Jennifer L. Holm books

Jennifer L. Holm is a New York Times bestselling children's author and three-time Newbery Honor winner, known for the Babymouse graphic novel series and the Sunny series, created with her brother Matthew Holm.

Anthologies

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Friends 2005 Buy

Babymouse Reading Order

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Queen of the World! 2005 Buy
Our Hero 2005 Buy
Beach Babe 2006 Buy
Rock Star 2006 Buy
Heartbreaker 2006 Buy
Camp Babymouse 2007 Buy
Skater Girl 2007 Buy
Puppy Love 2007 Buy
Monster Mash 2008 Buy
The Musical 2009 Buy
Dragonslayer 2009 Buy
Babymouse Burns Rubber 2010 Buy
Cupcake Tycoon 2010 Buy
Babymouse 2005 N/A
Mad Scientist 2011 Buy
A Very Babymouse Christmas 2011 Buy
Babymouse for President 2012 Buy
Extreme Babymouse 2013 Buy
Happy Birthday, Babymouse 2013 Buy
Bad Babysitter 2015 Buy
Babymouse Goes for the Gold 2016 Buy
Little Babymouse and the Christmas Cupcakes 2016 Buy

Babymouse: Tales from the Locker Reading Order

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Lights, Camera, Middle School! 2017 Buy
Miss Communication 2018 Buy
School-Tripped 2019 Buy
Curtain Call 2020 Buy
Whisker Wizard 2021 Buy

Boston Jane Reading Order

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Boston Jane an Adventure 2001 N/A
Boston Jane 2001 Buy
Wilderness Days 2002 Buy
The Claim 2004 Buy

Ginny Davis Reading Order

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Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf 2006 Buy
Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick 2012 Buy

Graphic Novels

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Sunny Makes Her Case 2024 Buy

May Amelia Reading Order

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Our Only May Amelia 1999 Buy
The Trouble with May Amelia 2011 Buy

My First Comics Reading Order

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I’m Grumpy 2016 Buy
I’m Sunny! 2016 Buy
I’m Silly! 2017 Buy
I’m Scared 2017 Buy

Squish Reading Order

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Super Amoeba 2011 Buy
Brave New Pond 2011 Buy
The Power of the Parasite 2012 Buy
Captain Disaster 2012 Buy
Game On! 2013 Buy
Fear the Amoeba 2014 Buy
Deadly Disease of Doom 2015 Buy
Pod vs. Pod 2016 Buy

Standalone Novels

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The Creek 2003 Buy
Penny from Heaven 2006 Buy
The Lion of Mars 2021 Buy
Outside 2025 Buy

Sunny Reading Order

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Sunny Side Up 2015 Buy
Sunny. O Lado Bom da Vida 2015 N/A
Swing it, Sunny 2017 Buy
Swing it, Sunny: A Graphic Novel 2017 N/A
Sunny Rolls the Dice 2019 Buy
Sunny Rolls the Dice: A Graphic Novel 2019 N/A
Sunny Makes a Splash 2021 Buy
Sunny Figures It Out: A Graphic Novel 2025 N/A

The BIG Adventures of Babymouse Reading Order

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Selected Poems 1900 N/A
Once Upon a Messy Whisker 2022 Buy
Besties! 2023 Buy

The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight Reading Order

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The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight 2019 Buy
The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight Take Turns 2020 Buy

The Fourteenth Goldfish Reading Order

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The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014 Buy
The Third Mushroom 2018 Buy

The Stink Files Reading Order

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The Postman Always Brings Mice 2004 Buy
To Scratch a Thief 2004 Buy
You Only Have Nine Lives 2005 Buy

Turtle in Paradise Reading Order

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Turtle in Paradise 2010 Buy
Full of Beans 2016 Buy

Jennifer L. Holm is a New York Times bestselling children’s author and three-time Newbery Honor winner who has published 73 books across sixteen series. Her Babymouse graphic novels (22 books), co-created with her brother Matthew Holm, follow an imaginative mouse through school, adventures, and daydreams. The Squish series (8 books) applies the same graphic novel format to an amoeba protagonist.

Her Sunny series (8 graphic novels) follows a girl navigating family changes in the 1970s, while her prose novels include the Newbery Honor-winning Our Only May Amelia (1999) and Penny from Heaven (2006). She has also written the Boston Jane historical adventure series and The Fourteenth Goldfish, a middle-grade novel about science and family.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Jennifer L. Holm written?

Jennifer L. Holm has written 73 books across sixteen series.

What was Jennifer L. Holm's first book?

Jennifer L. Holm’s first book is Selected Poems, published in 1900.

What is Jennifer L. Holm best known for?

Jennifer L. Holm is best known for the Babymouse graphic novel series (22 books, co-created with her brother Matthew Holm), the Sunny graphic novel series (8 books), and the Squish series (8 books). She has also written award-winning prose novels including the Newbery Honor books Our Only May Amelia and Penny from Heaven.

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