Linda Bailey Books in Order
Linda Bailey has written 45 books, published between 1992 and 2025. The first book is How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage? (1992) and the newest is The Great Dinosaur Sleepover (2025). One more title is announced: The Easter Wolf (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 45 + 1 announced
- Published
- 1992–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,139 in 29 of 46 books
- Reading time
- 36–53 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,139 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 46 titles with a page count on record.
Linda Bailey is a Canadian children's author born in 1948. The Stevie Diamond mysteries open Bailey's catalogue in 1992 with How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage?, and the Good Times Travel Agency books take young readers into Ancient Egypt and the Middle Ages. Picture books account for much of the rest, at a median of 48 pages. The Writers' Trust of Canada gave Bailey the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in 2021. 46 books are catalogued, with The Easter Wolf listed for 2027.
How many Linda Bailey books are there?
Linda Bailey has 45 published books, released between 1992 and 2025. They include 4 series and 18 titles listed outside any series. One more, The Easter Wolf (2027), is announced.
Linda Bailey Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 46 Linda Bailey 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.
- 1How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage?Stevie Diamond Mystery #11992 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/419921761/4
- 21993–1/4
- 3Who's Got Gertie? And How Can We Get Her Back!Stevie Diamond Mystery #31994 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/419941741/4
- 4How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail?Stevie Diamond Mystery #41996 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/419961681/4
- 5What's a Daring Detective Like Me Doing in the Doghouse?Stevie Diamond Mystery #51997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 61998321/4
- 7When Addie Was Scared1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41999321/4
- 8How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?Stevie Diamond Mystery #61999 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/419992001/4
- 92000481/4
- 102000481/4
- 11The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World2001 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42001321/4
- 122001481/4
- 13Gordon Loggins and the Three Bears2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 142002481/4
- 15What's a Serious Detective Like Me Doing in Such a Silly Movie?Stevie Diamond Mystery #72002 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420021921/4
- 162003321/4
- 172003481/4
- 182004481/4
- 192006321/4
- 20The Farm Team2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 21Goodnight, Sweet Pig2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 222008321/4
- 232009–1/4
- 242010381/4
- 25Toads on Toast2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 26If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 27If Kids Ruled the World2014 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42014321/4
- 28Seven Dead Pirates2015 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420152401/4
- 292015321/4
- 30When Santa Was a Baby2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 31The Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 322017631/4
- 33Carson Crosses Canada2017 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42017321/4
- 342018561/4
- 352018561/4
- 362018–1/4
- 37Mary and Frankenstein: The True Story of Mary Shelley2019 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/42019481/4
- 382019561/4
- 392020401/4
- 402022–1/4
- 41Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 42Cinderella--with Dogs!2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 43The Three Little Mittens2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 442025561/4
- 45The Great Dinosaur Sleepover2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 46The Easter Wolf2027 · confirmed 1/42027–1/4
Linda Bailey 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.
Stevie Diamond Mystery in order
7 books- 1. How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage?
- 2. How Can I Be a Detective If I Have to Baby-sit?
- 3. Who's Got Gertie? And How Can We Get Her Back!
- 4. How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail?
- 5. What's a Daring Detective Like Me Doing in the Doghouse?
- 6. How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?
- 7. What's a Serious Detective Like Me Doing in Such a Silly Movie?
Good Times Travel Agency in order
6 booksStanley in order
6 booksChapter in order
5 booksTime Travel Guides in order
4 booksStandalone books
18 books18 Linda Bailey titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Linda Bailey books in order?
You only need to read Linda Bailey books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Linda Bailey
Start with How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage? (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Linda Bailey book?
The Great Dinosaur Sleepover (2025) is the newest Linda Bailey book released so far.
Is there a new Linda Bailey book coming?
Yes. The Easter Wolf (2027) is the next Linda Bailey book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
Linda Bailey at a glance
- Still publishing
- Linda Bailey is still publishing. The Easter Wolf is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Linda Bailey books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,139 pages across the 29 of 46 books with a recorded length, a median of 48 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Linda Bailey books, 15 of 46, were published in the 2010s.
What the Linda Bailey books are about
30 of the 46 Linda Bailey 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 13 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 13 of 30 books
- Juvenile literature 6 of 30 books
- Dogs 5 of 30 books
- Civilization 4 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 30 books
- Humor 4 of 30 books
- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse 4 of 30 books
- American literature 3 of 30 books
- Comics & graphic novels 3 of 30 books
- Picture books 3 of 30 books