The following is an alphabetical cumulative list of all the books on the John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers. The date in parentheses after the citation is for the year the book was so honored.

Arctic Lights Arctic Nights. Debbie S. Miller, author; Jon Van Zyle, illustrator. Walker & Company (2003)

The American Marten. Denise Casey, author; Tim W. Clark and others, photographers. Putnam and Grosset (1988)

Among the Orangutans: The Birute Galdikas Story. Evelyn Gallardo, author. Chronicle Books (1993)

Animals, Animals. Eric Carle, illustrator; Laura Whipple, compiler. Philomel (1989)

Animals on the Trail with Lewis and Clark. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, author; William Munoz, Photographer. Clarion (2002)

Ask Me If I'm A Frog. Ann Milton, author; Jill Chambers, illustrator. Stemmer House (1998)

Assateague, Island of the Wild Ponies. Andrea Jack and Larry Points, authors. Macmillan (1993)

At the Frog Pond. Tilde Michels, author; Reinhard Michl, illustrator; Nina Ignatowicz, translator. Lippincott (1989)

Backyard Birds. Jonathan Pine, author; Julie Zickefoose, illustrator. HarperCollins (1993)

Backyard Safaris: 52 Year-Round Science Adventures. Phyllis S. Busch, author; Wayne J. Trimm, illustrator. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (1995)

Batman. Laurence Pringle, author; Merlin D. Tuttle, photographer. Scribner's (1991)

Bats: Shadows in the Night. Diane Ackerman, author; Merlin Tuttle, photographer. Random House (1997)

A Beach for the Birds. Bruce McMillan, author and photographer. Houghton Mifflin (1993)

Bearman. Laurence Pringle, author; Lynn Rogers, photographer. Scribner's (1989)

The Big Storm. Bruce Hiscock, author and illustrator. Atheneum (1993)

The Big Beast Book. Jerry Booth, author; Martha Weston, illustrator. Little Brown & Co. (1988)

The Big Rock. Bruce Hiscock, author and illustrator. Atheneum (1988)

Box Turtle at Long Pond. William T. George, author; Lindsay Barrett George, illustrator. Greenwillow Books (1989)

The Boy Who Drew Birds, Jacqueline Davies, author, Melissa Sweet, illustrator.  Houghton Mifflin Company. (2004) 

Brother Eagle, Sister Sky. A Message from Chief Seattle; Susan Jeffers, illustrator. Dial Books/Penguin (1991)

The Bumblebee Queen, April Pulley Sayre, author, Patricia J. Wynne, Illustrator.  Charlesbridge. (2005)

Cactus Poems. Frank Asch, author; Ted Levin, photographer. Harcourt Brace & Company/A Gulliver Green Book (1998)

The Call of the Running Tide: A Portrait of an Island Family. Nancy Price Graff, author; Richard Howard, photographer. Little, Brown & Co. (1992)

Cave. Diane Siebert, author; Wayne McLoughlin, illustrator. HarperCollins (2000)

Chameleons: Dragons in the Trees. James Martin, author; Art Wolfe, photographer. Crown Publishers (1991)

Charles Darwin: The Life of a Revolutionary Thinker. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, author. Holiday House. (2001)

Charles Darwin: Revolutionary Biologist. J. Edward Evans, author. Lerner Publications Co. (1993)

City Dog. Karla Kuskin, author and illustrator. Clarion Books (1994)

A City Under the Sea. Norbert Wu, author and photographer. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books (1996)

Cloud Dance. Thomas Locker, author and illustrator. Harcourt Inc./Silver Whistle (2000)

Come Back, Salmon. Molly Cone, author; Sidnee Wheelright, photographer. Sierra Club Books for Children (1992)

Counting Cranes. Mary Beth Owens, author and illustrator. Little, Brown & Co. (1993)

Crinkleroo's Guide to Walking in Wild Places. Jim Arnosky, author and illustrator. Bradbury Press/Macmillan (1990)

Crows! Strange and Wonderful. Laurence Pringle, author; Bob Marstall, illustrator. Boyds Mill Press. (2002)

Curious Creatures in Particular Places. Amy Goldman Koss, author and illustrator. Price Stern Sloan (1989)

Dawn to Dusk in the Galapagos. Rita Golden Gelamn, author; Tui De Roy, photographer. Little, Brown & Co. (1991)

The Day the Sky Split Apart. Roy A. Gallant, author. Atheneum Books for Young Readers (1995)

A Desert Scrapbook. Virginia Wright-Frierson, author and illustrator. Simon & Schuster (1996)

Dinosaur Dig. Kathryn Lasky, author; Christopher G. Knight, illustrator. Morrow Junior Books (1990)

Dinosaur Bones. Aliki Brandenberg, author and illustrator. Thomas Y. Crowell (1988)

A Dragon in the Sky: The Story of a Green Darner Dragonfly. Laurence Pringle, author, Bob Marstall, illustrator. Orchard Books. (2001)

A Drop of Water, Gordon Morrison, author and illustrator. Houghton Mifflin Company, Walter Lorraine Books. (2006).

