Unw...



  • How Many Days to America?

  • Sharing Susan

    • / General Fiction
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    SUSAN’S LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME! Susan knows bad things are happening at home. She's caught her mother crying in the kitchen. Her parents have been having intense conversations that end whenever Susan walks into the room. Worst of all, Susan...

  • Fly Away Home

  • Jumping the Nail

    At seventeen, Dru gets involved with the latest high school stunt -- leaping between deadly cliffs into the ocean far below. Things get out of hand as manipulative relationships and resulting jealousies cause more students to risk their lives. “It...

  • The Ghost Children

    When Matt and Abby go to live with Great-Aunt Gerda in Sierra Madre Canyon after their mother dies, Matt is put off at first by the life-size wooden dolls whom Aunt Gerda talks to and calls her “children.” However, when someone vandalizes the dol...

  • Coffin on a Case

    HENRY COFFIN, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, AT YOUR SERVICE Twelve-year old Henry Coffin helps out his dad at the Coffin and Pale Detective Agency. Only one thing is missing: he's itching for the chance to work on a case of his own. And then beautiful, blon...

  • A Perfect Father's Day

    "I'm taking you out for Father's Day," Susie tells Dad. "First we'll go for lunch." "Good," Dad says. "May I drive?" "Certainly," Susie says. She chooses the restaurant, and pretty soon Dad can see that she's filled this special day with treats--trea...

  • The Hideout

    Twelve-year-old Andy feels he would be better off with his father in England than in his San Francisco home with his mother and her new husband. To raise the money needed to finance his trip to England, he stages his own kidnapping, but the plan back...

  • Smoky Night

    In a night of rioting, Daniel and his mother are forced to leave their apartment for the safety of a shelter. “Diaz has not been afraid to take risks in illustrating the story with thickly textured paintings against a background of torn-paper and f...

  • Sunshine Home

    When Timmie and his parents go to visit his grandmother in the nursing home, he can't understand why everyone acts as though nothing is wrong. A warm, touching story of a family discovering how much they need and love one another....



  • Flower Garden

    In this warm and sunny picture book, follow the progress of a little girl and her father as they put together a wonderful birthday surprise for mom: a window box flower garden.After the pansies, tulips, daffodils, geraniums, and daisies are purchased...

  • Nasty, Stinky Sneakers

    Where are the world's stinkiest sneakers? Colin has spent weeks perfecting his sneaker odor for the Stinkiest Sneakers in the World contest. If he wins, he'll get three brand-new pairs of Slam Dunkers sneakers: one for himself, one for his little ...

  • The In-Between Days

  • The Man Who Could Call Down Owls

  • In the Haunted House

    This is the house where the scary ones hide . . . Follow two pairs of sneakers, one large, one small, as they tour a dark, mysterious house in this safely spooky Halloween flap book. There are glittery ghosts, soft bat wings, and surprises behind ev...

  • Night of the Gargoyles

  • Night Tree

    By moonlight in the quiet forest, a young boy and his family decorate their favorite tree with popcorn, apples, tangerines, and sunflower-seed balls as a gift for the animals of the woods. "Sure to become a Christmas favorite, this beautifully illust...

  • A Turkey for Thanksgiving

    Mr. and Mrs. Moose invite all their animal friends for Thanksgiving dinner and the only one missing is Turkey. When they set out to find him, Turkey is quaking with fear because he doesn't realize that his hosts want him at their table, not on it....

  • No Nap

    When Dad and Susie spend the afternoon together, he does his valiant best to tire Susie out enough for her nap. But even a walk, some dancing, and a story can't make Susie the least bit sleepy. Dad, on the other hand, is getting sleepier by the minut...

  • Someday a Tree

    Alice is dismayed when one day the leaves on the old oak tree start to fall. Although she can't save the tree, Alice remembers something that gives her hope: the acorns she collected when the tree was still healthy....



  • Sunflower House

    Sunflower seeds sown in a circle--and watered, weeded, and watched--eventually grow into a beautiful sunflower house with lots of room inside for three friends and their imaginations. When summer’s over and the sunflowers fall, the friends save see...

  • I Don't Want to Go to Camp

    Lin's mom has exciting news. She's going to camp--a camp for mothers only. But Lin is not impressed. She and her favorite stuffy, Loppy Lamb, have made up their minds. They are never, ever going to camp. Later, when Lin and her dad visit Mom on visit...

