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David Litchfield Books in Order

David Litchfield has written 8 books, published between 2015 and 2024. The first book is The Bear and the Piano (2015) and the newest is The Dinosaur Next Door (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2015–2024
Pages on record
280 in 7 of 8 books
Reading time
4.7–7.0 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 280 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

See all 8 books in order Printable David Litchfield checklist

Picture books are David Litchfield's form: children's fiction, music, bears, musicians, friendship and dogs run through the recorded subjects. Eight titles are catalogued between The Bear and the Piano (2015) and The Dinosaur Next Door (2024), and the listing groups part of the work as the Bear and the Piano series. Grandad's Secret Giant and The Boy and the Giant both appeared in 2017, with four further books dated 2019 or 2020. Seven titles have a recorded length, at a median of 40 pages.

How many David Litchfield books are there?

David Litchfield has 8 books, released between 2015 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the Bear and the Piano series.

David Litchfield Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 David Litchfield 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 Boy and the Giant by David Litchfield (2017)
  2. Cover of The Bear, the Piano, the Dog, and the Fiddle by David Litchfield, book 2 of the Bear and the Piano series (2019)
  3. Cover of Lights on Wonder Rock by David Litchfield (2019)
  1. 1
    The Bear and the PianoBear and the Piano #12015 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201540
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Grandad's Secret Giant2017 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201740
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Boy and the Giant2017 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201740
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Bear, the Piano, the Dog, and the FiddleBear and the Piano #22019 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201940
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Lights on Wonder Rock2019 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201940
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Remarkables2019 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201940
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Bear, the Piano and Little Bear's ConcertBear and the Piano #32020 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202040
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Dinosaur Next Door2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

David Litchfield 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.

Bear and the Piano in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Bear and the Piano
  2. 2. The Bear, the Piano, the Dog, and the Fiddle
  3. 3. The Bear, the Piano and Little Bear's Concert

Standalone books

5 books

5 David Litchfield titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read David Litchfield books in order?

You only need to read David Litchfield books in order within the Bear and the Piano series, which holds 3 of the 8 David Litchfield books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with David Litchfield

Start with The Bear and the Piano (2015), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David Litchfield book?

The Dinosaur Next Door (2024) is the newest David Litchfield book released so far.

Is there a new David Litchfield book coming?

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

David Litchfield at a glance

Still publishing
David Litchfield published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
David Litchfield books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
280 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 40 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David Litchfield books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the David Litchfield books are about

4 of the 8 David Litchfield 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 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.