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ⓘ About Kathryn Lasky
One of the renowned and the most popular writers, Kathryn Lasky was born in huge area of grassland, which was indeed a very big house. The place, where she was brought up had a garage, and drive way for skating. Although, this place where she was born was not much hilly area but there was a pond at the bottom where Kathryn Lasky used to play in summer with her sister and friend. Her mother was very intelligent and honest. Most of the people would relate her mom to Greta Grobo, who was the most popular movie start of that time. She was the one, who convinced Kathryn Lasky to be a writer because she always thought that she was smart, hardworking, a good listener, and an attentive person. Her father was also very smart. He died in the age of ninety-one.
All Book Series by Kathryn Lasky
A Guide Book to the Great Tree
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2007 Co-authored · Kathryn Huang
Lost Tales of Ga'Hoole
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2010 Co-authored · Kathryn Huang
I Have an Aunt on Marlborough Street
Book 11 of 33 · published 1992 Co-authored · Susan Guevara
Hawksmaid: The Untold Story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian
Book 21 of 33 · published 2000
Traces of Life: The Origins of Humankind / Early Man
Book 7 of 22 · published 1990
Think Like an Eagle: At Work with a Wildlife Photographer
Book 9 of 22 · published 1992
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy
Book 12 of 22 · published 1997
Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker
Book 15 of 22 · published 2000
Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles
Book 17 of 22 · published 2001
Born in the Breezes: The Seafaring Life of Joshua Slocum
Book 18 of 22 · published 2001
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phyllis Wheatley, Slave Poet
Book 19 of 22 · published 2003
Silk and Venom: Searching for a Dangerous Spider
Book 21 of 22 · published 2011
I Have Four Names for My Grandfather
Series opener · book 1 of 32 · published 1976
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
Series opener · book 1 of 44 · published 1996 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
Book 2 of 44 · published 1996
Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart
Book 3 of 44 · published 1996 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
Book 4 of 44 · published 1997 Anthology · Joyce Hansen
A Picture Of Freedom
Book 5 of 44 · published 1997 Anthology · Patricia McKissack
Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
Book 6 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
Book 7 of 44 · published 1998
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
Book 8 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Jim Murphy
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
Book 9 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Mary Pope Osborne
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence
Book 10 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Sherry Garland
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912
Book 12 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Ellen Emerson White
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868
Book 13 of 44 · published 1999 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
My Heart is on the Ground
Book 14 of 44 · published 1999 Anthology · Ann Rinaldi
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
Book 15 of 44 · published 1999 Anthology · Ann Turner
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin
Book 16 of 44 · published 1999 Anthology · Karen Hesse
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North
Book 17 of 44 · published 2000 Anthology · Patricia McKissack
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
Book 18 of 44 · published 2000 Anthology · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941
Book 19 of 44 · published 2000 Anthology · Mary Pope Osborne
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938
Book 20 of 44 · published 2000 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932
Book 21 of 44 · published 2001
Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,
Book 22 of 44 · published 2001 Anthology · Sherry Garland
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849
Book 23 of 44 · published 2001 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881
Book 24 of 44 · published 2001 Anthology · Jim Murphy
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer
Book 25 of 44 · published 2002 Anthology · Beth Seidel Levine
My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck
Book 26 of 44 · published 2002
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917
Book 27 of 44 · published 2002
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Book 28 of 44 · published 2002 Anthology · Ellen Emerson White
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
Book 29 of 44 · published 2002 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935
Book 30 of 44 · published 2002 Anthology · Katelan Janke
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
Book 31 of 44 · published 2003 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson
Book 32 of 44 · published 2003 Anthology · Ann Turner
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota
Book 33 of 44 · published 2003 Anthology · Marion Dane Bauer
All the Stars in the Sky
Book 34 of 44 · published 2003 Anthology · Megan McDonald
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763
Book 35 of 44 · published 2004 Anthology · Patricia McKissack
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
Book 36 of 44 · published 2004 Anthology · Deborah Hopkinson
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
Book 37 of 44 · published 2004 Anthology · Lisa Rowe Fraustino
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941
Book 38 of 44 · published 2010 Anthology · Kirby Larson
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954
Book 41 of 44 · published 2011 Anthology · Andrea Davis Pinkney
Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880
Book 42 of 44 · published 2012 Anthology · Susan Patron
Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose
Book 43 of 44 · published 2013 Anthology · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906
