CHILDREN’S BOOKS (but adults should love them too!)
A Lion in The Woods by Maurice Dolbier, illustrated by Robert G. Henneberger
A Possum in Our Pool by Pop-Pop Smith, illustrations by Kayla Becerra and Leann Metz
An Impossumble Summer by B.W. Clough, illustratons by Janet Little
Appleblossom The Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, Illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
Awesome Like a Possum Written by Carly Strickland & Will Rankeillor, Illustrated by the Electric Keychain Collective
Benjamin’s Perfect Solution, story and pictures by Beth Weiner Woldin
Count the Possums by Dick Punnett, illustrated by Tom Dunnington. A Talk-Along book
Don’t Laugh, Joe! By Keiko Kasza
Edward, Hoppy and Joe by Robert Lawson
Eugene the Brave by Ellen Conford, illustrated by John Larrecq
Everyone Loves the Moon by James Young
Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite! By Diane deGroat
Henry Possum, Story and Pictures by Harold Berson
Henry’s Fourth of July by Holly Keller
Henry’s Happy Birthday by Holly Keller
Impossible, Possum by Ellen Conford, illustrated by Rosemary Wells
Just the Thing for Geraldine by Ellen Conford, illustrated by Joh Larrecq
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire by Diane deGroat
Magnolia’s Mixed-Up Magic by Joan Lowery Nixon, Pictures by Linda Bucholtz-Ross
Mattie’s Little Possum Pet by Ida Luttrell, illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Mississippi Possum by Miska Miles, Illustrated by John Schoenherr
My First Book of Baby Animals by Diane Namm, illustrated by Turi MacCombie
Nature Hide & Seek. Woods & Forests by John Norris Wood & Maggie Silver
Nothing to Do by Russell Hoban, pictures by Lillian Hoban
Olive and the Magic Hat by Eileen Christelow
Opossum by Kazue Mizumura
Opossums by Emilie U. Lepthien. A New True Book
Opossums, Nighttime Animals by Lynn M. Stone
Opossum at Sycamore Road by Sally M. Walker, illustrated by Joel Snyder
Piff Cottontail’s Travels and Other Bedtime Stories by Burton Stoner and others
Pokey Opossum by Dave & Pat Sargent, illustrated by Blaine Sapaugh
Possum by Robert M. McClung
Possum Come a-Knockin’ by Nancy Van Laan
Possum Stew by Doug Cushman
Possum’s Harvest Moon, words and pictures by Anne Hunter
Potbellied Possums by Elizabeth Winthrop, illustrated by Barbara McClintock
Professor Possum’s Great Adventure by Michael Pellowski, illustrated by Julie Durrell
Skunk and Possum by Graham Tether, illustrated by Lucinda McQueen
Tah-Tye, The Last ‘Possum in the Pouch by Mary Alice Fontenot, illustrated by Scott R. Blazek
Tales from Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris, illustrations by Milo Winter. ©1881, 1883, 1909, 1911, 1935
The Adventures of Little White Possum by Donald Wayne, illustrated by Linda Neely
The Adventures of Unc’ Billy Possum by Thornton W. Burgess, illustrated by Harrison Cady
The Adventures of Bobby Coon by Thornton W. Burgess. The Bedtime Story Books
The Life Cycle of an Opossum by Julian May, photographs by Allan Roberts. A Creative Education mini book
The Opossum by Emily Crofford
The Opossum’s Table by Helen Hinckley, illustrated by Gail Robinson. A Magic Circle Book.
The Potluck Adventures of Mrs. Marmalade by Patsy Swendson and Debbie Little
The Six Little Possums “A Birthday A-B-C” by Marci McGill, pictures by Cyndy Szekeres
The Six Little Possums “Pepper’s Good & Bad Day” by Marci McGill, pictures by Cyndy Szekeres
The Six Little Possums and the Babysitter by Marci McGill, pictures by Cyndy Szekeres
The World of the Opossum by James F. Keefe, photos by Don Wooldridge, copyright 1967
There’s an Opossum in my backyard. Gary Bogue
Too Big by Holly Keller
We Gather Together…Now Please Get Lost! By Diane deGroat
When Jack Rabbit Was a Little Boy by Albert Bigelow Paine. Hollow Tree Stories, illustrated by Albert Bigelow Paine. ©1910.
Wild Animal Babies. A Whitman Tell-A-Tale book. Pictures by Carl and Mary Hauge
William and The Tick Invasion by Eric Canfield & Lauren Lovejoy, illustrated by Ari S. Martin
OPOSSUM RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS FOR ADULTS
Heritage from the Wild. Familiar Land & Sea Mammals of the Northwest. Northwest Geographer Series Number Two by M. Douglas Scott and Suvi A. Scott
Mammals of the American North by Adrian Forsyth
Marvel’s & Mysteries of Our Animal World. Old Slowpoke by Lewis Nordyke. Reader’s Digest magazine 1964. Library of Congress Card No. 64-17799
National Geographic Magazine, vol. XXX, No. 5, November ©1916 The Larger North American Mammals by E.W. Nelson
Smithsonian, Volume 20, Number 8. November ©1989. “How America’s Marsupial Manages”
Sportsman’s Guide to Game Animals. A Field Book of North American Species by Leonard Lee Rue III with photographs by the author. Published by Outdoor Life Books ©1968
The Survivors, Enduring Animals of North America by Jack Denton Scott, illustrated by Daphne Gillen
Wild Animals of North America. National Geographic Society, Washington D.C. ©1960 ©1979
** NOTE – We select books written about the Virginia opossum. We know there are several books about Australian possums, but our focus is books about the Virginia opossums with which we are involved.
Anyone that has any suggestions of books that are either for children’s enjoyment or a significant reference for older readers, please email us and let us know: osus@OpossumSocietyUS.org