Jackie French bibliography
This is a list of books by Australian author Jackie French (born 1953).
Bibliography in order of publication (not including overseas editions)[]
1980s[]
1986[]
- Organic Gardening in Australia
1988[]
- Natural Rose Growing: An Organic Approach to Gardening
- The Organic Garden Doctor
- Smudge
1990s[]
1990[]
- Natural Control of Household Pests
1991[]
- Rain Stones
- The Roo that Won the Melbourne Cup
1992[]
- The Boy who Had Wings
- The Music from the Sea, Children of the Valley series
1993[]
- The Wilderness Garden: A Radical New View of Australian Growing Methods
- The Salad Garden
- Organic Control of Household Pests
- Organic Control of Common Weeds
- The Earth Gardeners Companion: A Month-by-Month Guide
- The Chook Book
- A to Z of Useful Plants
- The City in the Sand, Children of the Valley series
- The House of a Hundred Animals, Children of the Valley series
- Walking the Boundaries
- Hairy Charlie and the Frog (with Dee Huxley)
1994[]
- Twelve Bottles Popping: Home-Made Presents to Flip Your Lid
- Hairy Charlie and the Frog
- Hairy Charlie and the Pumpkin
- The Metal Men, Children of the Valley series
- Somewhere Around the Corner
- New Plants from Old
- Book of Lavender
- Book of Mint
- Book of Rosemary
- Book of Thyme
- Book of Chilli
- Book of Garlic
- Book of Parsley
- Book of Basil
- Jackie French's Guide to Companion Planting in Australia and New Zealand
- Switch! A Book of Home-Made Power, Water, and Garbage Systems
- Household Self Sufficiency
1995[]
- Mermaids
- Alien Games
- Annie's Pouch
- The Secret Beach
- Back Yard Self Sufficiency
- The Organic Garden Problem Solver
- Plants That Never Say Die
- Soil Food: 3,764 Ways to Feed Your Garden
- Jackie French's Top Ten Vegetables
- Jackie French's Cook Book
1996[]
- Mind's Eye
- The Tribe that Sang to Trees, Children of the Valley series
- A Wombat Named Bosco
- Beyond the Boundaries
- The Warrior: The Story of a Wombat
- The Pumpkin Book
- Yates Guide to Edible Gardening
- Growing Flowers Naturally
1997[]
- Dancing with Ben Hall and Other Yarns
- The Silver Eyes
- The Book of Unicorns
- Soldier on the Hill
- Making Money from Your Garden
- Summerland
1998[]
- A Phaery Named Phredde and Other Stories to Eat with a Banana, Phredde the Phaery series
- Daughter of the Regiment
- Felix Smith has Every Right to Be a Crocodile
- There's an Echidna at the Bottom of My Garden
- The Little Book of Big Questions
- How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded My Maths Class and Turned Me Into a Writer
- Seasons of Content
- Yates Guide to Herbs
- Jackie French's Household Herb Book
- The Little Book of Big Questions
1999[]
- Phredde and a Frog Named Bruce and Other Stories to Eat with a Watermelon, Phredde the Phaery series
- There's a Wallaby at the Bottom of My Garden
- Charlie's Gold
- Tajore Arkle
- Hitler's Daughter
- How to Guzzle Your Garden
- Natural Solutions
- Tajore Arkle
- The Small Book of Big Questions (UK edition)
2000s[]
2000[]
- Lady Dance
- Burt and the Band
- Captain Purrfect
- Pigs Don't Fly
- Stamp, Stomp, Whomp
- The Book of Challenges
- Phredde and the Zombie Librarian and Other Stories to Eat with a Blood Plum, Phredde the Phaery series
- Missing You, Love Sara
- The Best of Jackie French: A Practical Guide to Everything from Aphids to Zuchinni Chocolate Cake
2001[]
- The Secret Life of Santa Claus
- How the Finnegans Saved the Ship
- Phredde and the Temple of Gloom - A Story to Eat with a Mandarin, Phredde the Phaery series
- The Fascinating History of Your Lunch
- Dark Wind Blowing
- In the Blood, Outlands trilogy
- The House that Jackie Built
- The Café on Callisto, Café on Callisto series
- Earthly Delights
2002[]
- Ride the Wild Wind
- Phredde and the Leopard-Skin Librarian - A Story to Eat with a Dinosaur Apple, Phredde the Phaery series
- The White Ship
- The Space Bug
- Space Pirates on Callisto, Café on Callisto series
- Diary of a Wombat, Shaggy Gully books
- Blood Moon, Outlands trilogy
2003[]
- Too Many Pears!
