Cece Bell Books in Order

Cece Bell has written 19 books, published between 2003 and 2024. The first book is Sock Monkey Goes To Hollywood (2003) and the newest is Animal Albums from A to Z (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
2003–2024
Pages on record
867 in 12 of 19 books
Reading time
14–22 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 867 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Cece Bell, author

Cecelia Carolina Bell, born December 26, 1970 in Richmond, Virginia, works as an author, cartoonist and illustrator. The graphic novel El Deafo is the title Bell is most widely known for, and Bell's work has run in The Atlantic, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times and Esquire. The catalogue holds 19 books dated 2003 to 2024, opening with Sock Monkey Goes To Hollywood and reaching Animal Albums from A to Z. Picture books, friendship, toys and humorous stories appear in the subject records, along with a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. The median Bell book runs 37 pages.

How many Cece Bell books are there?

Cece Bell has 19 books, released between 2003 and 2024. They include 4 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.

Cece Bell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Cece Bell 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. 1
    Sock Monkey Goes To HollywoodSock Monkey #12003 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200330
  2. 2
    Sock Monkey Takes a BathSock Monkey #22003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003
  3. 3
    Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie: A Friend Is MadeSock Monkey #32004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004
  4. 4
    Busy Buddies: Silly Stuff That Goes Together2006 · 20 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200620
  5. 5
    Food Friends: Fun Foods That Go Together2006 · 20 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200620
  6. 6
    Sock Monkey Rides AgainSock Monkey #42006 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200632
  7. 7
    Bee-Wigged2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  8. 8
    Itty Bitty2009 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200932
  9. 9
    The SleepoverRabbit & Robot #12012 · 50 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201250
  10. 10
    El Deafo2014 · 233 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014233
  11. 11
    Rabbit And Robot: The SleepoverCandlewick Sparks #302014 · 56 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201456
  12. 12
    I Yam a Donkey!Yam and Donkey #12015 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201532
  13. 13
    Chuck and Woodchuck2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  14. 14
    Rabbit and Robot and RibbitCandlewick Sparks #372016 · 42 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201642
  15. 15
    Smell My Foot!Chick and Brain #12019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  16. 16
    You Loves Ewe!Yam and Donkey #22019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  17. 17
    Egg or Eyeball?Chick and Brain #22020 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202072
  18. 18
    Supersorda2020 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020248
  19. 19
    Animal Albums from A to Z2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024

Cece Bell 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.

Sock Monkey in order

4 books
  1. 1. Sock Monkey Goes To Hollywood
  2. 2. Sock Monkey Takes a Bath
  3. 3. Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie: A Friend Is Made
  4. 4. Sock Monkey Rides Again

Yam and Donkey in order

2 books
  1. 1. I Yam a Donkey!
  2. 2. You Loves Ewe!

Chick and Brain in order

2 books
  1. 1. Smell My Foot!
  2. 2. Egg or Eyeball?

Candlewick Sparks in order

2 books
  1. 30. Rabbit And Robot: The Sleepover
  2. 37. Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit

Rabbit & Robot in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Sleepover

Standalone books

8 books

8 Cece Bell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Cece Bell books in order?

You only need to read Cece Bell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Cece Bell

Start with Sock Monkey Goes To Hollywood (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cece Bell book?

Animal Albums from A to Z (2024) is the newest Cece Bell book released so far.

Is there a new Cece Bell book coming?

No next Cece Bell 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 Cece Bell has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Cece Bell. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • spoon theory prize child2025Won

Cece Bell at a glance

Still publishing
Cece Bell published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Cece Bell books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
867 pages across the 12 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 37 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cece Bell books, 8 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Cece Bell books are about

17 of the 19 Cece Bell 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 11 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.