The Eagle and the River. Charles Craighead, author; Tom Mangelsen, photographer. Macmillan Pub. Co. (1994)

Earth Keepers. Joan Anderson, author; George Ancona, photographer. Harcourt Brace & Co. (1993)

Elephant Quest. Ted and Betsy Lewin, authors and illustrators. HarperCollins (2000)

Elephants Calling. Katherine Payne, author. Crown Publishers (1992)

Everglades. Jean Craighead George, author; Wendell Minor, illustrator. HarperCollins (1995)

Everglades: Buffalo Tiger and the River of Grass. Peter Lourie, author and photographer. Boyds Mills Press (1994)

An Extraordinary Life. Laurence Pringle, author; Bob Marstall, illustrator. Orchard Books (1997)

Eyes. Judith Worthy, author; Beba Hall, illustrator. Doubleday (1989)

Feet. Peter Parnall, author and illustrator. Macmillan (1988)

Finding Your Way: The Art of Natural Navigation. Jennifer Owings Dewey, author, Stephen Trimble, photographer. The Millbrook Press. (2001)

The Flower Hunter, Deborah Kogan Ray, author and illustrator.  Frances Foster Books. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (2004)

A Gathering of Garter Snakes. Bianca Lavies, author and photographer. Dutton Children's Books (1993)

Glaciers. Wendell V. Tangborn, author; Marc Simont, illustrator. Thomas Y. Crowell (1988)

Greens. Arnold Adoff, author; Betsy Lewin, illustrator. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books (1988)

Grizzlies in the Wild. Kennan Ward, author and photographer. NorthWord Press (1994)

A Handful of Dirt. Raymond Bial, author and photographer. Walker & Co. (2000)

Heartland. Diane Siebert, author; Wendell Minor, illustrator. Thomas Y. Crowell (1989)

Henry David's House. Steven Schnur, editor; Peter Fiore, illustrator. Charlesbridge (2002)

The Hidden Life of the Desert. Thomas Wiewandt, author and photographer. Crown (1990)

Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist's Microscope. Stephen Kramer, author, Dennis Kunkel, photographer. Houghton Mifflin Company. (2001)

The Hoiho. Adele Vernon, author; Dean Schneider, photographer. G.P. Putnam's Sons (1991)

Hotel Deep, Kurt Cyrus, author and illustrator.  Harcourt. (2005)

The House of a Mouse. Aileen Fisher, author; Joan Sandlin, illustrator. Harper and Row (1988)

Hummingbird Nest, Kristine O’Connell George, author, and Barry Moser, illustrator. Harcourt Inc. (2004)

The Hungry Hummingbird. April Pulley Sayre, author, Gay W. Holland, illustrator. The Millbrook Press. (2000)

I Was Born in a Tree and Raised by Bees. Jim Arnosky, author. Bradbury Press-Macmillan (1988)

If the Owl Calls Again. Myra Cohn Livingston, compiler; Antonio Frasconi, illustrator. McElderry/Macmillan (1990)

If You Find a Rock. Peggy Christian, author; Barbara Hirsch Lember, photographer. Harcourt Inc. (2000)

If You Should Hear a Honey Guide. April Pulley Sayre, author; S.D. Schindler, illustrator. Houghton Mifflin (1995)

If You Want to See a Caribou, Phyllis Root, author, Jim Meyer, illustrator.  Houghton Mifflin Company.  (2004)

If You're Not From the Prairie. David Bouchard, author; Henry Ripplinger, illustrator. Atheneum Books for Young Readers (1995)

In Good Hands. Stephen R. Swinburne, author-photographer. Sierra Club Books for Children (1998)

In the Forest. Jim Arnosky, author and illustrator. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books (1989)

In the Bears' Forest. Bertil Pettersson, author and photographer; Steven T. Murray, translator. R&S Books (1991)

An Island Scrapbook. Virginia Wright-Frierson, author-illustrator. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (1998)

It's a Hummingbird's Life. Irene Kelly, author and illustrator. Holiday House. (2003)

Jackal Woman. Laurence Pringle, author; Patricia D. Moehlman, photographer. Scribner's (1993)

John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist., Kathryn Lasky, author and Stan Fellows, Illustrator. Candlewick Press. (2006).

