Editing Pearl S. Buck (section)

== Selected bibliography ==

=== Autobiographies ===
*''My Several Worlds: A Personal Record'' (New York: John Day, 1954)
*''My Several Worlds'' – abridged for younger readers by Cornelia Spencer (New York: John Day, 1957)
*''A Bridge for Passing'' (New York: John Day, 1962) – autobiographical account of the filming of the [[The Big Wave (film)|film adaptation]] of Buck's children's book, ''[[The Big Wave]]''

=== Biographies ===
*''[[The Exile (Buck book)|The Exile: Portrait of an American Mother]]'' (New York: John Day, 1936) –&nbsp;about her mother, Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker (1857–1921); serialized in ''[[Woman's Home Companion]]'' magazine (10/1935–3/1936)
*''[[Fighting Angel]]: Portrait of a Soul'' (New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936) –&nbsp;about her father, [[Absalom Sydenstricker]] (1852–1931)
*''The Spirit and the Flesh'' (New York: John Day, 1944) – includes ''The Exile: Portrait of an American Mother'' and ''Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul''

=== Novels ===
{{See also|List of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s}}
*''[[East Wind: West Wind]]'' (New York: John Day, 1930)<ref>{{Cite web| title = East Wind: West Wind by Pearl S. Buck| work = Fantasticfiction| access-date = April 6, 2015| url = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/pearl-s-buck/east-wind-west-wind.htm}}</ref> – working title ''Winds of Heaven''
*''[[The Good Earth]]'' (New York: John Day, 1931); ''The House of Earth'' trilogy #1 – made into a feature film ''[[The Good Earth (film)|The Good Earth]]'' (MGM, 1937)
*''[[Sons (novel)|Sons]]'' (New York: John Day, 1933); ''The House of Earth'' trilogy #2; serialized in [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|''Cosmopolitan'']] (4–11/1932)
*''[[A House Divided (novel)|A House Divided]]'' (New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935); ''The House of Earth'' trilogy #3
*''The House of Earth'' (trilogy) (New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935) – includes: ''The Good Earth'', ''Sons'', ''A House Divided''
*''All Men Are Brothers'' (New York: John Day, 1933) – a translation by Buck of the Chinese classical prose epic ''[[Water Margin]]'' (Shui Hu Zhuan)
*''[[The Mother (Pearl S. Buck novel)|The Mother]]'' (New York: John Day, 1933) – serialized in ''Cosmopolitan'' (7/1933–1/1934) 
*''This Proud Heart'' (New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1938) – serialized in ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'' magazine (8/1937–2/1938)
*''The Patriot'' (New York: John Day, 1939)
*''Other Gods: An American Legend'' (New York: John Day, 1940) – excerpt serialized in ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'' magazine as "American Legend" (12/1938–5/1939)
*''[[China Sky]]'' (New York: John Day, 1941) – China trilogy #1; serialized in ''[[Collier's]] Weekly'' magazine (2–4/1941); made into a feature film ''China Sky (film)'' (RKO, 1945)
*''China Gold: A Novel of War-torn China'' (New York: John Day, 1942) – China trilogy #2; serialized in ''Collier's Weekly'' magazine (2–4/1942)
*''[[Dragon Seed (novel)|Dragon Seed]]'' (New York: John Day, 1942) – serialized in ''[[Asia (magazine)|Asia]]'' (9/1941–2/1942); made into a feature film ''[[Dragon Seed (film)|Dragon Seed]]'' (MGM, 1944)
*''The Promise'' (New York: John Day, 1943) – sequel to ''Dragon Seed''; serialized in ''Asia and the Americas'' (''Asia'') (11/1942–10/1943)
*''China Flight'' (Philadelphia: Triangle Books/Blakiston Company, 19453) – China trilogy #3; serialized in ''Collier's Weekly'' magazine (2–4/1943)
*''Portrait of a Marriage'' (New York: John Day, 1945) – illustrated by [[Charles Hargens]]
*''The Townsman'' (New York: John Day, 1945) – as John Sedges
*''Pavilion of Women'' (New York: John Day, 1946) – made into a feature film ''[[Pavilion of Women]]'' (Universal Focus, 2001)
*''The Angry Wife'' (New York: John Day, 1947) – as John Sedges
*''[[Peony (novel)|Peony]]'' (New York: John Day, 1948) – published in the UK as ''The Bondmaid'' (London: T. Brun, 1949); – serialized in ''Cosmopolitan'' (3–4/1948)
*''Kinfolk'' (New York: John Day, 1949) – serialized in ''[[Ladies' Home Journal]]'' (10/1948–2/1949)
*''The Long Love'' (New York: John Day, 1949) – as John Sedges
*''God's Men'' (New York: John Day, 1951)
*''Sylvia'' (1951) –&nbsp;alternate title ''No Time for Love'', serialized in ''[[Redbook]]'' magazine (1951)
*''Bright Procession'' (New York: John Day, 1952) – as John Sedges
*''The Hidden Flower'' (New York: John Day, 1952) – serialized in ''Woman's Home Companion'' magazine (3–4/1952)
*''Come, My Beloved'' (New York: John Day, 1953)
*''Voices in the House'' (New York: John Day, 1953) – as John Sedges
*''[[Imperial Woman]]'' The Story of the Last Empress of China (New York: John Day, 1956) –&nbsp;about [[Empress Dowager Cixi]]; serialized in ''Woman's Home Companion'' (3–4/1956)
*''[[Letter from Peking]]'' (New York: John Day, 1957)
*''American Triptych: Three John Sedges Novels'' (New York: John Day, 1958) –&nbsp;includes ''The Townsman'', ''The Long Love'', ''Voices in the House''
*''Command the Morning'' (New York: John Day, 1959)
*''Satan Never Sleeps'' (New York: Pocket Books, 1962) – 1962 film ''[[Satan Never Sleeps]]'', also known as ''The Devil Never Sleeps'' and ''Flight from Terror''
*''[[The Living Reed]]'' ''A Novel of Korea'' (New York: John Day, 1963)
*''Death in the Castle'' (New York: John Day, 1965)
*''The Time Is Noon'' (New York: John Day, 1966)
*''The New Year'' (New York: John Day, 1968)
*''The Three Daughters of Madame Liang'' (London: Methuen, 1969)
*''[[Mandala (novel)|Mandala]]: A Novel of India'' (New York: John Day, 1970)
*''The Goddess Abides'' (New York: John Day, 1972)
*''All under Heaven'' (New York: John Day, 1973)
*''The Rainbow'' (New York: John Day, 1974)
*''The Eternal Wonder'' (believed to have been written shortly before her death, published in October 2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/business/media/a-pearl-buck-novel-new-after-4-decades.html|title=A Pearl Buck Novel, New After 4 Decades|author=Julie Bosman|date=May 21, 2013|newspaper=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>

