Amy Hest is a three-time winner of the Christopher Medal and winner of the BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK Award. She lives in New York City.
Books in order of publication:
Maybe Next Year – 1982
Pete and Lily – 1986
The Mommy Exchange – 1988
The Crack-of-Dawn Walkers – 1988
The Best-Ever Good-Bye Party – 1989
Travel Tips from Harry: a Guide to Family Vacations – 1989
The Ring and the Window Seat – 1990
A Sort of Sailor – 1990
Love You, Soldier – 1991
The Go-Between – 1992
Pajama Party – 1992
Purple Coat – 1992
Weekend Girl – 1993
Nana’s Birthday Party – 1993
Nannies for Hire – 1994
Ruby’s Storm – 1994
The Midnight Eater’s – 1994
Rosie’s Fishing Trip – 1994
The Private Notebook of Katie Roberts, age 11 – 1995
How to Get Famous in Brooklyn – 1995
In the Rain with Baby Duck – 1995
Party on Ice – 1995
Baby Duck and the Bad Eyeglasses – 1996
Babies are Coming – 1997
You’re the Boss, Baby Duck! – 1997
Jamica Louise James – 1997
Gabby Growing Up – 1998
The Great Green Notebook of Katie Roberts – 1998
Mabel Dancing – 2000
The Friday Nights of Nana – 2001
Kiss Good Night – 2001
Make the Team, Baby Duck! – 2002
No Te Sientes Bie, Sam? – 2002
When Jessie Came Across the Sea – 2003
Guess Who, Baby Duck! – 2004
You Can Swim Baby Duck – 2005
Don’t You Feel Well, Sam? – 2007
Mr. George Baker – 2007
Off to School, Baby Duck! – 2007
You Can Do It, Sam – 2007
Dog Who Belonged to No One – 2008
Little Chick – 2009
When You Meet A Bear on Broadway – 2009
Remembering Mrs. Rossi – 2010
Letters to Leo – 2012
Charley’s First Night – 2012
The Reader – 2012
When Charley Met Grampa – 2013
My Old Pal, Oscar – 2016
Are You Sure, Mother Bear? – 2016
On the Night of the Shooting Star – 2017
Buster and the Baby – 2017
The Summer We Found the Baby – 2020
Billy and Rose: Forever Friends – 2022
Sometimes It’s Nice to be Alone – 2023
Billy and Rose: Just the Way They Are – 2023
Bunny Should be Sleeping – 2024
Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing – 2024
When Rosie Walks George – 2024
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