- Bears Don't Bounce!
- My Mum the Pirate, Wacky Families series
- My Dog the Dinosaur, Wacky Families series
- Phredde and the Purple Pyramid - A Story to Eat with a Passionfruit, Phredde the Phaery series
- A Box Full of Phaeries, Phreddes and Fruit, Phredde the Phaery series
- Valley of Gold
- The Black House
- A War for Gentlemen
- Searching for Charlie
- Vampire Slugs on Callisto, Café on Callisto series
- Big Burps, Bare Bums and Other Bad-Mannered Blunders
2004[]
- Pete the Sheep, Shaggy Gully books
- Phredde and the Vampire Footie Team - A Story to Eat with an Orange at Half Time, Phredde the Phaery series
- My Dad the Dragon, Wacky Families series
- My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome, Wacky Families series
- Tom Appleby, Convict Boy
- Rocket Your Child into Reading
- Flesh and Blood, Outlands trilogy
- To the Moon and Back
2005[]
- Phredde and the Ghostly Underpants - A Story to Eat with a Mango, Phredde the Phaery series
- Phredde and the Runaway Ghost Train, Phredde the Phaery series
- The Secret World of Wombats
- My Uncle Wal the Werewolf, Wacky Families series
- They Came on Viking Ships
- Grim Crims & Convicts: 1788-1820, Fair Dinkum Histories
- How to Scratch a Wombat
2006[]
- Josephine Wants to Dance, Shaggy Gully books
- My Gran the Gorilla, Wacky Families series
- My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken, Wacky Families series
- Macbeth and Son
- One Perfect Day
- The Goat who Sailed the World, Animal Heroes series
- Shipwreck, Sailors & 60,000 Years: Before 1788, Fair Dinkum Histories
2007[]
- The Shaggy Gully Times, Shaggy Gully books
- My Pa the Polar Bear, Wacky Families series
- Pharaoh
- New Plants from Old: Simple, Natural, No-Cost Plant Propagation
- The Wilderness Garden: Beyond Organic Gardening
- The Day I Was History
- The Dog who Loved a Queen, Animal Heroes series
- Rotters and Squatters: 1820-1850, Fair Dinkum Histories
- Gold, Graves and Glory: 1850-1880, Fair Dinkum Histories
- Pharaoh
2008[]
- Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip, Shaggy Gully books
- One Big Wacky Family, Wacky Families series
- The Wonderful World of Wallabies and Kangaroos
- How High Can a Kangaroo Hop?
- A Rose for the Anzac Boys
- The Camel who Crossed Australia, Animal Heroes series
- A Nation of Swaggies & Diggers: 1880-1920, Fair Dinkum Histories
2009[]
- The Night They Stormed Eureka
- Baby Wombat's Week, Shaggy Gully books
- The Donkey who Carried the Wounded, Animal Heroes series
- Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior, School for Heroes series
- Wonderfully Wacky Families, Wacky Families series
- The Wombat and the Great Poohjam
- Weevils, War & Wallabies: 1920-1945, Fair Dinkum Histories
- Backyard Self Sufficienty
2010s[]
2010[]
- A Waltz for Matilda
- Queen Victoria's Underpants
- Oracle
- Dance of the Deadly Dinosaurs, School for Heroes series
- The Horse who Bit a Bushranger, Animal Heroes series
- Rockin', Rollin, Hair & Hippies: 1945-1972, Fair Dinkum Histories
- A Year in the Valley
2011[]
- Booms, Busts and Bushfires: 1972—, Fair Dinkum Histories
- The Tomorrow Book
- Christmas Wombat, Shaggy Gully books
- Nanberry: Black Brother White
- Flood
2012[]
- A Day to Remember
- Elephant Alert
- Gorilla Grab
- Tiger Tangle
- Shark Attack
- Pennies for Hitler
- Dingo: The Dog who Conquered a Continent
- The Girl from Snowy River
- Queen Victoria's Christmas
2013[]
- The Road to Gundagai
- Let the Land Speak
- Dinosaurs Love Cheese
- Wombat Goes to School
- French, Jackie (2013), Refuge, Sydney South, NSW HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7322-9617-9
- Nanberry: Black Brother White
- Hitler’s Daughter: the play [with Tim McGary, Eva De Cesare and Sandie Eldridge]
2014[]
- I am Juliet
- Good Dog Hank!
