Jean Craighead George wrote over eighty popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side of the Mountain. Most of her books deal with topics related to the environment and the natural world. While she mostly wrote children's fiction, she also wrote at least two guides to cooking with wild foods, and an autobiography, Journey Inward. The mother of three children, (Twig C. George, Craig, and T. Luke George) Jean George was a grandmother who joyfully read to her grandchildren since the time they were born. Over the years Jean George kept one hundred and seventy-three pets, not including dogs and cats, in her home in Chappaqua, New York. "Most of these wild animals depart in autumn when the sun changes their behaviour and they feel the urge to migrate or go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories."
Series
Books
Acorn Pancakes, Dandelion Salad and 38 Other Wild Recipes
1995
CASE MISSING CUTTHROATS
1996
The Last Polar Bear (Laura Geringer Books
2009
Spring Moon
2002
One Day in the Prairie
1986
Incredible Animal Adventures
1999
Charlie's Raven
2006
How to Talk to Your Animals
1985
Frightful's Daughter
1972
One Day in the Woods
1988
The Wounded Wolf
1978
The Cats of Roxville Station
2009
The Wild, Wild Cookbook
A Guide for Young Wild-Food Foragers
1982
Moon of the Alligators
1969
On the Far Side of the Mountain
1990
Nutik & Amaroq Play Ball
2001
The Moon of the Salamanders
1967
Nutik, the Wolf Pup
2000
Snow Bear
1999
The Moon of the Deer
1992
Tree Castle Island
2002
Gull Number 737
1964
My Side of the Mountain
1959
Ice Whale
2014
The Wolves Are Back
2008
The Fire Bug Connection
An Ecological Mystery
1993
There's an Owl in the Shower
1997
Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts
1994
Hole in the Tree
1968
Look to the North
A Wolf Pup Diary
1997
Rhino Romp
1998
The Eagles are Back
2013
The First Thanksgiving
1993
Meph, the Pet Skunk
1952
Julie of the Wolves
1972
The Moon of the Gray Wolves
1969
Pocket Guide to the Outdoors
Based on My Side of the Mountain
2009
Julie
1994
The Moon of the Owls
1993
Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here
1993
Who Really Killed Cock Robin? (Rise and Shine)
1971
Frightful's Daughter Meets the Baron Weasel
2007
One Day in the Alpine Tundra
1984
Giraffe Trouble
1998
The Tarantula in My Purse
and 172 Other Wild Pets
1996
Water Sky
1987
Cry of the Crow
1980
Hold Zero!
1966
Going to the Sun
1976
Summer Moon
2002
The Moon of the Bears
1993
Vulpes, the Red Fox
1948
Elephant Walk
1998
How to Talk to Your Cat
1986
My Side of the Mountain Trilogy
1988
The Moon of the Winter Bird
1992
One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest
1990
One Day in the Desert
1983
Goose and Duck
2008
Luck
2006
Snowboard Twist
2004
The Moon of the Mountain Lions
1991
Frightful's Mountain
1999
How to Talk to Your Dog
1986
The Talking Earth
1983
Masked Prowler
1950
Arctic Son
1997
The Moon of the Chickarees
1992
Fire Storm
2003
Dear Katie, the Volcano is a Girl
1998
Summer of the Falcon
1979
Journey Inward
1982
A Special Gift for Grammy
2013
Autumn Moon
2001
Cliff Hanger
2002
Shark Beneath the Reef
1989
The Moon of the Monarch Butterflies
1993
Everglades
1988
The Moon of the Moles
1969
The Buffalo Are Back
2010
The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo
1992
Julie's Wolf Pack
1997
Galápagos George
2014
Moon of the Fox Pups
1992
Crowbar
2015
Dipper of Copper Creek
1956
Winter Moon
2001
