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Sandra Boynton Books in Order

Sandra Boynton has written 103 books, published between 1979 and 2026. The first book is Hester in the Wild (1979) and the newest is Iguana Miss You! (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
103
Published
1979–2026
Pages on record
1,891 in 55 of 103 books
Reading time
32–47 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,891 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 55 of 103 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Sandra Boynton, author of the Little Pookie series

Children's board books in rhyme are the core of Sandra Boynton's work. The American humorist, songwriter and illustrator has 103 catalogued books published between 1979 and 2026, from Hester in the Wild (1979) to Iguana Miss You! (2026). The list takes in But Not the Hippopotamus (1982), Moo, Baa, La La La! (1982) and The Going to Bed Book (1982). Animals, bedtime and humour recur throughout, and Little Pookie is her named series. Boynton is actively publishing.

How many Sandra Boynton books are there?

Sandra Boynton has 103 books, released between 1979 and 2026. 12 of them belong to the Little Pookie series.

Sandra Boynton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 103 Sandra Boynton 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 Hester in the Wild by Sandra Boynton (1979)
  2. Cover of Gopher Baroque and Other Beastly Conceits by Sandra Boynton (1979)
  3. Cover of The Compleat Turkey by Sandra Boynton (1980)
  4. Cover of Moo, Baa, La La La! by Sandra Boynton (1982)
  5. Cover of Opposites by Sandra Boynton (1982)
  6. Cover of The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton (1982)
  7. Cover of But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton (1982)
  8. Cover of A to Z by Sandra Boynton (1984)
  9. Cover of Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton (1984)
  10. Cover of Doggies by Sandra Boynton (1984)
  11. Cover of Horns to Toes and in Between by Sandra Boynton (1984)
  12. Cover of Chloe and Maude by Sandra Boynton (1985)
  13. Cover of Good Night, Good Night by Sandra Boynton (1985)
  14. Cover of Hey! What's That? by Sandra Boynton (1985)
  15. Cover of Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down by Sandra Boynton (1986)
  16. Cover of Christmas Time by Sandra Boynton (1987)
  17. Cover of Boynton the Classic Prints by Sandra Boynton (1990)
  18. Cover of One, Two, Three! by Sandra Boynton (1993)
  19. Cover of Birthday Monsters! by Sandra Boynton (1993)
  20. Cover of Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! by Sandra Boynton (1993)
  21. Cover of Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton (1993)
  22. Cover of Grunt by Sandra Boynton (1996)
  23. Cover of Rhinoceros Tap by Sandra Boynton (1996)
  24. Cover of Snoozers by Sandra Boynton (1997)
  1. 1
    Hester in the Wild1979 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197932
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  2. 2
    Gopher Baroque and Other Beastly Conceits1979 · 94 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197994
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  3. 3
    If at First ...1980 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198032
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  4. 4
    The Compleat Turkey1980 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198064
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  5. 5
    Moo, Baa, La La La!1982 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198214
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  6. 6
    Chocolate, the Consuming Passion1982 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982112
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  7. 7
    Opposites1982 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198216
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  8. 8
    The Going to Bed Book1982 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198214
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  9. 9
    But Not the Hippopotamus1982 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198214
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  10. 10
    A to Z1984 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198414
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Blue Hat, Green Hat1984 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198414
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  12. 12
    Doggies1984 · 12 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198412
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  13. 13
    Horns to Toes and in Between1984 · 13 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198413
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  14. 14
    Chloe and Maude1985 · 52 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198552
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  15. 15
    Good Night, Good Night1985 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198536
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  16. 16
    Hey! What's That?1985 · 10 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198510
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  17. 17
    Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down1986 · 107 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986107
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  18. 18
    On Dasher, On Dancer, On Flopsy And Igor1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  19. 19
    Christmas Time1987 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987112
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  20. 20
    Boynton the Classic Prints1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    One, Two, Three!1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    Birthday Monsters!1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  23. 23
    Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  24. 24
    Barnyard Dance!1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  25. 25
    Horns to Toes1995 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199516
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  26. 26
    Grunt1996 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199628
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  27. 27
    Rhinoceros Tap1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  28. 28
    Snoozers1997 · 18 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199718
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  29. 29
    Dinosaur's Binkit1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  30. 30
    Boynton's Greatest Hits Volume 11998 · 50 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199850
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Sandra Boynton 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.

Little Pookie in order

12 books
  1. 1. What's Wrong, Little Pookie?
  2. 2. Let's Dance, Little Pookie
  3. 3. Night-Night, Little Pookie
  4. 4. Happy Birthday, Little Pookie
  5. 5. Little Pookie
  6. 6. Big Box of Little Pookie
  7. 7. Spooky Pookie
  8. 8. Merry Christmas, Little Pookie
  9. 9. I Love You, Little Pookie
  10. 10. Pookie's Thanksgiving
  11. 11. Happy Easter, Little Pookie
  12. 12. Pookie and Bean!

Standalone books

91 books

91 Sandra Boynton titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sandra Boynton books in order?

You only need to read Sandra Boynton books in order within the Little Pookie series, which holds 12 of the 103 Sandra Boynton books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Sandra Boynton

Start with Hester in the Wild (1979), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sandra Boynton book?

Iguana Miss You! (2026) is the newest Sandra Boynton book released so far.

Is there a new Sandra Boynton book coming?

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

Sandra Boynton at a glance

Still publishing
Sandra Boynton published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Sandra Boynton books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,891 pages across the 55 of 103 books with a recorded length, a median of 18 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sandra Boynton books, 25 of 103, were published in the 2020s.

What the Sandra Boynton books are about

78 of the 103 Sandra Boynton 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 40 of 78. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.