Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Reading Order
7 series · 194 books · Born 1967
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley is an acclaimed American author specializing in children's and young adult literature. With a prolific output of 194 books across seven series, including Ride On, War, and numerous standalone novels, she has captivated young readers for over a century. Her notable work, The War That Saved My Life, earned a Newbery Honor in 2016, solidifying her status in the literary world.
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1 Series
Complete51 books (1958–2020)
Start with Big Tracks, Little Tracks(By: Millicent E. Selsam), the first of 51 books in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1 series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Big Tracks, Little Tracks(By: Millicent E. Selsam) 1958Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  How to Be a Nature Detective(By: Millicent E. Selsam) 1958Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  A Tree Is a Plant(By: Clyde Robert Bulla) 1960Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | How a Seed Grows(By: Helene J. Jordan) 1960Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Air Is All Around You(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  How Many Teeth?(By: Paul Galdone,Paul Showers) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  My Five Senses(By: Aliki) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  My Hands(By: Aliki) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Starfish(By: Edith Thacher Hurd) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Big Dipper(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  What Makes a Shadow?(By: Clyde Robert Bulla) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Animals in Winter(By: Henrietta Bancroft,Richard G. Van Gelder) 1963Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Fireflies in the Night(By: Judy Hawes) 1963Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Ducks Don't Get Wet(By: Helen K. Davie,Augusta R. Goldin) 1965Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Sleep Is for Everyone(By: Paul Showers) 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Is There Life in Outer Space?(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Shooting Stars(By: Holly Keller) 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Earthquakes(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  My Feet(By: Aliki) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | I'm Growing!(By: Aliki) 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Baby Whales Drink Milk(By: Barbara Juster Esbensen) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  From Tadpole to Frog(By: Wendy Pfeffer) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | What Lives in a Shell?(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  A Nest Full of Eggs(By: Priscilla Belz Jenkins) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | What's Alive?(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  What's Alive?(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | From Caterpillar to Butterfly(By: Deborah Heiligman) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | On the Move(By: Lizzy Rockwell,Deborah Heiligman) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  What Color Is Camouflage?(By: Carolyn B. Otto) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  What's It Like to Be a Fish?(By: Wendy Pfeffer) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  A Safe Home for Manatees(By: Priscilla Belz Jenkins) 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  Our Puppies Are Growing(By: Carolyn B. Otto) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  Sounds All Around(By: Wendy Pfeffer) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Where Are the Night Animals?(By: Mary Ann Fraser) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Snow Is Falling(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Bugs Are Insects(By: Anne Rockwell) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | How Animal Babies Stay Safe(By: Mary Ann Fraser) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | Pop! 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  Dinosaurs Big and Small(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  My Pet Hamster(By: Anne Rockwell) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  From Seed to Pumpkin(By: Wendy Pfeffer) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  Where Do Chicks Come From?(By: Amy E. Sklansky) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | Clouds(By: Anne Rockwell) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  A Cavity Is a Hole in Your Tooth(By: Jodi Huelin) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 |  Everybody, Move Your Feet!(By: Jodi Huelin) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 | Why Can't I Have Cake for Dinner?(By: Jodi Huelin) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | The Sun and the Moon(By: Carolyn Cinami Decristofano) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | What's for Lunch?(By: Sarah L. Thomson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 |  Super Marsupials(By: Katharine Kenah) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 |  The Arctic Fox’s Journey(By: Wendy Pfeffer) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 | Thump Goes the Rabbit(By: Fran Hodgkins) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2 Series
Likely Complete94 books (1900–2022)
Start with Falcons Nest on Skyscrapers(By: Priscilla Belz Jenkins), the first of 94 books in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2 series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Falcons Nest on Skyscrapers(By: Priscilla Belz Jenkins) 1900Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Moon Seems to Change(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1960Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Sun(By: Franklyn M. Branley) 1961Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  What Makes Day and Night(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1961Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  What the Moon is Like(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1963Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1964Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Your Skin and Mine(By: Paul Showers) 1965Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  A Drop of Blood(By: Paul Showers) 1967Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Hear Your Heart(By: Paul Showers) 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Why Frogs Are Wet(By: Judy Hawes) 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  My Visit to the Dinosaurs(By: Aliki) 1969Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Gravity Is a Mystery(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1970Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  What Happens to a Hamburger?