- The Book of Horses & Unicorns
- The Hairy-nosed Wombats Find a New Home
- To Love a Sunburnt Country
- I Spy a Great Reader
- The Beach They Called Gallipoli
2015[]
- Birrung The Secret Friend (Secret Histories : Book 1)
- The Hairy Nosed Wombats Find A New Home, illustrated by Sue deGennaro
- Good Dog Hank, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
- Ophelia: Queen of Denmark
- Fire, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Horace the Baker's Horse, illustrated by Peter Bray
- The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga : Book 5)
2016[]
- Barney and the Secret of the Whales (Secret Histories : Book 2)
- Dinosaurs Love Cheese, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
- The Beach They Called Gallipoli, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Grandma Wombat, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Josephine Wants To Dance (10th Anniversary Edition), illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Diary of a Wombat Big Book (Giant Picture Storybooks), illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Baby Wombat's Week Big Book (Giant Picture Storybooks), illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- The Diary of William Shakespeare, Gentleman
- Rain Stones 25th Anniversary Edition
- If Blood Should Stain the Wattle (The Matilda Saga)
2017[]
- The Secret of the Black Bushranger (The Secret History Series)
- Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies (Miss Lily series #1)
- Millie Loves Ants, illustrated by Sue deGennaro
- Goodbye Mr Hitler
- Third Witch
- Wombat Wins, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- If Blood Should Stain the Wattle (The Matilda Saga)
- Wombat Goes to School, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Koala Bare, illustrated by Matt Shanks
- Facing the Flame (The Matilda Saga: Book 7)
- With Love from Miss Lily (A Christmas Story) ebook
2018[]
- Barney and the Secret of the French Spies (The Secret History Series)
- Cyclone, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Shipwreck, Sailors & 60,000 Years (Fair Dinkum Histories Series: Book 1), illustrated by Peter Sheehan
- Grim Crims & Convicts (Fair Dinkum Histories #2), illustrated by Peter Sheehan
- The Lily and the Rose (Miss Lily series #2)
- Drought, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Rotters and Squatters (Fair Dinkum Histories #3), illustrated by Peter Sheehan
- Gold, Graves and Glory(Fair Dinkum Histories #4), illustrated by Peter Sheehan
- Christmas Lilies (A Christmas Story) ebook
2019[]
- The Lily in the Snow (Miss Lily series #3)
- Pirate Boy of Sydney Town
2020[]
- Lilies, Lies and Love (Miss Lily series #4)
Picture books[]
- Diary of a Wombat (2002)
- Pete the Sheep (2004), published as Pete the Sheep-Sheep in the US
- The Secret World of Wombats (2005), published as How to Scratch a Wombat in the USA
- Josephine Wants to Dance (2006), published as Josephine Loves to Dance in the US
- The Shaggy Gully Times (2007)
- Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip (2008)
- Baby Wombat's Week (2009)
- Queen Victoria's Underpants (2010)
- Christmas Wombat (2011)
- The Tomorrow Book (2011) (with Sue Degennaro)
- Queen Victoria's Underpants
- Queen Victoria's Christmas (2012)
- Dinosaurs Love Cheese (2013) (with Nina Ryecroft)
- Wombat Goes to School (2013)
- Good Dog Hank! (2014) (with Sue Degennaro)
