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Picture Books in Order
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: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Picture series? Start with "The Bald Twit Lion" (1968) and follow publication order through all 32 books.
The complete Picture reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Bald Twit Lion
1968
Bad Jelly the Witch: A Fairy Story
1973
Dip the puppy
1974
The Bedsitting Room
1972
Silly Verse For Kids
1959
The Bedside Milligan
1960
A Dustbin of Milligan
1961
A Book of Milliganimals
1968
Small Dreams Of A Scorpion
1972
Book of Bits or a Bit of a Book
1974
Spike Milligan's Transports of Delight
1974
Goblins
1978
Open Heart University
1979
The Q Annual
1979
Get in the Q annual.
1980
Unspun Socks From A Chicken's Laundry
1982
Indefinite Articles and Scunthorpe
1983
Potboiling Dustbin Full Of Bits
1984
The 101 Best And Only Limericks Of Spike Milligan
1984
Floored Masterpieces with Worse Verse
1985
Spike Milligan's Further Transports Of Delight
1985
Startling Verse For All The Family
1987
The Mirror Running
1987
Scunthorpe Revisited - Added Articles and Instant Relatives
1989
Hidden Words
1993
Fleas, Knees And Hidden Elephants
1995
Poems
1997
A Mad Medley Of Milligan
1999
A Children's Treasury of Milligan
1999
The Essential Spike Milligan
2002
The Compulsive Spike Milligan
2004
The Magical World of Milligan
2009
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