Lee Bennett Hopkins

Lee Bennett Hopkins

Lee Bennett Hopkins was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 13th, 1938 and passed away at the age of 81 on August 8th, 2019.

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Below is a complete list of Lee Bennett Hopkins books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Mother Goose Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
People from Mother Goose
1989
Go
2
Animals from Mother Goose
1989
Go
3
Mother Goose Around the World
1999
Go
4
Mother Goose Through the Seasons
1999
Go
5
Mother Goose and Her Animal Friends
1999
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Wonder Wheels
1980
Go
2
Mama & Her Boys
1981
Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
After They Learn to Dance
1974
Go
2
Mama
1977
Go

List of Children's Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
I Loved Rose Ann
1976
Go
2
A-Haunting We Will Go
1977
Go
3
Easter Buds Are Springing
1979
Go
4
Elves, Fairies & Gnomes
1980
Go
5
4
How Do You Make an Elephant Float?
1983
Go
6
Blast Off!
1995
Go
7
All God's Children
1998
Go
8
Me, Myself, and I!
1998
Go
9
Got Geography!
2006
Go
10
Full Moon and Star
2011
Go
11
Mary's Song
2012
Go
12
8
Manger
2014
Go
13
Amazing Places
2015
Go
14
8
Bless Our Pets
2024
Go

List of Poetry Collections in Publication Order (with Amy Ludwig VanDerwater)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
I Think I Saw a Snail: Young Poems for City Seasons
1969
Go
2
The City Spreads Its Wings; Poems
1970
Go
3
Faces and Places: Poems for You
1971
Go
4
Girls Can, Too!
1972
Go
5
Charlie's World: A Book of Poems
1972
Go
6
Time to Shout - Poems for You
1973
Go
7
Poems to Remember
1973
Go
8
On Our Way: Poems of Pride and Love
1974
Go
9
Poetry on Wheels
1974
Go
10
Kim's Place
1974
Go
11
I Really Want to Feel Good About Myself: Poems
1974
Go
12
Sing Hey for Christmas Day!: Poems
1975
Go
13
Monsters, Ghoulies, and Creepy Creatures: Fantastic Stories and Poems
1977
Go
14
To Look at Any Thing: Poems
1978
Go
15
Kits, Cats, Lions, and Tigers: Stories, Poems, and Verse
1979
Go
16
My Mane Catches the Wind: Poems About Horses
1979
Go
17
Go to Bed!: A Book of Bedtime Poems
1979
Go
18
Pups, Dogs, Foxes, and Wolves: Stories, Poems, and Verse
1979
Go
19
Me: A Book of Poems
1979
Go
20
By Myself: Poems
1980
Go
21
Morning, Noon, And Nighttime, Too: Poems
1980
Go
22
Moments
1980
Go
23
I Am the Cat: Poems
1981
Go
24
Circus! Circus!
1982
Go
25
A Song in Stone: City Poems
1983
Go
26
6
A Dog's Life: Poems
1983
Go
27
The Sky is Full of Song
1983
Go
28
Surprises
1984
Go
29
Munching: Poems about Eating
1985
Go
30
Creatures
1985
Go
31
Best Friends
1986
Go
32
The Sea is Calling Me: Poems
1986
Go
33
Dinosaurs: Poems
1987
Go
34
Pass the Poetry, Please!
1987
Go
35
More Surprises (With: Megan Lloyd)
1987
Go
36
Click, Rumble, Roar: Poems about Machines
1987
Go
37
Crickets and Bullfrogs and Whispers of Thunder: Poems and Pictures
1988
Go
38
Potato Chips and a Slice of Moon
1988
Go
39
Side by Side: Poems to Read Together
1988
Go
40
Still as a Star: A Book of Nighttime Poems
1989
Go
41
On the Farm
1991
Go
42
Happy Birthday
1991
Go
43
6
Questions
1992
Go
44
Through Our Eyes: Poems and Pictures about Growing Up
1992
Go
45
Ring Out, Wild Bells: Poems about Holidays and Seasons
1992
Go
46
To the Zoo: Animal Poems
1992
Go
47
Pterodactyls & Pizza
1992
Go
48
Flit, Flutter, Fly!
1992
Go
49
Ragged Shadows: Poems of Halloween Night
1993
Go
50
Extra Innings: Baseball Poems
1993
Go
51
It's about Time
1993
Go
52
Weather
1994
Go
53
April Bubbles Chocolate
1994
Go
54
Small Talk: A Book of Short Poems
1995
Go
55
Been to Yesterdays: Poems of a Life
1995
Go
56
Opening Days: Sports Poems
1996
Go
57
School Supplies: A Book of Poems
1996
Go
58
Song and Dance
1997
Go
59
Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems
1997
Go
60
Places to Visit, Places to See
1998
Go
61
Families, Families
1998
Go
62
Climb Into My Lap First Poems to Read Together: First Poems to Read Together
1998
Go
63
Around the Neighborhood
1998
Go
64
Spectacular Science
1999
Go
65
Dino-Roars
1999
Go
66
Sports! Sports! Sports!
1999
Go
67
Lives: Poems About Famous Americans
1999
Go
68
Yummy!: Eating Through a Day
2000
Go
69
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States
2000
Go
70
Hoofbeats, Claws & Rippled Fins: Creature Poems
2002
Go
71
Home to Me
2002
Go
72
A Pet for Me: Poems
2003
Go
73
Alphathoughts: Alphabet Poems
2003
Go
74
Valentine Hearts: Holiday Poetry
2004
Go
75
Christmas Presents (With: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater)
2004
Go
76
Wonderful Words: Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
2004
Go
77
Hanukkah Lights: Holiday Poetry
2004
Go
78
Days to Celebrate
2004
Go
79
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems
2005
Go
80
Halloween Howls: Holiday Poetry
2005
Go
81
Behind the Museum Door: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums
2007
Go
82
Hamsters, Shells, and Spelling Bees (With: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater)
2008
Go
83
America at War (With: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater)
2008
Go
84
6
Incredible Inventions
2009
Go
85
City I Love
2009
Go
86
Hear My Prayer
2010
Go
87
6
Sharing the Seasons (With: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater)
2010
Go
88
Give Me Wings
2010
Go
89
8
I Am the Book (With: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater)
2010
Go
90
Dizzy Dinosaurs: Silly Dino Poems
2011
Go
91
Nasty Bugs
2012
Go
92
All the World's a Stage
2013
Go
93
Lullaby and Kisses Sweet: Poems to Love with Your Baby
2015
Go
94
6
Jumping Off Library Shelves
2015
Go
95
Traveling the Blue Road: Poems of the Sea
2017
Go
96
A Bunch of Punctuation
2018
Go
97
I Am Someone Else: Poems about Pretending
2019
Go
98
Construction People
2020
Go
99
Night Wishes
2020
Go
100
School People
2021
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
City Talk (With: Roy Arenella)
1970
Go
2
Let Them Be Themselves
1974
Go
3
More Books by More People
1974
Go
4
Do You Know What Day Tomorrow Is?: A Teacher's Almanac
1975
Go
5
The Best of Book Bonanza
1979
Go
6
The Writing Bug
1993
Go
7
Pauses: Autobiographical Reflections of 101 Creators of Children's Books
1995
Go

