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(This is proably missing a few and I'm not sure about the dates of some either! Let's just say it's an 'almost right' list! )

Organic Gardening for Australia (Reed Books 1987)
Natural Rose Growing (Harper Collins 1988)
The Organic Garden Doctor (Harper Collins 1988)
Rainstones (1991 Harper Collins)
The Roo That Won The Melbourne Cup (1991 HarperCollins)
The Boy Who Had Wings (1992 HarperCollins)
Walking the Boundaries (1993 HarperCollins)
The Children of the Valley Series (5 books in the series; 1992 - 1996, Aird Books) The Music From the Sea, City in the Sand (1993), House of a Hundred Animals (1993), The Metal Men (1994) and The Tribe That sang to Trees (1996).
The Wilderness Garden (Aird Books 1993)
Back Yard Self Sufficiency (Aird Books 1993 )
The Salad Garden (1993 Text publishing but bought by Reed Books...so who knows what's happened to it!)
Organic Control of Household Pests. $13.95 Australian (1993 Aird Books)
Organic Control of Common Weeds (1993 Aird Books, revised edition 1997)
The Earth Gardeners Companion- a month by month Guide (earth garden 1993)
The Chook Book ($13.95 Australian 1993 Aird Books)
A to Z of Useful Plants ( 1993 Aird Books)
New Plants from Old ( 1994 Aird Books)
The Books of Thyme, Mint, Lavender, Rosemary, Parsley, Basil, Chilli, and Garlic (1994 HarperCollins).
Jackie French's Guide to Companion Planting in Australia and New Zealand $10.95 Australian, 1994 Aird Books
Switch! - a book of home made power, water and garbage systems %14.95 Australian (1994 with Bryan Sullivan, Aird Books)
Household Self Sufficiency (1994 Aird Books)
The Organic Garden Problem Solver (1994 HarperCollins)
Hairy Charlie and the Frog (1994 CIS)
Hairy Charlie and the Pumpkin (1994 CIS)
Twelve Bottles Popping! (CIS)
Somewhere Around the Corner ( 1994 HarperCollins)
The Secret Beach (1995 HarperCollins)
Alien Games (HarperCollins 1995)
Backyard Swelf Sufficiency (Aird books 1995)
Annie's Pouch (HarperCollins 1995)
Mermaids (Picture book with Bernard Rosa. HarperCollins 1995)
Top Ten Veg (Aird Books 1995)
Soil Food - 3,764 ways to feed your garden (Aird Books 1995)
Plants That Never say Die $12.95 Australian (Lothian Books 1995)
The Pumpkin Book (Aird Books 1996)
Mind's Eye (Short stories. HarperCollins1996)
Beyond The Boundaries (Harper Collins 1996)
Summerland (HarperCollins 1996)
Yates Guide to edible Gardening (harper Collins 1996)
Jackie French's Chook Book (A
The Organic Garden Problem Solver (Harper Collins 1996)ird Books 1995)
A Wombat called Bosco ( HarperCollins 1996)
The Warrior ( HarperCollins 1996)
Somewhere around the corner (Harper Collins 1996)
Growing Flowers Naturally, $19.95 Australian (1996 Aird Books)
Making Money From Your Garden ($9. 95 Australian, Earthgarden, 1997)
Seasons of Content (1997 Harper Collins)
The Book of Unicorns (Harper Collins/ Angus and Robertson 1997)
Dancing With Ben Hall (HarperCollins 1997)
There's a Wallaby at the Bottom of my Garden (Koala Books 1997)
The Boy With Silver Eyes (Lothian 1997)
Daughter of the Regiment (Harper Collins 1998)
Top Ten Veg (Aird Books 1998)
How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded my Maths Class and Turned Me Into A Writer (HarperCollins July 1998)
The Little Book of Big Questions (Allen and Unwin, 1998)
How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded my Maths Class and Turned me Into a Writer..and how you can be one too (Harper Collins 1998)
There's an Echidna at the Bottom of my Garden (Koala Books 1998)
