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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: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Children's series? Start with "Oliver's Wood" (1996) and follow publication order through all 52 books.
The complete Children's reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Oliver's Wood
1996
Tie Your Shoes!
1996
Flip and Find: Colours
1998
Scary Party
1998
What's That Colour
1999
What's That Shape
1999
Flip and Find: Opposites
1999
Flip and Find: Numbers
1999
Puzzle Play: On Safari
2000
On the Farm
2001
Dinosaur Dinner
2001
Chunky Car
2002
Chunky Plane
2002
Chunky Boat
2002
My First Big Book of Learning Fun
2003
Follow my Finger Overground
2004
My Favourite Things: Dogs
2004
My Cat's Favourite Things
2004
Upsy Down Town
2004
My Mummy's Favourite Things
2004
My Grandpa's Favourite Things
2004
My Daddy's Favourite Things
2004
Mole Digs a Hole
2007
Mole Scores a Goal
2007
Mole Takes a Stroll
2007
Mole Makes a Roll
2007
Tractor
2008
Digger
2008
Excavator
2008
Dumper Truck
2008
My Mermaid Counting Book
2009
Busy Day, Busy Night: Rain Forest
2009
Barry the Fish with Fingers
2009
Norman The Slug With The Silly Shell
2011
Barry the Fish with Fingers and the Hairy Scary Monster
2011
Keith the Cat with the Magic Hat
2012
Gordon's Great Escape
2013
Lots and Lots of Fun Stuff to Do with Barry and Norman
2013
I Need to Wee! (With: Paul Linnet)
2014
Norman the Slug Who Saved Christmas (With: Paul Linnet)
2015
The Sue Hendra Collection
2015
Simon Sock (With: Paul Linnet)
2017
Norman's New Shell
2018
Cake (With: Paul Linnet)
2018
Snowball (With: Paul Linnet)
2018
Count and Play with Barry the Fish with Fingers (With: Paul Linnet)
2019
Christopher Pumpkin (With: Paul Linnet)
2019
Oh, Christmas Tree! (With: Paul Linnet)
2019
Alan the Bear Party Time (With: Paul Linnet)
2019
Alan the Bear Bedtime (With: Paul Linnet)
2019
Egg (With: Paul Linnet)
2020
No-Bot the Robot's New Bottom (With: Paul Linnet)
2020
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