Jackie French bibliography


This is a list of books by Australian author Jackie French.

1980s

1986

  • ''Organic Gardening in Australia''

1988

Natural Rose Growing: An Organic Approach to GardeningThe Organic Garden Doctor
  • ''Smudge''

1990s

1990

  • ''Natural Control of Household Pests''

1991

Rain Stones
  • ''The Roo that Won the Melbourne Cup''

1992

The Boy who Had WingsThe Music from the Sea, Children of the Valley series

1993

The Wilderness Garden: A Radical New View of Australian Growing MethodsThe Salad GardenOrganic Control of Household PestsOrganic Control of Common WeedsThe Earth Gardeners Companion: A Month-by-Month GuideThe Chook BookA to Z of Useful PlantsThe City in the Sand, Children of the Valley seriesThe House of a Hundred Animals, Children of the Valley seriesWalking the Boundaries
  • ''Hairy Charlie and the Frog''

1994

Twelve Bottles Popping: Home-Made Presents to Flip Your LidHairy Charlie and the FrogHairy Charlie and the PumpkinThe Metal Men, Children of the Valley seriesSomewhere Around the CornerNew Plants from OldBook of LavenderBook of MintBook of RosemaryBook of ThymeBook of ChilliBook of GarlicBook of ParsleyBook of BasilJackie French's Guide to Companion Planting in Australia and New ZealandSwitch! A Book of Home-Made Power, Water, and Garbage Systems
  • ''Household Self Sufficiency''

1995

MermaidsAlien GamesAnnie's PouchThe Secret BeachBack Yard Self SufficiencyThe Organic Garden Problem SolverPlants That Never Say DieSoil Food: 3,764 Ways to Feed Your GardenJackie French's Top Ten Vegetables
  • ''Jackie French's Cook Book''

1996

Mind's EyeThe Tribe that Sang to Trees, Children of the Valley seriesA Wombat Named BoscoBeyond the BoundariesThe Warrior: The Story of a WombatThe Pumpkin BookYates Guide to Edible Gardening
  • ''Growing Flowers Naturally''

1997

Dancing with Ben Hall and Other YarnsThe Silver EyesThe Book of UnicornsSoldier on the HillMaking Money from Your Garden
  • ''Summerland''

1998

A Phaery Named Phredde and Other Stories to Eat with a Banana, Phredde the Phaery seriesDaughter of the RegimentFelix Smith has Every Right to Be a CrocodileThere's an Echidna at the Bottom of My GardenThe Little Book of Big QuestionsHow the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded My Maths Class and Turned Me Into a WriterSeasons of ContentYates Guide to HerbsJackie French's Household Herb Book
  • ''The Little Book of Big Questions''

1999

Phredde and a Frog Named Bruce and Other Stories to Eat with a Watermelon, Phredde the Phaery seriesThere's a Wallaby at the Bottom of My GardenCharlie's GoldTajore ArkleHitler's DaughterHow to Guzzle Your GardenNatural SolutionsTajore Arkle
  • ''The Small Book of Big Questions''

2000s

2000

Lady DanceBurt and the BandCaptain PurrfectPigs Don't FlyStamp, Stomp, WhompThe Book of ChallengesPhredde and the Zombie Librarian and Other Stories to Eat with a Blood Plum, Phredde the Phaery seriesMissing You, Love Sara
  • ''The Best of Jackie French: A Practical Guide to Everything from Aphids to Zucchini Chocolate Cake''

2001

The Secret Life of Santa ClausHow the Finnegans Saved the ShipPhredde and the Temple of Gloom - A Story to Eat with a Mandarin, Phredde the Phaery seriesThe Fascinating History of Your LunchDark Wind BlowingIn the Blood, Outlands trilogyThe House that Jackie BuiltThe Café on Callisto, Café on Callisto series
  • ''Earthly Delights''

2002

Ride the Wild WindPhredde and the Leopard-Skin Librarian - A Story to Eat with a Dinosaur Apple, Phredde the Phaery seriesThe White ShipThe Space BugSpace Pirates on Callisto, Café on Callisto seriesDiary of a Wombat, Shaggy Gully booksBlood Moon, Outlands trilogy

