Also as author and illustrator:

Up in the Air: The Story of the Wright Brothers

Ages 8 and up. Breakfast Serials, 2003.

Dinosaurs at the Ends of the Earth: The Story of the Central Asiatic Expeditions

Ages 6 and up. A Richard Jackson Book | DK Ink, 2000. Based on the true story of Roy Chapman Andrews—often described as a real-life Indiana Jones—whose expeditions into Mongolia's Gobi Desert discovered Velociraptor, the first dinosaur eggs, and more.

The Frightful Story of Harry Walfish

Ages 4 to 8. A Richard Jackson Book | Orchard Books, 1997.

THE POPPY STORIES by Avi

In these six adventure-filled novels by Avi, readers are introduced to a cast of animal characters — mice, skunks, porcupines, bats, and more — linked together by their friendship with the brave deer mouse Poppy. Click here to read more about the books.

Marty McGuire

By Kate Messner. Ages 4 to 8. Scholastic, 2011.

The True Gift

By Patricia MacLachlan. Ages 9 to 12. Simon & Schuster, 2009.

Poppy and Ereth

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 2009. Book 6 of the Poppy Stories.

The Hinky-Pink

An old tale retold by Megan McDonald. Ages 4-8. A Richard Jackson Book | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Simon & Schuster, 2008.

The Max & Mo Books

By Patricia Lakin. Ages 4 to 6. Aladdin | Simon & Schuster, 2007 and 2008. Thrills! Danger! Arts and crafts! In these Level I Ready-To-Read books, hamsters Max and Mo slip early and often out of their cage to explore the elementary school art room in which they live. The results are simple and fun crafts projects that readers can make themselves (with a little help).

From Slave to Soldier

By Deborah Hopkinson. Ages 7 to 9. Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Simon & Schuster, 2005. A Ready to Read book based on the true Civil War story of John McCline, who escaped slavery in Tennessee and joined up with the 13th Michigan Infantry Regiment.

Poppy's Return

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. Book 5 of the Poppy Stories. Poppy must manage family, friends (including Ereth the porcupine), friends of family (including Mephitis the skunk)—and a bulldozer's threat to her family's home.

Billy and the Rebel

By Deborah Hopkinson. Ages 7 to 9. Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Simon & Schuster, 2005. A Ready to Read book based on the true Civil War story of William Bayly, who, with his mother, sheltered a young Confederate deserter during the battle of Gettysburg.

Uncles and Antlers

By Lisa Wheeler. Ages 3 to 6. A Richard Jackson Book | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Simon & Schuster, 2004. A fast-paced and comic Christmas read.

The Mayor of Central Park

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. In a turn-of-the-century New York where a squirrel can be a mayor and a mole can be a bartender and a goat can own the nicest house in the city — and where everyone loves baseball — a mob boss rat from Brooklyn runs amok, and it's up to Oscar Westerwit, squirrel, to set things right.

Ereth's Birthday

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. Book 4 of the Poppy Stories.

Jenius: The Amazing Guinea Pig

By Dick King-Smith. Ages 6 to 9. Hyperion, 1999.

Ragweed

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. Book 1 of the Poppy Stories.

Poppy & Rye

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. Book 3 of the Poppy Stories.

Poppy

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. A Richard Jackson Book | Orchard Books, 1995. Book 2 of the Poppy Stories.

Luck with Potatoes

By Helen Ketteman. Ages 5 to 8. A Richard Jackson Book | Orchard Books, 1995.

The Voyager's Stone

By Robert Kraske. Ages 9 to 11. A Richard Jackson Book | Orchard Books, 1995.

City of Light, City of Dark

By Avi. Ages 9 and up. A Richard Jackson Book | Orchard Books, 1993.

And there’s also:

Beatrice Black Bear

By John Grandits. Ages 3 to 7. Beatrice is a regular feature in Click Magazine.