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  • Bibliography:
    36 Books
  • First Book:
    January 2006
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Book List in Order: 36 titles



  • Find out what happens to the little egg in this patterned story, filled with colourful illustrations by Shoo Rayner.

    • Yellow level/ Band 3 books offer early readers varied sentence structure and natural language.

    • Text type - A p...




  • A young woman seeks to avenge her brother's death by becoming an Apache warrior -- and learns a startling truth about her own identity.

    After watching helplessly as Mexican raiders brutally murder her little brother, fourteen-year-old Siki i...



  • A bearer of doom, or a bringer of change? As the Aztec empire falls, one girl defies her destiny. (Age 12 and up)

    In the golden city of Tenochtitlán, the people live in awe of Emperor Montezuma and in fear of blood-hungry gods. Under an ill-f...



  • With whimsical illustrations, a feminist fable proves that brains outweigh brawn when three siblings enter a most enlightening competition. Long, long ago, in the golden, olden days, a farmer devised an ingenious competition to determine who shoul...



  • Poppy and Graham are staying in a grand country house for the weekend to help at a family christening party, but they're seriously unimpressed. Dull, dull, dull! Not to mention the fact that baby Marmaduke has taken a shine to Graham and won't let hi...



  • Our hero is a Tamworth pig with attitude. He was imported from Australia to improve the "bloodline" of the farmer's herd and he is in no doubt about his own importance. But his days of usefulness are numbered and he's about to be pack...











  • First in a series of brilliantly addictive, tightly plotted murder mysteries featuring the irrepressible Poppy Fields.When Poppy Fields goes on an activity holiday to a remote Scottish island, she is looking forward to a week of climbing, hill-walkin...





  • A traditional German tale about the perils of greed, and what happens to those who always want more than they have. When a fisherman catches a magical fish, he has the chance to change his fortune, but will his wife’s dissatisfaction put everything...



  • Treachery, adventure and dreams of freedom triumph in this stunningly evocative historical adventure, inspired by a stunning real-life story, and brought to a modern teen audience by a Carnegie Medal-winning author.It's 1848 in the Deep South of...



  • Mystery turns to mortal danger as one young man’s quest to clear his father’s name ensnares him in a net of deceit, conspiracy, and intrigue in 1750s England. Caleb has spent his life roaming southern England with his Pa, little to their names...



  • A powerful and deeply moving coming-of-age drama from Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman, inspired by the life of infamous sharpshooter Annie Oakley.After the death of her beloved father, Maggie and her family are thrown into a life of desti...



  • Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman returns with a brilliantly realised and truly accessible retelling of one of the greatest novels ever written.Orphaned as a child, tormented by her guardian and cast out to a harsh boarding school, Jane Eyr...








  • The night that Heathcliff, an unkempt orphan, arrives at the Heights, Cathy's life will change for ever … but theirs will not be a happy love story. From a harsh childhood to a foolish marriage, a troubled path of pain and punishment lies ahead. Ye...











  • Award-winning author Tanya Landman brings a fresh perspective to horse-riding stories with a heart-warming new series about friendship and dreaming big.Meg treasures every moment that she gets to spend riding, and she has always longed for a pony of ...



  • A ride in the countryside spirals out of control for Meg and Merlin in this dramatic new addition to Tanya Landman’s lovable horse-riding seriesA ride in the countryside spirals out of control for Meg and Merlin in this dramatic new addition to...



  • How did the nightingale get its golden voice? A beautiful creation story answers the question.The mountains, trees, and plants are young and full of color, but the animals are dull and drab, so the painter gets to work. She dabs dots on ladybugs and ...



  • Elsie witnesses the rise of antisemitic fascism in 1930s London in this gripping new story from award-winning author Tanya Landman.Elsie witnesses the rise of antisemitic fascism in 1930s London in this gripping new story from award-winning author Ta...



  • A new friend helps Meg to realise that appearances aren’t always what they seem in this exciting new addition to Tanya Landman’s delightful horse-riding series.A new friend helps Meg to realise that appearances aren’t always what they seem in t...







  • A thrilling gothic tale of hubris gone badly wrong. A young man's search for the secret of the spark of life leads him to a horrific experiment in which he creates a gigantic creature from dismembered body parts. Rejected by his creator, the initiall...



  • A ride in the countryside spirals out of control for Meg and Merlin in this dramatic new addition to Tanya Landman’s lovable horse-riding seriesA ride in the countryside spirals out of control for Meg and Merlin in this dramatic new addition to Tan...



  • Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman returns with a brilliantly realised and truly accessible retelling of the book described as Dickens’ “most perfect” novel.My story is a long one with many strange events and dark turns. But time is sh...



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    This is a Greek (island) tragedy? When Poppy and Graham are whisked off to a Greek island to watch musician Bill Strummer marry his much younger girlfriend in the celebrity wedding of the year, they are expecting sun, sea and a hint of scandal. But t...



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Award-Winning Books by Tanya Landman

Buffalo Soldier
2015 Carnegie Medal -- Children's
I Am Apache
2009 Spur Award -- Juvenile Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tanya Landman has published 36 books.

The next book by Tanya Landman, Classic Retellings - Great Expectations, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Tanya Landman, The Little Egg, was published in January 2006.

No. Tanya Landman does not write books in series.