Cynthia C. DeFelice Books in Order

Cynthia C. DeFelice is a renowned author of acclaimed children's literature, known for her engaging novels and picture books that captivate young readers worldwide. Her notable works include the novels Wild Life, The Ghost of Cutler Creek, Signal, and The Missing Manatee, as well as the picture books One Potato, Two Potato and Casey in the Bath. DeFelice's writing has earned her prestigious nominations, including an Edgar Allan Poe Award, and listings among American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year. A lifelong book enthusiast, DeFelice draws inspiration from her childhood love of reading. As a child, she spent summer vacations browsing bookstores with her siblings, a tradition she cherishes to this day. A versatile professional, DeFelice has worked as a bookseller, painter, storyteller, and school librarian, each experience informing her writing. As an author, DeFelice is driven by the thrill of immersing herself in her characters' lives and the satisfaction of connecting with readers through her stories. With a deep passion for storytelling, DeFelice continues to craft compelling tales that resonate with readers of all ages. She resides in Geneva, New York, with her husband.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Cynthia C. DeFelice

  • #1
    Lottie & Lisa (By: Erich Kastner)(1952)
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  • #2
    Summerdog Comes Home (By: George Albert Zabriskie)(1980)
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  • #3
    A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher (By: Mike Thaler)(1981)
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  • #4
    Baseball Fever (By: Ray Cruz,Johanna Hurwitz)(1981)
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  • #5
    The Trouble with Tuck (By: Theodore Taylor)(1981)
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  • #6
    Irma and Jerry (By: George Selden)(1982)
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  • #7
    Basic Fun (By: Susan Drake Lipscomb,Margaret Ann Zusnich)(1982)
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  • #8
    Esp McGee (By: Edward Packard)(1983)
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  • #9
    Tunnel to Yesterday (By: Jerome Beatty Jr.)(1983)
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  • #10
    Bet You Can! Science Possibilities to Fool You (By: Vicki Cobb)(1983)
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  • #11
    Rich Mitch (By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)(1983)
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  • #12
    Summerdog (By: Thom Roberts)(1983)
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  • #13
    Bet You Can't! (By: Kathy Darling,Vicki Cobb)(1983)
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  • #14
    The Earth is Flat--And Other Great Mistakes (By: Laurence Pringle)(1983)
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  • #15
    Behind the Attic Wall (By: Sylvia Cassedy)(1983)
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  • #16
    Peggy Fleming: Portrait of an Iceskater (By: Bruce Curtis,Stephanie Young)(1984)
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  • #17
    Gremlins (By: George Gipe)(1984)
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  • #18
    Maura's Angel (By: Lynne Reid Banks)(1984)
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  • #19
    The Jellyfish Season (By: Mary Downing Hahn)(1985)
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  • #20
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Book 1 (By: Andrew Glass,Catherine Edwards Sadler)(1985)
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  • #21
    Get Rich Mitch! (By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)(1985)
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  • #22
    Mystery of the Melted Diamonds (By: Carol Farley)(1986)
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  • #23
    Ukrainian Egg Mystery (By: George E. Stanley)(1986)
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  • #24
    Moroccan Mystery (By: Thomas McKean)(1986)
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  • #25
    Ralph Fozbek and the Amazing Black Hole Patrol (By: Steve Senn)(1986)
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  • #26
    Flash Fry, Private Eye (By: Tim Schoch)(1986)
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  • #27
    The Anti-Peggy Plot (By: Thomas McKean)(1986)
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  • #28
    Best Joke Book for Kids 2 (By: Joan Eckstein)(1987)
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  • #29
    The Codebreaker Kids (By: George E. Stanley)(1987)
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  • #30
    Summer Camp Creeps (By: Tim Schoch)(1987)
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  • #31
    The Case of the Lost Look-Alike (By: Carol Farley)(1988)
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  • #32
    Breezy (By: Leda Blumberg)(1988)
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  • #33
    Racing the Sun (By: Paul Pitts)(1988)
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  • #34
    Anne Frank (By: Johanna Hurwitz)(1989)
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  • #35
    The Case of the Vanishing Villain (By: Carol Farley)(1990)
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  • #36
    Something Upstairs (By: C.S. Adler)(1990)
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  • #37
    Ghost Brother (By: C.S. Adler)(1990)
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  • #38
    A Haunting in Williamsburg (By: Lou Kassem)(1990)
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  • #39
    The Best Ever Kids' Book of Lists (By: Eugenie Allen)(1991)
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  • #40
    Ask Me Anything About the Presidents (By: Louis Phillips)(1992)
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  • #41
    The Adventures of King Midas (By: Lynne Reid Banks)(1992)
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  • #42
    Tons of Trash (By: Joan Rattner Heilman)(1992)
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  • #43
    Maria, a Christmas Story (By: Theodore Taylor)(1992)
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  • #44
    How to Travel Through Time (By: James M. Deem)(1993)
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  • #45
    Lucie Babbidge's House (By: Sylvia Cassedy)(1993)
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  • #46
    Beardance (By: Will Hobbs)(1993)
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  • #47
    Christmas Countdown (By: Steve Englehart)(1993)
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  • #48
    Miss Yonkers Goes Bonkers (By: Mike Thaler)(1994)
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  • #49
    The Mummy's Curse (By: Daniel Cohen)(1994)
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  • #50
    Lemonade Days (By: Susan Kirby)(1994)
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  • #51
    Super Snoop Sam Snout and the Case of the Missing Marble (By: Anne C. Lemieux)(1994)
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  • #52
    Main Street (By: Susan Kirby)(1994)
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  • #53
    Comet Luck (By: Madge Harrah)(1994)
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  • #54
    Home Front Hero (By: Susan Kirby)(1994)
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  • #55
    Ali Baba Bernstein, Lost and Found (By: Johanna Hurwitz)(1995)
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  • #56
    Kwanzaa (By: Mildred Pitts Walter)(1995)
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  • #57
    Goodbye, Desert Rose (By: Susan Kirby)(1995)
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  • #58
    Vampire Mom (By: Don Whittington)(1995)
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  • #59