  • S.O.S. Titanic

    This tale of an Irish teenager aboard the doomed ship, from a Caldecott Medal winner, is a “taut disaster story . . . nearly impossible to put down” (Publishers Weekly).   Fifteen-year-old Barry O’Neill is journeying to New York ...

  • Summer Wheels

    The Bicycle Man lends bikes to the neighborhood kids for free, and Lawrence and Brady ride them all summer long. But when a new kid takes advantage of the Bicycle Man, Lawrence and Brady discover that there’s one thing that the Man likes more than ...

  • Going Home

    “A joyous tale of a Mexican American family's Christmastime trip to the parents' home in Mexico.” -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

    Christmas is coming, and Carlos and his family are going home -- driving south across the border to ...

  • Secret Place

  • Spying on Miss Muller

    Jessie and her best friends in boarding school have always loved their teacher, Miss Muller. Half-German and half-Irish, she’s as beautiful as a movie star. But ever since their country, Ireland, went to war with Germany, they don't feel the same w...

  • Red Fox Running

  • Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust

    The animals in the clearing were content until the Terrible Things came, capturing all creatures with feathers.

    Little Rabbit wondered what was wrong with feathers, but his fellow animals silenced him. “Just mind your own business, L...

  • On Call Back Mountain

  • A Day's Work

    Francisco, a young Mexican-American boy, helps his grandfather find work as a gardener, even though the old man cannot speak English and knows nothing about gardening....

  • Ducky

    When a violent ocean storm causes a crate holding assorted plastic tub toys -- including one resilient little duck -- to wash overboard, the course of Ducky's life alters drastically. This engaging story based on a real event includes an author's ...

  • The Day the Whale Came

  • Your Move

    One night while their mom’s at work, ten-year-old James and his six-year-old brother, Isaac, leave their house to meet the K-Bones, a group of guys who hang out and do cool stuff. James is ready to prove he’s cool enough to be in with them, but h...

  • So Far from the Sea

    Laura Iwasaki and her family are paying what may be their last visit to Laura's grandfather's grave. The grave is at Manzanar, where thousands of Americans of Japanese heritage were interned during World War II. Among those rounded up and taken to th...

  • Market Day

    Market Day...is the best day of the month, if you ask Tess. There are pigs, chickens, and sheep to see, gob stoppers and cherry lips to eat, a lace-stealing goat to watch, and more. Baba-Ali is swallowing the swords, Nuts, the organ grinder's monkey,...

  • The Butterfly House

    With the help of her grandfather, a little girl makes a house for a larva and watches it develop before setting it free, and every summer after that butterflies come to visit her. By the author of Smoky Night. ...

  • I Have an Olive Tree

    The day I was seven, my grandfather gave me and olive tree...At first, Sophia thinks the tree is an odd gift, but when Grandfather dies and her mother travel to Greece to see the tree, she discovers that what he discovers that what he has given he...

  • I Like the Way You Are

    Turtle and Spottie are best friends, and they spend all their free time together. They work out at the gym, raise an organic garden, and go to scary movies. But even best friends don't always think alike. Turtle wants to sit in the front of the movie...

  • Moonstick

    My father cuts a moon-counting stick that he keeps in our tipi. At the rising of the first moon he makes a notch in it. "A new beginning for the young buffalo," he says. "And for us."

    In this beautifully written story by acclaimed author Eve Bunti...

  • Swan in Love

  • Wanna Buy an Alien?

    Ben is excited and more than a little nervous when he receives a strange package on his birthday. Inside are photographs of himself . . . with an alien! The other contents are just as weird-a note, a tape, and two warm vein-covered rocks. Even when h...

  • Train to Somewhere

    Marianne, heading west with fourteen other children on an Orphan Train, is sure her mother will show up at one of the stations along the way. When her mother left Marianne at the orphanage, hadn't she promised she'd come for her after making a new li...

  • Doll Baby

    When Ellie was a little girl, she had a doll named Daisy. She loved to dress her and give her a bottle. Now Ellie is fifteen, and she has a real baby to love. But a baby is not a doll. Taking care of Angelica isn’t anything like taking care of ...

