Jane O’Connor Books in Order

Abby's plans for summer camp fall apart when her best friend breaks an ankle before departure. Left to face Camp Pinecrest alone, she struggles with homesickness, difficult bunkmates, and worries about whether their friendship will survive.

Strange pink spacecraft approach Earth in this branching adventure about aliens who need bubble gum to survive. Following the mysterious newsstand seller Iggy, readers make choices and solve puzzles that guide their path through the story.

Lulu resents the attention her baby sister receives, even when she makes a mess. A magical brew makes Witch Baby disappear, leaving Lulu to worry about her mother's reaction and find a way to bring her back.

A tiny woman brings home a bone she finds on a grave, only to hear a ghost demanding its return. This retelling of a traditional tale turns her small discovery into an increasingly unsettling disturbance.

Lulu likes her teacher and looks forward to learning witchcraft, but another pupil seems better at everything. Sandy Witch's successes make school frustrating as Lulu struggles with jealousy and finding her own place in the classroom.

Four boys at Camp Tall Pines hear that their tent is haunted by a pirate's ghost. Mysterious events draw Jed, Arthur, Hal, and Danny into a search for buried treasure hidden somewhere around their camp.

Everyone in Pee Wee is smaller than a toothpick, so a dragonfly becomes a terrifying enemy. When Lady Teena is carried away, tiny knight Sir Small rides his ant into a rescue adventure against an oversized threat.

Beth admires Molly's fearless response to bugs and bullies, wishing she could be equally brave. An overnight visit to Molly's country home brings an unexpected test when the girls become lost in a cornfield together.

Danny and Jed compete on a children's television game show, hoping to win new skateboards. Wrong answers bring sprays of whipped cream, making their appearance a messy test of nerves, knowledge, and the friendship between them.

An egg left by visiting space chickens hatches into Cluck Cluck, whom ordinary hens adopt. His strength seems more obvious than his intelligence, until a rat begins stealing eggs and gives him a chance to prove himself.

Amy expects a successful outing with her Brownie Girl Scout troop, but illness disrupts the camp-out. Worried that being sick will cost her popularity, she faces uncertainty about how the other girls will see her.

Corrie feels lonely as the new student at school until she joins a Brownie Girl Scout troop. New friendships and adventures offer a chance to belong, with instructions for making a friendship bracelet included in the book.

Marsha struggles to make decisions, but this choice is especially difficult: attend a sick child's birthday party or meet a famous ballerina. Her Brownie friends help her think through what matters and decide where to go.

Nina is delighted to play a butterfly in her dance show, until she realizes everyone has the same costume. She worries her mother won't recognize her among the performers, and an unexpected accident complicates her preparations.

Sarah has an idea she thinks could help her Brownie Girl Scout troop, but sharing it feels frightening. Her shyness and worries about her friends' reactions stand between her and the courage to speak up.

Lauren looks forward to welcoming a new baby into her family, but her best friend Marsha feels differently. Worried that the arrival will change their friendship, Marsha struggles with a development Lauren is eager to celebrate.

Corrie is paired with the smartest girl in her second-grade class for a Brownie Thinking Day project. Working together challenges her ideas about friendship and whether two girls who seem different can become good friends.

With a new pair of skates, Kate imagines performing the spins and tricks she has watched on television. Trying them herself brings a different challenge as she discovers the gap between watching skating and doing it.

A boy finds a shiny penny and decides it will bring good luck. His wishes begin coming true in unexpected ways, turning what seemed a lucky discovery into a worrying lesson about wanting things too quickly.

Benny blows an enormous bubble that floats away on a trip around his neighborhood. Simple words and picture clues follow its journey, with flash cards included to help beginning readers connect the story's pictures and vocabulary.

A boy's holiday in a Welsh town grows strange when he finds no other boys around and smells smoke everywhere. An old man's warnings suggest a dragon may be responsible and could soon wake up.

Nina is chosen to play a star in her class dance show, but her friends misunderstand what that means. Their belief that she is the show's leading performer leaves her facing an awkward conversation about the truth.

A friendly new girl joins Nina's dance class, sharing both her name and a habit of copying her. Nina must work out how to handle the imitation without letting her annoyance take over their time together.

This illustrated beginning reader visits a city where snails set the pace of everyday life. Slow travel, meals, and mail turn familiar urban routines into jokes, giving young readers a town to explore through simple language.

Class Picture Day is approaching, and Robby worries that he is the only pupil who hasn't lost a baby tooth. Hoping for help before the photograph, he turns to the Tooth Fairy for expert advice.

Keesia chooses Henri Matisse for her school report because they share a birthday. Through reproductions and her own artwork, she explores his paintings, sculpture, and cut-paper creations, introducing young readers to his life and changing techniques.