John Muir, Wilderness Protector. Ginger Wadsworth, author. Lerner Publications (1992)

Journey Through a Tropical Jungle. Adrian Forsyth, author. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers (1989)

Journeys with the Ice Bear. Kennan Ward, author and photographer. NorthWord Press (1996)

Jungle Days, Jungle Nights. Martin and Tanis Jordan, authors. Grisewood & Dempsey Kingfisher (1993)

Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You. Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth, authors and illustrators. Storey Publishing. (2003)

Leave Only Ripples, Consie Powell, author and illustrator.  Raven Productions, Inc. (2005)

Lily Pad Pond. Bianca Lavies, author and photographer. E.P. Dutton (1989)

The Lion Family Book. Angelika Hofer, author; Gunter Ziesler, photographer. Picture Book Studio (1988)

Little Big Ears. Cynthia Moss, author; Martyn Colbeck, photographer. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (1997)

Little Lost Bat,Sandra Markle, author, and Alan Marks, illustrator. Charlesbridge. (2006). 

A Log's Life. Wendy Pfeffer, author; Robin Brickman, illustrator. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (1997)

A Look Through the Mouse Hole. Heiderose amd Andreas Fischer-Nagel, authors. Carolrhoda Books (1989)

Looking for Life in the Universe: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Ellen Jackson, author; Nic bishop, photographer. Houghton Mifflin Company. (2002)

Making Sense, Animal Perception and Communication. Bruce Brooks, author. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1993)

Meeting Dolphins, My Adventues in the Sea. Kathleen Dudzinski, author. National Geographic Society (2000)

MicroAliens: Dazzling Journeys with an Electron Microscope. Howard Tomb, author; Dennis Kunkel, photographer. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1993)

Mississippi. Diane Siebert, author, Greg Harlin, illustrator. Harper Collins. (2001)

Mojave. Diane Siebert, author; Wendell Minor, illustrator. Harper and Row (1988)

The Moon Comes Home. Mary Jo Salter, author; Stacey Schuett, illustrator. Alfred A. Knopf (1989)

The Most Beautiful Roof in the World. Kathryn Lasky, author; Christopher G. Knight, photographer. Harcourt Brace & Company/Gulliver Green (1997)

A Mother’s Journey,Sandra Markle, author, and Alan Marks, illustrator. Charlesbridge. (2005)

Mud Matters. Jennifer Owings Dewey, author; Stephen Trimble, photographer. Marshall Cavendish (1998)

Nature by Design. Bruce Brooks, author. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1991)

Nature Spy. Shelley Rotner and Ken Kreisler, authors; Shelley Rotner, photographer. Macmillan (1992)

Nature's Living Lights. Alvin and Virginia Silverstein, authors; Pamela and Walter Carroll, illustrators. Little, Brown and Co. (1988)

Nearer Nature. Jim Arnosky, author and illustrator. William Morrow/Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books (1996)

Nicky, The Nature Detective. Lena Anderson, illustrator; Ulf Svedberg, author; Ingrid Selberg, translator. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1988)

The Night of the Whippoorwill. Nancy Larrick, compiler; David Ray, illustrator. Philomel Books (1992)

A North American Rain Forest Scrapbook. Virginia Wright-Frierson, author and illustrator. Walker and Co. (1999)

Of Things Natural, Wild, and Free: A Story About Aldo Leopold. Marybeth Lorbiecki, author; Kerry Maguire, illustrator. Carolrhoda Books (1993)

An Old Shell: Poems of the Galapagos. Tony Johnston, author; Tom Pohrt, illustrator. Farrar Straus Giroux (1999)

One Night in the Coral Sea, Sneed B. Collard III, author and Robin Brickman, illustrator.  Charlesbridge. (2005)

Orphan: The Story of a Baby Woodchuck. Faith McNulty, author; Darby Morrell, illustrator. Scholastic Inc. (1992)

An Owl in the House. Bernd Heinrich, author and illustrator; Alice Calaprice, adaptor. Joy Street/Little Brown (1990)

The Penguin Family Book. Lauritz Somme and Sybille Kalas, authors; Patricia Cramtpon, translator. Picture Book Studio (1988)

Paisano, the Roadrunner. Jennifer Owings Dewey, author; Wyman Meinzer, photographer. The Millbrook Press (2002)

Planting a Rainbow. Louis Ehlert, author and illustrator. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1988)

Playful Slider: The North American River Otter. Barbara Juster Esbensen, author; Mary Barrett Brown, illustrator. Little, Brown and Co. (1993)

Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden. George Levenson, author; Shmuel Thaler, photographer. Tricycle Press (1999)

Quest For The Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea, Sy Montgomery, author and Nic Bishop, photographer. Houghton Mifflin Company. (2006).

