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Dennis Foon Books in Order

Dennis Foon has written 20 books, published between 1978 and 2018. The first book is The Windigo: A Play (1978) and the newest is New Canadian Kid & Invisible Kids (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1978–2018
Pages on record
2,548 in 19 of 20 books
Reading time
42–64 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,548 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Plays for young audiences are the core of Dennis Foon's catalogue. Foon, born 18 November 1951, is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter, producer and novelist who co-founded Green Thumb Theatre in Vancouver and led it for 12 years. His honours include the British Theatre Award and two Chalmers awards, and Skin earned a Governor General's nomination. The Windigo, Heracles and Raft Baby all date from 1978, and Longlight Legacy is the series listed, with fantasy among the subjects.

How many Dennis Foon books are there?

Dennis Foon has 20 books, released between 1978 and 2018. 3 of them belong to the Longlight Legacy series.

Dennis Foon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Dennis Foon 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 Windigo: A Play by Dennis Foon (1978)
  2. Cover of The Short Tree and The Bird That Could Not Sing by Dennis Foon (1986)
  3. Cover of Skin and Liars by Dennis Foon (1997)
  4. Cover of Instant Applause II: 30 Very Short Complete Plays by Dennis Foon (1997)
  5. Cover of The Dirt Eaters by Dennis Foon, book 1 of the Longlight Legacy series (2003)
  6. Cover of Skud by Dennis Foon (2003)
  7. Cover of Little Criminals by Dennis Foon (2003)
  8. Cover of Seesaw by Dennis Foon (2003)
  9. Cover of Chasing The Money by Dennis Foon (2003)
  10. Cover of Freewalker by Dennis Foon, book 2 of the Longlight Legacy series (2004)
  11. Cover of The Keeper's Shadow by Dennis Foon, book 3 of the Longlight Legacy series (2006)
  1. 1
    The Windigo: A Play1978 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197840
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  2. 2
    Raft Baby: A Play1978 · 44 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197844
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  3. 3
    Heracles: A Play1978 · 44 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197844
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  4. 4
    The Short Tree and The Bird That Could Not Sing1986 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198664
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  5. 5
    Am I the Only One?1987 · 68 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198768
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  6. 6
    Mirror Game1992 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199263
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  7. 7
    Skin and Liars1997 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997112
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  8. 8
    Instant Applause II: 30 Very Short Complete Plays1997 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997256
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  9. 9
    Double or Nothing2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  10. 10
    The Dirt EatersLonglight Legacy #12003 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003320
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  11. 11
    Skud2003 · 171 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003171
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  12. 12
    Little Criminals2003 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003144
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  13. 13
    Seesaw2003 · 57 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200357
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  14. 14
    Chasing The Money2003 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200356
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  15. 15
    FreewalkerLonglight Legacy #22004 · 387 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004387
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  16. 16
    The Keeper's ShadowLonglight Legacy #32006 · 412 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006412
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  17. 17
    Kindness2008 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200848
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  18. 18
    War2008 · 54 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200854
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  19. 19
    Rick2011 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201164
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  20. 20
    New Canadian Kid & Invisible Kids2018 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018144
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Dennis Foon 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.

Longlight Legacy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Dirt Eaters
  2. 2. Freewalker
  3. 3. The Keeper's Shadow

Standalone books

17 books

17 Dennis Foon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Dennis Foon books in order?

You only need to read Dennis Foon books in order within the Longlight Legacy series, which holds 3 of the 20 Dennis Foon books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Dennis Foon

Start with The Windigo: A Play (1978), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dennis Foon book?

New Canadian Kid & Invisible Kids (2018) is the newest Dennis Foon book released so far.

Is there a new Dennis Foon book coming?

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

Dennis Foon at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Dennis Foon title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Dennis Foon books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,548 pages across the 19 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 64 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dennis Foon books, 10 of 20, were published in the 2000s.

What the Dennis Foon books are about

17 of the 20 Dennis Foon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: play is tagged on 6 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Play 6 of 17 books
  • Juvenile drama 5 of 17 books
  • Children's plays 3 of 17 books
  • Drama 3 of 17 books
  • Canadian drama 2 of 17 books
  • Children's plays, Canadian 2 of 17 books
  • Fantasy 2 of 17 books
  • Juvenile literature 2 of 17 books
  • Children's fiction 2 of 17 books
  • Théâtre pour enfants canadien-anglais 2 of 17 books
  • Théâtre pour la jeunesse 2 of 17 books