2003

Too Many Pears!Bears Don't Bounce!My Mum the Pirate, Wacky Families seriesMy Dog the Dinosaur, Wacky Families seriesPhredde and the Purple Pyramid - A Story to Eat with a Passionfruit, Phredde the Phaery seriesA Box Full of Phaeries, Phreddes and Fruit, Phredde the Phaery seriesValley of GoldThe Black HouseA War for GentlemenSearching for CharlieVampire Slugs on Callisto, Café on Callisto series
  • ''Big Burps, Bare Bums and Other Bad-Mannered Blunders''

2004

Pete the Sheep, Shaggy Gully booksPhredde and the Vampire Footie Team - A Story to Eat with an Orange at Half Time, Phredde the Phaery seriesMy Dad the Dragon, Wacky Families seriesMy Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome, Wacky Families seriesTom Appleby, Convict BoyRocket Your Child into ReadingFlesh and Blood, Outlands trilogy

2005

Phredde and the Ghostly Underpants - A Story to Eat with a Mango, Phredde the Phaery seriesPhredde and the Runaway Ghost Train, Phredde the Phaery seriesThe Secret World of WombatsMy Uncle Wal the Werewolf, Wacky Families seriesThey Came on Viking ShipsGrim Crims & Convicts: 1788-1820, Fair Dinkum Histories
  • ''How to Scratch a Wombat''

2006

Josephine Wants to Dance, Shaggy Gully booksMy Gran the Gorilla, Wacky Families seriesMy Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken, Wacky Families seriesMacbeth and SonOne Perfect DayThe Goat who Sailed the World, Animal Heroes seriesShipwreck, Sailors & 60,000 Years: Before 1788, ''Fair Dinkum Histories''

2007

The Shaggy Gully Times, Shaggy Gully booksMy Pa the Polar Bear, Wacky Families seriesPharaohNew Plants from Old: Simple, Natural, No-Cost Plant PropagationThe Wilderness Garden: Beyond Organic GardeningThe Day I Was HistoryThe Dog who Loved a Queen, Animal Heroes seriesRotters and Squatters: 1820-1850, Fair Dinkum HistoriesGold, Graves and Glory: 1850-1880, Fair Dinkum Histories
  • ''Pharaoh''

2008

Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip, Shaggy Gully booksOne Big Wacky Family, Wacky Families seriesThe Wonderful World of Wallabies and KangaroosHow High Can a Kangaroo Hop?A Rose for the Anzac BoysThe Camel who Crossed Australia, Animal Heroes seriesA Nation of Swaggies & Diggers: 1880-1920, ''Fair Dinkum Histories''

2009

The Night They Stormed EurekaBaby Wombat's Week, Shaggy Gully booksThe Donkey who Carried the Wounded, Animal Heroes seriesLessons for a Werewolf Warrior, School for Heroes seriesWonderfully Wacky Families, Wacky Families seriesThe Wombat and the Great PoohjamWeevils, War & Wallabies: 1920-1945, Fair Dinkum Histories
  • ''Backyard Self Sufficienty''

2010s

2010

A Waltz for MatildaQueen Victoria's UnderpantsOracleDance of the Deadly Dinosaurs, School for Heroes seriesThe Horse who Bit a Bushranger, Animal Heroes seriesRockin', Rollin, Hair & Hippies: 1945-1972, Fair Dinkum Histories
  • ''A Year in the Valley''

2011

Booms, Busts and Bushfires: 1972—, Fair Dinkum HistoriesThe Tomorrow BookChristmas Wombat, Shaggy Gully booksNanberry: Black Brother White
  • ''Flood''

2012

A Day to RememberElephant AlertGorilla GrabTiger TangleShark AttackPennies for HitlerDingo: The Dog who Conquered a ContinentThe Girl from Snowy River
  • ''Queen Victoria's Christmas''

2013

The Road to GundagaiLet the Land SpeakDinosaurs Love CheeseWombat Goes to SchoolNanberry: Black Brother WhiteHitler’s Daughter: the play

2014

I am JulietGood Dog Hank!The Book of Horses & UnicornsThe Hairy-nosed Wombats Find a New HomeTo Love a Sunburnt CountryI Spy a Great Reader
  • ''The Beach They Called Gallipoli''