Quiet. Peter Parnall, author and illustrator. Morrow Junior Books (1989)

Rachael: The Story of Rachel Carson. Amy Ehrlich, author, Wendell Minor, illustrator. Harcourt Books (2003)

Rain Forest. Helen Cowcher, author. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1988)

Rescue of the Stranded Whales. Kenneth Mallory and Andrea Conley, authors. Simon & Schuster (1989)

The Rock. Peter Parnall, author and illustrator. Macmillan (1991)

Safari. Caren Barzelay Stelson, author; Kim A. Stelson, photographer. Carolrhoda Books (1988)

Sand and Fog: Adventures in Southern Africa. Jim Brandenburg, author and photographer. Walker & Co. (1994)

Saving Birds: Heroes Around the World. Pete Salmansohn, and Stephen W. Kress, authors. Audubon/Tilbury House. (2003)

Sawgrass Poems. Frank Asch, author; Ted Levin, photographer. Harcourt Brace & Co. (1996)

Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea, Chris Butterworth, author and John Lawrence, illustrator. Candlewick Press. (2006).

The Search for Seismosaurus. J. Lynett Gillette, author; Mark Hallett, illustrator. Dial (1994)

The Secrets of Animal Flight. Nic Bishop, author and photographer. Houghton Mifflin (1997)

The Shape of Betts Meadow: A Wetlands Story. Meghan Nuttall Sayres, author. Joanne Friar, illustrator. The Millbrook Press (2002)

Sierra. Diane Siebert, author; Wendell Minor, illustrator. HarperCollins (1991)

Sketching Outdoors in Summer. Jim Arnosky, illustrator and author. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books (1988)

Sky Tree. Thomas Locker, illustrator; Candace Christiansen, collaborator. HarperCollins (1995)

The Snake Scientist. Sy Montgomery, author; Nic Bishop, photographer. Houghton Mifflin (1999)

Snowflake Bentley. Jacqueline Briggs Martin, author; Mary Azarian, illustrator. Houghton Mifflin (1998)

Storm on the Desert. Carolyn Lesser, author; Ted Rand, illustrator. Harcourt Brace & Company (1997)

Summer. Ron Hirschi, author; Thomas D. Mangelsen, photographer. Cobblehill Books/Dutton (1991)

Swanfall: Journey of the Tundra Swans. Tom Horton, author; David Harp, photographer. Walker and Co. (1991)

Tano & Binti: Two Chimpanzees Return to the Wild. Linda DaVolls, author; Andy DaVolls, illustrator. Clarion Books (1994)

The Tarantula Scientist, Sy Montgomery, author, Nic Bishop, photographer.  Houghton Mifflin Company. (2004)

Tiger With Wings: The Great Horned Owl. Barbara Juster Esbensen, author; Mary Barrett Brown, illustrator. Orchard Books (1991)

Tracking Wild Chimpanzees. Joyce Powzyk, author and illustrator. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books (1988)

Tracks in the Wild. Betsy Bowen, author and illustrator. Little, Brown and Co. (1993)

The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker. Peter Sis, author and illustrator. Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux (2003)

Trees. Jonathan Pine, author; Ken Joudrey, illustrator. HarperCollins (1995)

Urban Roosts. Barbara Bash, author and illustrator. Sierra Club Books/Little Brown (1990)

A Walk on the Great Barrier Reef. Caroline Arnold, author; Arthur Arnold, photographer. Carolrhoda Books (1988)

Walrus on Location. Kathy Darling, author; Tara Darling, photographer. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books/Morrow (1991)

Walter Warthog. Betty Leslie-Melville, author. Doubleday (1989)

Wasps at Home. Bianca Lavies, author and photographer. Dutton Children's Books (1991)

The Water's Journey. Eleonore Schmid, author and illustrator. North-South Books (1990)

Wetlands. Ronald Rood, author; Marlene Hill Donnelly, illustrator. HarperCollins (1994)

What Rot! Elizabeth Ring, author; Dwight Kuhn, photographer. Millbrook Press (1996)

Wildlife Rescue: The Work of Dr. Kathleen Ramsay. Jennifer Owings Dewey, author; Don MacCarter, photographer. Boyds Mills Press (1994)

Winter. Ron Hirschi, author; Thomas D. Mangelsen, photographer. Cobblehill Books/Dutton (1990)

Woodpecker Forest. Keizaburo Tejima, author and illustrator. Philomel (1989)

Woodsong. Gary Paulsen, author; Ruth Wright Paulsen, illustrator. Bradbury Press/Macmillan (1990)

Working River. Fred Powledge, author and photographer. Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1995)