- The hairy nosed wombats find a new home (with Sue Degennaro)
- Flood
- Fire
- The beach they called Gallipoli
- A Day to Remember (with Mark Wilson)
- Two Many Pears! (with Bruce Whatle)
- Hairy Charlie and the Frog (1994), illustrated by Dee Huxley[1]
- Hairy Charlie and the Pumpkin (1994), illustrated by Dee Huxley[1]
- Mermaids (1995)
- Pigs Don't Fly (2000)
- Too Many Pears! (originally titled Pear-Pinching Pamela) (2003), illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Bears Don't Bounce! (2003)
- Queen Victoria's Underpants (2010)
- The Tomorrow Book (2011)
- Flood (2011)
- A Day to Remember (2012)
- The Fire Wombat (2020), illustrated by Danny Snell
Junior fiction[]
Short story collections[]
- Rain Stones (1991)
- Alien Games (1995)
- Mind's Eye (1996)
- Dancing with Ben Hall and Other Yarns (1997), illustrated by Gwen Harrison[1]
- The Silver Eyes (1997), illustrated by David Miller[2]
- The Book of Unicorns (1997)
- Ride the Wild Wind (2002)
Animal Rescue series[]
- Elephant Alert (2012)
- Gorilla Grab (2012)
- Tiger Tangle (2012)
- Shark Attack (2012)
Café on Callisto series[]
illustrated by Sarah Baron[1]
- The Café on Callisto (2001)
- Space Pirates on Callisto (2002)
- Vampire Slugs on Callisto (2003)
The Children of the Valley series[]
illustrated by Victoria Clutterbuck[1]
- The Music from the Sea (1992)
- The City in the Sand (1993)
- The House of a Hundred Animals (1993)
- The Metal Men (1994)
- The Tribe that Sang to Trees (1996)
Phredde the Phaery series[]
illustrated by Stephen Michael King
- A Phaery Named Phredde and Other Stories to Eat with a Banana (1998)
- Phredde and a Frog Named Bruce and Other Stories to Eat with a Watermelon (1999)
- Phredde and the Zombie Librarian and Other Stories to Eat with a Blood Plum (2000)
- Phredde and the Temple of Gloom - A Story to Eat with a Mandarin (2001)
- Phredde and the Leopard-Skin Librarian - A Story to Eat with a Dinosaur Apple (2002)
- Phredde and the Purple Pyramid - A Story to Eat with a Passionfruit (2003)
- Phredde and the Vampire Footie Team - A Story to Eat with an Orange at Half Time (2004)
- Phredde and the Ghostly Underpants - A Story to Eat with a Mango (2005)
- Phredde and the Runaway Ghost Train (2005)
- A Box Full of Phaeries, Phreddes and Fruit (compilation of the first three books in the series) (2003)
School for Heroes series[]
illustrated by Andrea F. Potter
- Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior (2009)
- Dance of the Deadly Dinosaurs (2010)
Wacky Families series[]
illustrated by Stephen Michael King
- My Mum the Pirate (2003), published as My Mom the Pirate in the US
- My Dog the Dinosaur (2003)
- My Dad the Dragon (2004)
- My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome (2004)
- My Uncle Wal the Werewolf (2005)
- My Gran the Gorilla (2006)
- My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken (2006)
- My Pa the Polar Bear (2007)
- One Big Wacky Family (2008) (compilation of the first to fourth books in the series)
- Wonderfully Wacky Families (2009) (compilation of the fourth to eighth books in the series)
Historical fiction[]
Animal Heroes series[]
- The Goat who Sailed the World (2006)
- The Dog who Loved a Queen (2007)
- The Camel who Crossed Australia (2008)
- The Donkey who Carried the Wounded (2009)
- The Horse who Bit a Bushranger (2010)
- Dingo: The Dog who Conquered a Continent (2012)
Miscellaneous[]
- Somewhere Around the Corner (1994)
