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Books by Jane Yolen

12 books by Jane Yolen have full reviews here; all 139 Jane Yolen titles and editions in our catalog are rated for reading level and content intensity.

Jane Yolen has 12 books with full reviews on HootRated, spanning Grade 0–6 reading level. The typical Jane Yolen book lands at Grade 5, with average content intensity 2.1/5. Jane Yolen's books span 2 series, including Scottish Quartet, How Do Dinosaurs...?.

Reading level alone doesn't tell parents whether a Jane Yolen book is right for a child. 58% of Jane Yolen's reviewed titles are at Gentle or Mild intensity — appropriate for sensitive readers or kids reading ahead of their emotional readiness. 8% are rated Intense or Very Intense. The intensity badges below (green → red) help you match books to your child's emotional readiness, not just their reading ability. See our methodology for how we rate.

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  • A plague of unicorns Level 4-5 · Mild
  • A sending of dragons Level 4-5 · Gentle
  • A Sip Of Aesop Level 2 · Gentle
  • All Those Secrets of the World Level 1-2 · Mild
  • Alligator's Smile Level 2 · Gentle
  • An Invitation to the Butterfly Ball Level 2 · Gentle
  • And twelve Chinese acrobats Level 3 · Mild
  • Animal Train Level K-1 · Gentle
  • Armageddon Summer Level 6 · Moderate
  • Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast Level 6 · Mild
  • Baby Bear's Big Dreams Level 2 · Gentle
  • Bad girls Level 4-5 · Mild
  • Camelot Level 4-5 · Mild
  • Centaur rising Level 6 · Mild
  • Child of Faerie, Child of Earth Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes (Break-of-Day Book) Level 3 · Mild
  • Commander Toad and the Space Pirates (Commander Toad Paperstars) Level 1-2 · Mild
  • Dragon's Blood (Pit Dragon Trilogy) Level 7 · Moderate
  • Dream Weaver Level 3 · Gentle
  • Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Encounter Level 2 · Mild
  • Favorite Folk Tales Level 8 · Mild
  • Friend Level 4-5 · Gentle
  • Friendship on the High Seas Level 2 · Gentle
  • Giants Go Camping Level 3 · Gentle
  • Giants' Visitor Level 3 · Gentle
  • Girl in a cage Level 6 · Moderate
  • Grandad Bill's Song Level 1-2 · Moderate
  • Greyling Level 2 · Mild
  • Grumbles from the Town Level 2 · Gentle
  • Guide to writing for children Level 4-5 · Gentle
  • HEART'S BLOOD (Pit Dragons, Book 2) Level 6 · Moderate
  • Here there be ghosts Level 4-5 · Mild
  • Here there be unicorns Level 4-5 · Gentle
  • Hippolyta and the curse of the Amazons Level 6 · Moderate
  • Hobby (Young Merlin Trilogy) Level 3 · Mild
  • How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? Level K-1 · Gentle
  • How do dinosaurs go to school? Level 2 · Gentle 2 editions
  • How Do Dinosaurs Go to Sleep? Level K-1 · Gentle
  • How do dinosaurs love their cats? Level K-1 · Gentle
  • How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? Book And Plush Set Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • How do dinosaurs say I'm mad? Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • How do dinosaurs stay friends? Level 2-3 · Gentle
  • How to Spot a Mermaid Level 2 · Gentle
  • I Am the Storm Level 3 · Mild
  • Interrupting Cow Meets the Wise Quacker Level 2 · Gentle
  • Jason and the Gorgon's Blood Level 6 · Mild
  • Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts Level 6 · Gentle
  • King Long Shanks Level 2 · Gentle
  • Letting Swift River go Level 1-2 · Mild
  • Mapping the bones Level 8 · Intense
  • Meow Level 2 · Gentle
  • Mice on ice Level 1-2 · Mild
  • Miriam at the River Level 2 · Mild
  • Miz Berlin Walks Level 2 · Gentle
