Avon Camelot Books in Order

94

Books

1952

First Book

2003

Latest Book

52

Years

Below you'll find the complete list of Avon Camelot books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.

Reading order verified: January 2026

Publication Order

1

Lottie & Lisa (By: Erich Kastner)

1952

2

Summerdog Comes Home (By: George Albert Zabriskie)

1980

3

A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher (By: Mike Thaler)

1981

4

Baseball Fever (By: Ray Cruz,Johanna Hurwitz)

1981

5

The Trouble with Tuck (By: Theodore Taylor)

1981

6

Irma and Jerry (By: George Selden)

1982

7

Basic Fun (By: Susan Drake Lipscomb,Margaret Ann Zusnich)

1982

8

Esp McGee (By: Edward Packard)

1983

9

Tunnel to Yesterday (By: Jerome Beatty Jr.)

1983

10

Bet You Can! Science Possibilities to Fool You (By: Vicki Cobb)

1983

11

Rich Mitch (By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)

1983

12

Summerdog (By: Thom Roberts)

1983

13

Bet You Can't! (By: Kathy Darling,Vicki Cobb)

1983

14

The Earth is Flat--And Other Great Mistakes (By: Laurence Pringle)

1983

15

Behind the Attic Wall (By: Sylvia Cassedy)

1983

16

Peggy Fleming: Portrait of an Iceskater (By: Bruce Curtis,Stephanie Young)

1984

17

Gremlins (By: George Gipe)

1984

18

Maura's Angel (By: Lynne Reid Banks)

1984

19

The Jellyfish Season (By: Mary Downing Hahn)

1985

20

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Book 1 (By: Andrew Glass,Catherine Edwards Sadler)

1985

21

Get Rich Mitch! (By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)

1985

22

Mystery of the Melted Diamonds (By: Carol Farley)

1986

23

Ukrainian Egg Mystery (By: George E. Stanley)

1986

24

Moroccan Mystery (By: Thomas McKean)

1986

25

Ralph Fozbek and the Amazing Black Hole Patrol (By: Steve Senn)

1986

26

Flash Fry, Private Eye (By: Tim Schoch)

1986

27

The Anti-Peggy Plot (By: Thomas McKean)

1986

28

Best Joke Book for Kids 2 (By: Joan Eckstein)

1987

29

The Codebreaker Kids (By: George E. Stanley)

1987

30

Summer Camp Creeps (By: Tim Schoch)

1987

31

The Case of the Lost Look-Alike (By: Carol Farley)

1988

32

Breezy (By: Leda Blumberg)

1988

33

Racing the Sun (By: Paul Pitts)

1988

34

Anne Frank (By: Johanna Hurwitz)

1989

35

The Case of the Vanishing Villain (By: Carol Farley)

1990

36

Something Upstairs (By: C.S. Adler)

1990

37

Ghost Brother (By: C.S. Adler)

1990

38

A Haunting in Williamsburg (By: Lou Kassem)

1990

39

The Best Ever Kids' Book of Lists (By: Eugenie Allen)

1991

40

Ask Me Anything About the Presidents (By: Louis Phillips)

1992

41

The Adventures of King Midas (By: Lynne Reid Banks)

1992

42

Tons of Trash (By: Joan Rattner Heilman)

1992

43

Maria, a Christmas Story (By: Theodore Taylor)

1992

44

How to Travel Through Time (By: James M. Deem)

1993

45

Lucie Babbidge's House (By: Sylvia Cassedy)

1993

46

Beardance (By: Will Hobbs)

1993

47

Christmas Countdown (By: Steve Englehart)

1993

48

Miss Yonkers Goes Bonkers (By: Mike Thaler)

1994

49

The Mummy's Curse (By: Daniel Cohen)

1994

50

Lemonade Days (By: Susan Kirby)

1994

51

Super Snoop Sam Snout and the Case of the Missing Marble (By: Anne C. Lemieux)

1994

52

Main Street (By: Susan Kirby)

1994

53

Comet Luck (By: Madge Harrah)

1994

54

Home Front Hero (By: Susan Kirby)

1994

55

Ali Baba Bernstein, Lost and Found (By: Johanna Hurwitz)

1995

56

Kwanzaa (By: Mildred Pitts Walter)

1995

57

Goodbye, Desert Rose (By: Susan Kirby)

1995

58

Vampire Mom (By: Don Whittington)

1995

59

My Own Two Feet

1995

60

Spookhouse (By: Don Whittington)

1995

61

Harry the Poisonous Centipede (By: Lynne Reid Banks)

1996

62

Going for the Gold: Shannon Miller (By: Septima Green)

1996

63

Four Perfect Pebbles (By: Lila Perl,Marion Blumenthal Lazan)

1996

64

Zombie Queen (By: Don Whittington)

1996

65

Freak Show (By: Don Whittington)

1996

66

Going to Net (By: Various)

1996

67

Tracks in the Snow (By: Lucy Jane Bledsoe)

1997

68

Danger Along the Ohio (By: Patricia Willis)

1997

69

Lasting Echoes (By: Joseph Bruchac)

1997

70

Night of the Chupacabras (By: Marie G. Lee)

1998

71

As Ever, Gordy (By: Mary Downing Hahn)

1998

72

No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War (By: Anita Lobel)

1998

73

Becoming Felix (By: Nancy Hope Wilson)

1998

74

Breakaway (By: Kimberley Griffiths Little)

1998

75

Mischief, Mad Mary, and Me (By: Dawn Knight)

1998

76

It's In Your Hands, Daisy P. Duckwitz (By: Jacqueline Shannon)

1998

77

Leaving Summer (By: Donal Harding)

1998

78

Flea Circus Summer (By: Cheryl Ware)

1998

79

Calling Me Home (By: Patricia Hermes)

1998

80

The Pizza That Time Forgot (By: William DeAndrea,Matthew Deandrea)

1999

81

Love Me, Love My Broccoli (By: Julie Anne Peters)

1999

82

Get on the Net (By: Robert Pondiscio)

1999

83

Don't Try This at Home! (By: Vicki Cobb)

1999

84

Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters (By: Bruce Coville)

1999

85

A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights (By: Kathleen Krull)

1999

86

Bruce Coville's Alien Visitors (By: Bruce Coville)

1999

87

Green Mango Magic (By: Sylvie Hossack)

1999

88

All the Answers (By: Anne C. Lemieux)

2000

89

Can of Worms (By: Kathy MacKel)

2000

90

Orphan Journey Home (By: Liza Ketchum)

2000

91

Bearstone (By: Will Hobbs)

2000

92

Alice-by-Accident (By: Lynne Reid Banks)

2000

93

Death at Devil's Bridge (By: Cynthia C. DeFelice)

2000

94

Alice By Accident (By: Lynne Reid Banks)

2003

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Avon Camelot series is publication order: 1. Lottie & Lisa (By: Erich Kastner) (1952), 2. Summerdog Comes Home (By: George Albert Zabriskie) (1980), 3. A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher (By: Mike Thaler) (1981), 4. Baseball Fever (By: Ray Cruz,Johanna Hurwitz) (1981), 5. The Trouble with Tuck (By: Theodore Taylor) (1981), and 89 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Avon Camelot series by Beverly Cleary contains 94 books. The series began in 1952 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Avon Camelot series is written by Beverly Cleary. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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