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Jeanne Birdsall Books in Order

Jeanne Birdsall has written 11 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (2005) and the newest is The Library of Unruly Treasures (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2005–2025
Confirmed
3 of 11 titles
Pages on record
649 in 4 of 11 books
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Photo of Jeanne Birdsall, author of the Penderwicks series

Jeanne Birdsall is an American photographer and children's author, born in 1951. The Penderwicks, the five-volume series about the Penderwick family, is the work Birdsall is best known for. The first book, The Penderwicks (2005), won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature that year. The catalogue lists 11 books for grades 3 to 5 from 2005 to 2025, including The Penderwicks at Last (2018) and The Library of Unruly Treasures (2025).

The Penderwicks follows four sisters, Rosalind, Beatrice, Jane, and Lydia, through summer adventures that include exploring grand estates and forming new friendships.

How many Jeanne Birdsall books are there?

Jeanne Birdsall has 11 books, released between 2005 and 2025. 5 of them belong to the Penderwicks series.

Jeanne Birdsall Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Jeanne Birdsall 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 Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall, book 1 of the Penderwicks series (2005)
  2. Cover of The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall, book 2 of the Penderwicks series (2008)
  3. Cover of Lucky and Squash by Jeanne Birdsall (2012)
  4. Cover of My Favorite Pets by Jeanne Birdsall (2016)
  5. Cover of The Penderwicks at Last by Jeanne Birdsall, book 5 of the Penderwicks series (2018)
  6. Cover of Teaflet and Roog Make a Mess by Jeanne Birdsall (2021)
  1. 1
    A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  2. 2
    The PenderwicksPenderwicks #12005 · 257 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005257
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  3. 3
    The Penderwicks on Gardam StreetPenderwicks #22008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  4. 4
    Flora's Very Windy Day2010 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201032
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  5. 5
    The Penderwicks at Point MouettePenderwicks #32011 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011320
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  6. 6
    Lucky and Squash2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    The Penderwicks in SpringPenderwicks #42015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  8. 8
    My Favorite Pets2016 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201640
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Penderwicks at LastPenderwicks #52018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Teaflet and Roog Make a Mess2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Library of Unruly Treasures2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Jeanne Birdsall series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Jeanne Birdsall 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.

Standalone books

6 books

6 Jeanne Birdsall titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jeanne Birdsall books in order?

You only need to read Jeanne Birdsall books in order within the Penderwicks series, which holds 5 of the 11 Jeanne Birdsall books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jeanne Birdsall

Start with The Penderwicks (2005), the first Penderwicks book. The earliest catalogued title overall is A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (2005).

What is the newest Jeanne Birdsall book?

The Library of Unruly Treasures (2025) is the newest Jeanne Birdsall book released so far.

Is there a new Jeanne Birdsall book coming?

No next Jeanne Birdsall 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 Jeanne Birdsall has won

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

  • National Book Award for Young People's Literature2005Won

Jeanne Birdsall at a glance

Still publishing
Jeanne Birdsall published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jeanne Birdsall books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
649 pages across the 4 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 148 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jeanne Birdsall books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jeanne Birdsall books are about

10 of the 11 Jeanne Birdsall 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 8 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.