  • Blackwater

    “A novel that will long flicker in readers' memories.” -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)Fans of S. E. Hinton and Jerry Spinelli will devour this thrilling story about a harmless prank that goes too far. Thirteen-year-old Brodie Lynch was rea...

  • The Memory String

    Each button on Laura’s memory string represents a piece of her family history. The buttons Laura cherishes the most belonged to her mother -- a button from her prom dress, a white one off her wedding dress, and a single small button from the nightg...

  • The Day Before Christmas

    Four years after the death of her mother, seven-year-old Allie goes to The Nutcracker with her grandfather who shares the memories of the special day he had when he took Allie's mother to her first performance of the ballet....

  • I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert

    Clad in flowing linen robes, adorned with jewels, pampered by servants, Heb-Nefert led a life of leisure and joy with her royal husband on the banks of the Nile. Now she lies, a mummy, encased in glass in a museum, and recalls the days of long ago. ...

  • My Box

  • December

    Simon and his mom don't have much--the cardboard house they built for themselves, a tiny Christmas tree, and a picture of an angel pinned to one wall. On Christmas Eve they take in a frail stranger who needs a place to keep warm, and the next morning...

  • Dreaming of America

    Gr 2-4-On January 1, 1892, her 15th birthday, Annie Moore of Cork, Ireland, became the first immigrant to enter the United States through the new facilities at Ellis Island. This fictionalized account describes her voyage across the Atlantic on the S...

  • Our Teacher's Having a Baby

    “A warm -- but unsentimental -- story about the excitement, anticipation, and anxieties experienced by a first-grade class whose teacher has a baby during the school year. The children’s questions and comments, the teacher’s good-humored respon...

  • Riding the Tiger

    Esteemed author Eve Bunting brings all her insight, empathy, and storytelling skill to this powerful allegorical tale, set in the streets of an unnamed city and illustrated with striking woodcuts. Danny, new to town, is proud when a glittery-eyed tig...

  • Jin Woo

    David likes his family the way it has always been, just him and Mom and Dad. He never wanted to be a big brother. And he certainly didn’t want Jin Woo, the little baby from Korea, to join the family. Now Jin Woo is getting all the attention, and Da...

  • The Summer of Riley

    William's new dog, Riley, is in trouble. He chased a neighbor's horse, and local law punishes any animal that chases livestock. William will do anything to save his dog's life. Riley has become the friend he's needed after his grandfather's sudden d...

  • Twinnies

  • The Blue and the Gray

    Two young friends, one black, one white, explore the grassy fields near the construction site of their new homes. In 1862, this area was a Civil War battleground, and one boy's father helps them remember the freedom that was won so long ago. Full col...

  • Dandelions

    Embarking on a new life, Zoe and her family journey west to the Nebraska Territory in the 1800s.
    When Zoe and her family arrive at their claim, nothing distinguishes it from the miles and miles of surrounding prairie. Even after they build their...

  • The Pumpkin Fair

    “A bouncy rhyme and delightful artwork bring this pumpkin fair to life. The young narrator is ecstatic to be at the local pumpkin fair, where pumpkins of every size are on display -- and that’s not all! There’s pumpkin bowling, a pumpkin pull, ...

  • Peepers

    It's fall again, and time for Jim and Andy to help their dad run Fred's Fall Color Tours. The tourists they shuttle around are "Leaf Peepers"--and, boy, do those Peepers love to ooh and aah about the dumbest things. Leaves, trees, pumpkins. Bo-o-rin...

  • We Were There

    On a winter night long ago, a baby boy was born in a stable with only the animals to witness his arrival. But it wasn’t just the cows and donkeys and soft little lambs who were present. Smaller, less loved creatures were there, too: the snake, the ...

  • Little Badger's Just-About Birthday

  • Some Frog!

    It'll take some frog to win the frog-jumping contest at Billy's school. But Billy's all set--he's got a champion jumper, a grandpa with lots of good advice, and a mom and grandma to cheer him on.
    Everything will be perfect--if only his dad shows...

  • Cheyenne Again

    In the late 1880s, a Cheyenne boy named Young Bull is taken from his parents and sent to a boarding school to learn the white man's ways. "Young Bull's struggle to hold on to his heritage will touch children's sense of justice and lead to some intere...

  • Too Many Monsters

  • Sing a Song of Piglets

    From skiing in January, to surfing in July, to giving in December, two energetic piglets romp through the months of the year in this delightful calendar in verse.

