Dorothy’s Books: From 1973 to Today
Here is a complete list of my published books, starting from the most recent and all the way back to 1973, when one color on a book jacket was exciting, and an occasional black and white illustration with lots of text was normal. How things have changed!!
Pika Country: Climate Change at the Top of the World
with Marlo Garnsworthy
2020
Photography by Dan Hartman
Web of Life Children’s Books
Ages: 5-9
The Lizard Scientists Studying Evolution in Action
2022
Photography by Nate Dappen and Neil Losin
Scientists in the Field Series
Ages: 10-12
At Home With the Prairie Dog
The Story of a Keystone Species
Photography by William Muñoz
2023
Web of Life Children’s Books
Ages: 5-10
Saving the Tasmanian Devil
2019
Scientists in the Field Series
Ages: 10 – 12
At Home with the Beaver
2019
Web of Life Children’s Books
Ages: 5 – 10
Made for Each Other: Why Dogs and People Are Perfect Partners
2018
Crown Books for Young Readers
Ages: 6-9
Dog on Board: The True Story of Eclipse, the Bus-Riding Dog
2016
Crown Books for Young Readers
Ages: 4-8
Camas & Sage: A Story of Bison Life on the Prairie
2015
Mountain Press
Ages: 8-12
The Call of the Osprey
a Scientists in the Field Book
2015
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Ages: 10-12
Super Sniffers: Dog Detectives on the Job
2014
Bloomsbury
Ages: 8-12
Dogs on Duty: Soldiers’ Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond
2012
Bloomsbury/Walker
Ages: 8-12
The Horse and the Plains Indians: A Powerful Partnership
2012
Clarion
Ages: 10 and up
Saving Audie: A Pit Bull Puppy Gets a Second Chance
2010
Walker
Ages: 8-12
When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature’s Balance in Yellowstone
2008
Walker
Ages: 6 and up
The Buffalo and the Indians: A Shared Destiny
2006
Clarion
Ages: 10 and up
Big Cats
2005
Walker
Ages: 6-10
Whitetail Deer
2005
Lerner
Ages: 5-8
Garden of the Spirit Bear
2004
Clarion
Ages: 8-12
Colorful Captivating Coral Reefs
2003
Walker
Ages: 6-10
Fabulous Fluttering Tropical Butterflies
2003
Ages: 6-10
Walker
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Life in a Desert
2003
Lerner
Ages: 10 and up
Life in a Grassland
2002
Lerner
Ages: 10 and up
Llamas
2002
Lerner
Ages: 5-8
A Polar Bear Biologist at Work
2001
Franklin Watts
Ages: 8 and up
Saving the Prairie Bandit
2001
Franklin Watts
Ages: 8 and up
Charles Darwin: The Life of a Revolutionary Thinker
2001
Holiday House
Ages: 10 and up
Horses
2001
Lerner
Ages: 5-8
The Bald Eagle Returns
2000
Clarion
Ages: 9-12
Slinky Scaly Slithery Snakes
2000
Walker
Ages: 5-8
Shaping the Earth
2000
Clarion
Ages: 10 and up
Polar Bears
Carolrhoda
Ages: 6-10
A Is for Apple
1999
Broadway Books
Ages: adult level cookbook
Treasures of the Spanish Main
1999
Benchmark
Ages: 8-12
The Incredible Story of China’s Buried Warriors
1999
Benchmark
Ages: 8-12
Lost City of Pompeii
1999
Benchmark
Ages: 8-12
Wild Turkeys
1999
Lerner
Ages: 5-8
Great Ice Bear: The Polar Bear and the Eskimo
1999
HarperCollins
Ages: 9 and up
Fire: Friend or Foe
1998
Clarion
Ages: 9 and up
Bold and Bright Black and White Animals
1998
Walker
Ages: 5-8
In Search of the Maiasaurs
1998
