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Dashka Slater Books in Order

Dashka Slater has written 17 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is The Wishing Box (2000) and the newest is The Wild Season (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2000–2026
Pages on record
1,496 in 7 of 17 books
See all 17 books in order Printable Dashka Slater checklist

Children's fiction is the leading subject in Dashka Slater's catalogue, which lists 17 books from The Wishing Box (2000) to The Wild Season (2026). The series are Escargot and Feylawn Chronicles. Other titles include Baby Shoes (2006), Firefighters in the Dark (2006), The Sea Serpent and Me (2008), The 57 Bus (2017), The Antlered Ship (2017) and A Book for Escargot (2020). Recorded subjects include humorous stories, snails, imagination and firefighters.

How many Dashka Slater books are there?

Dashka Slater has 17 books, released between 2000 and 2026. They include 3 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Dashka Slater Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Dashka Slater 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 Wishing Box by Dashka Slater (2000)
  2. Cover of Baby Shoes by Dashka Slater, book 1 of the Dashka Slater Children’s series (2006)
  3. Cover of Firefighters in the Dark by Dashka Slater, book 2 of the Dashka Slater Children’s series (2006)
  4. Cover of The Sea Serpent and Me by Dashka Slater, book 3 of the Dashka Slater Children’s series (2008)
  5. Cover of Dangerously Ever After by Dashka Slater, book 4 of the Dashka Slater Children’s series (2012)
  6. Cover of Escargot by Dashka Slater, book 1 of the Escargot series (2017)
  7. Cover of The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (2017)
  8. Cover of The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater, book 5 of the Dashka Slater Children’s series (2017)
  9. Cover of The Book of Fatal Errors by Dashka Slater, book 1 of the Feylawn Chronicles (2020)
  10. Cover of A Book for Escargot by Dashka Slater, book 2 of the Escargot series (2020)
  11. Cover of The Book of Stolen Time by Dashka Slater, book 2 of the Feylawn Chronicles (2022)
  12. Cover of Love, Escargot by Dashka Slater, book 3 of the Escargot series (2022)
  13. Cover of Escargot and the Search for Spring by Dashka Slater, book 4 of the Escargot series (2024)
  1. 1
    The Wishing Box2000 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000311
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  2. 2
    Lights, Camera, Alcatraz2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  3. 3
    Baby ShoesDashka Slater Children’s #12006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  4. 4
    Firefighters in the DarkDashka Slater Children’s #22006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  5. 5
    The Sea Serpent and MeDashka Slater Children’s #32008 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200840
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  6. 6
    Dangerously Ever AfterDashka Slater Children’s #42012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    EscargotEscargot #12017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  8. 8
    The 57 Bus2017 · 305 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017305
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  9. 9
    The Antlered ShipDashka Slater Children’s #52017 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201748
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  10. 10
    The Book of Fatal ErrorsFeylawn Chronicles #12020 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020336
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  11. 11
    A Book for EscargotEscargot #22020 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202040
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  12. 12
    The Book of Stolen TimeFeylawn Chronicles #22022 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022416
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  13. 13
    Love, EscargotEscargot #32022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  14. 14
    Accountable2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  15. 15
    Escargot and the Search for SpringEscargot #42024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  16. 16
    Good Night, EscargotDashka Slater Children’s #62026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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  17. 17
    The Wild SeasonDashka Slater Children’s #72026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Dashka Slater 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.

Dashka Slater Children’s in order

7 books
  1. 1. Baby Shoes
  2. 2. Firefighters in the Dark
  3. 3. The Sea Serpent and Me
  4. 4. Dangerously Ever After
  5. 5. The Antlered Ship
  6. 6. Good Night, Escargot
  7. 7. The Wild Season

Escargot in order

4 books
  1. 1. Escargot
  2. 2. A Book for Escargot
  3. 3. Love, Escargot
  4. 4. Escargot and the Search for Spring

Feylawn Chronicles in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Book of Fatal Errors
  2. 2. The Book of Stolen Time

Standalone books

4 books

4 Dashka Slater titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Dashka Slater books in order?

You only need to read Dashka Slater 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 Dashka Slater

Start with The Wishing Box (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dashka Slater book?

The Wild Season (2026) is the newest Dashka Slater book released so far.

Is there a new Dashka Slater book coming?

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

Dashka Slater at a glance

Still publishing
Dashka Slater published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Dashka Slater books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,496 pages across the 7 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 305 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dashka Slater books, 8 of 17, were published in the 2020s.

What the Dashka Slater books are about

11 of the 17 Dashka Slater 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 6 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.