=== Non-fiction ===
*''Is There a Case for Foreign Missions?'' (New York: John Day, 1932)
*''The Chinese Novel: Nobel Lecture Delivered before the Swedish Academy at Stockholm'', December 12, 1938 (New York: John Day, 1939)<ref>{{Citation| title = Pearl S. Buck's Nobel Lecture|url =https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1938/buck/lecture/}}</ref>
*''Of Men and Women'' (New York: John Day, 1941) – Essays
*''American Unity and Asia'' (New York: John Day, 1942) – UK edition titled ''Asia and Democracy'', London: Macmillan, 1943) – Essays
*''What America Means to Me'' (New York: John Day, 1943) – UK edition (London: Methuen, 1944) – Essays
*''Talk about Russia (with Masha Scott)'' (New York: John Day, 1945) – serialized in ''Asia and the Americas'' magazine (''Asia'') as ''Talks with Masha'' (1945)
*''Tell the People: Talks with [[James Yen]] about the Mass Education Movement'' (New York: John Day, 1945)
*''How It Happens: Talk about the German People, 1914–1933'', with Erna von Pustau (New York: John Day, 1947)
*''American Argument'' with [[Eslanda Goode Robeson]] (New York: John Day, 1949)
*''The Child Who Never Grew'' (New York: John Day, 1950)
*''The Man Who Changed China: The Story of Sun Yat-sen'' (New York: John Day, 1953) –&nbsp;for children
*''Friend to Friend: A Candid Exchange between Pearl S. Buck and [[Carlos P. Romulo]]'' (New York: John Day, 1958)
*''For Spacious Skies'' (1966)
*''The People of Japan'' (1966)
*''To My Daughters, with Love'' (New York: John Day, 1967)
*''The Kennedy Women'' (1970)
*''China as I See It'' (1970)
*''[[The Story Bible]]'' (1971)
*''Pearl S. Buck's Oriental Cookbook'' (1972)
*''Words of Love'' (1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.com/9780381982638/Words-Love-Pearl-Buck-0381982637/plp|title=9780381982638: Words of Love – AbeBooks – Pearl S Buck: 0381982637|website=www.abebooks.com}}</ref>