List of Trophy Picture Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Story Of Valentine's Day (By: Clyde Robert Bulla)
1965
Go
2
The Folks in the Valley (By: Stefano Vitale, Jim Aylesworth)
1970
Go
3
What You Know First (By: Patricia MacLachlan)
1970
Go
4
How Little Porcupine Played Christmas (By: Joseph Slate)
1982
Go
5
The Gunnywolf (By: A. Delaney)
1988
Go
6
Cats Sleep Anywhere (By: Eleanor Farjeon)
1989
Go
7
Good Books, Good Times!
1990
Go
8
Sierra (By: Diane Siebert)
1991
Go
9
Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa (By: William Steig)
1992
Go
10
Sing to the Sun (By: Ashley Bryan)
1992
Go
11
Radio Man/Don Radio (By: Arthur Dorros)
1993
Go
12
The Korean Cinderella (By: Shirley Climo)
1993
Go
13
My Visit to the Aquarium (By: Aliki)
1993
Go
14
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea (By: Joyce Carol Thomas)
1993
Go
15
The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus (By: Aliki)
1994
Go
16
Good Rhymes, Good Times
1995
Go
17
The Story of Christmas (By: Barbara Cooney)
1995
Go
18
Buz (By: Richard Egielski)
1995
Go
19
Just My Dad and Me (By: Leah Komaiko)
1995
Go
20
Now I Will Never Leave the Dinner Table (By: Patricia Marx, Jane Read Martin)
1996
Go
21
Wild and Woolly Mammoths (By: Aliki)
1996
Go
22
Market Day (By: Eve Bunting)
1996
Go
23
Going Home (By: Eve Bunting)
1996
Go
24
The Story of Kwanzaa (By: Donna L. Washington)
1996
Go
25
The Story of Passover (By: Norma Simon)
1997
Go
26
For the Love of the Game (By: Eloise Greenfield)
1997
Go
27
Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase (By: Bruce Whatley, Rosie Smith)
1997
Go
28
Moonstick (By: Eve Bunting)
1997
Go
29
Show & Tell Day (By: Anne Rockwell)
1997
Go
30
Inch by Inch (By: David Mallett)
1997
Go
31
The Story of Easter (By: Andrew Langley)
1998
Go
32
I Have Heard of a Land (By: Joyce Carol Thomas)
1998
Go
33
Muscles (By: Seymour Simon)
1998
Go
34
William Shakespeare And The Globe (By: Aliki)
1999
Go
35
Grandpa's Teeth (By: Rod Clement)
1999
Go
36
My Visit To The Zoo (By: Aliki)
1999
Go
37
Thanksgiving Day (By: Anne Rockwell)
1999
Go
38
The Irish Cinderlad (By: Shirley Climo)
2000
Go
39
Art Dog (By: Thacher Hurd)
2004
Go
40
8
The Toy Brother (By: William Steig)
2016
Go
41
8
The Seashore Book (By: Charlotte Zolotow)
2017
Go
42
You're Just What I Need (By: Ruth Krauss)
2019
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List of I Can Read! Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Super Cluck (By: Jane O'Connor)
1991
Go
2
The Outside Dog (By: Jennifer Plecas, Charlotte Pomerantz)
1993
Go
3
The Adventures of Snail at School (By: John Stadler)
1993
Go
4
Dust for Dinner (By: Ann Turner)
1995
Go
5
Ready, Set, Go! (By: John Stadler)
1996
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List of Lee Bennett Hopkins Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Take Hold!
1974
Go
2
Hey-How for Halloween!
1974
Go
3
Beat the Drum, Independence Day Has Come: Poems for the Fourth of July
1977
Go
4
Merrily Comes Our Harvest In: Poems for Thanksgiving
1978
Go
5
Merely Players
1979
Go
6
A Chorus of Cultures: Developing Literacy Through Multicultural Poetry
1993
Go
7
Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry
1994
Go
8
Pet Stories
2000
Go
9
8
Amazing Faces
2010
Go
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Lee Bennett Hopkins