Felix Smith Has Every Right to be a Crocdile (Koala Books 1998)
Stories to Eat with a Banana (HarperCollins/Angus and Robertson Bluegum, 1998)
Jackie French's Household Herbal (EarthGarden, 1998)
Yates Guide to Herbs (Harper collins 1998?)
Soldier on the Hill (Harper Collins 1998)
How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded my maths Class and Turned me into a Writer and How you can be one too (harper Collins 1998?))
How to Guzzle Your Garden (harper collins 1999)
Daughter of the Regiment (Harper Collins 1999)
Tajore Arkle (1999 Harper Collins)
Hitler's Daughter(1999 Harper Collins)
Natural Solutions (1999 Women's Weekly Home Library)General Books
How to Guzzle Your Garden (Harper Collins 1999)
Stories to eat with a Watermelon (Harper Collins 1999)
Charlie's Gold (Koala book 1999)
The Book of Challenges (Harper Collins 2000)
Missing You, Love Sarah ( Harper Collins 2000)
Bert and the Band Koala Books March 2000
Dark Wind Blowing (Harper collins 2000)
Lady Dance Harper Collins 2000)
Captain Purrfect (for 5-10 year olds, Koala Books 2000)
Stories to Eat with a Blood Plum (Harper Collins 2000)
Cafe on Callisto (Koala books 2000)
The Best of Jackie French (Harper Collins 20o0)
Captain Purrfect (Koala Books 2002)
Book of Challenges (harper collins 2000)
Stamp Stomp Whomp and other interesting ways to get rid of pests (harper collins 2001)
Earthly Delights (Harper Collins 2001)
Burt and the Band (Koala Books 2001)
Secret Life of Santa Claus(Harper Collins 2001)
In the Blood (Harper Collins 2001)
How the Finnegans saved the Ship (Harper Collins 2001)
The Fascinating History of Your Lunch (Harper Collins 2001)
Charley's Gold (2001 Koala books)
Phredde and the Temple of Gloom (Harper Collins 2001)
The Space Bug (koala books 2002)
Diary of a Wombat (With Bruce Whately) Harper Collins 2002
Blood Moon (Harper Collins 2002)
Space Pirates on Callisto Koala books 2002)
The House that Jackie Built- (Earth garden) 2002
The White Ship (harper Collins 2002)
Dark Wind Blowing
A Story to eat with a Dinosaur apple- Phredde and the Leopardskin Librarian (Harper Collins 2002)
Valley of Gold ( Harper Collins April 2003)
Phredde and the Purple Pyramid- a story to eat with a passionfruit- Nov 2003
Vampire Slugs on Callisto ( Koala books March 2003)
The Fascinating History of Your Lunch (Harper Collins 2002)
Big Burps, Bare Bums and other Bad Mannered Blunders- Aunt Jackie's Guide to Jackie's Guide to Behaving Almost Perfectly (Harper Collins 2003)
A War for Gentleman (Harper Collins July 2003) Bears Don't Bounce (Koala books 2003)
Pigs Don't Fly (Koala Books 2003)
Too Many Pears(With Bruce Whatley- Koala books 2003)
The Black House (Koala books 2003)
The House that Jackie Built (Earthgarden Books)
Jackie French's Guide to House Herbs (earthgarden books)
The Earth gardener's Companion (Earthgarden books)
Phredde and the Purple Pyramid
Phredde and the Vampire Footie Team
Phredde and the Haunted Underpants(2005)
My Mum the Pirate
My dog the dinosaur
My dad the Dragon
My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome
My uncle wal the werewolf (coming June 2005)
My Gran the Gorilla (coming Jan 2006)
Pete the Sheep
Tom Appleby, Convict Boy
To the Moon and Back (with bryan Sullivan) ..the story of Honeysuckle creek and the journey to the moon
Blood will tell (3rd in the outland trilogy)
Rocket Your Child into Reading
They Came on Viking Ships (Angus and Robertson/ harper collins, April 2005)
The Secret World of Wombats (with Bruce Whatley 2005)
How to Grow Your own Spaceship (2005)
Macbeth and Son (April 2006)

