Barbara Jean Hicks Books in Order
Barbara Jean Hicks has written 14 books, published between 1996 and 2016. The first book is Coming Home (1996) and the newest is Once Upon a Parsnip (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1996–2016
- Pages on record
- 965 in 4 of 14 books
Barbara Jean Hicks writes picture books and adult fiction, and works as a storyteller, speaker and educator. Eight picture books carry the Hicks name, among them Once Upon a Parsnip, Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli, A Sister More Like Me and The Secret Life of Walter Kitty. Hicks has taught from preschool to community college and served as author-in-residence and parent educator in an urban elementary school. The catalogue lists 14 books, from Coming Home (1996) to Once Upon a Parsnip (2016), including Snow Swan (1997), An Unlikely Prince (1998), Jitterbug Jam (2004) and I Like Colors (2006). Catalogue subjects record picture books, stories in rhyme, colour and food habits.
How many Barbara Jean Hicks books are there?
Barbara Jean Hicks has 14 books, released between 1996 and 2016. 3 of them belong to the Once Upon a Dream series.
Barbara Jean Hicks Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Barbara Jean Hicks 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.
- 1Coming Home1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 2Snow Swan1997 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/419972861/4
- 31998–1/4
- 4China Doll1998 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419982561/4
- 51999–1/4
- 620003991/4
- 7Jitterbug Jam2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 8I Like Black And White2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 9I Like Colors2006 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/42006241/4
- 10The Secret Life of Walter Kitty2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 11Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 122013–1/4
- 13An Amazing Snowman2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 14Once Upon a Parsnip2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
Barbara Jean Hicks 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.
Once Upon a Dream in order
3 booksDisney Storybook - Frozen in order
1 bookStandalone books
10 books10 Barbara Jean Hicks titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Barbara Jean Hicks books in order?
You only need to read Barbara Jean Hicks books in order within the Once Upon a Dream series, which holds 3 of the 14 Barbara Jean Hicks books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Barbara Jean Hicks
Start with Coming Home (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Barbara Jean Hicks book?
Once Upon a Parsnip (2016) is the newest Barbara Jean Hicks book released so far.
Is there a new Barbara Jean Hicks book coming?
No next Barbara Jean Hicks book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Barbara Jean Hicks at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Barbara Jean Hicks title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Barbara Jean Hicks books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 965 pages across the 4 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 271 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barbara Jean Hicks books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
What the Barbara Jean Hicks books are about
6 of the 14 Barbara Jean Hicks books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: color is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Color 2 of 6 books
- Juvenile literature 2 of 6 books
- Pictorial works 2 of 6 books
- Picture books 2 of 6 books
- Stories in rhyme 2 of 6 books