Kathryn Lasky

24 Series

Kathryn Lasky is an American author known for her children's series such as Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Wolves of the Beyond, and Daughters of the Sea, as well as her contributions to the Dear America and The Royal Diaries series. She also writes for adults under her married name, Kathryn Lasky Knight, and the pen name E.L. Swann. Lasky holds a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Michigan and a Master's degree in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College.

Kathryn Lasky, also known as Kathryn Lasky Knight and E.L. Swann, has authored a diverse range of works. "Hannah," alternatively titled "Girl in the Shadows," explores a compelling narrative. "Lost Tales Of Ga'Hoole," co-authored with Kathryn Huang, adds depth to the beloved series. "Of Flowers and Shadows," written with Anna Kirwan, offers a unique storytelling experience. "Fantastic Tales for Boys" includes contributions from Katherine Applegate and Emily Rodda, enhancing its appeal. Lasky's versatility is further showcased in the Calista Jacobs series, "The Widow of Oz," and the non-fiction "Atlantic Circle," as well as "Night Gardening."

Calista Jacobs (as Kathryn Lasky Knight)

Trace Elements

(1986)

Mortal Words

(1990)

Mumbo Jumbo

(1991)

Dark Swan

(1996)

Starbuck Family Adventures

Double Trouble Squared

(1991)

Shadows in the Water

(1992)

A Voice in the Wind

(1993)

Portraits

Portraits of Flowers and Shadows

(2000)

Dancing Through Fire

(2005)

Lucille The Pig

Lucille's Snowsuit

(2000)

Starring Lucille

(2001)

Lucille Camps In

(2003)

Georgia O’Keeffe Mystery

Light on Bone

(2022)

Mortal Radiance

(2024)

Guardians Of Ga'Hoole

The Capture

(2003)

The Journey

(2003)

The Rescue

(2003)

The Siege

(2004)

The Shattering

(2004)

The First Collier

(2005)

The Hatchling

(2005)

To Be a King

(2006)

The River of Wind

(2007)

The Golden Tree

(2007)

Exile

(2008)

The War of the Ember

(2008)

The Burning

(2012)

The Outcast

(2012)

The Coming of Hoole

(2013)

The Rise of a Legend

(2013)

Chronological Order of Guardian Of Ga'Hoole

A Guide Book to the Great Tree

(2007)(With: Kathryn Huang)

Lost Tales of Ga'Hoole

(2010)(With: Kathryn Huang)

Guardians Of Ga'Hoole Guide (with Kathryn Huang)

Born to Rule

(2006)

Unicorns? Get Real!

(2007)

Camp Princess

Hannah / Girl in the Shadows

(2009)

May

(2011)

Lucy

(2012)

The Crossing

(2015)

Daughters Of The Sea

Lone Wolf

(2010)

Shadow Wolf

(2010)

Watch Wolf

(2011)

Frost Wolf

(2011)

Spirit Wolf

(2012)

Star Wolf

(2013)

Wolves Of The Beyond

Felix Takes the Stage

(2010)

Spiders on the Case

(2011)

Deadlies

The Escape

(2014)

Star Rise

(2015)

Wild Blood

(2016)

Horses Of The Dawn

The Quest of the Cubs

(2018)

The Den of Forever Frost

(2018)

The Keepers of the Keys

(2019)

Bears Of The Ice

The Portal

(2019)

The Burning Queen

(2019)

Tangled In Time

The Weaver's Gift

(1980)

The Night Journey

(1981)

Jem's Island

(1982)

Beyond the Divide

(1983)

Prank

(1984)

Puppeteer

(1985)

Home Free

(1985)

Pageant

(1986)

The Bone Wars

(1988)

The Widow of Oz

(1989)(As: Kathryn Lasky Knight)

I Have an Aunt on Marlborough Street

(1992)(With: Susan Guevara)

Beyond the Burning Time

(1994)

Memoirs of a Bookbat

(1994)

The Solo

(1994)

The Gates of the Wind

(1995)

True North

(1996)

Alice Rose and Sam

(1998)

Night Gardening

(1999)(As: E.L. Swann)

Star Split

(1999)

Robin Hood: The Boy Who Became a Legend

(1999)

Hawksmaid: The Untold Story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian

(2000)

Blood Secret

(2004)

Broken Song

(2005)

Georgia Rises

(2005)

The Last Girls of Pompeii

(2007)

Chasing Orion

(2007)

Poodle and Hound

(2009)

Ashes

(2010)

The Extra

(2013)

More Than Magic

(2016)

Night Witches

(2017)

Faceless

(2021)

The Secret of Glendunny

(2022)

Glass: A Cinderella Tale

(2024)

Standalone Novels

I Have Four Names for My Grandfather

(1976)

My Island Grandma

(1979)

A Baby for Max

(1984)

Sea Swan

(1988)

Fourth of July Bear

(1991)

The Tantrum

(1993)

Days of the Dead

(1994)

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

(1994)

Cloud Eyes

(1994)

Pond Year

(1995)

She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!