Lee Bennett Hopkins was born on April 13th, 1938. Lee passed away August 8th, 2019 at 81 years old. Lee Bennett Hopkins was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Lee Bennett Hopkins was the author of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Collections series which consists of 100 novels. The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Collections series started in 1969 with the novel I Think I Saw a Snail: Young Poems for City Seasons. The most recently released novel in the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Collections series was School People which was released in 2021. There are no upcoming novels for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Collections series.

Lee Bennett Hopkins also wrote the Children's Books series which has 14 books including I Loved Rose Ann and A-Haunting We Will Go.

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Lee Bennett Hopkins: F.A.Q

When was Lee Bennett Hopkins Born?

Lee Bennett Hopkins was born on April 13th, 1938.

When did Lee Bennett Hopkins die?

Lee Bennett Hopkins died on August 8th, 2019 at 81 years old.

Where was Lee Bennett Hopkins Born?

Lee Bennett Hopkins was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

What was the first book Lee Bennett Hopkins wrote?

The first book written by Lee Bennett Hopkins was I Think I Saw a Snail: Young Poems for City Seasons, published in 1969.

What was the most recent book Lee Bennett Hopkins wrote?

His most recently released work was Bless Our Pets on April 16th, 2024.

What is the most popular book by Lee Bennett Hopkins?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Lee Bennett Hopkins book is I Am the Book. Here are his most popular books:
  1. I Am the Book (8)
  2. Jumping Off Library Shelves (6)
  3. Sharing the Seasons (6)
  4. Incredible Inventions (6)
  5. How Do You Make an Elephant Float? (4)

How many books has Lee Bennett Hopkins written?

Lee Bennett Hopkins has written 132 books across 10 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 5 books in the Mother Goose Series
  • 2 Standalone Novels
  • 2 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 14 Children's Books
  • 100 Poetry Collections
  • 7 Non-Fiction Books
  • 2 books in the Trophy Picture Books Series
  • 5 Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Poetry Collections

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