Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Books In Order
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The Agony of Alice | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice in Rapture, Sort of | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Reluctantly Alice | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All But Alice | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice in April | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice In-Between | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice the Brave | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice in Lace | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Outrageously Alice | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Achingly Alice | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice on the Outside | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Grooming of Alice | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice Alone | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Simply Alice | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Patiently Alice | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Including Alice | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice on Her Way | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice in the Know | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dangerously Alice | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Almost Alice | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Intensely Alice | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice in Charge | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Incredibly Alice | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice on Board | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Now I'll Tell You Everything | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Alice Prequel Books
Starting with Alice | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice in Blunderland | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lovingly Alice | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bessledorf Mysteries Books
Bernie Magruder and the Case of the Big Stink | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bodies in the Bessledorf Hotel | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bernie Magruder and the Haunted Hotel | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Face in the Bessledorf Funeral Parlor | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bernie Magruder and the Bus Station Blow Up | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bernie Magruder and the Pirate's Treasure | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bernie Magruder and the Parachute Peril | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bernie Magruder and the Bats in the Belfry | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Boy/Girl Battle Books
The Boys Start the War | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Girls Get Even | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boys Against Girls | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Girls' Revenge | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Traitor Among the Boys | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Spy Among the Girls | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Boys Return | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Girls Take Over | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boys in Control | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Girls Rule! | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boys Rock! | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Who Won the War? | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Cat Pack Books
The Grand Escape | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Healing of Texas Jake | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Carlotta's Kittens | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Polo's Mother | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Emily Books
Emily's Fortune | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Emily and Jackson Hiding Out | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Roxie and the Hooligans Books
Roxie and the Hooligans | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Roxie and the Hooligans at Buzzard's Roost | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Shiloh Books
Shiloh | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shiloh Season | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saving Shiloh | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Shiloh Christmas | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Simply Sarah Books
Anyone Can Eat Squid! | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cuckoo Feathers | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Patches and Scratches | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eating Enchiladas | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Witch Saga Books
Witch's Sister | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Witch Water | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Witch Herself | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Witch's Eye | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Witch Weed | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Witch Returns | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of York Books
Shadows on the Wall | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Footprints at the Window | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Faces in the Water | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
To Make a Wee Moon | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Making It Happen | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wrestle the Mountain | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Easy Circle | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
To Walk the Sky Path | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Walking Through the Dark | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Revelations | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How Lazy Can You Get? | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eddie, incorporated | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All Because I'm Older | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Boy with the Helium Head | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A String of Chances | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Solomon System | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Cry | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Old Sadie and the Christmas Bear | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dark of the Tunnel | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Keeper | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unexpected Pleasures | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby, the Bed, and the Rose | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year of the Gopher | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One of the Third Grade Thonkers | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maudie in the Middle | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Keeping a Christmas Secret | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beetles, Lightly Toasted | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Send No Blessings | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
King of the Playground | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Josie's Troubles | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jennifer Jean, the Cross-Eyed Queen | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fear Place | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ice | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Being Danny's Dog | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Can't Take You Anywhere! | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ducks Disappearing | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sang Spell | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Danny's Desert Rats | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Walker's Crossing | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sweet Strawberries | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jade Green | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Great Chicken Debacle | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Please DO Feed the Bears | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blizzard's Wake | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
After | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cricket Man | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Zack and the Turkey Attack | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Change in the Wind | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Never Born a Hero | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Collections
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
How to Find Your Wonderful Someone | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Amish Family | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Getting Along in Your Family | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crazy love | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In Small Doses | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Getting Along with Your Friends | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Getting Along with Your Teachers | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Phyllis Naylor Interview with Kay Bonetti | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Craft of Writing the Novel | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How I Came to Be a Writer | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
She was born on January 4, 1933 in Anderson, Indiana. She grew up in a family that was very religious and had conservative values. Her father worked as a salesman and so the family moved around during her childhood a lot. Naylor also grew up during the Great Depression and like many families, hers did not have much money at the time. However, she never felt that they were poor due to the fact that the family had quality books. Her mother would read to the kids and their father would also.
