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James Patterson Children's Books in Order

James Patterson Children's by James Patterson contains 12 books, published between 2004 and 2024. The first book is SantaKid (2004) and the newest is Fox Is Coming! (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2004–2024
Confirmed
12 of 12 titles
Pages on record
930 in 5 of 12 books
See all 12 books in order Printable James Patterson Children's checklist

James Patterson Children's gathers Patterson's books for young readers. Twelve titles are catalogued between 2004 and 2024, starting with SantaKid (2004) and taking in Give Please a Chance (2016), Penguins of America and Give Thank You a Try (2017), Not So Normal Norbert (2018), Sophia, Princess Among Beasts (2019) and Becoming Muhammad Ali (2020). Courtesy, schools, Christmas and humour run through the subject list, and Fox Is Coming! (2024) is the newest.

How many James Patterson Children's books are there?

James Patterson Children's has 12 books, released between 2004 and 2024.

James Patterson Children's Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 James Patterson 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.

  1. Cover of SantaKid by James Patterson, book 1 of the James Patterson Children's series (2004)
  2. Cover of Give Please a Chance by James Patterson, book 2 of the James Patterson Children's series (2016)
  3. Cover of Give Thank You a Try by James Patterson, book 5 of the James Patterson Children's series (2017)
  4. Cover of Not So Normal Norbert by James Patterson, book 6 of the James Patterson Children's series (2018)
  5. Cover of Unbelievably Boring Bartholomew by James Patterson, book 7 of the James Patterson Children's series (2018)
  6. Cover of Sophia, Princess Among Beasts by James Patterson, book 8 of the James Patterson Children's series (2019)
  7. Cover of Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson, book 9 of the James Patterson Children's series (2020)
  8. Cover of Scaredy Cat by James Patterson, book 10 of the James Patterson Children's series (2021)
  9. Cover of Best Nerds Forever by James Patterson, book 11 of the James Patterson Children's series (2021)
  10. Cover of Elephant Goes Potty by James Patterson, book 12 of the James Patterson Children's series (2023)
  1. 1
    SantaKid2004 · confirmed 4/4
    2004–
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  2. 2
    Give Please a Chance2016 · confirmed 4/4
    2016–
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  3. 3
    Penguins of America2017 · 64 pages · confirmed 4/4
    201764
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 5
    Give Thank You a Try2017 · confirmed 4/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 6
    Not So Normal Norbert2018 · confirmed 4/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 7
    Unbelievably Boring Bartholomew2018 · 258 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018258
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 8
    Sophia, Princess Among Beasts2019 · confirmed 4/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 9
    Becoming Muhammad Ali2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2020320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 10
    Scaredy Cat2021 · confirmed 4/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 11
    Best Nerds Forever2021 · 256 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 12
    Elephant Goes Potty2023 · 32 pages · confirmed 4/4
    202332
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 13
    Fox Is Coming!2024 · confirmed 4/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Is there a chronological order for James Patterson Children's?

No separate chronological order is on record for James Patterson Children's, 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 James Patterson Children's books in order?

You should read the James Patterson Children's books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each James Patterson Children's book also stands alone.

Where to start with James Patterson Children's

Start with SantaKid (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Patterson Children's book?

Fox Is Coming! (2024) is the newest James Patterson Children's book released so far.

Is there a new James Patterson Children's book coming?

No next James Patterson 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 Patterson Children's at a glance

Still running
James Patterson Children's is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
James Patterson Children's books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
930 pages across the 5 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Patterson Children's books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
12 of the 12 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the James Patterson Children's books are about

11 of the 12 James Patterson Children's 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 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by James Patterson

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

Other series by James Patterson

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.