2015

Birrung The Secret Friend The Hairy Nosed Wombats Find A New Home, illustrated by Sue deGennaroGood Dog Hank, illustrated by Nina RycroftOphelia: Queen of DenmarkFire, illustrated by Bruce WhatleyHorace the Baker's Horse, illustrated by Peter Bray
  • ''The Ghost by the Billabong''

2016

Barney and the Secret of the Whales Dinosaurs Love Cheese, illustrated by Nina RycroftThe Beach They Called Gallipoli, illustrated by Bruce WhatleyGrandma Wombat, illustrated by Bruce WhatleyJosephine Wants To Dance, illustrated by Bruce WhatleyDiary of a Wombat Big Book, illustrated by Bruce WhatleyBaby Wombat's Week Big Book, illustrated by Bruce WhatleyThe Diary of William Shakespeare, GentlemanRain Stones 25th Anniversary Edition
  • ''If Blood Should Stain the Wattle''

2017

The Secret of the Black Bushranger Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies Millie Loves Ants, illustrated by Sue deGennaroGoodbye Mr HitlerThird WitchWombat Wins, illustrated by Bruce WhatleyIf Blood Should Stain the Wattle Wombat Goes to School, illustrated by Bruce WhatleyKoala Bare, illustrated by Matt ShanksFacing the Flame With Love from Miss Lily ebook

2018

Barney and the Secret of the French Spies Cyclone, illustrated by Bruce WhatleyShipwreck, Sailors & 60,000 Years, illustrated by Peter SheehanGrim Crims & Convicts, illustrated by Peter SheehanThe Lily and the Rose Drought, illustrated by Bruce WhatleyRotters and Squatters, illustrated by Peter SheehanGold, Graves and Glory, illustrated by Peter SheehanChristmas Lilies ebook

2019

The Lily in the Snow
  • ''Pirate Boy of Sydney Town''

2020

  • ''Lilies, Lies and Love''

2023

Becoming Mrs Mulberry
  • ''Secret Sparrow''

Picture books

  1. Diary of a Wombat
  2. Pete the Sheep, published as Pete the Sheep-Sheep in the US
  3. The Secret World of Wombats, published as How to Scratch a Wombat in the USA
  4. Josephine Wants to Dance, published as Josephine Loves to Dance in the US
  5. The Shaggy Gully Times
  6. Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip
  7. Baby Wombat's Week
  8. Queen Victoria's Underpants
  9. Christmas Wombat
  10. The Tomorrow Book
  11. Queen Victoria's Underpants
  12. Queen Victoria's Christmas
  13. Dinosaurs Love Cheese
  14. Wombat Goes to School
  15. Good Dog Hank!
  16. The hairy nosed wombats find a new home
  17. Flood
  18. Fire
  19. The beach they called Gallipoli
  20. A Day to Remember
  21. Two Many Pears!
  22. Hairy Charlie and the Frog, illustrated by Dee Huxley
  23. Hairy Charlie and the Pumpkin, illustrated by Dee Huxley
  24. Mermaids
  25. Pigs Don't Fly
  26. Too Many Pears!, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
  27. Bears Don't Bounce!
  28. Queen Victoria's Underpants
  29. The Tomorrow Book
  30. Flood
  31. A Day to Remember
  32. The Fire Wombat, illustrated by Danny Snell

Junior fiction

Short story collections

  1. Rain Stones
  2. Alien Games
  3. Mind's Eye
  4. Dancing with Ben Hall and Other Yarns, illustrated by Gwen Harrison
  5. The Silver Eyes, illustrated by David Miller
  6. The Book of Unicorns
  7. ''Ride the Wild Wind''

Animal Rescue series

  1. Elephant Alert
  2. Gorilla Grab
  3. Tiger Tangle
  4. ''Shark Attack''

''Café on Callisto'' series

illustrated by Sarah Baron
  1. The Café on Callisto
  2. Space Pirates on Callisto
  3. ''Vampire Slugs on Callisto''

''The Children of the Valley'' series

illustrated by Victoria Clutterbuck
  1. The Music from the Sea
  2. The City in the Sand
  3. The House of a Hundred Animals
  4. The Metal Men
  5. ''The Tribe that Sang to Trees''