When Phyllis was in the fifth grade, her favorite thing to do was write books. She would go home from school every day as quickly as she could to try and jot down the plot that she had been thinking about. When she was sixteen years old, the first story she ever wrote found a place in print published in the church magazine locally. The church had asked her to write it and paid her $4.67 for writing her short story “Mike’s Hero”. Her favorite book when she was younger was Huckleberry Finn. She chose to keep submitting to youthful magazines like Jack and Jill and Seventeen, getting rejection letters in the mail for two years.
She attended Joliet Township High School and graduated, and attended and graduated from Joliet Junior College. She got married when she was just 18 and they decided to move to Chicago. There she worked at a university hospital as a clinical secretary. Later she would notice that her husband was displaying signs of mental illness, so she decided to try and go get him treatment. She would write and work different jobs to help support them, working as an editorial assistant, assistant executive secretary, and teacher. Her spouse would be diagnosed later as having paranoid schizophrenia and they would eventually divorce.
Phyllis would later move to Maryland and settle down there for some time. She studied at American University and graduated with her BA degree in 1963. Before that in 1960 she got married to speech pathologist Rex Naylor. They had first met at church. The couple had two sons together. She was originally going to study psychology and get her Master’s but then chose to become an author on a full time basis. She wrote The Galloping Goat and Other Stories, which came out in 1965 and was her first children’s book.
She was a steady writer and come out with around two books every year. Her book have received great reviews, from the American Library Association recognizing her work to the International Reading Association and the Junior Literary Guild giving her novels attention. Naylor would be awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Night Cry in 1984.
As an adult, Phyllis has not lost her love of books and reading. She’s written books for kids and young people and has published over 100 during the course of her career. One of the novels that she is most known for is Shiloh, published in 1991. Set in West Virginia, the book became famous and won a Newbery Medal in 1992. The American Library Association also named it to be a Notable Children’s Book and the International Reading Association chose it as their young adult choice. The story idea was inspired by the time that she and her husband discovered a poor little dog that had been abused, and she couldn’t get him out of her mind, so she had to write a story about it.
Shiloh earned the author national attention and interest as well as further awards. She won the Sequoyah Children’s Book Award, the William Allen White Children’s Book Award, the Mark Twain Readers Award, and it was made a Notable Children’s Book pick by the ALA. It was also picked in 1999 as a novel recommended for kids 9-12 as part of the Read Across America program. She would write two more installments in this series, Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh. The books were made into movies as well. Shiloh came out in 1996, followed by Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season in 1999 and Saving Shiloh in 2006.
The author has also written other books. She created the Alice series after the popularity of her 1985 novel The Agony of Alice, all about a young girl in the sixth grade doing the best she can while searching for a role model in the absence of a mother. The series follows Alice from a variety of ages and have been praised for showing a regular girl’s life in a realistic way as well as tackling topics about life along the way.
Naylor’s husband Rex passed away in 2012. They had been married for years. He was survived by their sons and grandchildren. Phyllis vows to keep on writing as long as she’s able to. She is a founder of the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship. In the course of her career, she was won the Newbery Medal, Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Writers Award, Child Study Award, Kerlan Award, and Foremother Award.
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is the author and creator of the Witch Saga. This series started with the publication of the debut novel, Witcher’s SIster, in 1985. The second novel was Witch Water, followed by The Witch Herself, The Witch’s Eye, Witch Weed, and The Witch Returns.
Witch’s Sister is the first book in the Witch Saga by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. In this book, Lynn and Mouse think their neighbor is a witch. Mrs. Tuggle appears to be forcing Judith, Lynn’s sister, to join her and other witches in a coven. But they have no evidence and even their parents do not believe them.
They want to show the neighbor for who she truly is: evil. They’re convinced she’s becoming more threatening. When the parents are going for the weekend and letting Mrs. Tuggle and Judith stay in charge, can they save the family by staying one step ahead of Mrs. Tuggle? Or is her magic going to be too powerful to fight? Read this book to find out!
Witch Water is the second novel in the Witch Saga. Mouse and Lynn still think their neighbor is a witch. They escaped last year, but it turns out she isn’t through with the girls.
With crows following Mouse wherever she goes, the only way they can protect themselves is to find a way to outwit her. Can they do it, or is Mrs. Tuggle planning something too big to outsmart? Read this book to find out!
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