    At year's end, the piglets sum up their experiences:

    Sing a song of seas...

  • Christmas Cricket

    In a California garden on a rainy night, Cricket feels small and worthless. He hops up some steps and finds himself in a place filled with light and warmth and a tall, sparkling tree. He begins to sing but is scared into silence by two voices, one bi...

  • Trouble on the T-Ball Team

    When everyone on Linda's T-ball team starts "losing one" at the oddest times and places, Linda wonders when her big moment will come. This easy-reading mystery keeps readers guessing right up to the very end. ...

  • Anna's Table

    In this heartwarming story, little Anna gathers items from nature for a special table given to her by her beloved aunt. Esteemed children's author Eve Bunting shows youngsters the poetry of beach rocks and sea shells, mouse bones and a piece of tree ...

  • Little Bear's Little Boat

    Little Bear loves his little boat. He rows it around Huckleberry Lake, fishing and dreaming. But then Little Bear begins to grow and grow, until one day he doesn’t fit in his little boat anymore! All children who experience growing pains will appre...

  • Whales Passing

    Acclaimed author Eve Bunting and illustrator Lambert Davis tell a simple story of a boy and his dad who watch from the shore as Orca whales swim by and imagine the pod's underwater life.A young boy stands on the beach with his father. As they watch t...

  • The Wedding

    On her way to town, Miss Brindle Cow meets a host of animals who are late for a very important wedding. What can she do? Gracious Miss Cow doesn't miss a beat. One by one, they climb on her back--the organist, the pastor, the florist, and more. But w...

  • My Big Boy Bed

    For one energetic three-year-old, there are countless reasons to love his new big boy bed. There’s room now for Teddy to sleep with him, and his painted clay lizard, and Hippo. He can go under the bed and pretend to be a dog and scare his cat, ...

  • The Presence

    A brutal car accident that claimed the life of her best friend has left seventeen-year-old Catherine in a state of shock and severe depression. She longs to move forward with her life, but feels she can’t until she is somehow assured of her friend...

  • Snowboarding on Monster Mountain

    For Callie, with her serious fear of heights, the name Monster Mountain says it all. Why did she ever agree to a weekend of snowboarding with her best friend Jen? Jen is eager to brave the highest slopes and can?t stop talking about all her Olympic s...

  • Can You Do This, Old Badger?

  • A Picnic in October

  • One Candle

    For one family the traditional Hanukkah celebration has a deeper meaning. Amidst the food and the festivities, Grandma and Great-Aunt Rose begin their story -- the one they tell each year. They pass on to each generation a tale of perseverance dur...

  • Rudi's Pond

    The young narrator's best friend, Rudi, is very sick, and it's hard for her to understand. When Rudi dies, the narrator and the other children in school help to build a pond by the big knobby oak to remember him by. A hummingbird feeder that Rudi mad...

  • The Lambkins

    • / General Fiction
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    Kyle Wilson was the size of a regular ninth grader until crazy Mrs. Shepherd injected him with a shrinking formula. Now he's a prisoner in her dollhouse, the fourth Lambkin in Mrs. Shepherd's collection! She loves them and would never harm them, s...

  • My Backpack

    When Grandma sends her grandson a backpack, he can't wait to fill it with interesting things. His toy train fits just right. His bock and his big brother's baseball socks fit perfectly, too. And there's still room for more, including his teddy bear, ...

  • Gleam and Glow

    Inspired by real events, master storyteller Eve Bunting recounts the harrowing yet hopeful story of a family, a war--and a dazzling discovery....

  • The Bones of Fred McFee

    In this rhythmic story, an unsuspecting brother and sister bring a toy skeleton home from the harvest fair. They name it Fred McFee and hang it from a sycamore tree. Soon, eerie things begin to happen. And then on Halloween night, Fred vanishes!
    ...

  • My Red Balloon

    The boy has been waiting for this day for many months. It's the day his daddy comes home from overseas. He jumps out of bed and gets ready for the big event. But before going downstairs for breakfast, he takes along something very important: his red ...

  • That's What Leprechauns Do

    The three leprechauns Ari, Boo, and Col have a job to do. They must race to where they’ve buried the pot of gold and dig it up before the rainbow comes. The clouds are already gathering, so there’ll be no time for mischief along the way.

