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If You Give... Books in Order

If You Give... by Laura Joffe Numeroff contains 20 books, published between 1985 and 2020. The first book is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (1985) and the newest is Happy Birthday, Mouse! (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1985–2020
Pages on record
520 in 7 of 20 books
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If You Give... is a children's series by Laura Joffe Numeroff, with 20 books published from 1985 to 2020. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (1985) opens the series, followed by If You Give a Moose a Muffin (1991) and If You Give a Pig a Pancake (1998). Mice, pigs, moose and cats appear among the subjects, and some editions are in Spanish. Median length is 32 pages. Happy Birthday, Mouse! (2020) is the latest title.

How many If You Give... books are there?

If You Give... has 20 books, released between 1985 and 2020.

If You Give... Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 If You Give... 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 If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 1 of the If You Give... series (1985)
  2. Cover of If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 2 of the If You Give... series (1991)
  3. Cover of Mouse Cookies by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 3 of the If You Give... series (1995)
  4. Cover of If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 4 of the If You Give... series (1998)
  5. Cover of If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 5 of the If You Give... series (2000)
  6. Cover of If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 6 of the If You Give... series (2000)
  7. Cover of If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 8 of the If You Give... series (2002)
  8. Cover of If You Give an Author a Pencil by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 9 of the If You Give... series (2002)
  9. Cover of Mouse Cookies & More: A Treasury by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 10 of the If You Give... series (2006)
  10. Cover of Merry Christmas, Mouse! by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 12 of the If You Give... series (2007)
  11. Cover of Time for School, Mouse! by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 13 of the If You Give... series (2008)
  12. Cover of If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 14 of the If You Give... series (2008)
  13. Cover of Happy Easter, Mouse! by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 15 of the If You Give... series (2010)
  14. Cover of If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 16 of the If You Give... series (2011)
  15. Cover of It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 17 of the If You Give... series (2012)
  16. Cover of If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 18 of the If You Give... series (2016)
  17. Cover of If You Give a Man a Cookie: A Parody by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 19 of the If You Give... series (2017)
  18. Cover of Happy Birthday, Mouse! by Laura Joffe Numeroff, book 20 of the If You Give... series (2020)
  1. 2
    If You Give a Moose a Muffin1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  2. 3
    Mouse Cookies1995 · 25 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199525
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  3. 4
    If You Give a Pig a Pancake1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  4. 5
    If You Take a Mouse to the Movies2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  5. 6
    If You Give a Pig a Party2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  6. 7
    If You Give a Pig a Pumpkin2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  7. 8
    If You Take a Mouse to School2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  8. 9
    If You Give an Author a Pencil2002 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200232
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  9. 10
    Mouse Cookies & More: A Treasury2006 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006224
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  10. 11
    If You Give A Cat A Cupcake Recipes2006 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200632
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  11. 12
    Merry Christmas, Mouse!2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  12. 13
    Time for School, Mouse!2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  13. 14
    If You Give a Cat a Cupcake2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  14. 15
    Happy Easter, Mouse!2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  15. 16
    If You Give a Dog a Donut2011 · 15 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201115
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  16. 17
    It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse!2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  17. 18
    If You Give a Mouse a Brownie2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  18. 20
    Happy Birthday, Mouse!2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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Is there a chronological order for If You Give...?

No separate chronological order is on record for If You Give..., 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 If You Give... books in order?

You should read the If You Give... books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each If You Give... book also stands alone.

Where to start with If You Give...

Start with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest If You Give... book?

Happy Birthday, Mouse! (2020) is the newest If You Give... book released so far.

Is there a new If You Give... book coming?

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

If You Give... at a glance

No recent titles
The newest If You Give... title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
If You Give... books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
520 pages across the 7 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most If You Give... books, 10 of 20, were published in the 2000s.

What the If You Give... books are about

All 20 If You Give... 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 15 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Laura Joffe Numeroff

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.