Magic Bone Books in Order
Magic Bone by Nancy Krulik contains 12 books, published between 2013 and 2016. The first book is Be Careful What You Sniff For (2013) and the newest is Never Box with a Kangaroo (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2013–2016
- Total pages
- 1,453 across 12 books
- Reading time
- 24–36 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,453 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Magic Bone is a children's fiction series by Nancy Krulik with 12 books from 2013 to 2016. Subject headings name dogs, sheep dogs, cats, magic, beaches, ninja, Switzerland and Japan. Be Careful What You Sniff For (2013) opens the series. Catch That Wave (2013), Don't Mess with the Ninja Puppy! (2014) and Rootin' Tootin' Cow Dog (2015) come later, and Never Box with a Kangaroo (2016) is the newest. The series is listed as likely complete.
How many Magic Bone books are there?
Magic Bone has 12 books, released between 2013 and 2016.
Magic Bone Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Magic Bone 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.
- 1Be Careful What You Sniff For2013 · 108 pages · confirmed 2/420131082/4
- 2Catch That Wave2013 · 119 pages · confirmed 2/420131192/4
- 3Follow That Furball2013 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420131282/4
- 4Nice Snowing You!2014 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420141282/4
- 5Go Fetch!2014 · 111 pages · confirmed 2/420141112/4
- 6Don't Mess with the Ninja Puppy!2014 · 110 pages · confirmed 2/420141102/4
- 7Dogs Don't Have Webbed Feet2015 · 101 pages · confirmed 2/420151012/4
- 8Rootin' Tootin' Cow Dog2015 · 107 pages · confirmed 2/420151072/4
- 9Pup Art2015 · 108 pages · confirmed 2/420151082/4
- 10Broadway Doggie2016 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420161282/4
- 11Super Special2016 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420161922/4
- 12Never Box with a Kangaroo2016 · 113 pages · confirmed 2/420161132/4
Is there a chronological order for Magic Bone?
No separate chronological order is on record for Magic Bone, 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 Magic Bone books in order?
You should read the Magic Bone books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Magic Bone book also stands alone.
Where to start with Magic Bone
Start with Be Careful What You Sniff For (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Magic Bone book?
Never Box with a Kangaroo (2016) is the newest Magic Bone book released so far.
Is there a new Magic Bone book coming?
No next Magic Bone book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Magic Bone at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Magic Bone title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Magic Bone books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,453 pages across all 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 112 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Magic Bone books, 12 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
What the Magic Bone books are about
All 12 Magic Bone books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dogs is tagged on 11 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
More books by Nancy Krulik
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Nancy Krulik books in order 321 books
Other series by Nancy Krulik
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.