    B...

  • My Robot

    Green Light Readers: Level 2

  • Little Badger, Terror of the Seven Seas

    Heave ho, me hearties! Little Badger is back, and this time he''s on a pirate adventure. Trouble is, his forest friends don''t believe he''s really a pirate. But Little Badger knows something they don''t. Old Badger told him. Get ready for high seas ...

  • Pop's Bridge

    The Golden Gate Bridge. The impossible bridge, some call it. They say it can't be built.

    But Robert's father is building it. He's a skywalker--a brave, high-climbing ironworker. Robert is convinced his pop has the most important job on the cr...

  • One Green Apple

    Farah feels alone, even when surrounded by her classmates. She listens and nods but doesn’t speak. It’s hard being the new kid in school, especially when you’re from another country and don’t know the language. Then, on a field trip to an app...

  • My Mom's Wedding

    A child of divorce, seven-year-old Pinky is torn by feelings of loyalty to her father and affection for the man her mom is about to marry. As she prepares to be the ring bearer for the upcoming wedding, Pinky is both excited and reluctant, but mostly...

  • Reggie

    Alex and his dog Patch are out for a walk when the boy discovers a little toy mouse dressed in a red vest. He falls in love with the tiny creature -- promptly named Reggie -- and takes it home. Soon, "lost mouse” signs appear in Alex’s nei...

  • Baby Can

    When Brendan's new baby brother, James, starts getting all the attention, Brendan wants to make sure the family hasn't forgotten him. Brendan's mom and dad and grandma are amazed at what Baby James can do. He can smile. He can roll himself over. He c...

  • Hurry! Hurry!

    Share this simple, funny farmyard tale with your preschooler, who will love the energy."Hurry! Hurry!" Rooster crows. The crowd gets bigger, faster, and noisier as all the animals follow. "Ready! Ready!" "Go! Go!"The animals rush to the barn. Will th...

  • A Sudden Silence

    Jesse Harmon is tortured by guilt because he survived the hit-and-run accident that killed his brother, Bry. His guilt is compounded when he finds he is attracted to Bry's girlfriend, Chloe. Together Jesse and Chloe try to track down the drunk driver...

  • The Baby Shower

    Twins are a double blessing. Brindle Cow is having a baby!

    All the delightful characters from Eve Bunting’s The Wedding are back to celebrate the happy event, along with some adorable new characters. Don’t miss the exuberant -- and numero...

  • Emma's Turtle

    Emma's turtle has a good life, but he often dreams of faraway places. Emma's turtle lives in a backyard pen. He enjoys snacks that Emma feeds him. He also loves to listen to Emma as she tells him about faraway places such as Africa, Australia, and Ch...

  • You Were Loved Before You Were Born

    In glowing paintings and a gentle, soothing text, a family and neighbors prepare as a baby gets closer and closer to being born. Everyone loves the baby, even before he/she is born.Everyone in the family, and all the neighbors, too, are getting the h...

  • Mouse Island

    A new story of friendship from Eve Bunting. Mouse lives alone on an island. At night he watches the lighthouse beacon flash across the water, warning ships to stay off the rocks. In the daytime, he dozes in the sun or searches for tasty sea morsels f...

  • Our Library

    When Miss Goose announces that the library is going to close forever, Raccoon and his friends spring into action. Where will they get the help they need to save their beloved library? In books, of course!
    This cheery tale from ever-popular author ...

  • Walking to School

    Walking to school can be hard if you live in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It's downright dangerous if you're a Catholic, like Allison, and the shortest route to your school goes through a Protestant neighborhood. But sometimes a ray of kindness cuts th...

  • The Banshee

    “SCREE . . . SCREE . . .”Terry is half asleep when he hears the wailing, rising and falling like the waves of the sea. He wishes it were a dream, but he knows it isn’t. It isn’t an owl screeching, either. Or the Flannerys’ old cat. Could it...

  • The Man with the Red Bag

    Right from the beginning I was suspicious of the man. Right from the minute he got on the bus. Maybe it was because he acted so strangely about the bag. But mostly it was because of the way he looked. And because my ears started tingling at the sight...

  • My Special Day at Third Street School

    Third street school is buzzing with excitement as the students prepare for a visit from author Amanda Drake. The kids have read all her books. They've hung a welcome banner in the hall and pinned drawings on the classroom walls. Then the big day arri...