Shipwrecks, Sailors and 60,000 years
Grim Crims and Convicts
Squatters and Rotters (coming)

Gold Graves and Glory (coming)
My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken
Josephine Wants to Dance (with Bruce Whatley)
The Goat Who Sailed the World (coming)
Pharoah (coming)
Boo Boo Bark and the School for Heros(or the Attack of the Zombie Spaghetti) (coming)

Picture Books with Bruce Whatley
Diary of a Wombat
Pete the Sheep
Too Many Pears
Josephine Wants to Dance (coming)

Fair Dinkum History Series (Scholastic Books)
Shipwrecks, Sailors and 60,000 years
Grim Crims and Convicts
Squatters and Rotters(coming)
Gold Graves and Glory(coming)
And more to come

GENERAL BOOKS
Seasons of Content- a year of peaches and wombats in the valley
Earthly Delights
The Secret Life of Santa Claus- the ultimate guide to Christmas and a hilarious look at a year in Santa's life!

PICTURE BOOKS
Hairy Charlie and the Frog (with Dee Huxley)
Hairy Charlie and the Pumpkin (out of print)
Mermaids (with Bernard Rosa) (out of print)
Pigs Might Fly
Bears Don't Bounce

The Wacky Families Series
Short, hilarious books for beginning readers! With even more hilariously wonderful illustrations by Stephen Michael King.
My Mum the Pirate
My Dog the Dinosaur
My Dad the Dragon
My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome
My Uncle Wal the Werewolf
My Gran the Gorilla (2006)
My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken
My Gran the Gorilla
My Pa the Polar Bear (coming)

Fiction for Younger Readers
   'History' stories:
Hitler's daughter
Tom Appleby, Convict boy
They Came on Viking Ships
The White Ship
How the Finnegans saved the Ship
Soldier on the Hill
Daughter of the Regiment
The Roo that won the Melbourne Cup (out of print)
Walking the Boundaries
Beyond the Boundaries
Somewhere around the corner
Valley of Gold
They came in Viking Ships
Macbeth and Son
Pharoah (coming)

Books for Horse lovers
Book of Unicorns
Ride the Wild Wind..and other stories

Other stories
Rainstones
Dark Wind Blowing
Annie's Pouch (out of print)
Alien Games (out of print)
The Secret Beach( out of print)
Mind's Eye
A Wombat Named Bosco
Summerland
The Warrior- the story of a wombat
The Book of Unicorns
Dancing with Ben Hall
Tajore Arkle (out of print)
The Boy who had Wings(out of print)

The Phaery named Phredde 'Fruit' series
1. A Phaery named Phredde - Stories to eat with a Banana
2. Phredde and a Frog named Bruce - Stories to eat with a watermelon
3. Phredde and the Zombie Librarian - Stories to eat with a Blood Plum
4. Phredde and the Temple of Gloom - A Story to eat with a Mandarin
5. Phredde and the Leopardskin Librarian - A Story to eat with a dinosaur apple
6. Phredde and the Purple Pyramid - a story to eat with a passionfruit
7. Phredde and the Vampire Footie Team - a story to eat with an orange at half time
8. Phredde and the Runaway Ghost Train (Nov 2005)

The Cafe on Callisto Series
1.Cafe on Callisto
2.Space Pirates on Callisto
3. Vampire Slugs on Callisto (March 2003)

Non Fiction for Kids
How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded my maths Class and Turned me into a Writer and How you can be one too
How to Guzzle Your Garden
Book of Challenges
Stamp Stomp Whomp and other interesting ways to get rid of pests
The Fascinating History of Your Lunch
Big Burps, Bare Bums and other Bad Mannered Blunders- Aunt Jackie's Guide to Behaving Absolutely Perfectly
To the Moon and Back (with Bryan Sullivan)..the true story of Honeysuckle Creek and the journey to the moon

Fiction for Adults
A War for Gentlemen

The Outlands' trilogy
In the Blood
Blood Moon
Blood Will Tell (2003)

Helping kids read and Solving Reading problems
Rocket Your Child into Reading (Angus and Robertson/ Harper Collins 2004)

Gardening/Pest and Weed Control/Herbs/ Chooks for Adults
(a selection anyway- some have been superceded by newer titles)
The Best of Jackie French- how to grow and use just about everything! (Harper Collins)
The Earthgardener's Companion- a month by month guide to almost self sufficiency
Natural Control of Garden Pests (Aird books)
Natural Control of Common Weeds (Aird books)
Organic control of Household Pests(Aird books)
Household Herbal
Natural Solutions
The House that Jackie Built
The Chook Book(Aird books)
Plants that never say Die
Backyard Selfsufficiency(Aird books)
Companion Planting (Aird books)
Switch! (Aird books)
Making Money from your Garden
Top Ten Veg (Aird books)
The Pumpkin Book (Aird books)
Growing Flowers Naturally (includes the best of growing roses naturally) (Aird books)