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Bill Wallace Books in Order

Bill Wallace has written 39 books, published between 1980 and 2009. The first book is A Dog Called Kitty (1980) and the newest is That Doggone Calf (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
39
Published
1980–2009
Pages on record
4,969 in 33 of 39 books
Reading time
83–124 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,969 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 39 titles with a page count on record.

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Bill Wallace was an American teacher who turned children's author, living from 1947 to 2012. Wallace began telling stories to quiet a fourth-grade class, and the students' response pushed him toward publishing real books. A Dog Called Kitty opened the catalogue in 1980, and 39 titles follow, with dogs, cats, pets, courage and farm life recurring. Upchuck and the Rotten Willy, Gray Cat and Bub Moose are the series, at a median of 160 pages.

How many Bill Wallace books are there?

Bill Wallace has 39 books, released between 1980 and 2009. They include 3 series and 31 titles listed outside any series.

Bill Wallace Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 39 Bill Wallace 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 A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace (1980)
  2. Cover of Trapped in Death Cave by Bill Wallace (1984)
  3. Cover of Shadow on the Snow by Bill Wallace (1985)
  4. Cover of Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge by Bill Wallace (1986)
  5. Cover of Red Dog by Bill Wallace (1987)
  6. Cover of Danger on Panther Peak by Bill Wallace (1987)
  7. Cover of Snot Stew by Bill Wallace (1989)
  8. Cover of Totally Disgusting! by Bill Wallace (1991)
  9. Cover of Danger in Quicksand Swamp by Bill Wallace (1991)
  10. Cover of Buffalo Gal by Bill Wallace (1992)
  11. Cover of The Biggest Klutz in Fifth Grade by Bill Wallace (1992)
  12. Cover of Never Say Quit by Bill Wallace (1993)
  13. Cover of Blackwater Swamp by Bill Wallace (1994)
  14. Cover of Journey into Terror by Bill Wallace (1996)
  15. Cover of Aloha Summer by Bill Wallace (1997)
  16. Cover of The Backward Bird Dog by Bill Wallace (1997)
  17. Cover of The Great Escape by Bill Wallace, book 1 of the Upchuck and the Rotten Willy series (1998)
  18. Cover of Upchuck and the Rotten Willy by Bill Wallace, book 2 of the Upchuck and the Rotten Willy series (1998)
  19. Cover of That Furball Puppy and Me by Bill Wallace, book 2 of the Gray Cat series (1999)
  20. Cover of Running Wild by Bill Wallace, book 3 of the Upchuck and the Rotten Willy series (2000)
  21. Cover of Chomps, Flea, and Gray Cat by Bill Wallace, book 3 of the Gray Cat series (2001)
  22. Cover of Bub, Snow, and the Burly Bear Scare by Bill Wallace, book 2 of the Bub Moose series (2002)
  23. Cover of Goosed! by Bill Wallace (2002)
  24. Cover of The Meanest Hound Around by Bill Wallace (2003)
  1. 1
    A Dog Called Kitty1980 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980176
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  2. 2
    Trapped in Death Cave1984 · 170 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984170
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  3. 3
    Shadow on the Snow1985 · 155 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985155
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  4. 4
    Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge1986 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986132
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  5. 5
    Red Dog1987 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987192
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  6. 6
    Danger on Panther Peak1987 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987176
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  7. 7
    Beauty1988 · 177 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988177
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  8. 8
    Snot Stew1989 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198996
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  9. 9
    Christmas Spurs1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  10. 10
    Totally Disgusting!1991 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991144
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  11. 11
    Danger in Quicksand Swamp1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  12. 12
    Buffalo Gal1992 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992192
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  13. 13
    The Biggest Klutz in Fifth Grade1992 · 148 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992148
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  14. 14
    Never Say Quit1993 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993184
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  15. 15
    Blackwater Swamp1994 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994184
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  16. 16
    True Friends1994 · 169 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994169
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  17. 17
    Watchdog and the Coyotes1995 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995104
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  18. 18
    Journey into Terror1996 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996176
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  19. 19
    The Final Freedom1997 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997176
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  20. 20
    Aloha Summer1997 · 168 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997168
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  21. 21
    The Backward Bird Dog1997 · 101 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997101
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  22. 22
    The Great EscapeUpchuck and the Rotten Willy #11998 · 100 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998100
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  23. 23
    Upchuck and the Rotten WillyUpchuck and the Rotten Willy #21998 · 101 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998101
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  24. 24
    The Flying Flea, Callie and MeGray Cat #11999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  25. 25
    That Furball Puppy and MeGray Cat #21999 · 83 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199983
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  26. 26
    Eye of the Great Bear1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  27. 27
    Running WildUpchuck and the Rotten Willy #32000 · 99 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200099
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  28. 28
    Coyote Autumn2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  29. 29
    Bub MooseBub Moose #12001 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001128
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  30. 30
    Chomps, Flea, and Gray CatGray Cat #32001 · 89 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200189
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  31. 31
    Bub, Snow, and the Burly Bear ScareBub Moose #22002 · 119 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002119
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  32. 32
    Goosed!2002 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002128
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  33. 33
    The Meanest Hound Around2003 · 150 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003150
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  34. 34
    Skinny-Dipping at Monster Lake2003 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003212
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  35. 35
    No Dogs Allowed!2004 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004224
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  36. 36
    Pick of the Litter2005 · 172 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005172
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  37. 37
    The Legend of Thunderfoot2006 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006160
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  38. 38
    The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa2007 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007184
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  39. 39
    That Doggone Calf2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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Bill Wallace 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.

Upchuck and the Rotten Willy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Great Escape
  2. 2. Upchuck and the Rotten Willy
  3. 3. Running Wild

Gray Cat in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Flying Flea, Callie and Me
  2. 2. That Furball Puppy and Me
  3. 3. Chomps, Flea, and Gray Cat

Bub Moose in order

2 books
  1. 1. Bub Moose
  2. 2. Bub, Snow, and the Burly Bear Scare

Standalone books

31 books

31 Bill Wallace titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Bill Wallace books in order?

You only need to read Bill Wallace books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Bill Wallace

Start with A Dog Called Kitty (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bill Wallace book?

That Doggone Calf (2009) is the newest Bill Wallace book released so far.

Is there a new Bill Wallace book coming?

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

Bill Wallace at a glance

Died
Bill Wallace died in 2012, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Bill Wallace on record dates from 2009.
Release pace
Bill Wallace books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,969 pages across the 33 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bill Wallace books, 18 of 39, were published in the 1990s.

What the Bill Wallace books are about

37 of the 39 Bill Wallace 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 29 of 37. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.