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Muddle-Headed Wombat Books in Order

Muddle-Headed Wombat by Ruth Park contains 14 books, published between 1963 and 1982. The first book is The Muddle-Headed Wombat (1963) and the newest is The Muddle-Headed Wombat Stays at Home (1982). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1963–1982
Pages on record
558 in 6 of 14 books
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The Muddle-Headed Wombat series is a set of 14 children's stories by Ruth Park, published from 1963 to 1982. The first book, The Muddle-Headed Wombat (1963), was followed by titles such as The Muddle-Headed Wombat On Holiday (1964), The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Treetops (1965) and The Muddle Headed Wombat At School (1966). The Muddle-Headed Wombat Stays at Home (1982) is the last entry. Subject tags are children's fiction and wombats.

How many Muddle-Headed Wombat books are there?

Muddle-Headed Wombat has 14 books, released between 1963 and 1982.

Muddle-Headed Wombat Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Muddle-Headed Wombat 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 The Muddle-Headed Wombat by Ruth Park, book 1 of the Muddle-Headed Wombat series (1963)
  2. Cover of Muddle-headed Wombat on the River by Ruth Park, book 8 of the Muddle-Headed Wombat series (1971)
  3. Cover of The Muddle-headed Wombat on Clean-up Day by Ruth Park, book 11 of the Muddle-Headed Wombat series (1976)
  4. Cover of The Muddle Headed Wombat Is Very Bad by Ruth Park, book 13 of the Muddle-Headed Wombat series (1981)
  1. 1
    The Muddle-Headed Wombat1963 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963261
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  2. 2
    The Muddle-Headed Wombat On Holiday1964 · 67 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196467
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  3. 3
    The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Treetops1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  4. 4
    The Muddle Headed Wombat At School1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  5. 5
    The Muddle-headed Wombat in the Snow1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  6. 6
    The Muddle-Headed Wombat On A Rainy Day1970 · 67 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197067
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  7. 7
    The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Springtime1970 · 67 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197067
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  8. 8
    Muddle-headed Wombat on the River1971 · 68 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197168
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  9. 9
    The Muddle-headed Wombat and the Bush Band1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  10. 10
    The Muddle-Headed Wombat And The Invention1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  11. 11
    The Muddle-headed Wombat on Clean-up Day1976 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197628
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  12. 12
    More Adventures of the Muddle-Headed Wombat1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  13. 13
    The Muddle Headed Wombat Is Very Bad1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  14. 14
    The Muddle-Headed Wombat Stays at Home1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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Is there a chronological order for Muddle-Headed Wombat?

No separate chronological order is on record for Muddle-Headed Wombat, 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 Muddle-Headed Wombat books in order?

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

Where to start with Muddle-Headed Wombat

Start with The Muddle-Headed Wombat (1963), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Muddle-Headed Wombat book?

The Muddle-Headed Wombat Stays at Home (1982) is the newest Muddle-Headed Wombat book released so far.

Is there a new Muddle-Headed Wombat book coming?

No next Muddle-Headed Wombat book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Muddle-Headed Wombat at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Muddle-Headed Wombat title on record dates from 1982, 44 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Muddle-Headed Wombat books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
558 pages across the 6 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 67 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Muddle-Headed Wombat books, 6 of 14, were published in the 1970s.

What the Muddle-Headed Wombat books are about

6 of the 14 Muddle-Headed Wombat 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 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Ruth Park

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