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Carol Ryrie Brink Books in Order

28 books are credited to Carol Ryrie Brink, published between 1934 and 1994; 2 of them appeared after Carol Ryrie Brink's death in 1981. The first book is Anything Can Happen on the River (1934) and the newest is Goody O'Grumpity (1994). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
28
Published
1934–1994
Pages on record
3,334 in 15 of 28 books
Reading time
56–83 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,334 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 28 titles with a page count on record.

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Carol Ryrie Brink (1895-1981) wrote for children and adults alike. Caddie Woodlawn (1935) is her lasting book, a frontier story that won the 1936 Newbery Medal and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958, and Caddie Woodlawn's Family followed in 1939. The catalogue of 28 titles opens with Anything Can Happen on the River (1934) and takes in Mademoiselle Misfortune (1936), Baby Island (1937) and Buffalo Coat (1944), with Goody O'Grumpity (1994) published last. Pioneer life, Idaho, dolls and shipwrecks recur as subjects.

How many Carol Ryrie Brink books are there?

Carol Ryrie Brink has 28 books, released between 1934 and 1994. 2 of them were published after Carol Ryrie Brink's death in 1981. They include 3 series and 22 titles listed outside any series.

Carol Ryrie Brink Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 28 Carol Ryrie Brink 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 Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink, book 1 of the Caddie Woodlawn series (1935)
  2. Cover of Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink (1937)
  3. Cover of Caddie Woodlawn's Family by Carol Ryrie Brink, book 2 of the Caddie Woodlawn series (1939)
  4. Cover of Buffalo Coat by Carol Ryrie Brink (1944)
  5. Cover of Harps in the Wind by Carol Ryrie Brink (1947)
  6. Cover of The Highly Trained Dogs of Professor Petit by Carol Ryrie Brink (1953)
  7. Cover of Strangers in the Forest by Carol Ryrie Brink (1959)
  8. Cover of Snow in the River by Carol Ryrie Brink (1964)
  9. Cover of Andy Buckram's Tin Men by Carol Ryrie Brink (1966)
  10. Cover of The Bad Times Of Irma Baumlein by Carol Ryrie Brink (1972)
  11. Cover of Louly by Carol Ryrie Brink, book 2 of the Chrys and Cordy series (1974)
  12. Cover of Four Girls on a Homestead by Carol Ryrie Brink (1977)
  13. Cover of A Chain of Hands by Carol Ryrie Brink (1993)
  14. Cover of Goody O'Grumpity by Carol Ryrie Brink (1994)
  1. 1
    Anything Can Happen on the River1934 · confirmed 1/4
    1934–
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  2. 2
    Caddie WoodlawnCaddie Woodlawn #11935 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935288
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  3. 3
    Mademoiselle Misfortune1936 · confirmed 1/4
    1936–
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  4. 4
    Baby Island1937 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1937160
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  5. 5
    Caddie Woodlawn's FamilyCaddie Woodlawn #21939 · confirmed 1/4
    1939–
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  6. 6
    All Over Town1939 · confirmed 1/4
    1939–
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  7. 7
    Lad with a Whistle1941 · confirmed 1/4
    1941–
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  8. 8
    Buffalo Coat1944 · 421 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1944421
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  9. 9
    Harps in the Wind1947 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1947312
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  10. 10
    Narcissa Whitman1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  11. 11
    Stopover1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  12. 12
    Family GrandstandRidgeway Family #11952 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1952256
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  13. 13
    The Highly Trained Dogs of Professor Petit1953 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1953144
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  14. 14
    The Headland1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  15. 15
    Family SabbaticalRidgeway Family #21956 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1956320
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  16. 16
    The Pink Motel1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  17. 17
    Strangers in the Forest1959 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959314
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  18. 18
    Chateau Saint Barnabe1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  19. 19
    Snow in the River1964 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964308
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  20. 20
    Andy Buckram's Tin Men1966 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1966157
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  21. 21
    Two Are Better Than OneChrys and Cordy #11968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  22. 22
    Winter Cottage1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  23. 23
    The Bad Times Of Irma Baumlein1972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972–
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  24. 24
    LoulyChrys and Cordy #21974 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974198
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  25. 25
    The Bellini Look1976 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976186
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  26. 26
    Four Girls on a Homestead1977 · 38 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197738
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  27. 27
    A Chain of Hands1993 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993200
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  28. 28
    Goody O'Grumpity1994 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199432
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Carol Ryrie Brink 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.

Caddie Woodlawn in order

2 books
  1. 1. Caddie Woodlawn
  2. 2. Caddie Woodlawn's Family

Ridgeway Family in order

2 books
  1. 1. Family Grandstand
  2. 2. Family Sabbatical

Chrys and Cordy in order

2 books
  1. 1. Two Are Better Than One
  2. 2. Louly

Standalone books

22 books

22 Carol Ryrie Brink titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carol Ryrie Brink books in order?

You only need to read Carol Ryrie Brink 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 Carol Ryrie Brink

Start with Anything Can Happen on the River (1934), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carol Ryrie Brink book?

Goody O'Grumpity (1994) is the newest Carol Ryrie Brink book released so far.

Is there a new Carol Ryrie Brink book coming?

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

Awards Carol Ryrie Brink has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Carol Ryrie Brink. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Carol Ryrie Brink at a glance

Died
Carol Ryrie Brink died in 1981, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Carol Ryrie Brink are still being published after Carol Ryrie Brink's death in 1981; the newest appeared in 1994.
Release pace
Carol Ryrie Brink books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,334 pages across the 15 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 200 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carol Ryrie Brink books, 8 of 28, were published in the 1950s.

What the Carol Ryrie Brink books are about

18 of the 28 Carol Ryrie Brink 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 7 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.