James Cross Giblin Children's Books in Order
James Cross Giblin Children's contains 24 books, published between 1981 and 2008. The first book is The Skyscraper Book (Short Story) (1981) and the newest is Did Fleming Rescue Churchill? (Short Story) (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 24
- Published
- 1981–2008
- Pages on record
- 1,996 in 22 of 24 books
- Reading time
- 33–50 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,996 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 24 titles with a page count on record.
James Cross Giblin Children's runs to 24 books published between 1981 and 2008. James Cross Giblin is credited on 23 of them, Michael Dooling on 4, and six other people on one apiece. Juvenile literature, history and biography head the recorded subjects, which reach from skyscrapers and scarecrows to epidemics, unicorns and statesmen. The Skyscraper Book (1981) is the earliest entry and Did Fleming Rescue Churchill? (2008) the most recent, and the run is marked likely complete.
How many James Cross Giblin Children's books are there?
James Cross Giblin Children's has 24 books, released between 1981 and 2008.
James Cross Giblin Children's Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 24 James Cross Giblin Children's 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.
- 1The Skyscraper Book (Short Story)1981 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/41981861/4
- 2Fireworks, Picnics, and Flags (Short Story)1983 · 90 pages · confirmed 1/41983901/4
- 3Walls1984 · 113 pages · confirmed 1/419841131/4
- 4Scarecrow Book (Short Story)1984 · 55 pages · confirmed 1/41984551/4
- 5Maroo of the Winter Caves (Short Story)1984 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/419841361/4
- 6Stay Away from Simon! (Short Story)1985 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/41985641/4
- 7The Truth about Santa Claus (Short Story)1985 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/41985861/4
- 8Milk (Short Story)1986 · 106 pages · confirmed 1/419861061/4
- 9From Hand to Mouth (Short Story)1987 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/41987861/4
- 10Let There Be Light1988 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/419881621/4
- 12The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone (Short Story)1990 · 85 pages · confirmed 1/41990851/4
- 13Mean Old Uncle Jack (Short Story)1990 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/41990301/4
- 14The Truth About Unicorns (Short Story)1991 · 113 pages · confirmed 1/419911131/4
- 15George Washington (Short Story)1992 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/41992481/4
- 16Edith Wilson (Short Story)1992 · 52 pages · confirmed 1/41992521/4
- 17Be Seated (Short Story)1993 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/419931361/4
- 18Thomas Jefferson (Short Story)1994 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/41994481/4
- 19When Plague Strikes1995 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/419952121/4
- 20The Dwarf, the Giant, and the Unicorn (Short Story)1996 · 47 pages · confirmed 1/41996471/4
- 21The Mystery of the Mammoth Bones and How It Was Solved (Short Story)1999 · 97 pages · confirmed 1/41999971/4
- 22The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin (Short Story)2000 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/42000481/4
- 23The Boy Who Saved Cleveland (Short Story)2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 24The Many Rides of Paul Revere (Short Story)2007 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/42007961/4
- 25Did Fleming Rescue Churchill? (Short Story)2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
Do you have to read James Cross Giblin Children's books in order?
You should read the James Cross Giblin Children's books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each James Cross Giblin Children's book also stands alone.
Where to start with James Cross Giblin Children's
Start with The Skyscraper Book (Short Story) (1981), the earliest published title.
What is the newest James Cross Giblin Children's book?
Did Fleming Rescue Churchill? (Short Story) (2008) is the newest James Cross Giblin Children's book released so far.
Is there a new James Cross Giblin Children's book coming?
No next James Cross Giblin Children's book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
James Cross Giblin Children's at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest James Cross Giblin Children's title on record dates from 2008, 18 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- James Cross Giblin Children's books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,996 pages across the 22 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 86 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most James Cross Giblin Children's books, 10 of 24, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 24 titles, 23 are credited to James Cross Giblin, 4 to Michael Dooling, 1 to David Anderson and 1 to Anthony Kramer. A further 7 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.
What the James Cross Giblin Children's books are about
23 of the 24 James Cross Giblin Children's books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 17 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 17 of 23 books
- History 6 of 23 books
- Biography 4 of 23 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 23 books
- Epidemics 2 of 23 books
- Statesmen 2 of 23 books