(1995)

Lunch Bunnies

(1996)

Grace the Pirate

(1997)

Marven of the Great North Woods

(1997)

Hercules

(1997)(With: Adele Faber)

Show and Tell Bunnies

(1998)

Sophie and Rose

(1998)

The Emperor's Old Clothes

(1999)

Science Fair Bunnies

(2000)

Science Prize Bunnies

(2001)

Mommy's Hands

(2002)

Porkenstein

(2002)

Before I Was Your Mother

(2003)

The Man Who Made Time Travel

(2003)

Love That Baby!

(2003)

Humphrey, Albert, and the Flying Machine

(2004)

Tumble Bunnies

(2005)

Pirate Bob

(2006)

One Beetle Too Many

(2006)

Two Bad Pilgrims

(2009)

Newton's Rainbow

(2017)

Yossel's Journey

(2022)

Picture (with Adele Faber)

Tugboats Never Sleep

(1977)

Tall Ships

(1978)

Dollmaker

(1981)

Sugaring Time

(1983)

Atlantic Circle

(1984)(As: Kathryn Lasky Knight)

Surtsey: The New Place on Earth

(1990)

Traces of Life: The Origins of Humankind / Early Man

(1990)

Dinosaur Dig

(1990)

Think Like an Eagle: At Work with a Wildlife Photographer

(1992)

Searching for Laura Ingalls

(1993)

Monarchs

(1993)

The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy

(1997)

Shadows in the Dawn: The Lemurs of Madagascar

(1998)

A Brilliant Streak: The Making of Mark Twain

(1998)

Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker

(2000)

First Painter

(2000)

Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles

(2001)

Born in the Breezes: The Seafaring Life of Joshua Slocum

(2001)

A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phyllis Wheatley, Slave Poet

(2003)

John Muir: America's First Environmentalist

(2006)

Silk and Venom: Searching for a Dangerous Spider

(2011)

She Caught the Light

(2021)

Non-Fiction

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864

(1996)(By: Barry Denenberg)

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620

(1996)

Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart

(1996)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865

(1997)(By: Joyce Hansen)

A Picture Of Freedom

(1997)(By: Patricia McKissack)

Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941

(1998)(By: Barry Denenberg)

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903

(1998)

West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi

(1998)(By: Jim Murphy)

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763

(1998)(By: Mary Pope Osborne)

A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence

(1998)(By: Sherry Garland)

Stationery Pack

(1998)(By: Patricia McKissack)

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912

(1998)(By: Ellen Emerson White)

The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868

(1999)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

My Heart is on the Ground

(1999)(By: Ann Rinaldi)

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl

(1999)(By: Ann Turner)

A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin

(1999)(By: Karen Hesse)

Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North

(2000)(By: Patricia McKissack)

A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896

(2000)(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941

(2000)(By: Mary Pope Osborne)

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938

(2000)(By: Barry Denenberg)

Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932

(2001)

Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,

(2001)(By: Sherry Garland)

Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849

(2001)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881

(2001)(By: Jim Murphy)

When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer

(2002)(By: Beth Seidel Levine)

My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck

(2002)

A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917

(2002)

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

(2002)(By: Ellen Emerson White)

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932

(2002)(By: Barry Denenberg)

Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935

(2002)(By: Katelan Janke)

So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847

(2003)(By: Barry Denenberg)

Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson

(2003)(By: Ann Turner)

Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota

(2003)(By: Marion Dane Bauer)

All the Stars in the Sky

(2003)(By: Megan McDonald)

Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763

(2004)(By: Patricia McKissack)

Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909

(2004)(By: Deborah Hopkinson)

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691

(2004)(By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino)

The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941

(2010)(By: Kirby Larson)

Like the Willow Tree

(2011)(By: Lois Lowry)

Cannons at Dawn

(2011)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954

(2011)(By: Andrea Davis Pinkney)

Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880

(2012)(By: Susan Patron)

Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose

(2013)(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)

A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906

(2013)(By: Judy Blundell)

Dear America

The Journal of James Edmond Pease

(1998)(By: Jim Murphy)