Latest in the series · book 44 of 44 · published 2013 Anthology · Judy Blundell
The Journal of James Edmond Pease
Series opener · book 1 of 19 · published 1998 Anthology · Jim Murphy
The Journal of William Thomas Emerson
Book 2 of 19 · published 1998 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
The Journal of Joshua Loper
Book 3 of 19 · published 1999 Anthology · Walter Dean Myers
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins
Book 4 of 19 · published 1999 Anthology · Walter Dean Myers
The Journal of Ben Uchida
Book 5 of 19 · published 1999 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
The Journal of Sean Sullivan
Book 6 of 19 · published 1999 Anthology · William Durbin
The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce
Book 7 of 19 · published 2000 Anthology · Ann Rinaldi
The Journal of Otto Peltonen
Book 8 of 19 · published 2000 Anthology · William Durbin
The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds
Book 10 of 19 · published 2001 Anthology · Rodman Philbrick
The Journal of Biddy Owens
Book 11 of 19 · published 2001 Anthology · Walter Dean Myers
On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke
Book 12 of 19 · published 2001 Anthology · Joseph Bruchac
The Journal of C.J. Jackson
Book 13 of 19 · published 2002 Anthology · William Durbin
The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty
Book 14 of 19 · published 2002 Anthology · Ellen Emerson White
The Journal of Jedediah Barstow
Book 15 of 19 · published 2002 Anthology · Ellen Levine
The Journal of Finn Reardon
Book 16 of 19 · published 2003 Anthology · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The Journal of Brian Doyle
Book 18 of 19 · published 2004 Anthology · Jim Murphy
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung / Staking a Claim
Latest in the series · book 19 of 19 · published 2013 Anthology · Laurence Yep
The Titanic
Series opener · book 1 of 24 · published 1992 Anthology · Ellen Emerson White
Twentieth Century Girl
Book 5 of 24 · published 2001 Anthology · Carol Drinkwater
The Crystal Palace
Book 6 of 24 · published 2001 Anthology · Frances Mary Hendry
Sophie's Secret War
Book 13 of 24 · published 2009 Anthology · Jill Atkins
Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan
Book 21 of 24 · published 2020 Anthology · Sufiya Ahmed
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh
Book 23 of 24 · published 2022 Anthology · Sufiya Ahmed
Mary Prince
Latest in the series · book 24 of 24 · published 2022 Anthology · E.L. Norry
In Defense of Liberty
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2003 Anthology · Russell Freedman
York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark
Book 3 of 12 · published 2003 Anthology · Rhoda Blumberg
Secrets Of The Sphinx
Book 4 of 12 · published 2004 Anthology · James Cross Giblin
The Secret World of Walter Anderson
Book 6 of 12 · published 2009 Anthology · Hester Bass
The Right Word
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2014 Anthology · Jen Bryant
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile
Book 2 of 20 · published 1999 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor
Book 3 of 20 · published 1999 Co-authored · Kristiana Gregory
Isabel: Jewel of Castilla
Book 4 of 20 · published 2000 Anthology · Carolyn Meyer
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess
Book 6 of 20 · published 2000 Anthology · Carolyn Meyer
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets
Book 7 of 20 · published 2001 Anthology · Patricia Clark Smith
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South
Book 8 of 20 · published 2001 Anthology · Laurence Yep
Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia
Book 9 of 20 · published 2001 Anthology · Anna Kirwan
Sŏndŏk: Princess of the Moon and Stars
Book 10 of 20 · published 2002 Anthology · Sheri Holman
Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine
Book 11 of 20 · published 2002 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
Elisabeth: The Princess Bride
Book 14 of 20 · published 2003 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
Kristina: The Girl King
Book 15 of 20 · published 2003 Anthology · Carolyn Meyer
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba
Book 16 of 20 · published 2003 Anthology · Patricia McKissack
Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal
Book 17 of 20 · published 2004 Anthology · Anna Kirwan
Anacaona: Golden Flower
Book 19 of 20 · published 2005 Anthology · Edwidge Danticat
Catherine, The Great Journey
Latest in the series · book 20 of 20 · published 2006 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Kathryn Lasky?
One of the renowned and the most popular writers, Kathryn Lasky was born in huge area of grassland, which was indeed a very big house. The place, where she was brought up had a garage, and drive way for skating. Although, this place where she was born was not much hilly area but there was a pond at the bottom where Kathryn Lasky used to play in summer with her sister and friend.
Which Kathryn Lasky series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Calista Jacobs series, the earliest of Kathryn Lasky's multi-book series: it opens with Trace Elements (1986) and runs to 4 books across 1986–1996, ending with Dark Swan (1996). Kathryn Lasky's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Kathryn Lasky written?
Kathryn Lasky has 267 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1976 and 2026. 180 of them belong to 21 named series — the largest being the My Story series with 24 books — and 87 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Kathryn Lasky's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Kathryn Lasky's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Calista Jacobs (1986–1996, 4 books), Starbuck Family Adventures (1991–1993, 3 books) and My Story (1992–2022, 24 books), plus 16 more.
How are Kathryn Lasky's books organised into series?
This guide splits Kathryn Lasky's 267 books into 21 named series and 87 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: My Story (24 books, 1992–2022); The Royal Diaries (20 books, 1994–2006); My Name Is America (19 books, 1998–2013); Guardians Of Ga'Hoole (16 books, 2003–2013); Orbis Pictus Award (12 books, 2003–2014), plus 16 further series.