Picture Books in Order

139

Books

1993

First Book

2026

Latest Book

34

Years

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

Reading order verified: January 2026

Publication Order

1

A Squash and a Squeeze (With: Axel Scheffler)

1993

2

Town Mouse and Country Mouse

1996

3

Tara's Party (With: Clare Kirtley)

1998

4

Royal Blue

1998

5

The Giant Jumperee (With: Helen Oxenbury)

2000

6

The King's Ears (With: Keith Gaines)

2000

7

Monkey Puzzle (With: Axel Scheffler)

2000

8

Where's My Mom? (With: Axel Scheffler)

2000

9

Room on the Broom (With: Axel Scheffler)

2001

10

The Highway Rat (With: Axel Scheffler)

2001

11

Follow the Swallow

2001

12

Spinderella

2002

13

Night Monkey Day Monkey (With: Lucy Richards)

2002

14

The Smartest Giant in Town (With: Axel Scheffler)

2002

15

The Snail and the Whale (With: Axel Scheffler)

2003

16

The Magic Paintbrush (With: Joel Stewart)

2003

17

Conjuror Cow (With: Nick Sharratt)

2003

18

Sharing a Shell (With: Lydia Monks)

2004

19

The Wrong Kind of Bark (With: Garry Parsons)

2004

20

One Ted Falls Out of Bed (With: Anna Currey)

2004

21

Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose (With: Nick Sharratt)

2005

22

Charlie Cook's Favorite Book (With: Axel Scheffler)

2005

23

The Quick Brown Fox Cub (With: Lucy Richards)

2005

24

Worm Looks for Lunch

2005

25

Rosie's Hat (With: Anna Currey)

2005

26

The False Tooth Fairy

2005

27

The Odd Pet

2006

28

The Scrap Rocket

2006

29

Dig, Dig, Dig! (With: Clare Kirtley)

2006

30

Sam's Pot (With: Clare Kirtley)

2006

31

Mum Bug's Bag

2006

32

Singing Dad

2006

33

Paula the Vet

2006

34

Miss, Miss!

2006

35

Doctor Duck

2006

36

This and That

2006

37

The Shopping List (With: Anni Axworthy)

2006

38

Clare and the Fair (With: Clare Kirtley)

2006

39

Hippo Has a Hat (With: Nick Sharratt)

2006

40

The Snake and the Drake

2006

41

Queen Aneena's Feast (With: Melanie Williamson)

2006

42

The Wrong Kind Of Knight

2006

43

Spike Says

2006

44

Tadpoles

2006

45

Room on the Broom and Other Songs (With: Axel Scheffler)

2006

46

Top Cat

2006

47

Zak And The Vet

2006

48

The Pot of Gold

2006

49

The Princess and the Wizard (With: Lydia Monks)

2006

50

Tiddler (With: Axel Scheffler)

2007

51

The Red Man and the Green Man

2007

52

Tyrannosaurus Drip (With: DavidRoberts)

2007

53

Pirates

2007

54

Bob Bug and the Insect Club

2007

55

Ron Rabbit's Big Day (With: Clare Kirtley)

2007

56

Tim's Bad Mood

2007

57

The Wishing Elf

2007

58

Pen-Pals

2007

59

Bob Bug (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

60

Fish and Chips (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

61

Splash and Squelch (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

62

The Deer and the Earwig (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

63

The Upside Down Browns (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

64

Gran Is Cross (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

65

Where Were You, Bert? (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

66

The Big Match (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

67

The Trunk and the Skunk (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

68

No Milk Today (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

69

Sue Kangaroo

2008

70

Leroy (With: Clare Kirtley)

2008

71

Songbirds (With: Clare Kirtley,Pam Mayo)

2008

72

One Mole Digging A Hole (With: Nick Sharratt)

2008

73

Tabby McTat (With: Axel Scheffler)

2009

74

Ron Rabbit's Egg

2009

75

The Smartest Giant in Town Activity Book (With: Axel Scheffler)

2009

76

Cat Naps

2009

77

Mix, Mix, Mix

2009

78

The Pins and the Pegs

2009

79

Pen Fun

2009

80

Is It?

