Adult •
Into the Depths, University Press, 1905. •
The Gift of White Roses, 3rd revised edition, Pilgrim Press, 1914. •
Essays for College English, Heath, first series, 1915, second series, 1918. Editor with Louis I. Bredvold. •
The Promise of Country Life (short stories), Heath, 1916. As editor. •
An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey (by Robert Louis Stevenson), Allyn and Bacon, 1918 and 1922. Editor. •
On the Des Moines (poems), Cornhill, 1921. •
Composition and Selected Essays for Normal Schools and Colleges, Harcourt, 1923. With J. Lawrence Eason. •
Contemporary American Criticism, Henry Holt, 1926. Editor.
Juvenile •
The Knight of the Chinese Dragon, Pfeifer Press, 1913. •
The Adventures of Paul Bunyan, Century, 1927. •
Tales From a Finnish Tupa (folk tales), translated by Aili Kolehmainen, Whitman, 1936 (published in England as
Tales From a Finnish Fireside, Chatto & Windus, 1975). Compiler with Margery Bianco. •
Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time, Whitman 1937, reprinted 1972, reprinted 2007 () •
Mystery Mountain, Whitman, 1940. A collaboration with Bowman's daughter and her playmates. •
Winabojo: Master of Life, Whitman, 1941. •
John Henry: The Rambling Black Ulysses, Whitman, 1942. •
Mike Fink: Snapping Turtle of the O-hi-o-o, Snag of the Mas-sa-sip, Little, Brown, 1957. •
Seven Silly Wise Men (excerpts from
Tales From a Finnish Tupa), Whitman, 1965. With Margery Bianco. •
Who Was Tricked? (excerpts from
Tales From a Finnish Tupa), Whitman, 1966. With Margery Bianco. ==Sources==