Sharon Creech Books in Order

For an English assignment, thirteen-year-old Mary Lou Finney keeps a summer journal about her loud family, a difficult cousin, and first crushes. Her funny, unfiltered entries take on more weight as she also encounters grief, change, and growing up.

Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Hiddle travels across the country with her grandparents, hoping to find her missing mother. Along the way, she tells them about Phoebe Winterbottom's strange family crisis, until the two stories reveal painful truths about love and loss.

Nine-year-old Dennis hopes to see the ghost of his late father, but gets his muddled, funny Uncle Arvie instead. Arvie needs help finding hidden gifts for Aunt Julia, and Dennis discovers that grief can make room for friendship and laughter.

After her aunt's death, thirteen-year-old Zinny Taylor feels guilty, angry, and lost inside her crowded family. Clearing an abandoned twenty-mile trail near her home gives her a private challenge, and a path toward facing grief and finding herself.

Thirteen-year-old Dinnie is used to moving whenever her father finds a new opportunity, but Switzerland is different. Sent to an international boarding school run by her aunt and uncle, she finds friends, new questions, and possibilities she never expected.

A father and son set out early for a fishing trip, but their day becomes about more than catching fish. Along the river, imagination turns breezes, sunlight, and old memories into treasures the pair can share.

Thirteen-year-old Sophie joins her uncles and cousins aboard a sailboat crossing the Atlantic to meet her grandfather. Through Sophie's and cousin Cody's journals, the voyage becomes a story of storms, family history, and memories Sophie has tried to forget.

Principal Mr. Keene loves his school so much that he adds classes on weekends, holidays, and even through summer. Quiet student Tillie finally helps him see that learning also happens when children have time to play, explore, and rest.

Jack insists he cannot write poetry, especially not about personal things. In a journal for Miss Stretchberry's class, he responds to poems, finds his own voice, and gradually faces the grief he carries for his beloved dog, Sky.

Foster twins Dallas and Florida have been called trouble for so long that they no longer expect a home. Then eccentric elders Tiller and Sairy invite them to Ruby Holler, where separate adventures slowly teach all four people how to trust.

Rosie is angry and confused by changes in her longtime friendship with Bailey, her blind next-door neighbor. While making soup and pasta, Granny Torrelli shares stories and practical wisdom that help Rosie understand jealousy, forgiveness, and love.

Twelve-year-old Annie loves running barefoot and drawing, but this is a year of constant change. Her mother is pregnant, her grandfather is becoming forgetful, and her friendship with Max is shifting, all captured in spare free verse.

Twelve-year-old Leo feels overlooked in his busy Italian American family until he is cast in a school play and finds an old autobiography written by his father. Rehearsals and family discoveries lead Leo toward a long-hidden story.

This playful collection of new-baby songs celebrates swaddling, grandparents, parents, naps, and all the small wonders of infancy. Written largely in a baby's voice, the poems make a warm read-aloud for families welcoming a child.

Peasant siblings Pia and Enzio dream of escaping their cruel master until they find a mysterious royal pouch. Taken to Castle Corona as food tasters for a frightened king, they become caught in a fairy-tale web of secrets, danger, and identity.

Jack returns to Miss Stretchberry's class, where poetry assignments, a troublesome black cat, and a new kitten keep challenging him. Told in his poems and notes, the story follows Jack as he learns more about language, love, and paying attention.

An inexperienced angel arrives in a small Swiss village without knowing its purpose. With help from determined Zola, it watches feuding neighbors, missing children, and lonely families, learning that ordinary kindness can create its own kind of magic.

Foster friends Naomi and Lizzie live in the small town of Blackbird Tree, where odd visitors and old stories begin stirring up change. A boy from Ireland and mysteries reaching across generations test their ideas about family, fear, and belonging.

John and Marta find a silent young boy asleep on their farmhouse porch, with only a note saying someone will return for him. As they care for Jacob, his music, drawings, and bond with the animals deepen an enduring mystery.

After her family moves from the city to coastal Maine, twelve-year-old Reena is assigned to help an eccentric neighbor with her animals. Caring for the stubborn cow Zora pushes Reena toward a local fair, new friendships, and unexpected confidence.

Louie has never had much luck caring for animals, but he is determined to save Winslow, a sickly newborn mini donkey. As the animal grows stronger, Louie and his new friend Nora face their own worries about loss, hope, and family.

Eleven-year-old Gina Filomena feels different from everyone at school until a colorful new teacher and an unusual neighbor, Antonio, encourage her imagination. Through writing and friendship, Gina begins to question who she is and who she might become.