  • Monster Academy Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Mouse's birthday Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Naming Liberty Level 2 · Gentle
  • Neptune rising Level 4-5 · Gentle
  • Not one damsel in distress Level 4-5 · Gentle
  • O Jerusalem Level 6 · Gentle
  • Odysseus in the Serpent Maze Level 6 · Mild
  • On bird hill Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Pay the Piper Level 4-5 · Mild
  • Picnic With Piggins Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Piggins Level 2 · Gentle
  • Queen's own fool Level 7 · Moderate
  • Rainbow Rider Level 1-2 · Mild
  • Raising Yoder's Barn Level 2 · Mild
  • Rounds About Rounds Level 4-5 · Gentle
  • Sad, Mad, Glad Hippos Level K-1 · Gentle
  • School of Fish Level 2 · Gentle
  • Sea Queens Level 4-5 · Mild
  • Shape Me a Rhyme Level 2 · Gentle
  • SHAPE SHIFTERS Level 4-5 · Gentle
  • Sherwood Level 4-5 · Mild
  • Sing a Season Song Level 2 · Gentle
  • Sleep Rhymes Around the World Level 2 · Gentle
  • Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Sleeping Ugly Level 3 · Gentle
  • Something New for Rosh Hashanah Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Spider Jane Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Stone cold Level 3 · Moderate
  • Street Rhymes Around the World Level 2 · Gentle
  • Switching on the moon Level 3 · Gentle
  • The bird of time Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • The boy who spoke chimp Level 4-5 · Mild
  • The Emperor and the Kite (Paperstar Book) Level 2 · Gentle
  • The faery flag Level 4-5 · Mild
  • The Fish Prince and Other Stories Level 6 · Gentle
  • The Girl in the Golden Bower Level 2 · Mild
  • The last changeling Level 6 · Moderate
  • The last dragon Level 4-5 · Mild
  • The little spotted fish Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • The Magic Three of Solatia Level 4-5 · Mild
  • The moon ribbon Level 3 · Gentle
  • The originals Level 5-6 · Gentle
  • The robot and Rebecca Level 3 · Gentle
  • The robot and Rebecca and the missing owser Level 3 · Gentle
  • The seeing stick Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • The Seelie king's war Level 7 · Moderate
  • The seventh mandarin Level 2 · Gentle
  • The transfigured hart Level 4-5 · Gentle
  • The Wild Hunt (Point Signature) Level 4-5 · Mild
  • The Wizard of Washington Square Level 3 · Mild
  • Things that go bump in the night Level 6 · Mild
  • Too Many Golems Level 2 · Gentle
  • Touch magic Level 3 · Gentle
  • Troll Bridge Level 6 · Moderate
  • Trot, trot to Boston Level 3 · Gentle
  • Vampires Level 6 · Mild
  • Welcome to the green house Level 3-4 · Gentle 2 editions
  • Welcome to the river of grass Level 2 · Gentle
  • Welcome to the Sea of Sand Level 3-4 · Gentle 2 editions
  • Where Have the Unicorns Gone? Level 1-2 · Mild
  • Wild wings Level 2 · Gentle
  • Wings Level 2 · Mild
  • Wizard's hall Level 4-5 · Mild
  • Wizard's Map Level 4-5 · Mild
  • Xanadu Level 7 · Gentle
  • Young Merlin Trilogy Level 6 · Gentle

Questions about Jane Yolen's books

What reading level are Jane Yolen's books?
Jane Yolen's reviewed books range from Grade 0–6, with the typical book at Grade 5. Each title has a separate content intensity score so parents can choose by emotional readiness, not just text difficulty.
Are Jane Yolen's books appropriate for sensitive readers?
7 of Jane Yolen's 12 reviewed books (58%) are at Gentle or Mild intensity — safe for sensitive readers. 1 (8%) is rated Intense or Very Intense. Average intensity: 2.1/5.
What age are Jane Yolen's books appropriate for?
Jane Yolen's reviewed books target Ages 5-8 and Ages 9-12 and Ages 11+ and Ages 13+. HootRated rates each book on reading level and content intensity — match both dimensions, not just one.