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Dover Little Activity Books in Order

Dover Little Activity contains 50 books, published between 1980 and 2006. The first book is Japanese Cut & Use Stencils (1980) and the newest is Fun with Noah's Ark Stencils (2006). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
50
Published
1980–2006
Pages on record
303 in 13 of 50 books
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Dover Little Activity is a line of stencil and craft booklets. 50 titles run from Japanese Cut & Use Stencils (1980) to Fun with Noah's Ark Stencils (2006). Birds, fish, floral borders, ships, pets, cats and wild animals each get their own set, in cut-and-use and punch-out formats. The booklets are tiny, with a median of 16 pages, and the 2000s were the busiest decade. Nothing new has been catalogued since 2006.

How many Dover Little Activity books are there?

Dover Little Activity has 50 books, released between 1980 and 2006.

Dover Little Activity Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 50 Dover Little Activity 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 Japanese Cut & Use Stencils by Theodore Menten, book 1 of the Dover Little Activity series (1980)
  2. Cover of Bird Cut & Use Stencils by Ed Sibbett, book 2 of the Dover Little Activity series (1980)
  3. Cover of Border Designs Cut & Use Stencils by Ed Sibbett, book 3 of the Dover Little Activity series (1982)
  4. Cover of Floral Borders Cut & Use Stencils by Ed Sibbett, book 6 of the Dover Little Activity series (1986)
  5. Cover of Ships and Boats Punch-Out Stencils, book 7 of the Dover Little Activity series (1986)
  6. Cover of Fun with Favorite Pets Stencils by A. G. Smith, book 8 of the Dover Little Activity series (1987)
  7. Cover of Fun With Cats Stencils by John Emil Cymerman, book 9 of the Dover Little Activity series (1992)
  8. Cover of Wild Animals Punch-Out Stencils by John Emil Cymerman, book 10 of the Dover Little Activity series (1994)
  9. Cover of Insects Punch-Out Stencils by John Emil Cymerman, book 11 of the Dover Little Activity series (1995)
  10. Cover of Easy-to-Use Christmas Designs Plastic Stencils by Charlene Tarbox, book 12 of the Dover Little Activity series
  11. Cover of Floral Borders Laser-Cut Plastic Stencils by Charlene Tarbox, book 13 of the Dover Little Activity series (1995)
  12. Cover of Flower Design Laser-Cut Plastic Stencils by Sue Brooks, book 14 of the Dover Little Activity series (1996)
  13. Cover of Animals Laser-Cut Plastic Stencils by Sue Brooks, book 15 of the Dover Little Activity series (1996)
  14. Cover of Fun With Ballet Stencils by Sue Brooks, book 16 of the Dover Little Activity series (1997)
  15. Cover of Fun with Stencils: Butterflies by Sue Brooks, book 17 of the Dover Little Activity series (1997)
  16. Cover of Favorite Birds Laser-Cut Plastic Stencils by Ruth Soffer, book 18 of the Dover Little Activity series (1997)
  17. Cover of Fun with Noah's Ark Stencils, book 50 of the Dover Little Activity series (2006)
  1. 1
    Japanese Cut & Use Stencils1980 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198064
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  2. 2
    Bird Cut & Use Stencils1980 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198064
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  3. 3
    Border Designs Cut & Use Stencils1982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  4. 4
    Fish and Sea Life Cut & Use Stencils1983 · confirmed 2/4
    1983–
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  5. 5
    Food & Cookery Cut & Use Stencils1984 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198430
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  6. 6
    Floral Borders Cut & Use Stencils1986 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198664
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  7. 7
    Ships and Boats Punch-Out Stencils1986 · 16 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198616
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  8. 8
    Fun with Favorite Pets Stencils1987 · 6 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19876
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  9. 9
    Fun With Cats Stencils1992 · 6 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19926
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  10. 10
    Wild Animals Punch-Out Stencils1994 · 16 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199416
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  11. 11
    Insects Punch-Out Stencils1995 · 16 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199516
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  12. 12
    Easy-to-Use Christmas Designs Plastic Stencils1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  13. 13
    Floral Borders Laser-Cut Plastic Stencils1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  14. 14
    Flower Design Laser-Cut Plastic Stencils1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  15. 15
    Animals Laser-Cut Plastic Stencils1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  16. 16
    Fun With Ballet Stencils1997 · 6 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19976
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  17. 17
    Fun with Stencils: Butterflies1997 · 6 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19976
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  18. 18
    Favorite Birds Laser-Cut Plastic Stencils1997 · 3 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19973
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  19. 19
    Fun with Stencils: Sharks1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  20. 20
    Old West Laser-Cut Plastic Stencils1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  21. 22
    Fun With Faires and Elves Stencils1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  22. 23
    Fun With Ice Skaters Stencils1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  23. 24
    Fun with Nutcracker Stencils1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  24. 25
    Fun with Bugs Stencils1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  25. 26
    Fun With Rain Forest Animals1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  26. 27
    Fun With Sea Creatures Stencils1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  27. 28
    Fun with Construction Trucks Stencils2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  28. 29
    Fun with Streamlined Trains Stencils2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  29. 30
    Fun with Knights Stencils2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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Where to start with Dover Little Activity

Start with Japanese Cut & Use Stencils (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dover Little Activity book?

Fun with Noah's Ark Stencils (2006) is the newest Dover Little Activity book released so far.

Is there a new Dover Little Activity book coming?

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

Dover Little Activity at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Dover Little Activity title on record dates from 2006, 20 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Dover Little Activity books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
303 pages across the 13 of 50 books with a recorded length, a median of 16 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dover Little Activity books, 23 of 50, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 50 titles, 11 are credited to Marty Noble, 7 to Margery Williams Bianco, 5 to Sue Brooks and 4 to Ed Sibbett. A further 8 writers are credited. 7 titles carry no credit.

What the Dover Little Activity books are about

12 of the 50 Dover Little Activity books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: stencil work is tagged on 11 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.