Alex T. Smith Books in Order
Alex T. Smith has written 48 books, published between 2007 and 2024. The first book is Harry's Beautiful Balloons (2007) and the newest is Murder! By Narwhal!: Book 1 (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 48
- Published
- 2007–2024
- Pages on record
- 2,887 in 25 of 48 books
- Reading time
- 48–72 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,887 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 48 titles with a page count on record.
Alex T. Smith is a British author and illustrator of children's books. Smith's catalogue runs to 48 titles published between 2007 and 2024, opening with Harry's Beautiful Balloons and reaching Murder! By Narwhal!: Book 1. Seven series carry the work, among them Claude, Mr Penguin, Foxy Tales and Winston. The books sit in picture-book and humorous-story territory, with a median length of 96 pages, and Smith continues to publish.
Source: Wikidata
How many Alex T. Smith books are there?
Alex T. Smith has 48 books, released between 2007 and 2024. They include 7 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.
Alex T. Smith Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 48 Alex T. Smith books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of October 2026.
- 12007141/4
- 2Round and Round2007 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/42007141/4
- 32007141/4
- 42007141/4
- 5Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero2008 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/42008241/4
- 6Home2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 7Bella and Monty: A Hairy, Scary Night2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 82010–1/4
- 920101021/4
- 102011–1/4
- 112011–1/4
- 12Foxy and Egg2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 13Fantastic Frankie And The Brain Drain Machine2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 142012–1/4
- 15Ella2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 16Catch Us If You Can-Can!2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 17Happy Birthday, Bunny!2012 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/42012141/4
- 182013–1/4
- 192013961/4
- 20Primrose2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 21The Great Brain Robbery2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 222014–1/4
- 232014–1/4
- 242014961/4
- 25Hector and the Big Bad Knight2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 2620151731/4
- 272015961/4
- 282015–1/4
- 292016961/4
- 302016–1/4
- 312016–1/4
- 322016961/4
- 33Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion2016 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42016321/4
- 3420172141/4
- 3520181601/4
- 3620182881/4
- 3720182881/4
- 3820192881/4
- 392019–1/4
- 402019–1/4
- 4120201601/4
- 422020321/4
- 432020321/4
- 4420211601/4
- 4520212881/4
- 462021961/4
- 47The Grumpus2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 482024–1/4
Alex T. Smith series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Mr Penguin books in order 4 books
Alex T. Smith books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Claude in order
19 books- 1. Claude on Holiday
- 2. Claude In The City
- 3. Claude at the Circus
- 4. Claude in the Spotlight
- 5. Claude on the Slopes
- 6. Claude at the Beach
- 7. Claude: Lights! Camera! Action!
- 8. Claude on the Big Screen
- 9. Claude Going for Gold!
- 10. Claude All At Sea
- 11. Claude in the Country
- 12. Santa Claude
- and 7 more in the table above
Round and Round in order
3 booksFoxy Tales in order
3 booksTom & Matt in order
2 booksWinston in order
2 booksGrimacres Whodunnit in order
1 bookStandalone books
14 books14 Alex T. Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Alex T. Smith books in order?
You only need to read Alex T. Smith books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Alex T. Smith
Start with Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure (2017), the first Mr Penguin book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Harry's Beautiful Balloons (2007).
What is the newest Alex T. Smith book?
Murder! By Narwhal!: Book 1 (2024) is the newest Alex T. Smith book released so far.
Is there a new Alex T. Smith book coming?
No next Alex T. Smith book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Alex T. Smith at a glance
- Still publishing
- Alex T. Smith published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Alex T. Smith books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,887 pages across the 25 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 96 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alex T. Smith books, 33 of 48, were published in the 2010s.
When Alex T. Smith books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Alex T. Smith titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 33 titles.
48 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Alex T. Smith books are about
25 of the 48 Alex T. Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 17 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 17 of 25 books
- Humor 13 of 25 books
- Dogs 8 of 25 books
- Heroes 3 of 25 books
- Picture books 3 of 25 books
- Socks 3 of 25 books
- Adventure stories 2 of 25 books
- Adventure stories (Children's 2 of 25 books
- Motion pictures 2 of 25 books