Farmers digging a well in China uncover a clay soldier, beginning the discovery of an enormous buried army. Photographs and historical explanation explore the terracotta figures, their excavation, and the emperor who ordered them made.

Claire's new baby sister draws her to Mary Cassatt's paintings of mothers and children. Her school report combines reproductions and illustrations to explore an American artist's life in France and determination to pursue a professional career.

A boy hoping for a birthday puppy investigates dogs belonging to friends and relatives. Their different breeds and habits help him consider the right companion, while the book introduces basic ideas about care and training.

The White House's walls narrate stories about the presidents and families who lived inside them. Unusual pets, crowded parties, household mishaps, and renovations give children a glimpse of private life within America's most familiar official home.

Two spooky stories pair an increasingly hungry birthday plant with a strange Welsh town that smells of smoke. Fly Trap and Dragon Breath turn ordinary experiences into unsettling encounters with creatures that may pose unexpected dangers.

Nancy loves elaborate clothes, decorations, and words, but her family's ordinary habits disappoint her. Determined to share her enthusiasm, she teaches them how to be fancy and prepares everyone for a dressed-up outing together.

The prince of Itty Bitty City has disappeared, and the queen fears a sea monster has taken him. Tiny knight Sir Small sets off with his ant to tackle a danger much larger than himself.

A miniature family inside a snow globe longs for enough snow to go sledding. Only a baby in the larger household notices them, but reaching the globe to give it a shake presents a problem.

After a disastrous editing mistake, Rannie Bookman gives tours at her children's private school. When its admissions director is murdered and her son becomes a suspect, she turns her attention to finding the real killer.

Nancy wants a delicate papillon when her family decides to get a dog, but everyone else prefers a larger, plainer pet. Their search challenges her ideas about appearances and what makes a companion special.

This reusable sticker book invites readers to help Nancy organize a tea party. Dresses, treats, and decorative details let children add their own touches to the pages as they explore her enthusiasm for making everyday things fancy.

This gift edition packages the original Fancy Nancy story with a boa, stickers, and a tiara. Nancy's campaign to teach her family about fancy living comes with accessories that invite readers to dress up alongside her.

A little girl can leap, twirl, and skate, but skipping seems impossible no matter how hard she tries. Her mother's simple advice offers a new way to approach the movement and turn frustration into confidence.

Nancy eagerly anticipates Bree's butterfly birthday party, only to learn it clashes with her grandparents' anniversary celebration. Furious at missing the fun, she must face disappointment and consider whether a family outing can offer its own surprises.

Nancy is delighted when a new classmate arrives from Paris, imagining someone who shares her love of everything fancy. Meeting the boy challenges those expectations and gives her a chance to look beyond first impressions.

Nancy can't wait for Bree's butterfly birthday party, but her grandparents' anniversary celebration falls on the same day. Upset at missing her friend's festivities, she must face disappointment and give a different family outing a chance.

Nancy dresses up for her class trip to the museum, determined to make the occasion special. A bumpy bus ride leaves her feeling sick, and her teacher's kindness becomes essential to rescuing the day she anticipated.

Nancy loves stars and knows the constellations, so a class visit to the planetarium seems perfect. Rain threatens her plans, leaving her to cope with disappointment and find another way to enjoy her interest in space.

Nancy brings her love of sparkles, accessories, and elaborate outfits to a reusable sticker book. Readers join her fashion parade by arranging stickers and experimenting with the decorative details that make her clothing feel special.

Nancy introduces favorite words from A to Z, pairing definitions with examples that reflect her love of fanciness. This illustrated vocabulary guide lets readers explore expressive alternatives to everyday language, with a glossary for reference.

Nancy shares practical ways to add decorative touches to hair, dolls, and party invitations. Packaged with accessories in a carryall, this activity gift set invites readers to try her ideas and create their own fancy looks.

Nancy picks flowers for her teacher's surprise party, confident she knows how to avoid poison ivy. An itchy surprise tests that confidence and shows that even someone who considers herself an expert can still have things to learn.

Nancy and Bree form an Explorers' Club to investigate flowers, trees, birds, and butterflies. Their outdoor discoveries come with activities, including bird feeders and lemonade, inviting readers to share their curiosity about the natural world.

Nancy sees Halloween as a chance for everyone to dress up, including her usually plain parents. This holiday storybook includes stickers, bringing readers into her enthusiasm for costumes and the creative possibilities of the celebration.

A valentine arrives for Nancy from someone who hasn't signed a name, turning the holiday into a mystery. She must work out who sent the message while enjoying the surprises that come with Valentine's Day.

