Possum Magic

Guess What?

• 1984 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for young people's literature for Possum Magic
• 1990 Dromkeen Medal
• 1993 Member of the Order of Australia for "services to children's literature"
• 1994 Winner of the COOL Award Winners for Possum Magic
• 2001 Centenary Medal
• Honorary doctorates from Wollongong and Flinders Universities, Australia.
• In 2004 a portrait of Fox, titled The Storyteller by the artist Henny Van den Wildenberg, was a finalist in the Archibald Prize.

Children's books

• Possum Magic (1983) illustrated by Julie Vivas
• Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (1984) illustrated by Julie Vivas
• A Cat called Kite (1985) illustrated by K. Hawley
• Zoo-Looking (1986) illustrated by Rodney McRae
• Arabella, the Smallest Girl in the World (1986) illustrated by Vicky Kitanov
• Hattie and the Fox (1986) illustrated by Patricia Mullins
• Just Like That (1986) with Kilmeny Niland
• Sail Away: The Ballad of Skip and Nell (1986) illustrated by Pamela Lofts
• The Straight Line Wonder (1987) illustrated by Meredith Thomas
• A Bedtime Story (1987) illustrated by Sisca Verwoert
• Goodnight Sleep Tight (1988) illustrated by Helen Semmler
• Guess What? (1988) with Vivienne Goodman
• Koala Lou (1988) illustrated by Pamela Lofts
• With Love at Christmas (1988) illustrated by Fay Plamka
• Night Noises (1989) illustrated by Terry Denton
• Feathers and Fools (1989) illustrated by Lorraine Ellis
• Shoes from Grandpa (1989) illustrated by Patricia Mullins
• Sophie (1989) illustrated by Craig Smith
• Time for Bed (1993) illustrated by Jane Dyer
• Tough Boris (1994) illustrated by Kathryn Brown
• Wombat Divine (1995) illustrated by Kerry Argent
• Boo to a Goose (1996) illustrated by David Miller
• Whoever You Are (1998) illustrated by Leslie Staub
• Sleepy Bears (1999) illustrated by Kerry Argent
• Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild! (2000) illustrated by Marla Frazee
• The Magic Hat (2002) illustrated by Tricia Tusa
• Where Is The Green Sheep? (2004) illustrated by Judy Horacek
• Hunwick’s Egg (2005) illustrated by Pamela Lofts
• A Particular Cow (2006) illustrated by Terry Denton
• Where the Giant Sleeps (2007) pictures by Vladimir Radunsky
• "Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes" illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (Sept. 2008)
• "Hello, Baby" illustrated by Steve Jenkins (March 2009) (USA May 5 2009)
• "A Giraffe in the Bath" with Olivia Rawson, illustrated by Kerry Argent (March 2010)

Non-fiction

• Thereby Hangs a Tale (1980)
• How to Teach Drama to Infants Without Really Crying (Australian title) (1984) (Teaching Drama to Young Children (USA title) (1987))
• Mem’s the Word (1990 - Australian title) (Dear Mem Fox (1992 - USA title)
• English essentials : the wouldn’t-be-without-it guide to writing well (1993) with Lyn Wilkinson
• Memories : an autobiography (1992)
• Radical reflections : passionate opinions on teaching, learning, and living (1993)
• Reading Magic (2001)
• English essentials : the wouldn’t-be-without-it guide to writing well (revised 2009) with Lyn Wilkinson