Creatures Books in Order
Creatures by Louise Cooper contains 10 books, published between 1998 and 2000. The first book is Once I Caught a Fish Alive (1998) and the newest is Here Comes A Candle (2000). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1998–2000
- Total pages
- 1,617 across 10 books
- Reading time
- 27–40 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,617 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Creatures is children's horror by Louise Cooper, ten books published between 1998 and 2000. Once I Caught a Fish Alive (1998) opens the run, followed by If You Go Down to the Woods... (1998), See How They Run (1998), Who's Been Sitting in My Chair? (1999), Atishoo! Atishoo! All Fall Down (1999), Give a Dog a Bone (1999) and Incy Wincy Spider (2000). Here Comes A Candle (2000) is the last. Spiders, cats, animal ghosts and school drama run through the subjects.
How many Creatures books are there?
Creatures has 10 books, released between 1998 and 2000.
Creatures Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Creatures 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.
- 1Once I Caught a Fish Alive1998 · 145 pages · confirmed 1/419981451/4
- 2If You Go Down to the Woods...1998 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419981601/4
- 3See How They Run1998 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419981601/4
- 4Who's Been Sitting in My Chair?1999 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419991601/4
- 5Atishoo! Atishoo! All Fall Down1999 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419991601/4
- 6Give a Dog a Bone1999 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419991601/4
- 7Creatures at Christmas1999 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419991921/4
- 8Daddy's Gone A-Hunting2000 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420001601/4
- 9Incy Wincy Spider2000 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420001601/4
- 10Here Comes A Candle2000 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420001601/4
Is there a chronological order for Creatures?
No separate chronological order is on record for Creatures, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Creatures books in order?
You should read the Creatures books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Creatures book also stands alone.
Where to start with Creatures
Start with Once I Caught a Fish Alive (1998), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Creatures book?
Here Comes A Candle (2000) is the newest Creatures book released so far.
Is there a new Creatures book coming?
No next Creatures book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Creatures at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Creatures title on record dates from 2000, 26 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Creatures books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,617 pages across all 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Creatures books, 7 of 10, were published in the 1990s.
What the Creatures books are about
9 of the 10 Creatures 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 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 5 of 9 books
- Horror 2 of 9 books
More books by Louise Cooper
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Louise Cooper books in order 67 books
Other series by Louise Cooper
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Indigo books in order 8 books