Books I’ve Written
Please see the individual pages (listed, with links, in the right-hand column) for information about some of the books I’ve written.
Below is the complete list. While many of these books are out of print, don’t give up! You can often find new and used copies on-line. A “Sandy Asher” search at http://amazon.com is a good way to locate them.
SUMMER BEGINS, DAUGHTERS OF THE LAW, JUST LIKE JENNY, THINGS ARE SELDOM WHAT THEY SEEM, MISSING PIECES, EVERYTHING IS NOT ENOUGH, and OUT OF HERE are now available for Kindle at Amazon.com.
THE GREAT AMERICAN PEANUT BOOK, Tempo, 1977 (as Sandra Fenichel Asher)
SUMMER BEGINS, Elsevier/Nelson, 1980 (Bantam, 1982 and in 1986 as SUMMER SMITH BEGINS)
* DAUGHTERS OF THE LAW, Beaufort, 1980 (Dell, 1983)
* JUST LIKE JENNY, Delacorte, l982 (Dell, 1984)
* THINGS ARE SELDOM WHAT THEY SEEM, Delacorte, 1983 (Dell, 1984)
MISSING PIECES, Delacorte, 1984 (Dell, 1986)
TEDDY TEABURY’S FABULOUS FACT, Dell, 1985
* ** EVERYTHING IS NOT ENOUGH, Delacorte, 1987 (Dell, 1988)
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS? Walker and Co., 1987
TEDDY TEABURY’S PEANUTTY PROBLEMS, Dell, 1989
WILD WORDS: HOW TO TRAIN THEM TO TELL STORIES, Walker, 1989
BALLET ONE, early chapter book series for Scholastic:
BEST FRIENDS GET BETTER, 1989
PAT’S PROMISE, 1990
MARY IN THE MIDDLE, 1990
CAN DAVID DO IT? 1991
PRINCESS BEE AND THE ROYAL GOODNIGHT STORY, Whitman, 1989
OUT OF HERE: A SENIOR CLASS YEARBOOK, Lodestar, 1993 (Puffin, 1995)
BUT THAT’S ANOTHER STORY, Walker, 1996 (editor and contributor)
WITH ALL MY HEART, WITH ALL MY MIND, Simon and Schuster, 1999 (editor and contributor)
STELLA’S DANCING DAYS, Harcourt, 2001
DISCOVERING CULTURES: CHINA, Marshall Cavendish, 2002
DISCOVERING CULTURES: MEXICO, Marshall Cavendish, 2002
125 ORIGINAL AUDITION MONOLOGUES (as Sandra Fenichel Asher, with Joseph Robinette and Kent Brown), Dramatic Publishing, 2003
ON HER WAY: Stories and Poems about Growing Up Girl, Dutton, 2004 (editor & contributor)
WHY RABBIT’S NOSE TWITCHES, LeapFrog SchoolHouse, 2004
TOO MANY FROGS!, Philomel, 2005 (Scholastic, 2006)***
DUDE! Stories and Stuff for Boys, Dutton, 2006 (co-editor w/ David Harrison & contributor)
WHAT A PARTY!, Philomel, 2007 (Scholastic, 2008)
HERE COMES GOSLING!, Philomel, 2009
WRITING IT RIGHT: HOW CHILDREN’S AUTHORS PERFECT AND SELL THEIR STORIES, Writers Institute, Inc., 2009 (editor & contributor)
* also published in British editions
** also in a German edition
*** also in a Korean edition
AMERICAN HEARTBEAT: True Stories Told in Scenes and Monologues, Dramatic Publishing, 2014 (editor and contributor)
CHICKEN STORY TIME, Dial Books for Young Readers, due out December 13, 2016
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