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Natalie Babbitt Books in Order

24 books are credited to Natalie Babbitt, published between 1967 and 2025; 2 of them appeared after Natalie Babbitt's death in 2016. The first book is Dick Foote and the Shark (1967) and the newest is Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1967–2025
Pages on record
1,762 in 17 of 24 books
Reading time
29–44 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,762 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

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Natalie Zane Babbitt, born Moore, lived from July 28, 1932 to October 31, 2016 and wrote and illustrated children's books. Tuck Everlasting (1975) was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical, and Babbitt took a Newbery Honor and a Christopher Award and stood as the United States nominee for the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982. The catalogue opens at Dick Foote and the Shark (1967) and takes in The Search for Delicious (1969), Knee-Knock Rise (1970), Goody Hall (1971) and The Devil's Storybook (1974). Subjects name children's fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, poetry and short stories.

How many Natalie Babbitt books are there?

Natalie Babbitt has 24 books, released between 1967 and 2025. 2 of them were published after Natalie Babbitt's death in 2016. 4 of them belong to the Small Poems series.

Natalie Babbitt Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Natalie Babbitt 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. Cover of The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt (1969)
  2. Cover of Knee-Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt (1970)
  3. Cover of Goody Hall by Natalie Babbitt (1971)
  4. Cover of Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (1975)
  5. Cover of More Small Poems by Natalie Babbitt, book 2 of the Small Poems series (1976)
  6. Cover of The Eyes of the Amaryllis by Natalie Babbitt (1977)
  7. Cover of Still More Small Poems by Natalie Babbitt, book 3 of the Small Poems series (1978)
  8. Cover of The Something by Natalie Babbitt (1980)
  9. Cover of The Devil's Other Storybook by Natalie Babbitt (1987)
  10. Cover of Nellie: A Cat on Her Own by Natalie Babbitt (1989)
  11. Cover of The Big Book for Peace by Natalie Babbitt (1990)
  12. Cover of Ouch!: A Tale from Grimm by Natalie Babbitt (1998)
  13. Cover of Elsie Times Eight by Natalie Babbitt (2001)
  14. Cover of Jack Plank Tells Tales by Natalie Babbitt (2007)
  15. Cover of The Moon Over High Street by Natalie Babbitt (2012)
  1. 1
    Dick Foote and the Shark1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  2. 2
    Phoebes Revolt1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  3. 3
    The Search for Delicious1969 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969176
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  4. 4
    Knee-Knock Rise1970 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197028
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  5. 5
    Goody Hall1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  6. 6
    The Devil's Storybook1974 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974104
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  7. 7
    Tuck Everlasting1975 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975144
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  8. 8
    More Small PoemsSmall Poems #21976 · 41 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197641
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  9. 9
    The Eyes of the Amaryllis1977 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977144
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  10. 10
    Still More Small PoemsSmall Poems #31978 · 41 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197841
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  11. 11
    The Something1980 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198040
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  12. 12
    Herbert Rowbarge1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  13. 13
    Small Poems AgainSmall Poems #41986 · 41 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198641
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  14. 14
    The Devil's Other Storybook1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  15. 15
    All the Small PoemsSmall Poems #51987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  16. 16
    Nellie: A Cat on Her Own1989 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198932
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  17. 17
    The Big Book for Peace1990 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990120
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  18. 18
    Bub: Or the Very Best Thing1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  19. 19
    Ouch!: A Tale from Grimm1998 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199832
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  20. 20
    Elsie Times Eight2001 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200131
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  21. 21
    Jack Plank Tells Tales2007 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007128
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  22. 22
    The Moon Over High Street2012 · 148 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012148
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  23. 23
    Barking with the Big Dogs: On Writing and Reading Books for Children2018 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018256
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  24. 24
    Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel2025 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025256
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Natalie Babbitt 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.

Small Poems in order

4 books
  1. 2. More Small Poems
  2. 3. Still More Small Poems
  3. 4. Small Poems Again
  4. 5. All the Small Poems

Standalone books

20 books

20 Natalie Babbitt titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Natalie Babbitt books in order?

You only need to read Natalie Babbitt books in order within the Small Poems series, which holds 4 of the 24 Natalie Babbitt books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Natalie Babbitt

Start with Dick Foote and the Shark (1967), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Natalie Babbitt book?

Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel (2025) is the newest Natalie Babbitt book released so far.

Is there a new Natalie Babbitt book coming?

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

Awards Natalie Babbitt has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Natalie Babbitt. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • E.B. White Award2013Won
  • Hans Christian Andersen Award1982Shortlisted

Natalie Babbitt at a glance

Died
Natalie Babbitt died in 2016, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Natalie Babbitt are still being published after Natalie Babbitt's death in 2016; the newest appeared in 2025.
Release pace
Natalie Babbitt books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,762 pages across the 17 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 104 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Natalie Babbitt books, 7 of 24, were published in the 1970s.

What the Natalie Babbitt books are about

21 of the 24 Natalie Babbitt 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 12 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.