Benchmark Books
Ages: 8-12
Mystery of the Lascaux Cave
1998
Benchmark Books
Ages: 8-12
Secrets of the Ice Man
1998
Benchmark Books
Ages: 8-12
Wild Turkeys
1998
Lerner
Ages: 5-8
Alex and Friends: Animal Talk, Animal Thinking
1998
Lerner
Ages: 9 and up
The Book of Garden Secrets
1997
adult nonfiction, Firefly Books; revised edition of Garden Secrets
Apple Trees
1997
Lerner
Ages: 6-8
Flashy Fantastic Rain Forest Frogs
1997
Walker
Ages: 5-8
Pigeons
1997
Clarion
Ages: 9 and up
Back to the Wild
1997
Harcourt
Ages: 8-12
Biodiversity
1996
Clarion
Ages: 9 and up
Children Save the Rain Forest
1996
Cobblehill
Ages: 8-12
Quetzal: Sacred Bird of the Cloud Forest
1996
Morrow
Ages: 8-12
Prairies
1996
Holiday House
Ages: 6-9
West by Covered Wagon
1995
Walker
Ages: 6 – 10
Eagles of America
1995
Holiday House
Ages: 6 – 9
Return of the Wolf
1995
fiction, Clarion
Ages: 9 and up
Why Mammals Have Fur
1995
Cobblehill/Dutton
Ages: 8-12
Looking at Bears
Photography by William Muñoz
1994
Holiday House
Ages: 4-8
The Vanishing Feast
1994
Harcourt Brace
Ages: young adult
The American Alligator
1994
Clarion
Ages: 9-12
Hugger to the Rescue
1994
Cobblehill/Dutton
Ages: 7-10
Deer and Elk
1994
Clarion
Ages: 9-12
Horses: Understanding Animals
1994
Carolrhoda
Ages: 8-11
What Good is a Tail?
1994
Cobblehill/Dutton
Ages: 6-9
Looking at Penguins
1993
Holiday House
Ages: 4-8
Cattle: Understanding Animals
1993
Carolrhoda
Ages: 8-11
Prairie Dogs
1993
Clarion
Ages: 9-12
Habitats: Saving Wild Places
1993
Enslow
Ages: 12 and up
Killer Whales
1993
Holiday
Ages: 4-8
Dogs: The Wolf Within
1993
Carolrhoda
Ages: 8 – 11
Ospreys
1993
Clarion
Ages: 9-12
Pelicans
1992
Clarion
Ages: 9-12
Places of Refuge: Our National Wildlife Refuge System
1992
Clarion
Ages: 9-12
Nutrition: What’s in the Food We Eat
1992
Holiday
Ages: 8-12
Feathers
1992
Dutton
Ages: 8-12
Miniature Horses
1992
Dutton
Ages: 6-9
The Harrowsmith Country Life Book of Garden Secrets
1991
adult nonfiction; revised edition of Garden Secrets
Baby Horses
1991
Carolrhoda
revised edition of Baby Horses
A Family Goes Hunting
1991
Clarion
Ages: 8 – 11
The Challenge of Extinction
1991
Enslow
Ages: 12 and up
African Elephants
1991
Holiday
Ages: 8 – 12
Flowers for Everyone
1990
Cobblehill/Dutton
Ages: 9-12
Gray Wolf, Red Wolf
1990
Clarion
Ages: 9-12
An Apple a Day
1990
Dutton
Ages: 9-12
How Smart Are Animals?
1990
Harcourt Brace
Ages: young adult
Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses
1990
Holiday House
Ages: 10 up
Yellowstone Fires–Flames and Rebirth
1990
Holiday House
Ages: 8-12
Singing Birds and Flashing Fireflies
1989
Franklin Watts
Ages: 6-10
Grandfather’s Nose–Why We Look Alike and Different
1989
Franklin Watts
Ages: 6-10
Humpback Whales
1989
Holiday House
Ages: 6-9
Looking at Ants
1989
Holiday House
Ages: 6-9
Wild Turkey, Tame Turkey
1989
Clarion
Ages: 9 – 12
Where the Wild Horses Roam
1989
Clarion
Ages: 9 – 12
Looking at Dolphins and Porpoises
1989
Holiday House
Ages: 6-9
Appaloosa Horses
1988
Holiday House
Ages: 8 – 12
The Whooping Crane–A Comeback Story
1998
Clarion
Ages: 9-12
paperback only available
A Horse of a Different Color
1988
Dodd, Mead
Ages: 9 up
Babies!