=== Short stories ===
=== Collections ===
*''The First Wife and Other Stories'' (London: Methuen, 1933) – includes: "The First Wife", "The Old Mother", "The Frill", "The Quarrell", "Repatriated", "The Rainy Day", "Wang Lung", "The Communist", "Father Andrea", "The New Road", "Barren Spring", *"The Refugees", "Fathers and Mothers", "The Good River"
*''Today and Forever: Stories of China'' (New York: John Day, 1941) – includes: "The Lesson", The Angel", "Mr. Binney's Afternoon", "The Dance", "Shanghai Scene", "Hearts Come Home", "His Own Country", "Tiger! Tiger!", "Golden flower", "The Face of Buddha", "Guerrilla Mother", "A Man's Foes", "The Old Demon"
*''Twenty-seven Stories'' (Garden City, NY: Sun Dial Press, 1943) –&nbsp;includes (from ''The First Wife and Other Stories''): "The First Wife", "The Old Mother", "The Frill", "The Quarrell", "Repatriated", "The Rainy Day", Wang Lung", "The Communist", "Father Andrea", "The New Road", "Barren Spring", *"The Refugees", "Fathers and Mothers", "The Good River"; and (from ''Today and Forever: Stories of China''): "The Lesson", The Angel", "Mr. Binney's Afternoon", "The Dance", "Shanghai Scene", "Hearts Come Home", "His Own Country", "Tiger! Tiger!", "Golden flower", "The Face of Buddha", "Guerrilla Mother", "A Man's Foes", "The Old Demon"
*''Far and Near: Stories of Japan, China, and America'' (New York: John Day, 1947) –&nbsp;includes: "The Enemy", "Home Girl", "Mr. Right", "The Tax Collector", "A Few People", "Home to Heaven", "Enough for a Lifetime", "Mother and Sons", "Mrs. Mercer and Her Self", "The Perfect Wife", "Virgin birth", "The Truce", "Heat Wave", "The One Woman"
*''Fourteen Stories'' (New York: John Day, 1961) –&nbsp;includes: "A Certain Star," "The Beauty", "Enchantment", "With a Delicate Air", "Beyond Language", "Parable of Plain People", "The Commander and the Commissar", "Begin to Live", "The Engagement", "Melissa", "Gift of Laughter", "Death and the Dawn", "The Silver Butterfly", "Francesca"
*''Hearts Come Home and Other Stories'' (New York: Pocket Books, 1962)
*''Stories of China'' (1964)
*''Escape at Midnight and Other Stories'' (1964)
*''The Good Deed, and other Stories of Asia, Past and Present'' (1970)
*''East and West Stories'' (1975)
*''Secrets of the Heart: Stories'' (1976)
*''The Lovers and Other Stories'' (1977)
*''Mrs. Stoner and the Sea and Other Stories'' (1978)
*''The Woman Who Was Changed and Other Stories'' (1979)
*''Beauty Shop Series'': "Revenge in a Beauty Shop" (1939) –&nbsp;original title "The Perfect Hairdresser"
*''Beauty Shop Series'': "Gold Mine" (1940)
*''Beauty Shop Series'': "Mrs. Whittaker's Secret"/"The Blonde Brunette" (1940)
*''Beauty Shop Series'': "Procession of Song" (1940)
*''Beauty Shop Series'': "Snake at the Picnic" (1940) – published as "Seed of Sin" (1941)
*''Beauty Shop Series'': "Seed of Sin" (1941) – published as "Snake at the Picnic (1940)