  • Finn McCool and the Great Fish

    Finn McCool is the largest giant in all of Ireland. He's a fierce warrior, even beating the giant Culcullan and saving Ireland from the Scots. Helpful and kind, he helps the farmers bring in the hay. And everyone in the village of Drumnahoon admires ...

  • Will It Be a Baby Brother?

    A baby is on the way. Edward's mom is having a baby and everyone is excited. There is so much to do and so many things to think about. What will the baby's name be? What will the baby wear? Most important of all -- will it be a boy or a girl? Edward ...

  • Green Shamrocks

    A lucky St. Patrick's Day paperback! Rabbit is growing shamrocks in a pretty yellow pot--he's getting them ready for St. Patrick's Day so he can wear them for the parade! When his pot of beautiful green shamrocks goes missing, he goes searching . ...

  • The Pirate Captain's Daughter

    "I always knew my father was a pirate and I always knew I wanted to be one, too." At age fifteen, Catherine's life is about to change. Her mother has just died and Catherine can't stand the thought of being sent to live with her aunt in Boston. She l...

  • Hey Diddle Diddle

    It's a musical menagerie! Hey diddle diddle, the cat plays the fiddle, the cow
    . . . plays the silver trombone! Eve Bunting's fresh take on a familiar rhyme, enlivened by Mary Ann Fraser's whimsical illustrations, offers spread after spread of exu...

  • My Dog Jack Is Fat

    With dialogue, thought bubbles, and colored-pencil drawings, Eve Bunting and Michael Rex have created an amusing story about staying healthy. When Carson takes his dog, Jack, to the vet for his annual check-up, he discovers that Jack is overweight. T...

  • Tweak Tweak

    Little Elephant and Mama Elephant are going for a walk. "Hold on to my tail," says Mama. "If you want to ask me a question, tweak twice." "Tweak, tweak" "Mama, what is that?" Little Elephant is curious about the frog, the monkey, the songbir...

  • Frog and Friends

    Frog and Friends - 1

    Welcome to Frog and his world. He enjoys nothing better than spending time floating in his pond or visiting with his friends. He appreciates the simpler things in life and would prefer that things stay just the way they are - nice and peaceful. From ...

  • Pirate Boy

    After reading his favorite book about a pirate boy, Danny wonders what would happen if he sailed away on a pirate ship. This reassuring picture book is by award-winning author Eve Bunting....

  • Party at the Pond

    Frog and Friends - 2

    Welcome to Frog and his world. He enjoys nothing better than spending time floating in his pond or visiting with his friends. He appreciates the simpler things in life and would prefer that things stay just the way they are--nice and peaceful. From a...

  • The Voyage of the Sea Wolf

    At the end of The Pirate Captain's Daughter, Catherine and cabin boy William are marooned on Pox Island by the murderous crew of the pirate ship Reprisal. The young lovers see no hope of escape. In Voyage of the Sea Wolf, the continuing saga of Cathe...

  • The Best Summer Ever

    Frog and Friends - 3

    Welcome to Frog and his world. He enjoys nothing better than spending time floating in his pond or visiting with his friends. He appreciates the simpler things in life and would prefer that things stay just the way they are--nice and peaceful. From a...

  • Frog's Flying Adventure

    Frog and Friends - 4

    Welcome to Frog and his world. He enjoys nothing better than spending time floating in his pond or visiting with his friends. He appreciates the simpler things in life and would prefer that things stay just the way they are•nice and peaceful. From ...

  • Girls A to Z

    A picture book celebrating diverse girls and their marvelously varied career dreams. Rhymes feature 26 girls acting out their aspirations -- from Aliki the astronaut to Zoe the zookeeper. Suzanne Bloom's cheerful, vibrant illustrations invite girls ...

  • Outdoor Surprises

    Frog and Friends - 5

    Welcome to Frog and his world. He enjoys nothing better than spending time floating on his pond or visiting with his friends. He appreciates the simpler things in life and would prefer that things stay just the way they are--nice and peaceful. From a...

  • Big Bear's Big Boat

    Big Bear outgrew his little boat, so he is building himself a big boat and can't wait till he's rowing, fishing, and relaxing in it. When his friends start suggesting improvements, Big Bear obligingly follows their advice. To his dismay, his big boat...

