Jim Kjelgaard

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  • Bibliography:
    21 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1945
  • Latest Book:
    April 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Big Red

1 - Big Red (Apr-1945)
2 - Irish Red (1951)
3 - Outlaw Red (Sep-1953)

Snow Dog

1 - Snow Dog (1980)
2 - Wild Trek ()

Trouble

1 - A Nose for Trouble (1949)
2 - Trailing Trouble ()

Book List in Order: 21 titles

  • Big Red

    Big Red - 1

    A BRAVE DOG, A COURAGEOUS BOY, A DANGEROUS ADVENTURE This is the famous wilderness adventure of a boy and a dog who formed an unbreakable friendship. It is the moving, exciting story of Big Red's heart and courage, and Danny's discovery of what it t...

  • A Nose for Trouble

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    Trouble - 1

    SMOKY -- HIS SPECIAL BREED WAS COURAGE The big tawny dog named Smoky refused to hunt with the pack, so old Bill Tolliver gave the "no-good hound" to Tom Rainse, the new Game Warden. Tom discovered that Smoky's keen bloodhound nose tracked men, not a...

  • Irish Red

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    Big Red - 2

    For all his champion Irish setter blood, Mike was  a misfit. Danny Pickett and his father tried  everything to train him, but it was the pup himself who  finally proved that he was a champion....

  • Outlaw Red

    Big Red - 3

    THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF A COURAGEOUS DOG He was Sean, a champion, the biggest, handsomest son of Big Red, the famous Irish setter. Bursting with hunting instincts, he fretted under his pampered kennel life, and longed for the wilds. Then sudden...

  • Stormy

    WHEN STORMY SUDDENLY APPEARS, ALLAN'S WHOLE WORLD BECOMES AN ADVENTURE Allan Marley's father has been taken away to serve a prison term, so now Allan lives all by himself on a wilderness lake. One day, Allan sees a huge black retriever fall throug...

  • Boomerang Hunter

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    Driven by famine and drought, and armed only with a boomerang and a few hand-made spears, Balulu, an Australian Aborigine boy, and his tame, dog-like dingo named Warrigal, cross the danger-filled desert in desperate search of new lands, the last hope...

  • Snow Dog

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    Snow Dog - 1

    The steel-gray Husky Chiri was just a puppy when he watched the black wolf kill his mother and two brothers. Left alone inthe snow-covered land oof the coyote, caribou, and gizzly, Chiri learned to fend for himself, to hunt and survive by his keen in...

  • Lion Hound

  • Haunt Fox: A Boy and His Dog Stalk the Notorious Red Fox



  • Desert Dog

  • Hidden Trail

  • THE STORY OF Geronimo

    " ...]Geronimo felt a rising anxiety. He had always imagined raiding to be a stealthy business. These men laughed, shouted, and gaily mimicked a coyote that moaned from a nearby ridge. Presently lithe, slim Tacon challenged fat Chie to a race. Whoopi...

  • Eleven Novels by Jim Kjelgaard

    Jim Kjelgaard wrote more than forty extremely popular novels for children. He incorporated into his books his two great loves -nature and animals. He spent much of his childhood living on farms in the Allegheny Mountain Range in Pennsylvania. This wi...

  • The Spell of the White Sturgeon

    " ...]the bars. When the boy rubbed his nose, the horse twitched his ears and looked at him with friendly eyes. Thick smoke belched from the Holter's stack and made a long plume over the lake, behind the plodding side-wheeler. A strong wind was screa...

  • Tigre

    Pepe, the young Mexican goatherd, has many battles to fight -- against the ominous superstitions of Uncle Ruiz; in defense of his American friend, Sam; and hardest of all, against the killer tigre or jaguar which took the life of Pepe's father and th...

  • Double Challenge

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    Ted Harkness and his father plan to open a hunting lodge, but have no idea of the trouble it will bring.When Ted’s father is accused of attempted murder and takes to the hills to avoid arrest, Ted finds himself having to manage the opening of their...

  • The Duck-Footed Hound

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    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • Hi Jolly!

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    This is the thrilling true tale of Hadji Ali (Americanized into Hi Jolly), a fugitive young Syrian camel driver who sought refuge in America with his loyal companion, Ben Akbar, the magnificent riding camel. Hadji helped survey a wagon road across th...

  • Trading Jeff and His Dog

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    When the dog came to the weed-grown border of the clearing, he stopped. Then, knowing that his back could be seen over the weeds, he slunk down so that his belly scraped the earth. He was tense and quivering, and his eyes bore a haunted look. But the...



  • Trailing Trouble

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    Trouble - 2

  • Wild Trek

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    Snow Dog - 2

    This is the story of the trapper, Link Stevens, and his fearless snow dog, Chiri. It began when the trapper and his dog set out to rescue a naturalist stranded in the perilous Caribou mountains--the impenetrable storm-blasted heights from which no ma...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jim Kjelgaard has published 21 books.

Jim Kjelgaard does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Tigre, was published in April 2021.

The first book by Jim Kjelgaard, Big Red, was published in April 1945.

Yes. Jim Kjelgaard has 3 series.
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