Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator Books in Order
97
Books
1843
First Book
2023
Latest Book
181
Years
Below you'll find the complete list of Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
1
Tales from Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney,Lila Green) (0)
Buy on Amazon1843
2
Tales from Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney,Lila Green)
Buy on Amazon0
3
The Ugly Duckling (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon0
4
The Little Match Girl (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon0
5
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon0
6
Early Autumn (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1927
7
The Flowering of New England (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1936
8
Lolita (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1955
9
Rabbit, Run (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1960
10
The Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney,Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
Buy on Amazon1964
11
The Year Around Book (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1965
12
This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School (By: Jerry Pinkney,Adeline McCall)
Buy on Amazon1965
13
The Traveling Frog (By: Jerry Pinkney,V. M. Garshin)
Buy on Amazon1966
14
A Book of Shapes & Sizes (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1966
15
The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India (By: Jerry Pinkney,John W. Spellman)
Buy on Amazon1967
16
Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1967
17
The Clock Museum (By: Jerry Pinkney,Ken. Sobol)
Buy on Amazon1967
18
Folktales and Fairytales of Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney,Lila Green)
Buy on Amazon1967
19
Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets (By: Jerry Pinkney,Ralph Alan Dale)
Buy on Amazon1968
20
Kostas the Rooster (By: Jerry Pinkney,Traudl)
Buy on Amazon1968
21
The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1969
22
Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish. (By: Jerry Pinkney,Thelma. Shaw)
Buy on Amazon1969
23
Babushka and the Pig (By: Jerry Pinkney,Ann Trofimuk)
Buy on Amazon1969
24
The Porcupine and the Tiger (By: Jerry Pinkney,Fern Powell)
Buy on Amazon1970
25
Cora Annett's Homerhenry (By: Jerry Pinkney,Cora Annett)
Buy on Amazon1970
26
The King's Ditch (By: Jerry Pinkney,Francine Jacobs)
Buy on Amazon1971
27
The Planet of Junior Brown (By: Jerry Pinkney,Virginia Hamilton)
Buy on Amazon1971
28
Femi and Old Grandaddie (By: Jerry Pinkney,Adjai Robinson)
Buy on Amazon1972
29
JD (By: Jerry Pinkney,Mari Evans)
Buy on Amazon1973
30
Kasho and the Twin Flutes. (By: Jerry Pinkney,Adjai Robinson)
Buy on Amazon1973
31
Prince Littlefoot (By: Jerry Pinkney,Berniece Freschet)
Buy on Amazon1973
32
Mickey and Minny (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1973
33
The Great Minu (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1974
34
Roots of Time (By: Jerry Pinkney,Elliott P. Skinner)
Buy on Amazon1974
35
Song of the Trees (By: Jerry Pinkney,Mildred D. Taylor)
Buy on Amazon1975
36
Wuthering Heights (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1975
37
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (By: Jerry Pinkney,Mildred D. Taylor)
Buy on Amazon1975
38
Yagua Days (By: Jerry Pinkney,Cruz Martel)
Buy on Amazon1976
39
Gulliver's Travels (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1977
40
Selected plays (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1977
41
Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles (By: Jerry Pinkney,Verna Aardema)
Buy on Amazon1978
42
History of Tom Jones a Founding (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1978
43
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir (By: Jerry Pinkney,Eloise Greenfield,Lessie Jones Little)
Buy on Amazon1979
44
Tonweya and the Eagles (By: Jerry Pinkney,Rosebud Yellow Robe)
Buy on Amazon1979
45
These Thirteen (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1979
46
More Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney,Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
Buy on Amazon1980
47
Count on Your Fingers African Style (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1980
48
The Covenant (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1980
49
Jahdu (By: Jerry Pinkney,Virginia Hamilton)
Buy on Amazon1980
50
Rabbit Redux (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1981
51
Monster Myths of Ancient Greece (By: Jerry Pinkney,William A. Wise)
Buy on Amazon1981
52
Apples On A Stick (By: Jerry Pinkney,Barbara Michels,Bettye White)
