Leslie Patricelli Books in Order
Leslie Patricelli has written 37 books, published between 1993 and 2022. The first book is Espresso Served Here! (1993) and the newest is Splash! (2022). Publication order is the reading order below. 29 of the 37 books listed here are in the Leslie Patricelli Board series, which has its own page: Leslie Patricelli Board books in order.
- Books
- 37
- Published
- 1993–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,064 in 21 of 37 books
- Reading time
- 18–27 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,064 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 37 titles with a page count on record.
Leslie Patricelli is an American writer and illustrator of board books for babies and toddlers, and of fiction for older children. The board books pair opposites and daily routines - Yummy Yucky (2003), Quiet Loud (2003), Big Little (2003), Baby Happy Baby Sad (2008), No No Yes Yes (2008) - with Potty and Toot! among her internationally recognised titles. Patricelli also wrote the Rizzlerunk Club series, including Best Buds Under Frogs and The Big Bad Lies, and illustrated the Mini Myth books. The catalogue holds 37 titles at a median of 26 pages.
How many Leslie Patricelli books are there?
Leslie Patricelli has 37 books, released between 1993 and 2022. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
Leslie Patricelli Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 37 Leslie Patricelli 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.
- 1Espresso Served Here!1993 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/41993631/4
- 22003261/4
- 32003–1/4
- 42003241/4
- 52005241/4
- 62005241/4
- 72005261/4
- 82007–1/4
- 92008241/4
- 102008241/4
- 11The Patterson Puppies and the Rainy Day2009 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/42009401/4
- 122009321/4
- 13The Patterson Puppies and the Midnight Monster Party2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 142010–1/4
- 152010–1/4
- 162010261/4
- 172010–1/4
- 18Be Quiet, Mike!2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 19Faster! Faster!2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 202012–1/4
- 212012–1/4
- 222014–1/4
- 232014–1/4
- 242015261/4
- 252015–1/4
- 262017241/4
- 272017241/4
- 2820182731/4
- 29Bigger! Bigger!2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 302018261/4
- 312020241/4
- 322020–1/4
- 332020261/4
- 342021261/4
- 352021261/4
- 3620222561/4
- 372022–1/4
Leslie Patricelli series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Leslie Patricelli 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.
Rizzlerunk Club in order
2 booksStandalone books
6 books6 Leslie Patricelli titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Leslie Patricelli books in order?
You only need to read Leslie Patricelli books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Leslie Patricelli
Start with Yummy Yucky (2003), the first Leslie Patricelli Board book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Espresso Served Here! (1993).
What is the newest Leslie Patricelli book?
Splash! (2022) is the newest Leslie Patricelli book released so far.
Is there a new Leslie Patricelli book coming?
No next Leslie Patricelli book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Leslie Patricelli at a glance
- Paused
- No new Leslie Patricelli title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Leslie Patricelli books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,064 pages across the 21 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 26 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Leslie Patricelli books, 18 of 37, were published in the 2010s.
What the Leslie Patricelli books are about
35 of the 37 Leslie Patricelli 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 23 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 23 of 35 books
- Board books 16 of 35 books
- Infants 11 of 35 books
- Toddlers 10 of 35 books
- Emotions 5 of 35 books
- Humor 5 of 35 books
- Imagination 5 of 35 books
- Toy and movable books 5 of 35 books
- English language 4 of 35 books
- Play 4 of 35 books