Books by Phyllis:
Newest:
Anywhere Farm
Illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Candlewick Press 2017
Available from Penguin Random House
Available from Amazon
“This must-have picture book will be especially beneficial for school units on plants and seeds and for library storytimes with a spring or gardening theme.”
—SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)
“The joyful text makes growing flowers and vegetables seem easy, showing plants spilling out of alternative containers as well as more traditional raised beds and the concluding, large garden plot.”
—KIRKUS REVIEWS
Coming Soon :
Searching for Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers:
A Guide for Beginners, Botanists, and Everyone in Between
University of Minnesota Press
Spring 2018
Lost Forest
Illustrated by Betsy Bowen
University of Minnesota Press
Forthcoming in Spring 2019
More Books by Phyllis :
One North Star
Illustrated by Beckie Prange and Betsy Bowen
University of University Minnesota Press 2016
Available from U of Minnesota Press
Available at Target
Available at Amazon
Snowy Sunday
Illustrated by Helen Craig
Candlewick Press 2015
Available from Candlewick
Available from Amazon
Plant a Pocket of Prairie
Illustrated by Betsy Bowen
University of Minnesota Press, 2013
Available from U of Minnesota Press
Available at IndieBound
Available at Amazon
Lilly and the Pirates
Pictures by Rob Shepperson
Boyds Mills Press 2010
Big Belching Bog
Illustrated by Betsy Bowen
University of Minnesota Press 2010
Available from U of Minnesota Press
Available at Amazon
Creak! Said the Bed
Illustrated by Regan Dunnick
Candlewick Press 2010
Available from Penguin Random House
Available from Amazon
Flip, Flap, Fly!
A Book for Babies Everywhere
Illustrated by David Walker
Candlewick Press 2009
Available from Penguin Random House
Available at Amazon
Toot, Toot, Zoom!
Illustrated by Matthew Cordell
Candlewick Press 2009
Available from Candlewick
Available from Amazon
Paula Bunyan
Aunt Nancy and the Bothersome Visitors
Illustrated by David Parkins
Candlewick Press 2007
Available from Candlewick
Available from Amazon
Looking for Moose
Illustrated by Randy Cecil
Candlewick Press 2006
Available from Candlewick
Available from Amazon
• Listen to second grade students in Saskatoon sing Looking for a Moose
Lucia and the Light
QUACK!
HOP! 
Who Said Boo?
The House That Jill Built
If You Want to See a Caribou
Ten Sleepy Sheep
Illustrated by Susan Gaber
Candlewick Press 2004
Available from Penguin Random House
Available at Target
Available at Amazon
The Name Quilt
Big Mama Makes the World
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Candlewick Press 2003
Available from Penguin Random House
Available from Amazon
Oliver Finds His Way
What’s That Noise?
With Michelle Edwards
Illustrated by Paul Meisel
Candlewick Press 2002
Mouse Has Fun
Illustrated by James Croft
Candlewick Press 2002
Available from Penguin
Available at Amazon
Mouse Goes Out
Illustrated by James Croft
Candlewick Press 2002
Available from Penguin
Available at Amazon
Rattletrap Car
Illustrated by Jill Barton
Candlewick Press 2001
Available from Penguin Random House
Available at Amazon
• Listen to Rattletrap Car, read by Dramatic Storytime Theater (YouTube)
Soggy Satruday
All for the Newborn Baby
Kiss the Cow!
Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand
Candlewick Press 2000
Available from Penguin Random House
Available at Amazon
Foggy Friday
Meow Monday
Hey, Tabby Cat!
Illustrated by Katherine McEwen
Candlewick Press 2000
Here Comes Tabby Cat
Illustrated by Katherine McEwen
Candlewick Press 2000
Grandmother Winter
Turnover Tuesday
Aunt Nancy and Cousin Lazybones
Illustrated by David Parkins
Candlewick Press 1998
One Duck Stuck
Illustrated by Jane Chapman
Candlewick Press 1998
Available from Penguin Random House
Available at IndieBound
Available at Amazon
What Baby Wants
Rosie’s Fiddle
The Hungry Monster
Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble
Illustrated by David Parkins
Candlewick Press 1996
Available at Powell’s
Available at Amazon
Mrs. Potter’s Pig
Contrary Bear
One Windy Wednesday
Coyote and the Magic Words
Illustrated by Sandra Speidel
Lothrop Lee and Shepherd 1993
Sam Who Went to Sea
The Listening Silence
The Old Red Rocking Chair
Soup for Supper
Moon Tiger