=== Individual short stories ===
*Unknown title (1902) –&nbsp;first published story, pen name "Novice", ''Shanghai Mercury''
*"The Real Santa Claus" (c. 1911)
*"Village by the Sea" (1911)
*"By the Hand of a Child" (1912)
*"The Hours of Worship" (1914)
*"When 'Lof' Comes" (1914)
*"The Clutch of the Ancients" (1924)
*"The Rainy Day" (c. 1925)
*"A Chinese Woman Speaks" (1926)
*"Lao Wang, the Farmer" (1926)
*"The Solitary Priest" (1926)
*"The Revolutionist" (1928) –&nbsp;later published as "Wang Lung" (1933)
*"The Wandering Little God" (1928)
*"Father Andrea" (1929)
*"The New Road" (1930)
*"Singing to her Death" (1930)
*"The Barren Spring" (1931)
*"The First Wife" (1931)
*"The Old Chinese Nurse" (1932)
*"The Quarrel" (1932)
*"The Communist" (1933)
*"Fathers and Mothers" (1933)
*"The Frill" (1933)
*"Hidden is the Golden Dragon" (1933)
*"The Lesson" (1933) –&nbsp;later published as "No Other Gods" (1936; original title used in short story collections)
*"The Old Mother" (1933)
*"The Refugees" (1933)
*"Repatriated" (1933)
*"The Return" (1933)
*"The River" (1933) –&nbsp;later published as "The Good River" (1939)
*"The Two Women" (1933)
*"The Beautiful Ladies" (1934) –&nbsp;later published as "Mr. Binney's Afternoon" (1935)
*"Fool's Sacrifice" (1934)
*"Shanghai Scene" (1934)
*"Wedding and Funeral" (1934)
*"Between These Two" (1935)
*"The Dance" (1935)
*"Enough for a Lifetime" (1935)
*"Hearts Come Home" (1935)
*"Heat Wave" (1935)
*"His Own Country" (1935)
*"The Perfect Wife" (1935)
*"Vignette of Love" (1935) –&nbsp;later published as "Next Saturday and Forever" (1977)
*"The Crusade" (1936)
*"Strangers Are Kind" (1936)
*"The Truce" (1936)
*"What the Heart Must" (1937) – later published as "Someone to Remember" (1947)
*"The Angel" (1937)
*"Faithfully" (1937)
*"Ko-Sen, the Sacrificed" (1937)
*"Now and Forever" (1937) – serialized in ''[[Woman's Home Companion]]'' magazine (10/1936–3/1937)
*"The Woman Who Was Changed" (1937) – serialized in ''[[Redbook]]'' magazine (7–9/1937)
*"The Pearls of O-lan" –&nbsp;from ''The Good Earth'' (1938)
*"Ransom" (1938)
*"Tiger! Tiger!" (1938)
*"Wonderful Woman" (1938) – serialized in ''Redbook'' magazine (6–8/1938)
*"For a Thing Done" (1939) –&nbsp;originally titled "While You Are Here"
*"The Old Demon" (1939) –&nbsp;reprinted in ''Great Modern Short Stories: An Anthology of Twelve Famous Stories and Novelettes'', selected, and with a foreword and biographical notes by [[Bennett Cerf]] (New York: The Modern library, 1942)
*"The Face of Gold" (1940, in ''Saturday Evening Post'') –&nbsp;later published as "The Face of Buddha" (1941)
*"Golden Flower" (1940)
*"Iron" (1940) – later published as "A Man's Foes" (1940)
*"The Old Signs Fail" (1940)
*"Stay as You Are" (1940) –&nbsp;serialized in [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|''Cosmopolitan'']] (3–7/1940)
*"There Was No Peace" (1940) –&nbsp;later published as "Guerrilla Mother" (1941)
*"Answer to Life" (novella; 1941)
*"More Than a Woman" (1941) –&nbsp;originally titled "Deny It if You Can"
*"Our Daily Bread" (1941) –&nbsp;originally titled "A Man's Daily Bread, 1–3", serialized in ''Redbook'' magazine (2–4/1941), longer version published as ''Portrait of a Marriage'' (1945)
*''The Enemy'' (1942, ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'') –&nbsp;staged by the Indian "Aamra Kajon" (Drama Society), on the Bengal Theatre Festival 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/theatre/say-no-war-1502738956.html |title=Play review {{!}} ''The Enemy'': Say no to war |publisher=The Statesman |date=March 15, 2019 |access-date=September 13, 2019 }}</ref>
*"John-John Chinaman" (1942) –&nbsp;original title "John Chinaman"
*"The Long Way 'Round" – serialized in ''Cosmopolitan'' (9/1942–2/1943)
*"Mrs. Barclay's Christmas Present" (1942) – later published as "Gift of Laughter" (1943)
*"Descent into China" (1944)
*"Journey for Life" (1944) –&nbsp;originally titled "Spark of Life"
