Kes Gray Picture Books in Order
Kes Gray Picture contains 38 books, published between 2000 and 2025. The first book is The Get Well Soon Book (2000) and the newest is One Night Before Christmas (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 38
- Published
- 2000–2025
- Pages on record
- 750 in 21 of 38 books
- Reading time
- 13–19 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 750 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 38 titles with a page count on record.
Kes Gray Picture is a series of 38 picture books catalogued from 2000 to 2025, with Kes Gray credited on 36 and Jim Field on 1. The median book runs to 32 pages. The Get Well Soon Book and Who's Poorly Too? (both 2000) open the list, followed by Cluck O'clock, Baby On Board and Billy's Bucket (2003). If I Was Boss (2004) and A Bunch Of Daisies (2005) come next, and One Night Before Christmas (2025) is the newest. Subject tags include animals, frogs, cats, birthdays, imagination and stories in rhyme.
How many Kes Gray Picture books are there?
Kes Gray Picture has 38 books, released between 2000 and 2025.
Kes Gray Picture Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 38 Kes Gray Picture 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 Get Well Soon Book2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 2Who's Poorly Too?2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 3Cluck O'clock2003 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42003321/4
- 4Baby On Board2003 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42003321/4
- 5Billy's Bucket2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 6Vesuvius Poovius2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 7Our Twitchy2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 8If I Was Boss2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 9Ever So, Ever So2004 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42004321/4
- 10A Bunch Of Daisies2005 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/42005481/4
- 11My Mum Goes to Work2006 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42006321/4
- 12Twoo Twit2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 13Double Trouble2006 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/42006721/4
- 14006 and a Half2006 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42006321/4
- 15First Day2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 16Mom and Dad Glue2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 17Leave Me Alone2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 18Nuddy Ned2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 19Tigers and Spies2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 20Peas and Tickles2013 · 60 pages · confirmed 1/42013601/4
- 21The Mice in the Churchyard2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 22Worries Go Away2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 23Frog on a Log?2014 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/42014281/4
- 24How Many Legs?2015 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42015321/4
- 25Zippo the Super Hippo2015 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42015321/4
- 26Ready Steady Mo!2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 27Dog on a Frog?2016 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/42016301/4
- 28Nuddy Ned's Christmas2016 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42016321/4
- 29Quick Quack Quentin2017 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42017321/4
- 30You're Called What?2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 31The Night Before the Night Before Christmas2018 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42018321/4
- 32The Night After Christmas2020 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42020321/4
- 33The Diddle That Dummed2020 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42020321/4
- 34The Who's Whonicorn of Unicorns2021 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42021321/4
- 35Think Big2022 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42022321/4
- 36Brrr!2022 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42022321/4
- 37The Hoys2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 38One Night Before Christmas2025 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42025321/4
Do you have to read Kes Gray Picture books in order?
You should read the Kes Gray Picture books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Kes Gray Picture book also stands alone.
Where to start with Kes Gray Picture
Start with The Get Well Soon Book (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kes Gray Picture book?
One Night Before Christmas (2025) is the newest Kes Gray Picture book released so far.
Is there a new Kes Gray Picture book coming?
No next Kes Gray Picture book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kes Gray Picture at a glance
- Still running
- Kes Gray Picture is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Kes Gray Picture books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 750 pages across the 21 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kes Gray Picture books, 16 of 38, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 38 titles, 36 are credited to Kes Gray and 1 to Jim Field. One title carries no credit.
What the Kes Gray Picture books are about
27 of the 38 Kes Gray Picture 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 18 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 18 of 27 books
- Stories in rhyme 8 of 27 books
- Animals 7 of 27 books
- Picture books 7 of 27 books
- Pictorial works 4 of 27 books
- Cats 3 of 27 books
- Children's picture books 2 of 27 books
- Frogs 2 of 27 books
Other series by Kes Gray
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Daisy Fiction books in order 19 books
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