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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1990
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Book List in Order: 20 titles









  • In this life-affirming picture book, a small sprout of a girl begins her garden with a bit of earth, good tools, and seeds. Then she weeds and waters and waits. As the seedlings grow and then bud and blossom, Maggie Smith's illustrations grow as well...



  • When Daisy comes down with chicken pox, Peter proves he’s a friend she can count on: On Monday, he makes her a get-well cardâ€"and his stuffed elephant comes to life to deliver it. On Tuesday, he sends two zebras with flowers. By the time five monk...



  • A heartwarming and cathartic book for anyone who has ever loved, and lost, a cat.

    This is the story of a cat, told by the little girl who loved him best.

    From his first plaintive mew to his last loving purr, Desser was an essential memb...



  • Paisley has been sitting on the shelf at Big & Little Toys too long. He’s seen other animals come and go, but somehow he’s never found his perfect match. And so, taking matters into his own hands, Paisley sets off on a quest to find the speci...



  • First published in 1995 by Orchard Books, this book takes one baby, two dogs, and three bicycles on a journey from the big city to Maine's seacoast. Objects packed for the trip and things seen along the way are all happily counted, finishing in a...






  • Join the Mousekin family as they prepare for Christmas! Filled with crafts and recipes, poems and stories, this is a Christmas book to share with the whole family, year after year. All the highlights of a great December are here. The Mousekins pi...



  • Count your way through a baby’s busy day!   Count from 1 to 10 as this adorable baby takes a bath, gets dressed, and eats a snack. Through a day of splashing in puddles and playing with puppies, we count down from 10 to 1. By the end, baby is ...



  • At Penelope Pig's sleepover party, six pigs in pj's eat pizza and pasta, pound a pinata, pin the tail on the pony, prance to piano, and then form a precarious pyramid--collapsing, of course, into a sqealing pig pile! Maggie Smith combines rollick...



  • When the narrator of this story discovers she's going to have a new little brother, she's not so sure she wants one. Neither is Bubbit, her very special blue wool bunny. Her grandmother, Nonni, made Bubbit for her when she was born, so they're practi...



  • A celebration of a mother's love for her baby. Perfect for Mother's Day or a shower gift, with a padded cover and space for a personal photo. A cat has her kittens, a dog has her puppies, a sheep has her lamb, and I have you. This book celebr...




  • WINNER, 2022 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE JUROR'S GRAND PRIZEWINNER, 2022 AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS BEST DEBUT FICTION The Devil Wears Prada meets All the President's MenMegan Barnes' life is in free fall. After losing both her job as a reporter and her b...



  • 'Readers who enjoyed Maggie Smith's two volumes of memoirs, 'Arriving Where I Started' and 'Miles To Go Before I Sleep', will welcome her very first novel, published as she approached her ninety-third year... Set in Yorkshire, Massachusetts and upsta...



  • Poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself. The book begins with one woman's personal heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, a...



  • Maggie Smith, bestselling author of the viral poem “Good Bones” and the memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, delivers a lyrical and reassuring picture book perfect for calming active minds at bedtime (or anytime). A Today Show Spri...






  • A smart, twisty cat-and-mouse revenge tale. - Robert Dugoni, NY Times Best Selling Author of the Tracy Crosswhite series An ambitious district attorney. An enemy she can't see. A daughter at risk.From the author of the award-winning Truth and Other L...


Award-Winning Books by Maggie Smith

Desser the Best Ever Cat
2003 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award -- Grades K-3


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Maggie Smith has published 20 books.

The next book by Maggie Smith, Blindspot, will be published in May 2024.

The first book by Maggie Smith, Noly Poly Rabbit Tail and Me, was published in September 1990.

No. Maggie Smith does not write books in series.