September 2009

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Cover of Meet the Monsters by Jane Yolen and Heidi E Y Stemple

Meet the Monsters

I was called by the editor at Walker who wanted a picture book on monsters. “Only if I can write it with my daughter,” I said. She was delighted and so Heidi got to work on her first book. We divided up the monsters (I got Nessie and the golem as I recall)

Cover of Milk and Honey by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple

Milk and Honey

A compendium of songs, stories, poems and information about the Jewish holidays. The poems are all original, and the stories are all retellings, geared to individual holidays. Adam arranged the music for the traditional songs. Great reviews–and great for holiday giving!

Cover of The Musicians of Bremen by Jane Yolen

Musicians of Bremen, The

A retelling of the famous old German (Grimms) story, this was published as a pair with “Little Mouse & Elephant.” It was an ABA Pick of the List book and a Parent’s Magazine Best Book.

Cover of Little Mouse and Elephant by Jane Yolen

Little Mouse and Elephant

A small picture book retelling of a Turkish story. Segal’s quirky illustrations are perfect. Published as a pair with The Musicians of Bremen.

Cover of Xanadu 3 Edited by Jane Yolen

Xanadu 3

The third of a series of the best original adult fantasy short stories and poems, including one of my own poems in each volume. Martin H. Greenberg and I sold the book together, but only my name appears on the cover because I edited the book.

Cover of The Wild Hunt by Jane Yolen

Wild Hunt, The

Another dream-inspired book, this adventure with two very different boys, an enchanted house, a talking white cat, a bumptious dog, and the Wild Hunt itself, is really a gloss on the entire genre of fantasy. It may be the most seriously weird book I have ever written.

Cover of Water Music by Jane Yolen and Jason Stemple

Water Music

Though technically Jason’s second book, after “A Letter from Phoenix Farm,” it’s his first book of the heart. He and I found a number of water images he’d already shot in the Colorado mountains, and he then took off across country to California to

Cover of Among Angels by Jane Yolen and Nancy Willard

Among Angels

This book of adult poems about angels resulted from a three year correspondence Nancy Willard and I had, sending poems back and forth. Some of the poems–like “Angel in Winter” and “Angel in Summer” are easy to see paired. But others are

Cover of Ballad of the Pirate Queens by Jane Yolen

Ballad of the Pirate Queens, The

My editor Bonnie Verberg called and said that David Shannon–with whom I had just done ENCOUNTER–was dying to do a new book with me. (And I him!) She said he was fascinated by pirates and she had suggested women pirates. Did I know if there were any?

Cover of The Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Book by Jane Yolen

Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Book, The

This book of rhymes is a follow-up to “Three Bears Rhyme Book” and “Baby Bear’s Bedtime Book” and covers 16 holidays (though Christmas and Chanukah are in one poem.) They include New Year’s, Groundhog Day, Valentine’s, St. Patrick’s,