Margarita Engle Reading Order
1 series · 131 books
Margarita Engle is a Cuban American writer whose prolific career spans children's, young adult, and adult literature, with verse as her primary medium. Her work draws deeply from her Cuban heritage and botanical knowledge, weaving historical and natural themes throughout narratives that celebrate resilience and survival. She made literary history in 2009 when The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom earned her a Newbery Honor, establishing her as a groundbreaking Latino voice in American letters.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete131 books
Start with Smoketree, the first of 131 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Song of Frutas |
| 2 | A dog named Haku |
| 3 | Aire Encantado : Dos Culturas, Dos Alas |
| 4 | Alas Salvajes (Wings in the Wild) |
| 5 | All the Way to Havana |
| 6 | All the way to Havana |
| 7 | Because of Shoe and other dog stories |
| 8 | Bravo! |
| 9 | Bravo! |
| 10 | Bravo! |
| 11 | Cantando con Elefantes / Singing with Elephants |
| 12 | Canto de Los Elefantes |
| 13 | Christiana Figueres, Friend of the Rainforest |
| 14 | Con una Estrella en la Mano |
| 15 | Criaturas Isleñas (Island Creatures) |
| 16 | Dancing Hands |
| 17 | Dancing Hands |
| 18 | Destiny Finds Her Way |
| 19 | Destiny Finds Her Way |
| 20 | Dog Named Haku |
| 21 | Dreams From Many Rivers |
| 22 | Dreams from Many Rivers |
| 23 | Drum Dream Girl |
| 24 | Drum Dream Girl |
| 25 | Drum dream girl |
| 26 | Día Del Agua |
| 27 | Eloísa's Musical Window |
| 28 | Enchanted Air |
| 29 | Enchanted Air : Two Cultures, Two Wings |
| 30 | Enchanted air |
| 31 | Escultora de la Luz |
| 32 | Firefly Letters |
| 33 | Firefly Letters |
| 34 | Flying Girl |
| 35 | Forest World |
| 36 | Forest World |
| 37 | Forest world |
| 38 | Hurricane Dancers |
| 39 | Hurricane dancers |
| 40 | Hurricane dancers |
| 41 | IMPERFECT : poems about mistakes |
| 42 | Isla de Leones |
| 43 | Jazz Owls |
| 44 | Jazz owls |
| 45 | Joven Aviadora |
| 46 | La selva |
| 47 | La selva |
| 48 | Light for All |
| 49 | Lightning Dreamer |
| 50 | Lion Island |
| 51 | Lion Island |
| 52 | Lion Island |
| 53 | Lion Island |
| 54 | Luz para Todos |
| 55 | Luz para Todos (Light for All) |
| 56 | Manos Que Bailan |
| 57 | Miguel y Su Valiente Caballero |
| 58 | Miguel y su valiente caballero |
| 59 | Miguel's Brave Knight |
| 60 | Morning Star Horse |
| 61 | Morning Star Horse |
| 62 | Mountain Dog |
| 63 | Mountain Dog |
| 64 | Mountain dog |
| 65 | Orangutanka |
| 66 | Poet Slave of Cuba |
| 67 | Pregón de Frutas (Song of Frutas) |
| 68 | Qiao da meng xiang de nü hai |
| 69 | Rebelión de Rima |
| 70 | Rebelión de Rima Marín |
| 71 | Rima's Rebellion |
| 72 | Rima's Rebellion |
| 73 | Sculptor of Light |
| 74 | Selva (Forest World) |
| 75 | Silver People |
| 76 | Silver People |
| 77 | Silver People |
| 78 | Silver people |
| 79 | Singing with Elephants |
| 80 | Singing with Elephants |
| 81 | Singing with Elephants |
| 82 | Singing with Elephants 6-Copy SIGNED Prepack W L-Card |
| 83 | Sky Painter |
| 84 | Soaring Earth |
| 85 | Soaring Earth |
| 86 | Song of Frutas |
| 87 | Summer Birds |
| 88 | Summer Birds The Butterflies of Maria Merian |
| 89 | Surrender Tree |
| 90 | Surrender Tree/el árbol de la Rendición |
| 91 | The Lightning Dreamer |
| 92 | The Lightning Dreamer Cubas Greatest Abolitionist |
| 93 | The Poet Slave of Cuba |
| 94 | The firefly letters |
| 95 | The firefly letters |
| 96 | The flying girl |
| 97 | The sky painter |
| 98 | The wild book |
| 99 | Tierra Al Vuelo |
| 100 | Tiny Rabbit's Big Wish |
| 101 | Tiny Rabbit's Big Wish |
| 102 | Tiny rabbit's big wish |
| 103 | Tropical Secrets |
| 104 | Tropical Secrets |
| 105 | Tu Corazón, Mi Cielo |
| 106 | Una niña, un tambor, un sueño |
| 107 | Water Day |
| 108 | Water Day |
| 109 | When you wander |
| 110 | Wild Book |
| 111 | Wild Book |
| 112 | Wild Dreamers |
| 113 | Wild Dreamers (Spanish Edition) |
| 114 | Wings in the Wild |
| 115 | Wings in the Wild |
| 116 | Wings in the Wild (Spanish Edition) |
| 117 | With a Star in My Hand |
| 118 | With a Star in My Hand |
| 119 | With a Star in My Hand |
| 120 | With a star in my hand |
| 121 | Your Heart, My Sky |
| 122 | Your Heart, My Sky |
| 123 | día Del Agua (Water Day) |
| 124 | Smoketree 1983 |
| 125 | Singing to Cuba 1993 |
| 126 | Skywriting 1995 |
| 127 | The Poet-Slave of Cuba 2006 |
| 128 | The Surrender Tree 2008 |
| 129 | Tropical secrets 2009 |
| 130 | Summer birds 2010 |
| 131 | The firefly letters 2010 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Margarita Engle written?
- Margarita Engle has written 131 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1983 to 2010.
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