This sticker collection gathers Nancy's favorite outfits, treats, people, and places. Readers can arrange the images on marked pages or decorate their own belongings, using her love of fancy details as a starting point for creative play.

Nancy and Bree take charge of decorating for an Easter party, a bigger task than it first appears. Lift-the-flap pages reveal surprises as readers follow the friends' efforts to make their holiday gathering feel special.

Nancy and Bree become paper dolls in a dress-up activity book featuring outfits and decorative stickers. Readers choose clothing combinations and add accessories, taking an active part in the friends' enthusiasm for personal style and creative play.

Nancy wears an elegant nightgown for Pajama Day, expecting a wonderful time at school. When Bree and Clara arrive in matching pajamas, she feels excluded and must figure out how to enjoy the day despite her disappointment.

Nancy eagerly awaits decorating the Christmas tree with a sparkling topper bought using her own money. When the festivities don't unfold as planned, she must consider what makes Christmas special beyond the decorations she loves.

Nancy offers ideas for hosting a tea party, from choosing clothes and refreshments to decorating ordinary tableware. Her guide combines imaginative preparations with manners, helping readers plan a gathering for the friends and family they invite.

Nancy wants to bring something imaginative to school for the hundredth-day celebration, but no idea seems special enough. As the deadline approaches, an unexpected source of inspiration makes her reconsider where meaningful projects can begin.

Nancy decorates her first book report with beads, fringe, and an elaborate border, proud of her artistic abilities. Writing about Sacajawea, she discovers that making an assignment look impressive may not be enough to complete it properly.

Nancy plans a song-and-dance act with Bree for the school talent show, but her teacher assigns her a different partner. Working with shy Lionel challenges her plans as they try to find something they can perform together.

Nancy and Bree plan a butterfly celebration in a reusable sticker book. Readers help arrange the festivities, combining the friends' interest in butterflies with the decorative touches that make their shared activities feel especially fancy.

Learning about Earth Day makes Nancy determined to help her family care for the environment every day. Her constant reminders soon create trouble at home, challenging her to balance an important cause with consideration for others.

Nancy looks forward to baking cupcakes for a school sale and wants them to be delicious. Her excitement competes with the need to follow her mother's directions, and failing to pay attention brings trouble in the kitchen.

Nancy opens a boutique selling her almost-new clothes, jewelry, and accessories. Its success coincides with her little sister's birthday, and rain threatens the party, forcing Nancy to find a creative way to rescue the celebration.

Mrs. DeVine's movie-star memorabilia inspires Nancy to copy a glamorous Hollywood lifestyle, including staying up late. The next day's tiredness threatens her enjoyment of a promised surprise and challenges her ideas about being a star.

Nancy eagerly plans dolls, dress-up, and a tea party with her new teenage babysitter, Alex. Discovering that Alex is a boy upsets those expectations and gives her a chance to reconsider what makes a good babysitter.

This four-book collection follows Nancy through Pajama Day, a talent show, the hundredth day of school, and Earth Day. Her classroom adventures combine friendship problems, creative challenges, and environmental enthusiasm in stories for beginning readers.

Nancy's sale of clothes and accessories becomes a successful little boutique just as her sister's birthday arrives. When rain threatens the party, she needs an imaginative solution to keep the celebration from becoming a disappointment.

Nancy's activity collection mixes word games with stickers and creative projects. Readers can invent stories, assemble constellations, and explore butterflies, bringing her interests in language and decoration into activities they complete and personalize themselves.

Nancy invents details about her great-grandfather to make a school family-history report seem more exciting. When she learns her grandfather will hear her read it, she faces the consequences of replacing ordinary facts with a fancier story.

Nancy creates a backyard beauty day to celebrate her mother's birthday, complete with lotions, refreshments, and entertainment. Her pampering plans threaten to go too far, while accompanying recipes and tips let readers try related activities themselves.

Nancy and her classmates explore poetry and prepare their own poems for Family Day at school. Their shared project brings her interest in expressive words into a new form, inviting readers to consider writing poems too.

Nancy admires Bree's glittery lavender glasses and their silver case so much that she wants a pair herself. Hearing about Bree's eye examination gives her an idea, raising questions about whether she really needs spectacles.

With Bree away during spring vacation, Nancy feels lonely until her mother brings home glitter markers. She turns toward art, experimenting with portraits, collages, and splatter paintings as she explores ways to express her imagination.

Nancy asks readers to help make her world fancier through drawing and coloring. Open-ended activities offer chances to decorate her room, neighborhood, clothes, and pets, encouraging participants to bring their own ideas to each page.

Nancy worries about joining the school Field Day relay because running isn't her strength. Having an unkind classmate on her team adds pressure, and her father's support helps her face the challenge and speak up for herself.

