Julie Sykes Books in Order

Julie Sykes has written 20 books, published between 2019 and 2022. The first book is Sophia and Rainbow (2019) and the newest is Sienna and Sparkle (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2019–2022
Pages on record
1,936 in 16 of 20 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,936 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

Unicorns, magic, boarding schools and friendship are the subjects of the 20 catalogued books of Julie Sykes, published between 2019 and 2022 for readers in grades 1 to 3. Each sampled title pairs two names, as in Sophia and Rainbow (2019), Ava and Star (2019) and Sienna and Sparkle (2022). Sykes, a UK-based children's author with over 100 books, often collaborates with Linda Chapman and also writes as Summer Waters and Skye Waters.

At Unicorn Academy, every student is paired with their own unicorn, and each book follows a different student-unicorn pair as they work through challenges together.

How many Julie Sykes books are there?

Julie Sykes has 20 books, released between 2019 and 2022.

Julie Sykes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Julie Sykes 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. 1
    Sophia and Rainbow2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019128
  2. 2
    Scarlett and Blaze2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019128
  3. 3
    Ava and Star2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019128
  4. 4
    Isabel and Cloud2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019128
  5. 5
    Layla & Dancer2019 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019112
  6. 6
    Olivia And Snowflake2019 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019112
  7. 7
    Rosa and Crystal2019 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019112
  8. 8
    Ariana and Whisper2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020128
  9. 9
    Matilda and Pearl2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020128
  10. 10
    Freya and Honey2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020128
  11. 11
    Violet and Twinkle2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020128
  12. 12
    Isla and Buttercup2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020128
  13. 13
    Lily and Feather2020 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020112
  14. 14
    Phoebe & Shimmer2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  15. 15
    Zara and Moonbeam2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  16. 16
    Aisha and Silver2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  17. 17
    Lyra and Misty2021 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021112
  18. 18
    Evie and Sunshine2021 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021112
  19. 19
    Ivy and Flame2021 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021112
  20. 20
    Sienna and Sparkle2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022

Julie Sykes 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

20 books

20 Julie Sykes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Julie Sykes books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 20 Julie Sykes books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Julie Sykes

Start with Sophia and Rainbow (2019), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Julie Sykes book?

Sienna and Sparkle (2022) is the newest Julie Sykes book released so far.

Is there a new Julie Sykes book coming?

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

Julie Sykes at a glance

Paused
No new Julie Sykes title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Julie Sykes books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,936 pages across the 16 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Julie Sykes books, 13 of 20, were published in the 2020s.

What the Julie Sykes books are about

11 of the 20 Julie Sykes 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 11 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.