The Journal of William Thomas Emerson

(1998)(By: Barry Denenberg)

The Journal of Joshua Loper

(1999)(By: Walter Dean Myers)

The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins

(1999)(By: Walter Dean Myers)

The Journal of Ben Uchida

(1999)(By: Barry Denenberg)

The Journal of Sean Sullivan

(1999)(By: William Durbin)

The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce

(2000)(By: Ann Rinaldi)

The Journal of Otto Peltonen

(2000)(By: William Durbin)

The Journal of Augustus Pelletier

(2000)

The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds

(2001)(By: Rodman Philbrick)

The Journal of Biddy Owens

(2001)(By: Walter Dean Myers)

On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke

(2001)(By: Joseph Bruchac)

The Journal of C.J. Jackson

(2002)(By: William Durbin)

The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty

(2002)(By: Ellen Emerson White)

The Journal of Jedediah Barstow

(2002)(By: Ellen Levine)

The Journal of Finn Reardon

(2003)(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)

The Journal of Rufus Rowe

(2003)(By: Sid Hite)

The Journal of Brian Doyle

(2004)(By: Jim Murphy)

The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung / Staking a Claim

(2013)(By: Laurence Yep)

My Name Is America

Hope in My Heart

(2003)

Home at Last

(2003)

An American Spring

(2004)

My America

Hercules

(1997)

Adele Faber Children's (with Adele Faber)

In Defense of Liberty

(2003)(By: Russell Freedman)

The Man Who Made Time Travel

(2003)

York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark

(2003)(By: Rhoda Blumberg)

Secrets Of The Sphinx

(2004)(By: Bagram Ibatoulline,James Cross Giblin)

Spiders

(2007)(By: Nic Bishop)

The Secret World of Walter Anderson

(2009)(By: E.B. Lewis,Hester Bass)

Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age

(2010)(By: Cheryl Bardoe)

If Stones Could Speak

(2010)(By: Marc Aronson)

Ballet for Martha

(2010)(By: Jan Greenberg)

A Splash of Red

(2013)(By: Melissa Sweet,Jen Bryant)

The Family Romanov

(2014)(By: Candace Fleming)

The Right Word

(2014)(By: Jen Bryant)

Orbis Pictus Award

Mary, Queen of Scots

(1994)

Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile

(1999)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor

(1999)(With: Kristiana Gregory)

Isabel: Jewel of Castilla

(2000)(By: Carolyn Meyer)

Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles

(2000)

Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess

(2000)(By: Carolyn Meyer)

Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets

(2001)(By: Patricia Clark Smith)

Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South

(2001)(By: Laurence Yep)

Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia

(2001)(By: Anna Kirwan)

Sŏndŏk: Princess of the Moon and Stars

(2002)(By: Sheri Holman)

Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine

(2002)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

Kaiulani

(2002)(By: Ellen Emerson White)

Jahanara, Princess Of Princesses

(2002)

Elisabeth: The Princess Bride

(2003)(By: Barry Denenberg)

Kristina: The Girl King

(2003)(By: Carolyn Meyer)

Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba

(2003)(By: Patricia McKissack)

Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal

(2004)(By: Anna Kirwan)

Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven

(2004)

Anacaona: Golden Flower

(2005)(By: Edwidge Danticat)

Catherine, The Great Journey

(2006)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

The Royal Diaries

The Titanic

(1992)(By: Ellen Emerson White)

My Story The Trenches

(1999)(By: Jim Eldridge)

My Story

(2001)(By: Vince Cross)

The Hunger

(2001)(By: Carol Drinkwater)

Twentieth Century Girl

(2001)(By: Carol Drinkwater)

The Great Plague

(2001)(By: Pamela Oldfield)

Battle of Britain

(2002)(By: Chris Priestley)

Suffragette

(2003)(By: Carol Drinkwater)

Victorian Workhouse

(2004)(By: Pamela Oldfield)

Sophie's Secret War

(2009)(By: Jill Atkins)

Cadogan Square

(2010)(By: Carol Drinkwater)

Factory Girl

(2011)(By: Pamela Oldfield)

Nowhere to Run

(2012)(By: Carol Drinkwater)

War Spy

(2013)(By: Jim Eldridge)

Victoria

(2014)(By: Anna Kirwan)

Codename Céline

(2015)(By: Jim Eldridge)

Coming Home

(2018)(By: Jim Eldridge)

Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan

(2020)(By: Sufiya Ahmed)

Mayflower

(2020)

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

(2022)(By: Sufiya Ahmed)

Mary Prince

(2022)(By: E.L. Norry)

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