Jill McDonald Books in Order
Jill McDonald has written 44 books, published between 2006 and 2023. The first book is Goldilocks and the Three Bears (2006) and the newest is Hello, World! School Day (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 44
- Published
- 2006–2023
- Pages on record
- 68 in 8 of 44 books
Jill McDonald's 44 catalogued books are listed from 2006 to 2023, with board books, toy and movable books, nursery rhymes, folklore and children's poetry among the subjects. Titles from 2006 include Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs and Pat-a-cake, and Mother Goose Rhymes, Colors, Opposites and Shapes followed in 2007. Hello, World! is the series listed, and Hello, World! School Day (2023) is the most recent title.
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How many Jill McDonald books are there?
Jill McDonald has 44 books, released between 2006 and 2023. 29 of them belong to the Hello, World! series.
Jill McDonald Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 44 Jill McDonald 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 November 2026.
- 12006101/4
- 22006101/4
- 3Duck Book And Purse2006 · 8 pages · confirmed 1/4200681/4
- 4Pat-a-cake2006 · 10 pages · confirmed 1/42006101/4
- 5Angel Book And Purse2006 · 8 pages · confirmed 1/4200681/4
- 6Colors2007 · 12 pages · confirmed 1/42007121/4
- 7Mother Goose Rhymes2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 8Opposites2007 · 5 pages · confirmed 1/4200751/4
- 9Shapes2007 · 5 pages · confirmed 1/4200751/4
- 10Ghoulish Gang2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 11A Christmas Present for: Me!2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 12Over in the Meadow2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 13Over in the Meadow Puzzle2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 14Dinosaurs2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 152016–1/4
- 162016–1/4
- 172017–1/4
- 182017–1/4
- 192018–1/4
- 202018–1/4
- 21The Gypsy’s Kiss2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 222019–1/4
- 232019–1/4
- 242019–1/4
- 252019–1/4
- 262019–1/4
- 272020–1/4
- 282020–1/4
- 292020–1/4
- 302020–1/4
- 312021–1/4
- 322021–1/4
- 332021–1/4
- 342021–1/4
- 352022–1/4
- 362022–1/4
- 372022–1/4
- 382022–1/4
- 392022–1/4
- 402022–1/4
- 412023–1/4
- 422023–1/4
- 432023–1/4
- 442023–1/4
Jill McDonald 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.
Hello, World! in order
29 books- 1. Hello, World! Weather
- 2. Hello, World! Solar System
- 3. Hello, World! Backyard Bugs
- 4. Hello, World! Birds
- 5. Hello, World! Dinosaurs
- 6. Hello, World! My Body
- 7. Hello, World! Moon Landing
- 8. Hello, World! How Do Apples Grow?
- 9. Hello, World! Ocean Life
- 10. Hello, World! Arctic Animals
- 11. Hello, World! Pets
- 12. Hello, World! Planet Earth
- and 17 more in the table above
Suzanne Harper Children's in order
2 booksStandalone books
13 books13 Jill McDonald titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jill McDonald books in order?
You only need to read Jill McDonald books in order within the Hello, World! series, which holds 29 of the 44 Jill McDonald books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Jill McDonald
Start with Goldilocks and the Three Bears (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jill McDonald book?
Hello, World! School Day (2023) is the newest Jill McDonald book released so far.
Is there a new Jill McDonald book coming?
No next Jill McDonald book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jill McDonald at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jill McDonald title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Jill McDonald books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 68 pages across the 8 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 9 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jill McDonald books, 18 of 44, were published in the 2020s.
When Jill McDonald books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Jill McDonald titles appeared. 2020s was the most productive decade with 18 titles.
44 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Jill McDonald books are about
11 of the 44 Jill McDonald books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: specimens is tagged on 6 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Specimens 6 of 11 books
- Toy and movable books 6 of 11 books
- Board books 3 of 11 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 11 books
- Bears 2 of 11 books
- Children's poetry 2 of 11 books
- Folklore 2 of 11 books
- Juvenile literature 2 of 11 books
- Nursery rhymes 2 of 11 books
- Pigs 2 of 11 books
- Puppets 2 of 11 books