Nancy dreams of playing a glamorous mermaid in her ballet class's show, but she's cast as a tree instead. She must cope with jealousy and find a way to bring enthusiasm to a role she didn't want.

Nancy wants to turn her house into a haunted mansion for Halloween guests. This reusable sticker book lets readers help decorate the setting and prepare a party that combines spooky seasonal details with her usual love of glamour.

Nancy plans an elaborate Mother's Day celebration, determined to give her mom a wonderful occasion. Lift-the-flap pages reveal surprises as her preparations unfold and raise the question of whether everything will work out as she hopes.

Nancy's enthusiasm for clothes and accessories shapes this coloring and activity book. Readers complete mazes, connect-the-dots puzzles, and coloring pages, combining simple games with opportunities to add their own choices to her world of fashion.

Nancy has chosen her outfit for school picture day, but she still needs the perfect hairstyle. When inspiration sends her reaching for the scissors, her preparations take an unfortunate turn, leaving her worried about facing the camera.

Thousands of clay soldiers lay buried in China for centuries before farmers discovered them while digging a well. This nonfiction book explores the terracotta army, its connection to China's first emperor, and the purpose behind its creation.

Nancy and her family prepare a Thanksgiving feast with turkey, stuffing, vegetables, cranberry sauce, and dessert. Their holiday celebration brings her enthusiasm for fancy occasions to the dinner table as everyone gets ready for the banquet.

Nancy's love of fancy things shapes this coloring and activity book, filled with codes, mazes, games, and brainteasers. Readers solve puzzles and add their own colors and decorative touches, using the included double-sided crayons for creative activities.

Nancy and Bree take pride in being their class's strongest spellers. When a spelling quiz turns out to be harder than Nancy expects, she faces a difficult choice that tests more than her knowledge of words.

Nancy enjoys a sleepover under the stars with her dad and JoJo, learning about the moon and constellations along the way. When rain clouds block their view, she must find another way to enjoy their evening.

After a gloomy week indoors, Nancy suggests a classroom celebration called Fancy Day. Everyone prepares manners and decorations, but Ms. Glass arrives looking unexpectedly plain, giving Nancy and her classmates a new problem to solve before the party.

Nancy's first loose tooth comes with an important wish: she wants the school nurse's special tooth-holder necklace. Keeping the tooth from falling out too soon becomes a challenge as she tries to arrange the perfect moment.

This set combines three complete Fancy Nancy books with stickers, crayons, and a poster to decorate. Nancy's adventures include meeting a boy from Paris, while the accompanying activities invite readers to add their own fancy touches.

Nancy heads to new places in this travel-themed drawing and activity book. Readers help complete her adventures with doodles and pictures, adding their own ideas to her luggage and surroundings as she brings fanciness wherever she goes.

JoJo feels nervous about starting preschool, and Nancy wants to help her little sister feel ready. Lift-the-flap surprises follow their preparations for a new experience, showing the worries that can come with a first day.

Nancy and Bree turn their enthusiasm for Nancy Drew into detective work when a treasured possession disappears at school. Armed with clues and suspects, the friends investigate a mystery that puts their new sleuthing skills to the test.

A special tea party at Bree's house begins happily until Nancy accidentally breaks a toy. Their argument leaves Nancy upset and worried about losing her best friend, while her parents remind her why an apology matters.

A blizzard cancels school, giving Nancy, JoJo, Bree, and Freddy a whole day to play outside. Snow angels, snowmen, and falling snowflakes turn their unexpected holiday into a winter adventure with plenty of chances for fancy fun.

Nancy's closet is overflowing with tutus, but she struggles to part with even the ones she has outgrown. A classroom swap-and-shop presents another irresistible tutu, leaving her to think about sharing, trading, and making room.

Copy editor Rannie Bookman accepts an assignment from a writer preparing to expose a society woman's secrets. When the woman dies in suspicious circumstances, Rannie investigates while racing to finish a manuscript that could put her in danger.

Nancy's class visits an apple orchard on an autumn field trip. Determined to bring her dad his favorite Gala apple, she spots a promising piece of fruit that may be just too far out of reach.

Nancy loves ballet lessons with Bree and realizes her family doesn't know much about dancing. She decides to teach them herself, turning a lesson for her dad into a family class in ballet steps and positions.

Nancy is horrified when JoJo decorates her beloved doll with permanent marker. Her mother's suggestion of attending a doll party offers something to look forward to, but Nancy worries that another disaster could spoil the occasion.

This scratch-and-sketch activity book invites readers to create pictures inspired by Nancy's fancy accessories, including hats, shoes, and parasols. A stylus reveals glitter and colorful patterns beneath the surface, while drawing pages offer space for more ideas.