Emily Jenkins Books in Order

These essays explore the body through experiences ranging from ordinary routines to unsettling experiments. Jenkins examines sensations, temptation, and fear in encounters that include dental visits, clothing, shaving her head, and drug use, connecting physical experience with self-perception.

A young narrator sorts the five members of her household by their shared traits and differing preferences. Three people and two cats form changing groups based on size, appearance, and habits, turning everyday family life into an exercise in observation.

Eight-year-old Vanessa Brick navigates an unconventional Cambridge school and a household shaped by 1970s adult upheaval. When her best friend withdraws after a frightening encounter, Vanessa faces playground politics and a school writing project with increasingly chaotic results.

Daffodil dislikes the yellow dress assigned to her while her identical sisters wear colors she prefers. Her protest raises questions about fairness and individuality, revealing that the three girls' similar appearances conceal distinctly different tastes.

Alberta lists the things she loves and the things she dislikes, from animals and foods to colors and everyday objects. The resulting guessing game asks readers to discover her greatest favorite while exploring how preferences help express personality.

Dogs FudgeFudge and Marshmallow are unimpressed by the new baby in their home. Its unfamiliar smell and demands on their people's attention leave them jealous and confused as they adjust to an arrival that appears determined to stay.

HaHa cannot understand why Bea wants to hug a blanket. As the friends explore its comforting qualities together, this board book follows a small disagreement toward shared understanding, using simple language and familiar objects from early childhood.

A mother reassures her child that love persists through whining, interruptions, messes, and difficult behavior. Everyday preschool mishaps provide the examples in a picture book that acknowledges parental frustration while affirming affection without requiring perfect conduct.

Bea and HaHa discover that a bagel becomes more enjoyable when shared with a friend. This board book uses their contrasting personalities and a familiar snack to explore cooperation through a simple episode suited to very young listeners.

Hippo Bea and ferret HaHa explore making music together despite their different personalities. Repeated refrains and bright illustrations follow the friends through a familiar childhood activity, presenting cooperation as part of the pleasure of creating sounds.

Lumphy the buffalo, StingRay, and Plastic live in a little girl's bedroom and ponder the mysteries of their world. Linked adventures explore friendship, identity, dirt, and water as the toys try to understand experiences beyond their comfortable home.

Bea and HaHa discover the value of having a friend nearby when getting down proves harder than going up. Simple repeated phrases and illustrations turn their predicament into a board-book story about friendship and practical help.

Tired of being confused with her identical sisters, Daffodil wears a homemade crocodile head and embraces noisy, messy play. Her new identity makes her unmistakable, but its fragile construction challenges her determination to escape other people's expectations.

A preschool girl describes a Wednesday through the events that matter to her, rather than clock time. Walks, food, swimming, library visits, and family routines create a sensory portrait of her Brooklyn neighborhood and the rhythms of childhood.

Dumpling is an obedient dog whose lack of smell makes friendships with other dogs difficult. After moving to the country, she befriends a skunk, forcing her to choose between her people's instructions and the companionship she has finally found.

A young girl notices people who seem intimidating at school and around her neighborhood. Imagining their quieter, kinder lives beyond those first impressions helps her consider that unfamiliar behavior and appearance may hide ordinary affection, hobbies, and family connections.

Lumphy, StingRay, and Plastic find themselves left behind as their girl grows interested in other toys and sleepovers. Their linked adventures include a blizzard, a rescue from the vacuum, and a dance party, testing their friendship amid change.

Leo adopts a stray kitten and offers her his treasured birthday cake, but Sugar refuses it. His neighbors suggest ways to persuade her, leaving Leo increasingly frustrated as he learns that a cat's tastes differ from his own.

Hank Wolowitz starts fourth grade missing his best friend and facing a bully. After rescuing an invisible creature called Inkling from a neighbor's dog, he gains an unusual companion whose promises of help bring both comfort and complications.

Creatures ranging from tiny to enormous introduce relative size, grouping, and measurement. Their comparisons show that descriptions depend on what is being compared, while a large foldout extends the picture book's playful exploration of scale.

Six linked stories reveal how Lumphy, StingRay, and Plastic came to live with their girl. Their early experiences introduce the household's toys and mishaps, tracing the origins of friendships that later shape Toys Go Out and Toy Dance Party.

Hank usually dreads Halloween because his sister enjoys frightening him, but Inkling loves the season's pumpkins. Keeping his invisible friend's appetite away from neighborhood jack-o'-lanterns becomes another problem alongside costumes, family teasing, and Hank's wish for revenge.

Pauline and John-John open a lemonade stand despite the winter weather, offering several citrus drinks to passing customers. Their preparations and sales introduce counting coins, spending money, and earning it, as enthusiasm meets the practical challenges of running a business.

A whoopie-pie truck parks outside Hank's family's ice-cream shop and starts taking its customers. Hank and his invisible friend Inkling devise increasingly unusual ways to fight back, from costumes to kindness, determined to protect the family business.

A city park changes from early morning to an evening rainstorm as people and animals gather around water. Ponds, sprinklers, drinking fountains, and puddles connect their activities, creating a day-long portrait of summer recreation and neighborhood life.

Four families prepare blackberry fool across four centuries, beginning in England and continuing through American households. Changing tools, social circumstances, and family roles accompany the same dessert, with historical notes and a recipe extending the book's comparisons.

A boy discusses frightening things with his two dogs, including witches, swimming pools, and the dark. Their different reactions bring humor to the conversation and help him consider bravery, reassurance, and the fears even confident companions may have.

With their girl away for winter vacation, Lumphy, StingRay, and Plastic venture outside to investigate snow. Their contrasting explanations and reactions turn a snowy landscape into an adventure in curiosity, play, and discovering something unfamiliar together.

Best friends Tiger and Badger quarrel over toys, seating, and shared snacks. Their playful day moves between selfishness, hurt feelings, and reconciliation, showing how friendship includes disagreements and the effort to reconnect after a difficult moment.

A greyhound and a groundhog meet and begin racing in circles together. Rapid wordplay follows their increasingly exuberant movements, pairing similar-sounding animal names with illustrations of energetic play as their unlikely friendship gathers speed.

Seven familiar fairy tales unfold in a frozen forest populated by lonely princesses, witches and enchanted creatures. Emily Jenkins’s retellings explore the emotions behind their dangers and transformations, finding humor and tenderness within old stories.

Romy feels dissatisfied with her ordinary day and asks Lady Cat to take her to Princessland. Their walk through town becomes an imaginative journey as Romy describes the royal world she wishes to visit and finds inspiration in everyday sights.

In 1912 New York, Gertie longs to help her family prepare for Hanukkah but is considered too young to make latkes. Her frustration unfolds amid the holiday's sounds and smells as she searches for a role in the celebration.

Harry Bergen-Murphy enters first grade with excitement and nerves. Across one hundred school days, he navigates friendships, a bully, classroom activities, and an intimidating guinea pig, while the approaching hundredth-day project adds another challenge to his new routine.

Four sixth graders and their dogs cross paths at a city dog park over a June weekend. A missing pet, a concealed mistake and unfamiliar surroundings create misunderstandings that change the children’s friendships and lives.