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Deborah Zemke Books in Order

Deborah Zemke has written 12 books, published between 1988 and 2019. The first book is The Way It Happened (1988) and the newest is The Tree and Me (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1988–2019
Pages on record
697 in 7 of 12 books
Reading time
12–17 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 697 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Deborah Zemke checklist

Deborah Zemke writes humorous children's books, and the catalogue lists 12 of them from The Way It Happened (1988) to The Tree and Me (2019). Zemke's series is Bea Garcia. Subjects include friendship, drawing, dogs, Hispanic Americans and lift-the-flap books. Other titles are Don't Feed the Babysitter to Your Boa Constrictor (2006), How to Win Friends and Influence Creatures (2009) and The Curse of Einstein's Pencil (2017).

How many Deborah Zemke books are there?

Deborah Zemke has 12 books, released between 1988 and 2019. 4 of them belong to the Bea Garcia series.

Deborah Zemke Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Deborah Zemke 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 Way It Happened by Deborah Zemke (1988)
  2. Cover of the Shadow of Matilda Hunt by Deborah Zemke (1991)
  3. Cover of Don't Feed the Babysitter to Your Boa Constrictor by Deborah Zemke (2006)
  4. Cover of All I Want for Christmas by Deborah Zemke (2008)
  5. Cover of Don't Bargain with the Tooth Fairy! by Deborah Zemke (2008)
  6. Cover of My Furry Valentine by Deborah Zemke (2009)
  7. Cover of How to Win Friends and Influence Creatures by Deborah Zemke (2009)
  8. Cover of My Life in Pictures by Deborah Zemke, book 1 of the Bea Garcia series (2016)
  9. Cover of The Curse of Einstein's Pencil by Deborah Zemke, book 2 of the Bea Garcia series (2017)
  10. Cover of The Tree and Me by Deborah Zemke, book 4 of the Bea Garcia series (2019)
  1. 1
    The Way It Happened1988 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198830
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  2. 2
    the Shadow of Matilda Hunt1991 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199130
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Don't Feed the Babysitter to Your Boa Constrictor2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  4. 4
    All I Want for Christmas2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Don't Bargain with the Tooth Fairy!2008 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200848
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    My Furry Valentine2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    How to Win Friends and Influence Creatures2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Wishes For You2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    My Life in PicturesBea Garcia #12016 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Curse of Einstein's PencilBea Garcia #22017 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Tale of a Scaredy-DogBea Garcia #32018 · 141 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018141
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The Tree and MeBea Garcia #42019 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019160
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Deborah Zemke 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.

Bea Garcia in order

4 books
  1. 1. My Life in Pictures
  2. 2. The Curse of Einstein's Pencil
  3. 3. Tale of a Scaredy-Dog
  4. 4. The Tree and Me

Standalone books

8 books

8 Deborah Zemke titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Deborah Zemke books in order?

You only need to read Deborah Zemke books in order within the Bea Garcia series, which holds 4 of the 12 Deborah Zemke books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Deborah Zemke

Start with The Way It Happened (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Deborah Zemke book?

The Tree and Me (2019) is the newest Deborah Zemke book released so far.

Is there a new Deborah Zemke book coming?

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

Deborah Zemke at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Deborah Zemke title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Deborah Zemke books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
697 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 141 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Deborah Zemke books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2000s.

What the Deborah Zemke books are about

11 of the 12 Deborah Zemke 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.