  • Frog Saves the Day

    Frog and Friends - 6

    Welcome to Frog and his world. He enjoys nothing better than spending time floating on his pond or visiting with his friends. He appreciates the simpler things in life and would prefer that things stay just the way they are -- nice and peaceful. From...

  • Washday

    Lizzie helps her grandma on washday and gets rewarded with a tea party in this historical story celebrating family tradition and hard work. ...

  • Frog's Lucky Day

    Frog and Friends - 7

    Welcome to Frog and his world. He enjoys nothing better than spending time floating on his pond or visiting with his friends. He appreciates the simpler things in life and would prefer that things stay just the way they are--nice and peaceful. From a...

  • Yard Sale

    When a family has to leave their house and move to a small apartment, it’s hard to let go of things -- but having one another is what counts. Almost everything Callie’s family owns is spread out in their front yard -- their furniture, their po...

  • Whose Shoe?

    There's something in that tall bamboo. Oh, my goodness! It's a shoe! A mouse comes across a shoe and sets out to find its owner. A conscientious role model, this determined mouse asks an unlikely assortment of animals if the shoe belongs to them,...

  • Frog and Friends Celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve

    Frog and Friends - 8

    Welcome to Frog and his world. He enjoys nothing better than spending time floating on his pond or visiting with his friends. He appreciates the simpler things in life and would prefer that things stay just the way they are--nice and peaceful. From a...

  • Forbidden

    In early-nineteenth century Scotland, sixteen-year-old Josie, an orphan, is sent to live with an aunt and uncle on the rocky, stormy northwest coast. Everything and everyone in her new surroundings, including her relatives, is sinister, threatening, ...

  • I Love You, Too!

    A little brown puppy, a little baby turtle, a snowy white kitten, and other baby animal friends each find a present for their mamas! A story of love and togetherness to share with little ones all year long -- now in a hands-on board book format just ...

  • Mr. Goat's Valentine

    After reading in the newspaper that it's Valentine's Day, Mr. Goat sets out in search of very special gifts for his first love. But just what would a goat choose as the perfect gifts to show how he feels? Readers will be in for a surprise at Mr. Goat...

  • S is for Shamrock

    AV2 Fiction Readalong by Weigl brings you timeless tales of mystery, suspense, adventure, and the lessons learned while growing up. These celebrated children’s stories are sure to entertain and educate while captivating even the most reluctant ...

  • Thunder Horse

    When a girl receives a small horse from her aunt, she doesn't quite know what to do with it. It turns out that this horse is a very special horse: it has wings.As the horse grows and grows, so does the girl's love for it, but as everyone knows, somet...

  • Little Yellow Truck

    Riley has a dump truck, a flatbed truck, a concrete mixer, and a little pickup truck at his lumberyard. When he tells them that they will help him build a children's park, everyone is excited. There's a lot of hard work to do, from hauling trash to p...

  • Alligators, Alligators

    From beloved picture book author Eve Bunting, a playful story set in a magical swamp about overcoming greed with the power of love, nature, and music.On the sunny river dock, people pack onto the big tourist boat, waiting for their chance to see the ...

  • Demetrius and the Golden Goblet

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Award-Winning Books by Eve Bunting

Coffin on a Case
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Juvenile
Face at the Edge of the World
1988 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Young Adult
1989 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- High School
Is Anybody There?
1990 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Children's
Jumping the Nail
1995 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- High School
Karen Kepplewhite Is the World's Best Kisser
1987 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction
Nasty, Stinky Sneakers
1997 West Virginia Children's Book Award -- Children's
1997 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 4-8
Our Sixth-Grade Sugar Babies
1993 Volunteer State Book Award -- Grades 4-6
The Pirate Captain's Daughter
2011 NAPPA Gold Award -- Ages 9 & Up
Pop's Bridge
2006 Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) -- Recommended
S.O.S. Titanic
1999 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 9-12
Smoky Night
1995 Caldecott Medal -- Picture Book
The Summer of Riley
2004 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- Elementary


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Eve Bunting has published 164 books.

Eve Bunting does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Alligators, Alligators, was published in August 2023.

The first book by Eve Bunting, Just Like Everyone Else, was published in January 1950.

Yes. Eve Bunting has 1 series.
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