Kim John Payne Books in Order
Kim John Payne has written 8 books, published between 2005 and 2019. The first book is The Well Balanced Child: Movement and Early Learning (2005) and the newest is The Parenting Toolkit (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2005–2019
- Pages on record
- 1,803 in 7 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 30–45 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,803 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Parenting is the genre recorded for Kim John Payne, whose 8 catalogued books run from 2005 to 2019. Subjects include child development, child rearing, early childhood education, parent and child, movement education and motor learning. The Well Balanced Child: Movement and Early Learning (2005) is the earliest title, and Simplicity Parenting appears twice in the listing, dated 2009 and 2010. The Genius of Natural Childhood (2011), Too Much, Too Soon? (2011), Raising Happy Healthy Children (2017), Reclaim Early Childhood (2019) and The Parenting Toolkit (2019) complete the run. Lisa M. Ross is credited alongside Payne on one book.
How many Kim John Payne books are there?
Kim John Payne has 8 books, released between 2005 and 2019.
Kim John Payne Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Kim John Payne 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.
- 1The Well Balanced Child: Movement and Early Learning2005 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/420052801/4
- 22009–2/4
- 3Simplicity Parenting2010 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420102561/4
- 4Too Much, Too Soon?: Early Learning and the Erosion of Childhood2011 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/420113761/4
- 5The Genius of Natural Childhood: Secrets of Thriving Children2011 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/420112211/4
- 6Raising Happy Healthy Children: Why Mothering Matters2017 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420172721/4
- 7Reclaim Early Childhood2019 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/420192001/4
- 8The Parenting Toolkit2019 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/420191981/4
Kim John Payne 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.
Early Years in order
1 bookStandalone books
7 books7 Kim John Payne titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kim John Payne books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Kim John Payne books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Kim John Payne
Start with The Well Balanced Child: Movement and Early Learning (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kim John Payne book?
The Parenting Toolkit (2019) is the newest Kim John Payne book released so far.
Is there a new Kim John Payne book coming?
No next Kim John Payne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kim John Payne at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Kim John Payne title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Kim John Payne books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,803 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kim John Payne books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Kim John Payne books are about
6 of the 8 Kim John Payne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: child development is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Child development 3 of 6 books
- Child rearing 3 of 6 books
- Early childhood education 3 of 6 books
- Education 2 of 6 books
- Parent and child 2 of 6 books