Kate Hannigan Books in Order

Twelve themed parties help children combine celebration with community service throughout the year. Invitations, crafts, recipes, and charity profiles guide projects supporting animals and people in need, encouraging families and classrooms to make helping others a shared, practical activity.

Cousins Willow and Delia hope their baking skills will excuse them from wearing flower-girl dresses at their aunt's wedding. Kitchen mishaps complicate the plan, and a real emergency tests whether their treats can help preserve the family celebration.

Willow and Delia reunite for a family baby shower, but an injured hand and their older sisters complicate their baking plans. When a treasured heirloom disappears, the cousins must investigate while preparing for another addition to the family.

Eleven-year-old Nell Warne hopes her aunt will take her in rather than send her to an institution. Discovering that Kate is a Pinkerton detective draws Nell into Civil War-era mysteries and questions about her own past in this historical adventure.

Willow and Delia prepare desserts and a special gift for a Christmas wedding at Whispering Pines. Missing treats and a blizzard that damages the food pantry threaten the festivities, challenging the cousins to help their family avert a holiday disaster.

This nonfiction picture book introduces Belva Lockwood, a lawyer and activist who challenged barriers to women's equality. Illustrated by Alison Jay, it follows her efforts in education, the courtroom, and politics, including her campaign for the presidency.

During World War II, Josie O'Malley's puzzle-solving talents attract a secret agency after a government official rejects her because she is a girl. Joining Akiko and Mae, she discovers superpowers and investigates the disappearance of their heroic idols.

Young superheroes Akiko, Mae, and Josie travel to San Francisco to help investigate a spy betraying military secrets. When Akiko sees her mother with the suspect, their code-breaking mission becomes personal while a dangerous villain threatens the city.

During Chicago’s devastating 1871 fire, a young brother and sister rescue a puppy and struggle to reunite with their family. Their flight through the burning city introduces the disaster’s causes and consequences, including the challenge of rebuilding from the ashes.

A Nazi spy plot sends Mae and her superhero friends searching for her missing pilot aunts. With help from wartime aviators and code-breakers, their mission takes them across the United States toward Paris and the mystery of the vanished superheroes.

Jewish refugee Ralph Baer returns from military service with the idea that televisions could offer more than passive entertainment. This picture-book biography follows his experiments, setbacks, and persistence as he develops the technology that brings video gaming into ordinary homes.

This nonfiction picture book recounts journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's competing journeys around the world. Traveling by ship, train, and on foot, the reporters race the clock while challenging expectations about what women can accomplish.

Frustrated by washing dishes and seeing her crockery chipped, Josephine Cochrane decides to build a machine for the task. Her experiments, failed designs, and eventual patent reveal the persistence behind an invention that changes kitchens across America.

Four children explore how Americans supported the war effort between 1941 and 1945. Visits to factories, farms, and kitchens reveal the work of those who stayed home, from producing equipment and growing food to collecting the materials troops needed.

Rachel Carson’s childhood fascination with nature becomes a career in science and writing despite financial obstacles. Discovering the environmental damage caused by pesticides leads her to write Silent Spring, turning her love of living things into a public call for protection.