- Soldier on the Hill (1997)
- Daughter of the Regiment (1998)
- Hitler's Daughter (1999)
- Lady Dance (2000)
- How the Finnegans Saved the Ship (2001)
- The White Ship (2002)
- Valley of Gold (2003)
- Tom Appleby, Convict Boy (2004)
- They Came on Viking Ships (2005), published as Slave Girl in the UK and Rover in the US
- Macbeth and Son (2006)
- Pharaoh (2007)
- The Night They Stormed Eureka (2009)
- Oracle (2010)
- Nanberry: Black Brother White (2011)
- Pennies for Hitler (June 2012) (companion volume to Hitler's Daughter)
Miscellaneous[]
- The Roo that Won the Melbourne Cup (1991), illustrated by Carol McLean-Carr[1]
- The Boy who Had Wings (1992)
- Walking the Boundaries (1993)
- Annie's Pouch (1995), illustrated by Bettina Guthridge[1]
- The Secret Beach (1995)
- A Wombat Named Bosco (1996), illustrated by Bettina Guthridge
- Beyond the Boundaries (1996) (sequel to Walking the Boundaries)
- The Warrior: The Story of a Wombat (1996), illustrated by Bettina Guthridge[1]
- Summerland (1997)
- Felix Smith Has Every Right to Be a Crocodile (1998), illustrated by David Stanley[1]
- There's an Echidna at the Bottom of My Garden (1998), illustrated by Bettina Guthridge[1]
- There's a Wallaby at the Bottom of My Garden (1999), illustrated by David Stanley[1]
- Charlie's Gold (1999)
- Tajore Arkle (1999)
- Burt and the Band (2000), illustrated by Beth Norling
- Captain Purrfect (2000), illustrated by Gus Gordon[1]
- The Space Bug (2002), illustrated by Mitch Vane[1]
- The Black House (2003)
- One Perfect Day (2006), illustrated by Peter Bray[1]
- The Day I Was History (2007), illustrated by Christina Booth[1]
- The Wombat and the Great Poohjam (2009)
Junior non-fiction[]
Fair Dinkum Histories[]
illustrated by Peter Sheehan[1]
- Shipwreck, Sailors & 60,000 Years: Before 1788 (2006)
- Grim Crims & Convicts: 1788-1820 (2005)
- Rotters and Squatters: 1820-1850 (2007)
- Gold, Graves and Glory: 1850-1880 (2007)
- A Nation of Swaggies & Diggers: 1880-1920 (2008)
- Weevils, War & Wallabies: 1920-1945 (2009)
- Rockin', Rollin, Hair & Hippies: 1945-1972 (2010)
- Booms, Busts and Bushfires: 1972— (2011)
Miscellaneous[]
- Twelve Bottles Popping: Home-Made Presents to Flip Your Lid (1994)
- The Little Book of Big Questions (1998), illustrated by Terry Denton[1]
- How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded My Maths Class and Turned Me Into a Writer (1998)
- How to Guzzle Your Garden (1999)
- Stamp, Stomp, Whomp (2000)
- The Book of Challenges (2000)
- The Fascinating History of Your Lunch (2001)
- Big Burps, Bare Bums and Other Bad-Mannered Blunders (2003)
- To the Moon and Back (2004), written with Bryan Sullivan and illustrated by Gus Gordon
- How to Scratch a Wombat (2005)[3]
- The Wonderful World of Wallabies and Kangaroos (2008)
- How High Can a Kangaroo Hop? (2008), illustrated by Bruce Whatley[1]
Teen and young adult fiction[]
Outlands trilogy[]
- In the Blood (2001)
- Blood Moon (2002)
- Flesh and Blood (also known as Blood Will Tell) (2004)
Historical fiction[]
- A Rose for the Anzac Boys (2008)
The Matilda Series[]
- A Waltz for Matilda (2010)
- The Girl from Snowy River (The Matilda Series Book 2) (2012)
- The Road to Gundagai (The Matilda Series Book 3) (2013)
- To Love a Sunburnt Country (The Matilda Series Book 4) (2015)
- The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Series Book 5) (2015)
- If Blood Should Stain the Wattle (The Matilda Series Book 6) (2017)
