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Emily Arnold McCully Books in Order

Emily Arnold McCully has written 88 books, published between 1970 and 2023. The first book is Maxie (1970) and the newest is 1, 2, 3, Pull! (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
88
Published
1970–2023
Pages on record
2,524 in 40 of 88 books
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Emily Arnold McCully, born July 1, 1939, is an American writer and illustrator known chiefly for children's books. Mirette on the High Wire, which McCully both wrote and illustrated, won the 1993 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration. The catalogue lists 88 books, from Maxie (1970) to 1, 2, 3, Pull! (2023), and the Mirette and Grandma series are among them. Subject tags include stories without words, mice, cats, bears, grandmothers, friendship, history and biography.

How many Emily Arnold McCully books are there?

Emily Arnold McCully has 88 books, released between 1970 and 2023. They include 2 series and 80 titles listed outside any series.

Emily Arnold McCully Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 88 Emily Arnold McCully 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 Maxie by Emily Arnold McCully (1970)
  2. Cover of The Twenty-Elephant Restaurant by Emily Arnold McCully (1978)
  3. Cover of Edward Troy and the Witch Cat by Emily Arnold McCully (1978)
  4. Cover of The Highest Hit by Emily Arnold McCully (1978)
  5. Cover of Play & Sing..It's Christmas! by Emily Arnold McCully (1980)
  6. Cover of Picnic by Emily Arnold McCully (1984)
  7. Cover of First Snow by Emily Arnold McCully (1985)
  8. Cover of Molly by Emily Arnold McCully (1987)
  9. Cover of School by Emily Arnold McCully (1987)
  10. Cover of The Grandma Mix-Up by Emily Arnold McCully, book 1 of the Grandma series (1988)
  11. Cover of You Lucky Duck! by Emily Arnold McCully (1988)
  12. Cover of New Baby by Emily Arnold McCully (1988)
  13. Cover of The Christmas Gift by Emily Arnold McCully (1988)
  14. Cover of The Take-Along Dog by Emily Arnold McCully (1989)
  15. Cover of Zaza's Big Break by Emily Arnold McCully (1989)
  16. Cover of Grandmas at the Lake by Emily Arnold McCully, book 2 of the Grandma series (1990)
  17. Cover of The Evil Spell by Emily Arnold McCully (1990)
  18. Cover of Meatball by Emily Arnold McCully (1991)
  19. Cover of Speak Up, Blanche! by Emily Arnold McCully (1991)
  20. Cover of Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully, book 1 of the Mirette series (1992)
  21. Cover of Grandmas at Bat by Emily Arnold McCully, book 3 of the Grandma series (1993)
  22. Cover of Amzat And His Brothers: Three Italian Tales Remembered by Emily Arnold McCully (1993)
  23. Cover of The Amazing Felix by Emily Arnold McCully (1993)
  24. Cover of My Real Family by Emily Arnold McCully (1994)
  1. 1
    Maxie1970 · 33 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197033
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  2. 2
    Mandala1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  3. 3
    Martha's Mad Day1977 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197732
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  4. 4
    That's Mine!1977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
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  5. 5
    The Twenty-Elephant Restaurant1978 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197840
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  6. 6
    Edward Troy and the Witch Cat1978 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978144
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  7. 7
    The Highest Hit1978 · 115 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978115
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  8. 8
    Oliver and Alison's Week1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  9. 9
    Play & Sing..It's Christmas!1980 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198048
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  10. 10
    The Playground1983 · 10 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198310
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  11. 11
    Picnic1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  12. 12
    First Snow1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  13. 13
    Molly1987 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198732
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  14. 14
    School1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  15. 15
    Molly Goes Hiking1987 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198732
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  16. 16
    The Show Must Go On1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  17. 17
    The Grandma Mix-UpGrandma #11988 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198864
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  18. 18
    You Lucky Duck!1988 · 20 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198820
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  19. 19
    New Baby1988 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198831
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  20. 20
    The Christmas Gift1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198832
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  21. 21
    The Take-Along Dog1989 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198940
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  22. 22
    Zaza's Big Break1989 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198932
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  23. 23
    Grandmas at the LakeGrandma #21990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  24. 24
    Book Bus1990 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199032
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  25. 25
    The Evil Spell1990 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199032
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  26. 26
    Meatball1991 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199132
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  27. 27
    Speak Up, Blanche!1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  28. 28
    Mirette on the High WireMirette #11992 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199232
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  29. 29
    Grandmas at BatGrandma #31993 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199364
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  30. 30
    Amzat And His Brothers: Three Italian Tales Remembered1993 · 67 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199367
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Emily Arnold McCully 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.

Grandma in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Grandma Mix-Up
  2. 2. Grandmas at the Lake
  3. 3. Grandmas at Bat
  4. 4. The Mixed-Up Grandmas Treasury

Mirette in order

3 books
  1. 1. Mirette on the High Wire
  2. 2. Starring Mirette and Bellini
  3. 3. Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls

I Can Read: Level 4 in order

1 book
  1. 5. The Battle for St. Michaels

Standalone books

80 books

80 Emily Arnold McCully titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Emily Arnold McCully books in order?

You only need to read Emily Arnold McCully books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Emily Arnold McCully

Start with Maxie (1970), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Emily Arnold McCully book?

1, 2, 3, Pull! (2023) is the newest Emily Arnold McCully book released so far.

Is there a new Emily Arnold McCully book coming?

No next Emily Arnold McCully 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 Emily Arnold McCully has won

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

  • Caldecott Medal1993Won

Emily Arnold McCully at a glance

Paused
No new Emily Arnold McCully title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Emily Arnold McCully books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,524 pages across the 40 of 88 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Emily Arnold McCully books, 23 of 88, were published in the 1990s.

What the Emily Arnold McCully books are about

84 of the 88 Emily Arnold McCully 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 49 of 84. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.