''Phredde the Phaery'' series

illustrated by Stephen Michael King
  1. A Phaery Named Phredde and Other Stories to Eat with a Banana
  2. Phredde and a Frog Named Bruce and Other Stories to Eat with a Watermelon
  3. Phredde and the Zombie Librarian and Other Stories to Eat with a Blood Plum
  4. Phredde and the Temple of Gloom - A Story to Eat with a Mandarin
  5. Phredde and the Leopard-Skin Librarian - A Story to Eat with a Dinosaur Apple
  6. Phredde and the Purple Pyramid - A Story to Eat with a Passionfruit
  7. Phredde and the Vampire Footie Team - A Story to Eat with an Orange at Half Time
  8. Phredde and the Ghostly Underpants - A Story to Eat with a Mango
  9. Phredde and the Runaway Ghost Train
  • ''A Box Full of Phaeries, Phreddes and Fruit''

''School for Heroes'' series

illustrated by Andrea F. Potter
  1. Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior
  2. ''Dance of the Deadly Dinosaurs''

''Wacky Families'' series

illustrated by Stephen Michael King
  1. My Mum the Pirate, published as My Mom the Pirate in the US
  2. My Dog the Dinosaur
  3. My Dad the Dragon
  4. My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome
  5. My Uncle Wal the Werewolf
  6. My Gran the Gorilla
  7. My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken
  8. My Pa the Polar Bear
  9. One Big Wacky Family
  10. ''Wonderfully Wacky Families''

Historical fiction

''Animal Heroes'' series

  1. The Goat who Sailed the World
  2. The Dog who Loved a Queen
  3. The Camel who Crossed Australia
  4. The Donkey who Carried the Wounded
  5. The Horse who Bit a Bushranger
  6. ''Dingo: The Dog who Conquered a Continent''

Miscellaneous

  1. Somewhere Around the Corner
  2. Soldier on the Hill
  3. Daughter of the Regiment
  4. Hitler's Daughter
  5. Lady Dance
  6. How the Finnegans Saved the Ship
  7. The White Ship
  8. Valley of Gold
  9. Tom Appleby, Convict Boy
  10. They Came on Viking Ships, published as Slave Girl in the UK and Rover in the US
  11. Macbeth and Son
  12. Pharaoh
  13. The Night They Stormed Eureka
  14. Oracle
  15. Nanberry: Black Brother White
  16. Pennies for Hitler
  17. The Angel of Waterloo
  18. ''Secret Sparrow''

Miscellaneous

  1. The Roo that Won the Melbourne Cup, illustrated by Carol McLean-Carr
  2. The Boy who Had Wings
  3. Walking the Boundaries
  4. Annie's Pouch, illustrated by Bettina Guthridge
  5. The Secret Beach
  6. A Wombat Named Bosco, illustrated by Bettina Guthridge
  7. Beyond the Boundaries
  8. The Warrior: The Story of a Wombat, illustrated by Bettina Guthridge
  9. Summerland
  10. Felix Smith Has Every Right to Be a Crocodile, illustrated by David Stanley
  11. There's an Echidna at the Bottom of My Garden, illustrated by Bettina Guthridge
  12. There's a Wallaby at the Bottom of My Garden, illustrated by David Stanley
  13. Charlie's Gold
  14. Tajore Arkle
  15. Burt and the Band, illustrated by Beth Norling
  16. Captain Purrfect, illustrated by Gus Gordon
  17. The Space Bug, illustrated by Mitch Vane
  18. The Black House
  19. One Perfect Day, illustrated by Peter Bray
  20. The Day I Was History, illustrated by Christina Booth
  21. ''The Wombat and the Great Poohjam''

Junior non-fiction

''Fair Dinkum Histories''

illustrated by Peter Sheehan
  1. Shipwreck, Sailors & 60,000 Years: Before 1788
  2. Grim Crims & Convicts: 1788-1820
  3. Rotters and Squatters: 1820-1850
  4. Gold, Graves and Glory: 1850-1880
  5. A Nation of Swaggies & Diggers: 1880-1920
  6. Weevils, War & Wallabies: 1920-1945
  7. Rockin', Rollin, Hair & Hippies: 1945-1972
  8. ''Booms, Busts and Bushfires: 1972—''

