Big Books Books in Order
Big Books contains 17 books, published between 1872 and 2018. The first book is Big Book Of Stars & Planets (1872) and the newest is My First 100 Words (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 1872–2018
- Pages on record
- 316 in 11 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 5.3–7.9 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 316 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Big Books is a listing of 17 illustrated books for children, catalogued as picture books and juvenile literature. Minna Lacey and Felicity Brooks are each credited on 5, with Emily Bone, Andy Dixon, Alex Frith, Megan Cullis and Louie Stowell named on 1 each. Subjects record the human body, anatomy, physiology, marine animals and the universe. Titles include Big Book of Fantasy Quests (2005), Big Book of Dinosaurs (2010), Big Book of Big Machines (2010), Big Book of Big Trains (2013) and Big Book of Tractors (2014), with My First 100 Words (2018) the newest. One entry carries an 1872 date that the rest of the listing contradicts.
How many Big Books books are there?
Big Books has 17 books, released between 1872 and 2018.
Big Books Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Big Books 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.
- 1Big Book Of Stars & Planets1872 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/41872161/4
- 2Big Book of the Body1970 · confirmed 1/41970–1/4
- 3Big Book of Fantasy Quests2005 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420051281/4
- 4Big Book of Dinosaurs2010 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/42010161/4
- 5Big Book of Big Machines2010 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/42010141/4
- 6Big Book of Big Trucks2011 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/42011161/4
- 7Big Sea Creatures2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 8Big Book of Big Trains2013 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/42013161/4
- 9Big Book of Big Monsters2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 10Big Book of Tractors2014 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/42014161/4
- 11Big Book of Colors2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 12Big Book of Big Sea Creatures2016 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/42016141/4
- 13Count to 1002016 · 26 pages · confirmed 1/42016261/4
- 14Big Picture Book Outdoors2017 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42017321/4
- 15Big Book of Numbers2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 16Big Book of ABC2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 17My First 100 Words2018 · 22 pages · confirmed 1/42018221/4
Where to start with Big Books
Start with Big Book Of Stars & Planets (1872), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Big Books book?
My First 100 Words (2018) is the newest Big Books book released so far.
Is there a new Big Books book coming?
No next Big Books book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Big Books at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Big Books title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Big Books books have appeared about one every 9 years on average.
- Length
- 316 pages across the 11 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 16 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Big Books books, 14 of 17, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 17 titles, 5 are credited to Minna Lacey, 5 to Felicity Brooks, 1 to Emily Bone and 1 to Andy Dixon. A further 5 writers are credited.
What the Big Books books are about
12 of the 17 Big Books books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: picture books is tagged on 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Picture books 6 of 12 books
- Juvenile literature 4 of 12 books
- Marine animals 2 of 12 books
- Marine animals, juvenile literature 2 of 12 books
- Pictorial works 2 of 12 books