Natalie Babbitt- Bibliography


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Bub: Or the Very Best Thing. Harpercrest, 1994. Ages 4-8.

A humorous story as the king and queen try to find what is best for their son.

The Devil's Storybook. Rev. ed. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. Ages 4-8.

Ten stories recount the devil's failures and victories.

The Devil's Other Storybook. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. Ages 9-12.

The Devil is back, just as full of vanity and other failings as he was in Babbitt's first collection.

Dick Foote and the Shark.

The poetic son of a seaman saves his father and their boat by reading an ode to a shark.

The Eyes of the Amaryllis. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. Ages 9-12.

Ten year old Jenny learns about herself and the sea when she goes to live with her grandmother.

Goody Hall. Sunburst, 1986. Ages 4-8.

Egan sets out to find out the source of the terrible moaning from Kneeknock Rise.

Herbert Rowbarge. Noonday Pr., 1984. Young Adult

Relates the history of a self-made man and his family.

Kneeknock Rise. Reprint ed. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. Ages 9-12.

The villagers are afraid of the creature they think lives on Kneeknock Rise, but young Egan goes to investigate.

Nellie, A Cat on Her Own. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. Ages 4-8. Review available at Amazon.

An abandoned marionette is rescued by a cat.

Ouch!. Harpercrest, 1998. Ages 4-8. Review available at Amazon.

Grimm fairy tale retelling. Marco leads a charmed life and ends up as a king.

Phoebe's Revolt. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988. Ages 4-8.

Phoebe doesn't like the frilly clothes girls must wear in 1904. She wants to wear her father's .

The Search for Delicious. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991. All ages.

Because of a disagreement over a definition of a word for a new dictionary, a young man is sent out to poll the entire citizenry to find the meaning of the word.

The Something. Reprint ed. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987. Ages 4-8.

With his mother's help, Mylo discovers a way to conquer his fear of the dark.

Tuck Everlasting. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1986. Ages 9-12.

An American Library Association Notable Book. Ten-year-old Winnie finds the magic spring that has given the Tuck family eternal life. Should she drink it? Should she sell it to make money?

Tuck Everlasting (Literature Guides). Scholastic, 1997.

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In Spanish

Cuentos Del Pobre Diablo. Translated by Felicidad Blanco. Ages 9-12.
Spanish edition of The Devil's Storybook.

Los Ojos Del Amarilis. Demco Media, 1988.

Version of Eyes of the Amaryllis

El Cerro Del Abismo. Lectorum Publications, 1996. Ages 9-12.

Version of Knee-Knock Rise.

Tuck Para Siempre. Translated by Narcis Fradera. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991. Ages 9-12.

Version of Tuck Everlasting.

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About Her

Natalie Babbitt. Twayne's United States Authors Series, No. 573.

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Books She Illustrated

Alexander, Lloyd. The Big Book for Peace. E. P. Dutton, 1990. Ages 9-12.
Children's book authors and illustrators discuss world peace and other issue.

Babbitt, Samuel. The Forty-ninth Magician. Pantheon, 1966.

Worth, Valerie. Curlicues, the Fortunes of Two Pug Dogs. Illus. by Natalie Babbtt.

Two dogs are adopted into different homes but are eventually reunited.

Worth, Valerie. Small Poems.

Describes common objects in verse.

Worth, Valerie. Small Poems Again. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986.

Worth, Valerie. All the Small Poems and Fourteen More. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1994. Ages 4-8.

Includes the original 99 poems, plus new ones.

Worth, Valerie. Still More Small Poems. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978.

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