Miscellaneous

  1. Twelve Bottles Popping: Home-Made Presents to Flip Your Lid
  2. The Little Book of Big Questions, illustrated by Terry Denton
  3. How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded My Maths Class and Turned Me Into a Writer
  4. How to Guzzle Your Garden
  5. Stamp, Stomp, Whomp
  6. The Book of Challenges
  7. The Fascinating History of Your Lunch
  8. Big Burps, Bare Bums and Other Bad-Mannered Blunders
  9. To the Moon and Back, written with Bryan Sullivan and illustrated by Gus Gordon
  10. How to Scratch a Wombat
  11. The Wonderful World of Wallabies and Kangaroos
  12. How High Can a Kangaroo Hop?, illustrated by Bruce Whatley

Teen and young adult fiction

''Outlands'' trilogy

  1. In the Blood
  2. Blood Moon
  3. ''Flesh and Blood''

Historical fiction

  1. ''A Rose for the Anzac Boys''

The Matilda Series

  1. A Waltz for Matilda
  2. The Girl from Snowy River
  3. The Road to Gundagai
  4. To Love a Sunburnt Country
  5. The Ghost by the Billabong
  6. If Blood Should Stain the Wattle
  7. Facing the Flame
  8. The Last Dingo Summer
  9. ''Clancy of the Overflow''

Miscellaneous

  1. Missing You, Love Sara
  2. ''Dark Wind Blowing''

Adult fiction

  1. A War for Gentlemen
  2. To Love a Sunburnt Country
  3. The Angel of Waterloo
  4. ''Becoming Mrs Mulberry''

Adult non-fiction

  1. Seasons of Content
  2. Earthly Delights
  3. The Secret Life of Santa Claus
  4. Rocket Your Child into Reading
  5. I Spy a Great Reader
  6. A Year in the Valley
  7. ''Let the Land Speak''

Gardening and ecology books

  1. Organic Gardening in Australia, published as 'Jacqueline French'
  2. Natural Rose Growing: An Organic Approach to Gardening, published as 'Jacqueline French'
  3. The Organic Garden Doctor, published as 'Jacqueline French'
  4. Natural Control of Household Pests, published as 'Jacqueline French'
  5. The Wilderness Garden: A Radical New View of Australian Growing Methods
  6. The Chook Book
  7. The Salad Garden
  8. Organic Control of Household Pests
  9. Organic Control of Common Weeds, revised edition published 1997
  10. The Earth Gardeners Companion: A Month-by-Month Guide
  11. The Chook Book
  12. A to Z of Useful Plants
  13. Book of Lavender
  14. Book of Mint
  15. Book of Rosemary
  16. Book of Thyme
  17. Book of Chilli
  18. Book of Garlic
  19. Book of Parsley
  20. Book of Basil
  21. Jackie French's Guide to Companion Planting in Australia and New Zealand
  22. Switch! A Book of Home-Made Power, Water, and Garbage Systems
  23. Household Self Sufficiency
  24. New Plants from Old
  25. Back Yard Self Sufficiency
  26. The Organic Garden Problem Solver
  27. Plants That Never Say Die
  28. Soil Food: 3,764 Ways to Feed Your Garden
  29. Jackie French's Top Ten Vegetables
  30. Jackie French's Cook Book
  31. The Pumpkin Book
  32. Yates Guide to Edible Gardening
  33. Growing Flowers Naturally
  34. Making Money from Your Garden
  35. Yates Guide to Herbs
  36. Jackie French's Household Herb Book
  37. The Household Herbal
  38. Natural Solutions
  39. The Best of Jackie French: A Practical Guide to Everything from Aphids to Zucchini Chocolate Cake
  40. The House That Jackie Built
  41. Earthly Delights
  42. New Plants from Old: Simple, Natural, No-Cost Plant Propagation, second edition of A to Z of Useful Plants
  43. The Wilderness Garden: Beyond Organic Gardening, second edition of The Wilderness Garden: A Radical New View of Australian Growing Methods
  44. The Earth Gardener's Companion
  45. ''Backyard Self Sufficiency''

Adaptations

  1. Hitler's Daughter: The Play, based on Hitler's Daughter and adapted by Monkey Baa Theatre
  2. Pete the Sheep: The Musical, also adapted by Monkey Baa Theatre