If You… Books in Order
If You… contains 16 books, published between 1964 and 2004. The first book is If You Lived In Colonial Times (1964) and the newest is If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1964–2004
- Pages on record
- 240 in 3 of 16 books
If You... is a juvenile history series that addresses the young reader in the second person. Sixteen books are catalogued between 1964 and 2004, with Ann McGovern credited on six and Ellen Levine on four. Recorded subjects include social life and customs, the Mayflower, Puritans, the Underground Railroad, antislavery movements and colonial America. Titles include If You Lived In Colonial Times (1964), If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 (1969), If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad (1988) and If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island (1993).
How many If You… books are there?
If You… has 16 books, released between 1964 and 2004.
If You… Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 If You… books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1If You Lived In Colonial Times1964 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/41964802/4
- 2If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln1966 · confirmed 2/41966–2/4
- 3If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 16201969 · confirmed 2/41969–2/4
- 4If You Lived With The Sioux Indians1972 · confirmed 2/41972–2/4
- 5If You Traveled West In A Covered Wagon1986 · confirmed 2/41986–2/4
- 6If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution1987 · confirmed 2/41987–2/4
- 7If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad1988 · confirmed 2/41988–2/4
- 8If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days1992 · confirmed 2/41992–2/4
- 9If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island1993 · confirmed 2/41993–2/4
- 10If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War1994 · confirmed 2/41994–2/4
- 11If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution1998 · confirmed 2/41998–2/4
- 12If You Hopped Like a Frog1999 · confirmed 2/41999–2/4
- 13If You Lived 100 Years Ago1999 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/41999802/4
- 14If You Lived With The Iroquois1999 · confirmed 2/41999–2/4
- 15If You Lived In The Days Of The Knights2001 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/42001802/4
- 16If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America2004 · confirmed 2/42004–2/4
Where to start with If You…
Start with If You Lived In Colonial Times (1964), the earliest published title.
What is the newest If You… book?
If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America (2004) is the newest If You… book released so far.
Is there a new If You… book coming?
No next If You… book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
If You… at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest If You… title on record dates from 2004, 22 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- If You… books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 240 pages across the 3 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 80 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most If You… books, 7 of 16, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 16 titles, 6 are credited to Ann McGovern, 4 to Ellen Levine, 2 to Anna DiVito and 2 to Kay Moore. A further 12 writers are credited.
What the If You… books are about
6 of the 16 If You… books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 6 of 6 books
- History 3 of 6 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 6 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 6 books