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Alice Schertle Books in Order

Alice Schertle has written 59 books, published between 1977 and 2026. The first book is The Gorilla In The Hall (1977) and the newest is Little Blue Truck Lost and Found (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
59
Published
1977–2026
Pages on record
1,097 in 34 of 59 books
Reading time
18–27 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,097 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 34 of 59 titles with a page count on record.

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Alice Schertle is an American poet, teacher and children's author from Los Angeles, born in 1941. Little Blue Truck is the series most associated with her name, and Little Blue Truck Lost and Found arrived in 2026. The catalogue lists 59 titles from The Gorilla In The Hall (1977) onward, including the Cathy And Company books of 1980. Stories in rhyme, trucks, cats, seasons and children's poetry fill the subjects, at a median 32 pages.

How many Alice Schertle books are there?

Alice Schertle has 59 books, released between 1977 and 2026. They include 2 series and 40 titles listed outside any series.

Alice Schertle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 59 Alice Schertle 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 September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Gorilla In The Hall by Alice Schertle (1977)
  2. Cover of Cathy And Company & The Nosy Neighbor by Alice Schertle, book 1 of the Cathy And Company series (1980)
  3. Cover of Cathy And Company & Hank, The Horse by Alice Schertle, book 2 of the Cathy And Company series (1980)
  4. Cover of Cathy and Company & the Green Ghost by Alice Schertle, book 4 of the Cathy And Company series (1980)
  5. Cover of Cathy and Company & Mean Mr. Meeker by Alice Schertle, book 5 of the Cathy And Company series (1980)
  6. Cover of The April Fool by Alice Schertle (1981)
  7. Cover of Hob Goblin and the Skeleton by Alice Schertle (1982)
  8. Cover of In My Treehouse by Alice Schertle (1983)
  9. Cover of Good Night, Hattie, My Dearie, My Dove by Alice Schertle (1985)
  10. Cover of My Two Feet by Alice Schertle (1985)
  11. Cover of That Olive! by Alice Schertle (1986)
  12. Cover of Jeremy Bean's St. Patrick's Day by Alice Schertle (1987)
  13. Cover of Bill and the Google-Eyed Goblins by Alice Schertle (1987)
  14. Cover of Gus Wanders Off by Alice Schertle (1988)
  15. Cover of William and Grandpa by Alice Schertle (1989)
  16. Cover of That's What I Thought by Alice Schertle (1990)
  17. Cover of Witch Hazel by Alice Schertle (1991)
  18. Cover of Little Frog's Song by Alice Schertle (1992)
  19. Cover of How Now, Brown Cow? by Alice Schertle (1994)
  20. Cover of Down the Road by Alice Schertle (1995)
  21. Cover of Advice For A Frog by Alice Schertle (1995)
  22. Cover of Maisie by Alice Schertle (1995)
  23. Cover of Keepers Poetry by Alice Schertle (1996)
  24. Cover of A Lucky Thing by Alice Schertle (1999)
  1. 1
    The Gorilla In The Hall1977 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197732
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  2. 2
    Cathy And Company & The Nosy NeighborCathy And Company #11980 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198048
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  3. 3
    Cathy And Company & Hank, The HorseCathy And Company #21980 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198048
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  4. 4
    Cathy And Company And Bumper The BullyCathy And Company #31980 · 45 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198045
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  5. 5
    Cathy and Company & the Green GhostCathy And Company #41980 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198048
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  6. 6
    Cathy and Company & Mean Mr. MeekerCathy And Company #51980 · 47 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198047
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  7. 7
    Cathy and Company & the Double DareCathy And Company #61980 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198048
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  8. 8
    The April Fool1981 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198132
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  9. 9
    Hob Goblin and the Skeleton1982 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198232
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  10. 10
    In My Treehouse1983 · 33 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198333
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  11. 11
    Bim Dooley Makes His Move1984 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198432
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  12. 12
    Good Night, Hattie, My Dearie, My Dove1985 · 26 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198526
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  13. 13
    My Two Feet1985 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198532
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  14. 14
    That Olive!1986 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198636
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  15. 15
    Jeremy Bean's St. Patrick's Day1987 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198732
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  16. 16
    Bill and the Google-Eyed Goblins1987 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198732
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  17. 17
    Gus Wanders Off1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198832
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  18. 18
    William and Grandpa1989 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198932
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  19. 19
    That's What I Thought1990 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199032
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  20. 20
    Witch Hazel1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  21. 21
    Little Frog's Song1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  22. 22
    How Now, Brown Cow?1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  23. 23
    Down the Road1995 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199540
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  24. 24
    Advice For A Frog1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  25. 25
    Maisie1995 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19951
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  26. 26
    Keepers Poetry1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  27. 27
    A Lucky Thing1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  28. 28
    I Am the Cat1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  29. 29
    All You Need for a Snowman2002 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200232
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  30. 30
    Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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Alice Schertle series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Alice Schertle 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.

Cathy And Company in order

6 books
  1. 1. Cathy And Company & The Nosy Neighbor
  2. 2. Cathy And Company & Hank, The Horse
  3. 3. Cathy And Company And Bumper The Bully
  4. 4. Cathy and Company & the Green Ghost
  5. 5. Cathy and Company & Mean Mr. Meeker
  6. 6. Cathy and Company & the Double Dare

Standalone books

40 books

40 Alice Schertle titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alice Schertle books in order?

You only need to read Alice Schertle books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Alice Schertle

Start with Little Blue Truck (2008), the first Little Blue Truck book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Gorilla In The Hall (1977).

What is the newest Alice Schertle book?

Little Blue Truck Lost and Found (2026) is the newest Alice Schertle book released so far.

Is there a new Alice Schertle book coming?

No next Alice Schertle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Alice Schertle at a glance

Still publishing
Alice Schertle published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Alice Schertle books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,097 pages across the 34 of 59 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alice Schertle books, 17 of 59, were published in the 1980s.

What the Alice Schertle books are about

54 of the 59 Alice Schertle 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 36 of 54. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.