*"The Real Thing" (1944) – serialized in ''Cosmopolitan'' (2–6/1944); originally intendeds as a serial "Harmony Hill" (1938)
*"Begin to Live" (1945)
*"Mother and Sons" (1945)
*"A Time to Love" (1945) –&nbsp;later published under its original title "The Courtyards of Peace" (1969)
*"Big Tooth Yang" (1946) –&nbsp;later published as "The Tax Collector" (1947)
*"The Conqueror's Girl" (1946) – later published as "Home Girl" (1947)
*"Faithfully Yours" (1947)
*"Home to Heaven" (1947)
*"Incident at Wang's Corner" (1947) – later published as "A Few People" (1947)
*"Mr. Right" (1947)
*"Mrs. Mercer and Her Self" (1947)
*"The One Woman" (1947)
*"Virgin Birth" (1947)
*"Francesca" (''[[Good Housekeeping]]'' magazine, 1948)
*"The Ember" (1949)
*"The Tryst" (1950)
*"Love and the Morning Calm" – serialized in ''Redbook'' magazine (1–4/1951)
*"The Man Called Dead" (1952)
*"Death and the Spring" (1953)
*"Moon over Manhattan" (1953)
*"The Three Daughters" (1953)
*"The Unwritten Rules" (1953)
*"The Couple Who Lived on the Moon" (1953) – later published as "The Engagement" (1961)
*"A Husband for Lili" (1953) – later published as "The Good Deed" (1969)
*"The Heart's Beginning" (1954)
*"The Shield of Love" (1954)
*"Christmas Day in the Morning" (1955) – later published as "The Gift That Lasts a Lifetime"
*"Death and the Dawn" (1956)
*"Mariko" (1956)
*"A Certain Star" (1957)
*"Honeymoon Blues" (1957)
*"China Story" (1958)
*"Leading Lady" (1958) – alternately titled "Open the Door, Lady"
*"The Secret" (1958)
*"With a Delicate Air" (1959)
*"The Bomb (Dr. Arthur Compton)" (1959)
*"Heart of a Man" (1959)
*"Melissa" (1960)
*"The Silver Butterfly" (1960)
*"The Beauty" (1961)
*"Beyond Language" (1961)
*"The Commander and the Commissar" (1961)
*"Enchantment" (1961)
*"Parable of Plain People" (1961)
*"A Field of Rice" (1962)
*"A Grandmother's Christmas" (1962) – later published as "This Day to Treasure" (1972)
*""Never Trust the Moonlight" (1962) – later published as "The Green Sari" (1962)
*"The Cockfight, 1963
*"A Court of Love" (1963)
*"Escape at Midnight" (1963)
*"The Lighted Window" (1963)
*"Night Nurse" (1963)
*"The Sacred Skull" (1963)
*"The Trap" (1963)
*"India, My India" (1964)
*"Ranjit and the Tiger" (1964)
*"A Certain Wisdom" (1967, in ''[[Woman's Day]]'' magazine)
*"Stranger Come Home" (1967)
*"The House They Built" (1968, in ''[[Boys' Life]]'' magazine)
*"The Orphan in My Home" (1968)
*"Secrets of the Heart" (1968)
*"All the Days of Love and Courage" 1969) – later published as "The Christmas Child" (1972)
*"Dagger in the Dark" (1969)
*"Duet in Asia" (1969; written 1953
*"Going Home" (1969)
*"Letter Home" (1969; written 1943)
*"Sunrise at Juhu" (1969)
*"Two in Love" (1970) – later published as "The Strawberry Vase" (1976)
*"The Gifts of Joy" (1971)
*"Once upon a Christmas" (1971)
*"The Christmas Secret" (1972)
*"Christmas Story" (1972)
*"In Loving Memory" (1972) – later published as "Mrs. Stoner and the Sea" (1976)
*"The New Christmas" (1972)
*"The Miracle Child" (1973)
*"Mrs. Barton Declines" (1973) – later published as "Mrs. Barton's Decline" and "Mrs. Barton's Resurrection" (1976)
*"Darling Let Me Stay" (1975) – excerpt from "Once upon a Christmas" (1971)
*"Dream Child" (1975)
*"The Golden Bowl" (1975; written 1942)
*"Letter from India" (1975)
*"To Whom a Child is Born" (1975)
*"Alive again" (1976)
*"Come Home My Son" (1976)
*"Here and Now" (1976; written 1941)
*"Morning in the Park" (1976; written 1948)
*"Search for a Star" (1976)
*"To Thine Own Self" (1976)
*"The Woman in the Waves" (1976; written 1953)
*"The Kiss" (1977)
*"The Lovers" (1977)
*"Miranda" (1977)
*"The Castle" (1979; written 1949)
*"A Pleasant Evening" (1979; written 1948)
*''Christmas Miniature'' (New York: John Day, 1957) –&nbsp;in UK as ''Christmas Mouse'' (London: Methuen, 1959) –&nbsp;illustrated by Anna Marie Magagna
*''Christmas Ghost'' (New York: John Day, 1960) –&nbsp;illustrated by Anna Marie Magagna

