Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen is a published novelist. She is also a story teller, a poet, folklorist, song writer, journalist, and author of children's books. Jackanory and Merlin became adapted into television series and The Devil's Arithmetic a television movie in 1999.

The best place to start is The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library series, the earliest of Jane Yolen's multi-book series: it opens with Household Tales by Brothers Grimm (1812) and runs to 15 books across 1812–2016, ending with African Folktales (2016). Jane Yolen's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Jane Yolen has 482 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1812 and 2027. 198 of them belong to 25 named series — the largest being the How Do Dinosaurs...? series with 21 books — and 284 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jane Yolen's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library (1812–2016, 15 books), MagicQuest (1958–1985, 19 books) and Isabel the Witch (1964, 1 book), plus 18 more.

This guide splits Jane Yolen's 482 books into 25 named series and 284 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: How Do Dinosaurs...? (21 books, 2000–2024); MagicQuest (19 books, 1958–1985); The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library (15 books, 1812–2016); Commander Toad (7 books, 1980–1998); Fairy Tale Cookbooks (5 books, 2006–2009), plus 20 further series.