1988 (Holiday House, 6-9)
Christmas Trees, 1987,
1988
Dodd, Mead
Ages: 8-12
Dolphins and Porpoises
1987
Holiday House
Ages: 10 up
Way of the Grizzly
1987
Clarion
Ages: 9 – 12
Wheat, the Golden Harvest
1987
Dodd Mead
Ages: 7-11
Christmas Trees
1987
Dodd Mead
Ages: 8-12
All About Whales
1987
Holiday House
Ages: 6-9
Mosquitoes
1986
Holiday House
Ages: 8-12
The Quest for Artificial Intelligence
1986
Harcourt Brace
Ages: young adult
Draft Horses
1986
Holiday House
Ages: 8-12
Maggie–A Sheep Dog
1986
Dodd Mead
Ages: 3- 6
Buffalo–The American Bison Today
1986
Clarion
Ages: 9-12
Quarter Horses
1985
Holiday House
Ages: 8-12
The Sheep Book
1985
Dodd Mead
Ages: 7-10
Thoroughbred Horses
1985
Holiday House
Ages: 8-12
Where the Bald Eagles Gather
1984
Clarion
Ages: 8-12
Farm Animals
1984
Holiday House
Ages: 8-12
Whales–Giants of the Deep
1984
Holiday House
Ages: 10 and up
Backyard Fruits and Berries
with Diane E. Bilderback
1984
Rodale
Ages: adult nonfiction
A Picture Book of Ponies
1983
Holiday House
Ages: 6-9
Germs!
1983
Holiday House,
Ages: 8-12
A Picture Book of Cows
1982
Holiday House
Ages: 6-9
Spider Magic
1982
Holiday House
Ages: 6-9
Arabian Horses
1982
Holiday House
Ages: 8-12
Garden Secrets
with Diane E. Bilderback
1982
Rodale
Ages: adult nonfiction
Horses of America
with Diane E. Bilderback
1981
Holiday House
Ages: 8-12
Hunters and the Hunted–Surviving in the Animal World
1981
Holiday House
Ages: 9-12
Horses and Their Wild Relatives
1980
Holiday House
Ages: 10 and up
The Lives of Spiders
1980
Holiday House
Ages: 10-14
Bears of the World
1980
Holiday House
Ages: 10 and up
Bacteria–How They Affect Other Living Things
1980
Holiday House
Ages: YA
Sizes and Shapes in Nature–What They Mean
1979
Holiday House
Ages: 12 and up
Raccoons, Coatimundis, and Their Family
1979
Holiday House
Ages: 9-12
Butterflies and Moths–How They Function
1979
Holiday House
Ages: 12 and up
The World of Worms
1978
Holiday House
Ages: 9-12
Beetles and How They Live
with Paul C. Schroeder
1978
Holiday House
Ages: 12 and up
Animal and Plant Mimicry
with Paul C. Schroeder
1978
Holiday House
Ages: 12 and up
Reptiles and How They Reproduce
1977
Holiday House
Ages: 8-12
Evolution Goes on Every Day
1977
Holiday House
Ages: 12 and up
Plants and Insects Together
1976
Holiday House
Ages: 9-12
Fish and How They Reproduce
1976
Holiday House
Ages: 9-12
Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and How They Reproduce
1975
Holiday House
Ages: 9-12
How Insects Communicate
1975
Holiday House
Ages: 10-14
Microscopic Animals and Plants
1974
Holiday House
Ages: 10-14
Weasels, Otters, Skunks and Their Family
1973
Holiday House
Ages: 8-12
Homesteading: Settling America’s Heartland
1998
Walker
Ages: 8-12
Where Food Comes From
1991
Holiday
Ages: 8 – 12