    My Own Two Feet (By: Beverly Cleary)(1995)
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  • #60
    Spookhouse (By: Don Whittington)(1995)
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  • #61
    Harry the Poisonous Centipede (By: Lynne Reid Banks)(1996)
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  • #62
    Going for the Gold: Shannon Miller (By: Septima Green)(1996)
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  • #63
    Four Perfect Pebbles (By: Lila Perl,Marion Blumenthal Lazan)(1996)
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  • #64
    Zombie Queen (By: Don Whittington)(1996)
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  • #65
    Freak Show (By: Don Whittington)(1996)
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  • #66
    Going to Net (By: Various)(1996)
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  • #67
    Tracks in the Snow (By: Lucy Jane Bledsoe)(1997)
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  • #68
    Danger Along the Ohio (By: Patricia Willis)(1997)
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  • #69
    Lasting Echoes (By: Joseph Bruchac)(1997)
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  • #70
    Night of the Chupacabras (By: Marie G. Lee)(1998)
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  • #71
    As Ever, Gordy (By: Mary Downing Hahn)(1998)
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  • #72
    No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War (By: Anita Lobel)(1998)
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  • #73
    Becoming Felix (By: Nancy Hope Wilson)(1998)
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  • #74
    Breakaway (By: Kimberley Griffiths Little)(1998)
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  • #75
    Mischief, Mad Mary, and Me (By: Dawn Knight)(1998)
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  • #76
    It's In Your Hands, Daisy P. Duckwitz (By: Jacqueline Shannon)(1998)
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  • #77
    Leaving Summer (By: Donal Harding)(1998)
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  • #78
    Flea Circus Summer (By: Cheryl Ware)(1998)
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  • #79
    Calling Me Home (By: Patricia Hermes)(1998)
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  • #80
    The Pizza That Time Forgot (By: William DeAndrea,Matthew Deandrea)(1999)
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  • #81
    Love Me, Love My Broccoli (By: Julie Anne Peters)(1999)
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  • #82
    Get on the Net (By: Robert Pondiscio)(1999)
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  • #83
    Don't Try This at Home! (By: Vicki Cobb)(1999)
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  • #84
    Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters (By: Bruce Coville)(1999)
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  • #85
    A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights (By: Kathleen Krull)(1999)
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  • #86
    Bruce Coville's Alien Visitors (By: Bruce Coville)(1999)
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  • #87
    Green Mango Magic (By: Sylvie Hossack)(1999)
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  • #88
    All the Answers (By: Anne C. Lemieux)(2000)
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  • #89
    Can of Worms (By: Kathy MacKel)(2000)
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  • #90
    Orphan Journey Home (By: Liza Ketchum)(2000)
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  • #91
    Bearstone (By: Will Hobbs)(2000)
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  • #92
    Alice-by-Accident (By: Lynne Reid Banks)(2000)
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  • #93
    Death at Devil's Bridge(2000)
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  • #94
    Alice By Accident (By: Lynne Reid Banks)(2003)
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  • #1
    When Grampa Kissed His Elbow(1992)
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  • #2
    Mule Eggs(1994)
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  • #3
    Three Perfect Peaches (With: Mary De Marsh)(1995)
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  • #4
    Casey in the Bath(1996)
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  • #5
    Willy's Silly Grandma(1997)
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  • #6
    Clever Crow(1998)
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  • #7
    The Real, True Dulcie Campbell(2002)
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  • #8
    Old Granny and the Bean Thief(2003)
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  • #9
    One Potato, Two Potato(2006)
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  • #10
    Nelly May Has Her Say(2013)
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  • #1
    Devil's Bridge(1994)
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  • #2
    Death at Devil's Bridge(2000)
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  • #1
    The Ghost of Fossil Glen(1998)
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  • #2
    The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs(2001)
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  • #3
    The Ghost of Cutler Creek(2004)
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  • #4
    The Ghost of Poplar Point(2007)
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  • #1
    The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter(1988)
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  • #2
    The Dancing Skeleton(1989)
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  • #3
    The Light on Hogback Hill(1993)
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  • #4
    Lostman's River(1994)
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  • #5
    The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker(1996)
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  • #6
    Nowhere to Call Home(1999)
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  • #7
    Cold Feet(2000)
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  • #8
    Under the Same Sky(2003)
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  • #9
    The Missing Manatee(2005)
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  • #10
    Signal(2009)
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  • #11
    Wild Life(2011)
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  • #12
    Fort(2015)
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About Cynthia C. DeFelice

Cynthia C. DeFelice is a renowned author of acclaimed children's literature, known for her engaging novels and picture books that captivate young readers worldwide. Her notable works include the novels Wild Life, The Ghost of Cutler Creek, Signal, and The Missing Manatee, as well as the picture books One Potato, Two Potato and Casey in the Bath. DeFelice's writing has earned her prestigious nominations, including an Edgar Allan Poe Award, and listings among American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year. A lifelong book enthusiast, DeFelice draws inspiration from her childhood love of reading. As a child, she spent summer vacations browsing bookstores with her siblings, a tradition she cherishes to this day. A versatile professional, DeFelice has worked as a bookseller, painter, storyteller, and school librarian, each experience informing her writing. As an author, DeFelice is driven by the thrill of immersing herself in her characters' lives and the satisfaction of connecting with readers through her stories. With a deep passion for storytelling, DeFelice continues to craft compelling tales that resonate with readers of all ages. She resides in Geneva, New York, with her husband.

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