(By: Paul Showers) 1970Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Skeleton Inside You(By: Philip Balestrino) 1971Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Fossils Tell of Long Ago(By: Aliki) 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Milk(By: Aliki) 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Sunshine Makes the Seasons(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Where Does the Garbage Go?(By: Paul Showers) 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Day Light, Night Light(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Corn Is Maize(By: Aliki) 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Digging Up Dinosaurs(By: Aliki) 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  The Planets in Our Solar System(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  The Sky Is Full of Stars(By: Franklyn M. Branley) 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, & Yawn(By: Melvin A. Berger) 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Let's Go Rock Collecting(By: Roma Gans) 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Dinosaurs Are Different(By: Aliki) 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Germs Make Me Sick!(By: Melvin A. Berger) 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  How to Talk to Your Computer(By: Seymour Simon) 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  Volcanoes(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Ant Cities(By: Arthur Dorros) 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Dinosaur Bones(By: Aliki) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  Snakes Are Hunters(By: Patricia Lauber) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  Tornado Alert(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Feel the Wind(By: Arthur Dorros) 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | Switch On, Switch Off(By: Melvin A. Berger) 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  What Happened to the Dinosaurs?(By: Franklyn M. Branley) 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  An Octopus Is Amazing(By: Patricia Lauber) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Earthquakes(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean(By: Arthur Dorros) 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  What Will the Weather Be?(By: Lynda DeWitt) 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  How Do Apples Grow?(By: Betsy Maestro) 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  Look Out for Turtles!(By: Melvin A. Berger) 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 |  Be a Friend to Trees(By: Patricia Lauber) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  Elephant Families(By: Arthur Dorros) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 |  Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs(By: Patricia Lauber) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  Who Eats What?(By: Patricia Lauber) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Why Do Leaves Change Color?(By: Betsy Maestro) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | How Mountains Are Made(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats(By: Ann Earle) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 |  Archaeologists Dig for Clues.jpg(By: kate-duke) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 | How Do Birds Find Their Way?(By: Roma Gans) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 |  What Makes a Magnet?(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 |  You're Aboard Spaceship Earth(By: Patricia Lauber) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 |  Down Comes the Rain(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 |  Floating in Space(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 |  Sponges Are Skeletons(By: Barbara Juster Esbensen) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 | What Is the World Made Of?(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 |  Dinosaur Babies(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 |  International Space Station(By: Franklyn M. Branley) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 |  Penguin Chick(By: Betty Tatham) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 |  Terrible Tyrannosaurs(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 |  Energy Makes Things Happen 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 |  Mission to Mars(By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 |  Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 |  Dolphin Talk(By: Wendy Pfeffer) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 |  Spinning Spiders(By: Melvin A. Berger) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 | Wiggling Worms at Work(By: Wendy Pfeffer) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 | Forces Make Things Move 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 |  Honey in a Hive(By: Anne Rockwell) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 |  Almost Gone(By: Steve Jenkins) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 |  Who Lives in an Alligator Hole?(By: Anne Rockwell) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 |  Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?(By: Anne Rockwell) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 |  Dinosaur Tracks(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 |  How People Learned to Fly(By: Fran Hodgkins) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 |  Life in a Coral Reef(By: Wendy Pfeffer) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 | What's So Bad About Gasoline?(By: Anne Rockwell) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 |  Where Do Polar Bears Live?(By: Sarah L. Thomson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 |  Where Did Dinosaurs Come From?(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 |  Time to Sleep(By: Steve Jenkins,Robin Page) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 |  What Happens to Our Trash?(By: D. J. Ward) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 |  In the Rainforest(By: Kate Duke) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 |  Light Is All Around Us(By: Wendy Pfeffer) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 |  Hurricane Watch(By: Melissa Stewart) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 |  Sharks Have Six Senses(By: John F. Waters) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 |  Simple Machines(By: D.J. Ward) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 |  Flood Warning(By: Katharine Kenah) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 87 | How Deep Is the Ocean?(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 88 |  Droughts(By: Melissa Stewart) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 89 | Phones Keep Us Connected(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 90 |  Pinocchio Rex and Other Tyrannosaurs(By: Steve Brusatte,Melissa Stewart) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 91 |  How a City Works(By: D.J. Ward) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 92 |  Running on Sunshine(By: Carolyn Cinami Decristofano) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 93 | What Makes a Blizzard?(By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 94 |  A Pandemic Is Worldwide(By: Sarah L. Thomson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