2009

81

The Doll in the Bin

2009

82

Mr Zed

2009

83

The Big Cod

2009

84

The Seven Kids

2009

85

Toddle Waddle (With: Nick Sharratt)

2009

86

Tyrannosaurus Drip. Activity Book (With: DavidRoberts)

2009

87

The Troll (With: DavidRoberts)

2009

88

Cave Baby (With: Emily Gravett)

2010

89

Freddie and the Fairy (With: Karen George)

2010

90

The Rhyming Rabbit (With: Lydia Monks)

2011

91

Jack and the Flumflum Tree (With: DavidRoberts)

2011

92

Goat Goes to Playgroup (With: Nick Sharratt)

2012

93

Swallows and Spiders

2012

94

Animals in School

2012

95

The Singing Mermaid

2012

96

Moan, Moan, Moan!

2012

97

Jack and the Giants

2012

98

Back to Bed

2012

99

My Cat

2012

100

Tails

2012

101

Stop Chatting, Bill (With: Clare Kirtley)

2012

102

The Paper Dolls (With: Rebecca Cobb)

2012

103

Room on the Broom Colouring Book (With: Axel Scheffler)

2012

104

Animal Music

2013

105

Sugarlump and the Unicorn (With: Lydia Monks)

2013

106

Wake Up Do, Lydia Lou! (With: Karen George)

2013

107

Best Friends

2013

108

Planet Emerald

2013

109

Stick Man's First Words (With: Axel Scheffler)

2013

110

The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussy-Cat

2013

111

The Flying Bath (With: DavidRoberts)

2014

112

The Scarecrows' Wedding (With: Axel Scheffler)

2014

113

The Highway Rat Activity Book (With: Axel Scheffler)

2015

114

What the Jackdaw Saw (With: Nick Sharratt)

2015

115

The Detective Dog (With: Sara Ogilvie)

2016

116

There's an Owl in My Towel (With: Rebecca Cobb)

2016

117

The Everywhere Bear

2017

118

The Ugly Five (With: Axel Scheffler)

2017

119

Whoosh! Went the Witch (With: Axel Scheffler)

2017

120

The Cook and the King (With: DavidRoberts)

2018

121

Animalphabet (With: Sharon King-Chai)

2018

122

Cereal Superfan: A Bloomsbury Young Reader (With: Garry Parsons)

2018

123

The Go-Away Bird (With: Catherine Rayner)

2019

124

The Snail and the Whale Seaside Nature Trail (With: Axel Scheffler)

2019

125

The Smeds and the Smoos (With: Axel Scheffler)

2019

126

The Teeny Weeny Genie (With: Anna Currey)

2020

127

Room on the Broom Push-Pull-Slide (With: Axel Scheffler)

2020

128

The Hospital Dog (With: Sara Ogilvie)

2020

129

It's a Little Baby (With: Rebecca Cobb)

2020

130

Room on the Broom Jigsaw Book (With: Axel Scheffler)

2020

131

Counting Creatures

2020

132

Let’s Find Stick Man

2021

133

The Woolly Bear Caterpillar (With: Yuval Zommer)

2021

134

The Christmas Pine (With: Victoria Sandøy)

2021

135

The Baddies (With: Axel Scheffler)

2022

136

Room on the Broom Touch and Feel Book (With: Axel Scheffler)

2022

137

Welcome to the World (With: Helen Oxenbury)

2023

138

Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin (With: Axel Scheffler)

2024

139

The Tooth Fairy and the Crocodile

2026

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Picture series is publication order: 1. A Squash and a Squeeze (With: Axel Scheffler) (1993), 2. Town Mouse and Country Mouse (1996), 3. Tara's Party (With: Clare Kirtley) (1998), 4. Royal Blue (1998), 5. The Giant Jumperee (With: Helen Oxenbury) (2000), and 134 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Picture series by Julia Donaldson contains 139 books. The series began in 1993 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Picture series is written by Julia Donaldson. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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