Buy on Amazon1983
53
The Patchwork Quilt (By: Jerry Pinkney,Valerie Flournoy)
Buy on Amazon1985
54
Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (By: Jerry Pinkney,Nancy White Carlstrom)
Buy on Amazon1987
55
Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea (By: National Geographic Society,Jerry Pinkney,Jane Heath Buxton)
Buy on Amazon1987
56
Mirandy and Brother Wind (By: Jerry Pinkney,Patricia McKissack)
Buy on Amazon1988
57
The Green Lion of Zion Street (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julia Fields)
Buy on Amazon1988
58
More Tales of Uncle Remus (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)
Buy on Amazon1988
59
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion (By: Jerry Pinkney,Verna Aardema)
Buy on Amazon1989
60
The Talking Eggs (By: Jerry Pinkney,Robert D. San Souci)
Buy on Amazon1989
61
Turtle in July (By: Jerry Pinkney,Marilyn Singer)
Buy on Amazon1989
62
Pretend You're a Cat (By: Jerry Pinkney,Jean Marzollo)
Buy on Amazon1990
63
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket (By: Jerry Pinkney,Sonia Levitin)
Buy on Amazon1991
64
Their Eyes Were Watching God (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1991
65
David's Songs (By: Jerry Pinkney,Colin Eisler)
Buy on Amazon1992
66
Back Home (By: Jerry Pinkney,Gloria Jean Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1992
67
Drylongso (By: Jerry Pinkney,Virginia Hamilton)
Buy on Amazon1992
68
A Starlit Somersault Downhill (By: Jerry Pinkney,Nancy Willard)
Buy on Amazon1993
69
I Want to Be (By: Jerry Pinkney,Thylias Moss)
Buy on Amazon1993
70
New Shoes for Silvia (By: Jerry Pinkney,Johanna Hurwitz)
Buy on Amazon1993
71
The Sunday Outing (By: Jerry Pinkney,Gloria Jean Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1994
72
John Henry (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)
Buy on Amazon1994
73
The Jungle Book (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon1995
74
Tanya's Reunion (By: Jerry Pinkney,Valerie Flournoy)
Buy on Amazon1995
75
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (By: Jerry Pinkney,Alan Schroeder)
Buy on Amazon1996
76
Sam and the Tigers (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)
Buy on Amazon1996
77
The Hired Hand (By: Jerry Pinkney,Robert D. San Souci)
Buy on Amazon1997
78
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)
Buy on Amazon1998
79
Journeys with Elijah (By: Jerry Pinkney,Barbara Diamond Goldin)
Buy on Amazon1999
80
Aesop's Fables (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon2000
81
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)
Buy on Amazon2000
82
Goin' Someplace Special (By: Jerry Pinkney,Patricia McKissack)
Buy on Amazon2001
83
Noah's Ark (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon2002
84
The Nightingale (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon2002
85
The Old African (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)
Buy on Amazon2005
86
Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me (By: Jerry Pinkney,Ann Grifalconi)
Buy on Amazon2007
87
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll (By: Jerry Pinkney,Patricia McKissack)
Buy on Amazon2007
88
Sweethearts of Rhythm (By: Marilyn Nelson)
Buy on Amazon2009
89
A Starlit Snowfall (By: Jerry Pinkney,Nancy Willard)
Buy on Amazon2011
90
The First Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney,Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
Buy on Amazon2012
91
The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales (By: Jerry Pinkney,Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
Buy on Amazon2012
92
In Plain Sight (By: Jerry Pinkney,RichardJackson)
Buy on Amazon2016
93
The Christmas Boot (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon2016
94
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation (By: Jerry Pinkney,Barry Wittenstein)
Buy on Amazon2018
95
A Home in the Barn (By: Margaret Wise Brown,Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon2018
96
The Little Mermaid (By: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon2020
97
A Walk in the Woods (With: Jerry Pinkney)
Buy on Amazon2023
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator series is publication order: 1. Tales from Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney,Lila Green) (0) (1843), 2. Tales from Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney,Lila Green), 3. The Ugly Duckling (By: Jerry Pinkney), 4. The Little Match Girl (By: Jerry Pinkney), 5. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (By: Jerry Pinkney), and 92 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
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