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Children's Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Children's books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Children's series? Start with "Lightfoot the Deer" (1906) and follow publication order through all 32 books.
The complete Children's reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Lightfoot the Deer
1906
Tommy and the Wishing Stone
1915
The Adventures of Happy Jack
1918
Mrs. Peter Rabbit
1919
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
1919
Old Granny Fox (With: Bob Blaisdell)
1920
Bowser the Hound (With: Bob Blaisdell)
1920
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
1922
Blacky the Crow
1922
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
1922
The Adventures of Blacky the Crow
1922
Buster Bear's Twins
1923
The Burgess Flower Book For Children
1923
The Burgess Seashore Book for Children
1929
The Dear Old Briar-Patch
1947
The Littlest Christmas Tree
1954
How Peter Cottontail Got His Name
1957
Mr. Mocker GB
1976
Animal Tales
1990
Peter Rabbit Plays a Joke
1993
Peter Cottontail: Full-Color Sturdy Book
1996
Peter Cottontail Dot-to-Dot (With: Pat Stewart)
1998
Peter Cottontail Mazes (With: Pat Stewart)
1999
Meet Peter Cottontail (With: Pat Stewart)
1999
A Great Joke On Jimmy Skunk
2007
The Adventures of Reddy Fox and Prickly Porky
2007
The Christmas Reindeer
2010
The Neatness of Bobby Coon (With: Harrison Cady,R.F. Gilmor)
2016
Bobby Coon's Mistake
2016
Big Book of Animal Stories
2001
Mouse Tales for Kids: Eleven Fairy Tales About Mice for Children (With: Peter I. Kattan,Luis Coloma)
2011
Fifty Favorite Burgess Stories (With: Harrison Cady)
2011
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