Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Jennifer Adams is the author of more than forty books. Her bestselling BabyLit board books (published by Gibbs Smith) introduce small children to the world of classic literature and have sold 1.5 million copies. She is the author of another series of board books, My Little Cities. Jennifer’s picture books for children, Edgar Gets Ready for Bed, Edgar and the Tattle-Tale Heart and Edgar and the Tree House of Usher are inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven.” She also has two new picture books forthcoming from HarperCollins. Her titles also include books for adults, including Y is for Yorick, a slightly irreverent look at Shakespeare, and Remarkably Jane, notable quotations on Jane Austen. Jennifer graduated from the University of Washington. She has 20 years’ experience as a book editor, including at Gibbs Smith and Quirk Books. She currently works as a consulting editor for Sounds True, developing their children’s line. Jennifer works some evenings at her local independent bookstore, The King’s English, to feed her book habit. She lives in Salt Lake City with her husband, Bill Dunford, who is also a writer. (bio from author's website)
Series
Books
The Nutcracker
A BabyLit® Dancing Primer
2017
Anna Karenina
2013
Edgar Gets Ready for Bed
2014
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
A BabyLit® Sounds Primer
2017
Doodle Lit
Drawing on the Classics
2014
How Do I Love Thee?
2018
Alice in Wonderland
A BabyLit® Colors Primer
2012
My Little Cities
San Francisco
2017
Don Quixote
A BabyLit® Spanish Language Primer
2015
Moby-Dick
A BabyLit Ocean Primer
2013
My Little Cities
London
2017
A Book, Too, Can Be a Star
The Story of Madeleine L'Engle and the Making of a Wrinkle in Time
2022
Cinderella
My First Ballet Book
2020
A Christmas Carol
A BabyLit® Colors Primer
2012
Anne of Green Gables
A BabyLit® Places Primer
2017
The Sleeping Beauty
My First Ballet Book
2019
The Jungle Book
An Animals Primer
2014
Dracula
A BabyLit® Counting Primer
2012
My Little Cities
Paris
2017
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A BabyLit® Camping Primer
2014
I Am a Warrior Goddess
2018
Edgar and the Tattle-Tale Heart
A BabyLit® Book: Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2014
101 Things to Do with Gelatin
2008
Australia's Ultimate Bucket List 2nd edition
2023
A Little Princess
A BabyLit® Friendship Primer
2017
Emma
A BabyLit® Emotions Primer
2015
Jabberwocky
A BabyLit® Nonsense Primer
2013
I Am a Kindness Hero
2021
Y is for Yorick
2011
Peter Pan
2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A BabyLit® Fairies Primer
2016
Pride & Prejudice
A BabyLit® Counting Primer
2011
Edgar and the Tree House of Usher
2015
Goodnight, Little Superhero
2020
New York
2017
Swan Lake
My First Ballet Book
2020
Animal Babies Like to Play
2019
Romeo & Juliet
A BabyLit Counting Primer
2011
Treasure Island
A BabyLit® Shapes Primer
2015
Classic Lit A to Z
A Babylit(r) Alphabet Primer
2017
101 Things to Do with Cheese
2010
Jane Eyre
A BabyLit® Counting Primer
2012
Australia's Ultimate Bucket List
The top 100 places you should see in your lifetime
2018
Sense & Sensibility
A BabyLit Opposites Primer
2013
Goodnight, Little Dancer
2020
Les Miserables
A BabyLit® French Language Primer
2016
Remarkably Jane
Notable Quotations on Jane Austen
2009
All’s Right with the World
2023