- Facing the Flame (The Matilda Series Book 7) (2017)
- The Last Dingo Summer (The Matilda Series Book 8) (2019)
- Clancy of the Overflow (The Matilda Series Book 9) (2020)
Miscellaneous[]
- Missing You, Love Sara (2000)
- Dark Wind Blowing (2001)
Adult fiction[]
- A War for Gentlemen (2003)
- To Love a Sunburnt Country
Adult non-fiction[]
- Seasons of Content (1998)
- Earthly Delights (2001)
- The Secret Life of Santa Claus
- Rocket Your Child into Reading (2004)
- I Spy a Great Reader
- A Year in the Valley (2010)
- Let the Land Speak (2013)
Gardening and ecology books[]
- Organic Gardening in Australia (1986), published as 'Jacqueline French'
- Natural Rose Growing: An Organic Approach to Gardening (1988), published as 'Jacqueline French'
- The Organic Garden Doctor (1988), published as 'Jacqueline French'
- Natural Control of Household Pests (1990), published as 'Jacqueline French'
- The Wilderness Garden: A Radical New View of Australian Growing Methods (1993)
- The Chook Book (1993)
- The Salad Garden (1993)
- Organic Control of Household Pests (1993)
- Organic Control of Common Weeds (1993), revised edition published 1997
- The Earth Gardeners Companion: A Month-by-Month Guide (1993)
- The Chook Book (1993)
- A to Z of Useful Plants (1993)
- Book of Lavender (1994)
- Book of Mint (1994)
- Book of Rosemary (1994)
- Book of Thyme (1994)
- Book of Chilli (1994)
- Book of Garlic (1994)
- Book of Parsley (1994)
- Book of Basil (1994)
- Jackie French's Guide to Companion Planting in Australia and New Zealand (1994)
- Switch! A Book of Home-Made Power, Water, and Garbage Systems (1994)
- Household Self Sufficiency (1994)
- New Plants from Old (1994)
- Back Yard Self Sufficiency (1995)
- The Organic Garden Problem Solver (1995)
- Plants That Never Say Die (1995)
- Soil Food: 3,764 Ways to Feed Your Garden (1995)
- Jackie French's Top Ten Vegetables (1995)
- Jackie French's Cook Book (1995)
- The Pumpkin Book (1996)
- Yates Guide to Edible Gardening (1996)
- Growing Flowers Naturally (1996)
- Making Money from Your Garden (1997)
- Yates Guide to Herbs (1998)
- Jackie French's Household Herb Book (1998)
- The Household Herbal (1998)
- Natural Solutions (1999)
- The Best of Jackie French: A Practical Guide to Everything from Aphids to Zuchinni Chocolate Cake (2000)
- The House That Jackie Built (2001)
- Earthly Delights (2001)
- New Plants from Old: Simple, Natural, No-Cost Plant Propagation (2007), second edition of A to Z of Useful Plants (1994)
- The Wilderness Garden: Beyond Organic Gardening (2007), second edition of The Wilderness Garden: A Radical New View of Australian Growing Methods (1993)
- The Earth Gardener's Companion (2009)
- Backyard Self Sufficiency (2009)
Adaptations[]
- Hitler's Daughter: The Play, based on Hitler's Daughter (1999) and adapted by Monkey Baa Theatre
- Pete the Sheep: The Musical, also adapted by Monkey Baa Theatre
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Jackie French book awards". 26 April 2012. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ "The Silver Eyes, Jackie French David Miller (Illustrated ) - Shop Online for Books in Australia - Fishpond.com.au". 26 April 2012.
- ^ "How to Scratch a Wombat: Where to Find It . . . What to Feed It . . . Why It Sleeps All Day by Jackie French - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". 18 March 2012.
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