This is a partial list of Uchida's published work. Yoshiko Uchida wrote 34 books.
- The Dancing Kettle and Other Japanese Folk Tales (1949)
- New Friends for Susan (1951)
- The Magic Listening Cap: More Folk Tales from Japan (1955)
- The Full Circle (1957)
- Takao and Grandfather's Sword (1958)
- The Promised Year (1959)
- Mik and the Prowler (1960)
- Rokubei and the Thousand Rice Bowls (1962)
- The Forever Christmas Tree (1963)
- Sumi's Prize (1964)
- The Sea of Gold, and Other Tales from Japan (1965)
- In-Between Miya (1967)
- Hisako's Mysteries (1969)
- Sumi and the Goat and the Tokyo Express (1969)
- Makoto, The Smallest Boy (1970)
- Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese American Evacuation (1971)
- Samurai of Gold Hill (1972)
- The Birthday Visitor (1975)
- The Rooster who Understood Japanese (1976)
- The Bracelet (1976)
- Journey Home (1978) (originally published as a short story)
- Jar of Dreams (1981)
- Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family (Autobiography) (1982)
- The Best Bad Thing (1983)
- The Happiest Ending (1985)
- Picture Bride (1987)
- Two Foolish Cats (1987)
- The Terrible Leak (1990)
- The Big Book for Peace (1990) (Illustrated by Allen Say)
- Invisible Thread: An Autobiography (1991)
- The Magic Purse (1993)
- The Wise Old Woman (1994)