''Unpublished stories''
*"The Good Rich Man" (1937, unsold)
*"The Sheriff" (1937, unsold)
*"High and Mighty" (1938, unsold)
*"Mrs. Witler's Husband" (1938, unsold)
*"Mother and Daughter" (1938, unsold; alternate title "My Beloved")
*"Mother without Child" (1940, unsold)
*"Instead of Diamonds" (1953, unsold)

''Unpublished stories, undated''
*"The Assignation" (submitted not sold)
*"The Big Dance" (unsold)
*"The Bleeding Heart" (unsold)
*"The Bullfrog" (unsold)
*"The Day at Dawn" (unpublished)
*"The Director"
*"Heart of the Jungle (submitted, unsold)
*"Images" (sold but unpublished)
*"Lesson in Biology" / "Useless Wife" (unsold)
*"Morning in Okinawa" (unsold)
*"Mrs. Jones of Jerrell Street" (unsold)
*"One of Our People" (sold, unpublished)
*"Summer Fruit" (unsold)
*"Three Nights with Love" (submitted, unsold) – original title "More Than a Woman"
*"Too Many Flowers" (unsold)
*"Wang the Ancient" (unpublished)
*"Wang the White Boy" (unpublished)

''Stories: Date unknown''
*"Church Woman"
*"Crucifixion"
*"Dear Son"
*"Escape Me Never" – alternate title of "For a Thing Done"
*"The Great Soul"
*"Her Father's Wife"
*"Horse Face"
*"Lennie"
*"The Magic Dragon"
*"Mrs. Jones of Jerrell Street" (unsold)
*"Night of the Dance"
*"One and Two"
*"Pleasant Vampire"
*"Rhoda and Mike"
*"The Royal Family"
*"The Searcher"
*"Steam and Snow"
*"Tinder and the Flame"
*"The War Chest"
*"To Work the Sleeping Land"

=== Children's books and stories ===
*''The Young Revolutionist'' (New York: John Day, 1932) –&nbsp;for children
*''Stories for Little Children'' (New York: John Day, 1940) –&nbsp;pictures by Weda Yap
*"When Fun Begins" (1941)
*''The Chinese Children Next Door'' (New York: John Day, 1942)
*''The Water Buffalo Children'' (New York: John Day, 1943) –&nbsp;drawings by William Arthur Smith
*''Dragon Fish'' (New York: John Day, 1944) – illustrated by Esther Brock Bird
*''Yu Lan: Flying Boy of China'' (New York: John Day, 1945) –&nbsp;drawings by Georg T. Hartmann
*''[[The Big Wave]]'' (New York: John Day, 1948) –&nbsp;illustrated with prints by [[Hiroshige]] and [[Hokusai]] –&nbsp;for children
*''One Bright Day'' (New York: John Day, 1950) –&nbsp;published in the UK as ''One Bright Day and Other Stories for Children'' (1952)
*''The Beech Tree'' (New York: John Day, 1954) –&nbsp;illustrated by [[Kurt Werth]] –&nbsp;for children
*"Johnny Jack and His Beginnings" (New York: John Day, 1954)
*''Christmas Miniature'' (1957) – published in the UK as ''The Christmas Mouse'' (1958)
*"The Christmas Ghost" (1960)
*"Welcome Child (1964)
*"The Big Fight" (1965)
*"The Little Fox in the Middle" (1966)
*''Matthew, Mark, Luke and John'' (New York: John Day, 1967) –&nbsp;set in South Korea
*"The Chinese Storyteller" (1971)
*"A Gift for the Children" (1973)
*"Mrs Starling's Problem" (1973)