Picture Series
Complete3 books (2003–2007)
Start with Favorite Things and read in order.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Favorite Things 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Ballerino Nate 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Perfect Pony 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
Ride On Series
Complete1 book (2026–2026)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Phoenix 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
She Persisted Series
Likely Complete31 books (2017–2023)
Start with 13 American Women Who Changed the World(By: Chelsea Clinton), the first of 31 books in the She Persisted series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  13 American Women Who Changed the World(By: Chelsea Clinton) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  She Persisted Around the World(By: Chelsea Clinton) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | American Olympians Who Changed the Game(By: Chelsea Clinton) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Clara Lemlich(By: Deborah Heiligman) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Claudette Colvin(By: Lesa Cline-Ransome) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Florence Griffith Joyner(By: Rita Williams-Garcia) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Harriet Tubman(By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Helen Keller(By: Courtney Sheinmel) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Margaret Chase Smith(By: Ruby Shamir) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Maria Tallchief(By: Christine Day) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Nellie Bly(By: Michelle Knudsen) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Oprah Winfrey(By: Renée Watson) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Ruby Bridges(By: Kekla Magoon) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Sally Ride(By: Atia Abawi) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Sonia Sotomayor(By: Meg Medina) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Virginia Apgar(By: Sayantani DasGupta) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Brilliant Women Who Made a Difference(By: Chelsea Clinton) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Diana Taurasi(By: Monica Brown) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Malala Yousafzai(By: Aisha Saeed) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Marian Anderson(By: Katheryn Russell-Brown) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Maya Lin(By: Grace Lin) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Patsy Mink(By: Tae Keller) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Rosalind Franklin 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Temple Grandin(By: Lyn Miller-Lachmann) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Wangari Maathai(By: Eucabeth A. Odhiambo) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Wilma Mankiller(By: Traci Sorell) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Dorothy Height(By: Kelly Starling Lyons) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Florence Nightingale(By: Chelsea Clinton,Shelli R. Johannes) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Pura Belpré(By: Meg Medina,Marilisa Jimenez Garcia) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Rachel Levine(By: Lisa Bunker) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Simone Biles(By: Kekla Magoon) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Likely Complete11 books (1998–2022)
Start with Ruthie's Gift, the first of 11 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Ruthie's Gift 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | One-of-a-Kind Mallie 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Weaver's Daughter 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Halfway to the Sky 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  For Freedom 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The President's Daughter 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Leap of Faith 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Lacemaker and the Princess 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Jefferson's Sons 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Fighting Words 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | One Night in Dallas 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
War Series
Ongoing3 books (2015–2024)
Start with The War That Saved My Life and read in order.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The War That Saved My Life 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The War I Finally Won 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Night War 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Kimberly Brubaker Bradley written?
- Kimberly Brubaker Bradley has written 194 books across 7 series. Their published works span from 1900 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each Kimberly Brubaker Bradley series?
- Here are the first books in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's series: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1: Big Tracks, Little Tracks(By: Millicent E. Selsam); Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2: Falcons Nest on Skyscrapers(By: Priscilla Belz Jenkins); Picture: Favorite Things; She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World(By: Chelsea Clinton); War: The War That Saved My Life.
- What order should I read Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's books?
- We recommend reading Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Kimberly Brubaker Bradley still writing new books?
- Yes, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley has 1 ongoing series: War.