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Emily Jenkins Books in Order

Emily Jenkins has written 35 books, published between 1998 and 2024. The first book is Tongue First (1998) and the newest is All the Best Dogs (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
35
Published
1998–2024
Pages on record
1,763 in 20 of 35 books
Reading time
29–44 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,763 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 35 titles with a page count on record.

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Emily Jenkins, born September 13, 1967, is an American writer of children's picture books, young adult novels and adult fiction, and also publishes under the pen name E. Lockhart. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and We Were Liars are the novels Jenkins is best known for, and We Were Liars was adapted into a television series in 2025. The catalogue holds 35 books from Tongue First (1998) to All the Best Dogs (2024), with Five Creatures (2001), Daffodil (2004) and That New Animal (2005) among the earlier entries. Picture books, children's fiction, friendship and family life head the recorded subjects, and the series are the Toys Trilogy, Bea and HaHa and Invisible Inkling.

How many Emily Jenkins books are there?

Emily Jenkins has 35 books, released between 1998 and 2024. They include 3 series and 23 titles listed outside any series.

Emily Jenkins Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 35 Emily Jenkins 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 Tongue First by Emily Jenkins, book 1 of the Publication Order ofNon-Fiction Books series (1998)
  2. Cover of Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins (2001)
  3. Cover of Mister Posterior and the Genius Child by Emily Jenkins (2002)
  4. Cover of Daffodil by Emily Jenkins (2004)
  5. Cover of My Favorite Thing by Emily Jenkins (2004)
  6. Cover of That New Animal by Emily Jenkins (2005)
  7. Cover of Hug, Hug, Hug! by Emily Jenkins, book 1 of the Bea and HaHa series (2006)
  8. Cover of Num, Num, Num! by Emily Jenkins, book 2 of the Bea and HaHa series (2006)
  9. Cover of Plonk, Plonk, Plonk! by Emily Jenkins, book 3 of the Bea and HaHa series (2006)
  10. Cover of Up, Up, Up! by Emily Jenkins, book 4 of the Bea and HaHa series (2006)
  11. Cover of Love You When You Whine by Emily Jenkins (2006)
  12. Cover of Daffodil, Crocodile by Emily Jenkins (2007)
  13. Cover of What Happens on Wednesdays by Emily Jenkins (2007)
  14. Cover of Toy Dance Party by Emily Jenkins, book 2 of the Toys Trilogy (2008)
  15. Cover of Skunkdog by Emily Jenkins (2008)
  16. Cover of Toys Come Home by Emily Jenkins, book 3 of the Toys Trilogy (2011)
  17. Cover of The Whoopie Pie War by Emily Jenkins, book 3 of the Invisible Inkling series (2013)
  18. Cover of Water in the Park by Emily Jenkins (2013)
  19. Cover of Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins, book 4 of the Toys Trilogy (2015)
  20. Cover of A Fine Dessert by Emily Jenkins (2015)
  21. Cover of The Fun Book of Scary Stuff by Emily Jenkins (2015)
  22. Cover of Tiger and Badger by Emily Jenkins (2016)
  23. Cover of Brave Red, Smart Frog by Emily Jenkins (2017)
  24. Cover of A Greyhound, a Groundhog by Emily Jenkins (2017)
  1. 1
    Tongue FirstPublication Order ofNon-Fiction Books #11998 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998248
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  2. 2
    Five Creatures2001 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200132
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  3. 3
    Mister Posterior and the Genius Child2002 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002296
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  4. 4
    Daffodil2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  5. 5
    My Favorite Thing2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  6. 6
    That New Animal2005 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200516
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  7. 7
    Hug, Hug, Hug!Bea and HaHa #12006 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200614
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  8. 8
    Toys Go OutToys Trilogy #12006 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006144
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  9. 9
    Num, Num, Num!Bea and HaHa #22006 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200614
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  10. 10
    Plonk, Plonk, Plonk!Bea and HaHa #32006 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200614
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  11. 11
    Up, Up, Up!Bea and HaHa #42006 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200614
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  12. 12
    Love You When You Whine2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  13. 13
    Daffodil, Crocodile2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  14. 14
    What Happens on Wednesdays2007 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200740
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  15. 15
    Toy Dance PartyToys Trilogy #22008 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008176
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  16. 16
    Skunkdog2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  17. 17
    The Little Bit Scary People2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  18. 18
    Sugar Would Not Eat It2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  19. 19
    Invisible InklingInvisible Inkling #12011 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011176
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  20. 20
    Toys Come HomeToys Trilogy #32011 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011144
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  21. 21
    Small, Medium, Large2011 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201132
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  22. 22
    Dangerous PumpkinsInvisible Inkling #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  23. 23
    Lemonade in Winter2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  24. 24
    The Whoopie Pie WarInvisible Inkling #32013 · 153 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013153
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  25. 25
    Water in the Park2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  26. 26
    Toys Meet SnowToys Trilogy #42015 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201540
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  27. 27
    A Fine Dessert2015 · 44 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201544
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  28. 28
    The Fun Book of Scary Stuff2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  29. 29
    Tiger and Badger2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  30. 30
    Brave Red, Smart Frog2017 · 94 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201794
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  31. 31
    A Greyhound, a Groundhog2017 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201732
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  32. 32
    Princessland2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  33. 33
    All-Of-A-Kind Family Hanukkah2018 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201840
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  34. 34
    Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  35. 35
    All the Best Dogs2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Emily Jenkins 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 and HaHa in order

4 books
  1. 1. Hug, Hug, Hug!
  2. 2. Num, Num, Num!
  3. 3. Plonk, Plonk, Plonk!
  4. 4. Up, Up, Up!

Toys Trilogy in order

4 books
  1. 1. Toys Go Out
  2. 2. Toy Dance Party
  3. 3. Toys Come Home
  4. 4. Toys Meet Snow

Invisible Inkling in order

3 books
  1. 1. Invisible Inkling
  2. 2. Dangerous Pumpkins
  3. 3. The Whoopie Pie War

Publication Order ofNon-Fiction Books in order

1 book
  1. 1. Tongue First

Standalone books

23 books

23 Emily Jenkins titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Emily Jenkins books in order?

You only need to read Emily Jenkins 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 Emily Jenkins

Start with Tongue First (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Emily Jenkins book?

All the Best Dogs (2024) is the newest Emily Jenkins book released so far.

Is there a new Emily Jenkins book coming?

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

Emily Jenkins at a glance

Still publishing
Emily Jenkins published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Emily Jenkins books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,763 pages across the 20 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 40 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Emily Jenkins books, 17 of 35, were published in the 2000s.

What the Emily Jenkins books are about

31 of the 35 Emily Jenkins 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 19 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.