- You're a Brick, Angela! The Girls' Story from 1839-1975 (with Patricia Craig) (1976) (updated and revised edition 1986) ISBN 057503825X
- Women and Children First: The Fiction of Two World Wars (with Patricia Craig) 1978)
- Richmal Crompton: The Woman Behind William (1986) ISBN 0750932856
- The Lady Investigates: Women Detectives and Spies in Fiction (with Patricia Craig) (1986) ISBN 0-19-281938-0
- Frank Richards: The Chap Behind the Chums (1988) ISBN 0905882016
- Chin Up, Chest Out, Jemima: A Celebration of the Schoolgirls' Story (1989)
- The William Companion (1991) ISBN 0333511840
- Women with Wings: Female Flyers in Fact and Fiction (1992)
- And Then Their Hearts Stood Still: An Exuberant Look at Romantic Fiction Past and Present (1994)
- Just William Through the Ages (1994) ISBN 0333620976
- Mary Carries on: Reflections on Some Favourite Girls' Stories (2008)
She also wrote the chapter on girls' comics in the
DC Thomson Bumper Fun Book (1977)