Tedd Arnold Books in Order
Tedd Arnold has written 76 books, published between 1987 and 2022. The first book is No Jumping on the Bed (1987) and the newest is Noodleheads Take It Easy (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 76
- Published
- 1987–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,510 in 38 of 76 books
- Reading time
- 25–38 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,510 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 38 of 76 titles with a page count on record.
Fly Guy, a pet fly, is Tedd Arnold's best-known creation. Arnold is an American children's writer and illustrator, born 20 January 1949 in Elmira, New York, and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor went to three of his books: Hi! Fly Guy! (2006), I Spy Fly Guy (2010) and Noodleheads See the Future (2018). Huggly, Noodleheads, Parts and Fly Guy Presents make up the other series, written for early readers at a median of 32 pages. The listing holds 76 titles dated 1987 to 2022.
How many Tedd Arnold books are there?
Tedd Arnold has 76 books, released between 1987 and 2022. They include 6 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.
Tedd Arnold Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 76 Tedd Arnold 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.
- 1No Jumping on the Bed1987 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41987321/4
- 2Ollie Forgot1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41988321/4
- 3The Signmaker's Assistant1992 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41992321/4
- 4The Simple People1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 5Green Wilma1993 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41993321/4
- 6No More Water in the Tub!1995 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41995321/4
- 7Five Ugly Monsters1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 81997321/4
- 91998321/4
- 101998–1/4
- 111998–1/4
- 122000–1/4
- 132000321/4
- 142001321/4
- 152001–1/4
- 162001–1/4
- 172001–1/4
- 182002321/4
- 192002–1/4
- 202002321/4
- 212003301/4
- 222003301/4
- 232004401/4
- 24Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan Was Her Name2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 252005302/4
- 262006322/4
- 272006–1/4
- 28Rat Life2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 292007321/4
- 30The Twin Princes2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 312008322/4
- 322008302/4
- 332009302/4
- 34Green Wilma, Frog in Space2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 352010322/4
- 362010281/4
- 372011–2/4
- 382012–1/4
- 392012–2/4
- 402013–1/4
- 412013321/4
- 42Dirty Gert2013 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42013321/4
- 432013302/4
- 442013321/4
- 452014–1/4
- 462014321/4
- 47Fix This Mess!2014 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/42014241/4
- 482014–1/4
- 492014–2/4
- 502015–1/4
- 512015321/4
- 52Vincent Paints His House2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 532015–2/4
- 542016481/4
- 552016–1/4
- 562016–1/4
- 572016–1/4
- 582016–2/4
- 592017541/4
- 602017–1/4
- 6120171281/4
- 622017–2/4
- 632018–1/4
- 642018–1/4
- 652018322/4
- 662019–1/4
- 672019–1/4
- 682019–1/4
- 692019322/4
- 702020–1/4
- 712020481/4
- 7220201761/4
- 732021481/4
- 742021321/4
- 752022–1/4
- 762022–1/4
Tedd Arnold series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Fly Guy books in order 21 books
- Noodleheads books in order 7 books
- Fly Guy Presents books in order 16 books
- Huggly books in order 13 books
- I Spy Fly Guy books in order 21 books
Tedd Arnold 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.
Parts in order
3 books- 1. Parts
- 2. More Parts
- 3. Even More Parts
Fly Guy and Fly Girl in order
2 booksStandalone books
14 books14 Tedd Arnold titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tedd Arnold books in order?
You only need to read Tedd Arnold books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Tedd Arnold
Start with the first book of the Tedd Arnold series you want to read: Fly Guy starts with Hi! Fly Guy (2005), Noodleheads starts with Noodlehead Nightmares (2016) and Fly Guy Presents starts with Sharks (2013). The earliest catalogued title overall is No Jumping on the Bed (1987).
What is the newest Tedd Arnold book?
Noodleheads Take It Easy (2022) is the newest Tedd Arnold book released so far.
Is there a new Tedd Arnold book coming?
No next Tedd Arnold book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tedd Arnold at a glance
- Paused
- No new Tedd Arnold title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Tedd Arnold books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,510 pages across the 38 of 76 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tedd Arnold books, 35 of 76, were published in the 2010s.
What the Tedd Arnold books are about
70 of the 76 Tedd Arnold 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 39 of 70. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 39 of 70 books
- Humor 16 of 70 books
- Flies 15 of 70 books
- Monsters 13 of 70 books
- Juvenile literature 10 of 70 books
- Animals 8 of 70 books
- Insects 8 of 70 books
- Stories in rhyme 6 of 70 books
- Friendship 4 of 70 books
- Pets 4 of 70 books
- Readers 4 of 70 books