Big Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Big Book Of Stars & Planets |
- |
Buy |
| Big Book of the Body |
1970 |
Buy |
| Big Book of Fantasy Quests |
2005 |
Buy |
| Big Book of Dinosaurs |
2010 |
Buy |
| Big Book of Big Machines |
2010 |
Buy |
| Big Book of Big Trucks |
2011 |
Buy |
| Big Sea Creatures |
2011 |
Buy |
| Big Book of Big Trains |
2013 |
Buy |
| Big Book of Big Monsters |
2013 |
Buy |
| Big Book of Tractors |
2014 |
Buy |
| Big Book of Colors |
2015 |
Buy |
| Big Book of Big Sea Creatures |
2016 |
Buy |
| Count to 100 |
2016 |
Buy |
| Big Picture Book Outdoors |
2017 |
Buy |
| Big Book of Numbers |
2018 |
Buy |
| Big Book of ABC |
2018 |
Buy |
| My First 100 Words |
2018 |
Buy |
Children’s#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer |
2003 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Swimming to Australia |
1991 |
Buy |
| This House Has Three Walls |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Man in the Shed |
2009 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Amazing Discoveries of 100 Brilliant Scientists |
2020 |
Buy |
| Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls |
2023 |
Buy |
Jake Atlas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake |
2017 |
Buy |
| Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God |
2018 |
Buy |
| Jake Atlas and the Quest for the Crystal Mountain |
2019 |
Buy |
| Jake Atlas and the Keys of the Apocalypse |
2020 |
Buy |
Look Inside Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Look inside a Castle |
1998 |
Buy |
| Look Inside an Airport |
2009 |
Buy |
| Look Inside Your Body |
2011 |
Buy |
| Look Inside Cars |
2011 |
Buy |
| Look Inside Sports |
2012 |
Buy |
| Look Inside Space |
2012 |
Buy |
| Look Inside Mummies and Pyramids |
2014 |
Buy |
| Look Inside Trains |
2015 |
Buy |
| Look Inside How Computers Work |
2016 |
Buy |
| Look Inside Construction Sites |
2017 |
Buy |
| Look Inside How Things Work |
2018 |
Buy |
| Look Inside Football |
2021 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Biografi |
1993 |
Buy |
| Last Saturday |
1994 |
Buy |
| A History of Silence |
2013 |
Buy |
Picture Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Animals at War |
2006 |
Buy |
| Adventures of Robin Hood |
2011 |
Buy |
| Noah’s Ark |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
2015 |
Buy |
| Little Red Riding Hood |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Story of London |
2016 |
Buy |
| Big Picture Book of London |
2016 |
Buy |
| See Inside the World of Shakespeare |
2016 |
Buy |
| Ancient Egypt Picture Book |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Gunpowder Plot |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Black Death |
2018 |
Buy |
See Inside and Look Inside… Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| See Inside The World Of Dinosaurs |
2006 |
Buy |
| See Inside Science |
2006 |
Buy |
| See Inside Under The Ground |
2007 |
Buy |
| See Inside Pirate Ships |
2007 |
Buy |
| See Inside London |
2007 |
Buy |
| See Inside Ancient Egypt |
2007 |
Buy |
| See Inside Your Head |
2007 |
Buy |
| See Inside Math |
2008 |
Buy |
| See Inside Maths |
2008 |
Buy |
| See Inside Famous Buildings |
2009 |
Buy |
| See Inside The Middle Ages |
2009 |
Buy |
| See Inside Houses Long Ago |
2010 |
Buy |
| See Inside Recycling And Rubbish |
2010 |
Buy |
| See Inside The Second World War |
2011 |
Buy |
| See Inside Inventions |
2011 |
Buy |
| See Inside The First World War |
2012 |
Buy |
| See Inside The Ancient World |
2012 |
Buy |
| See Inside Great Cities |
2014 |
Buy |
| See Inside The Universe |
2014 |
Buy |
| See Inside The History Of Britain |
2015 |
Buy |
| See Inside World Religions |
2017 |
Buy |
| See Inside Ancient China |
2019 |
Buy |
| See Inside Ancient Greece |
2019 |
Buy |
| Step Inside The Viking World |
2022 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Gilmore’s Dairy Jones |
1986 |
Buy |
| Splinter |
1988 |
Buy |
| Choo Woo |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Book of Fame |
2000 |
Buy |
| Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance |
2001 |
Buy |
| Paint Your Wife |
2004 |
Buy |
| Hand Me Down World |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Cage |
2018 |
Buy |
| Mister Pip |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Fish |
2022 |
Buy |
Susanna Davidson Children’s Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Story of Heidi |
- |
Buy |
| Great Fire Of London |
- |
Buy |
| A Little Princess |
2005 |
Buy |
| Stories of Dollies |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Canterville Ghost |
2006 |
Buy |
| Princess Polly and the Pony |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Twelve Dancing Princesses |
2007 |
Buy |
| Stories of Magic Ponies |
2007 |
Buy |
| Stories of Dolls & Fairies |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Story of Hannukah |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Prince and the Pauper |
2008 |
Buy |
| Canterbury Tales |
2008 |
Buy |
| East of the Sun, West of the Moon |
2009 |
Buy |
| Classic Stories for Little Children |
2009 |
Buy |
| Whales and Dolphins |
2009 |
Buy |
| The World Of Dinosaurs |
2011 |
Buy |
| My First Fairyland Book |
2011 |
Buy |
| Queen Elizabeth II |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Nutcracker |
2012 |
Buy |
| Queen Victoria |
2013 |
Buy |
| Elizabeth I |
2014 |
Buy |
| Penguins |
2015 |
Buy |
| Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls |
2023 |
Buy |
| Miss Molly’s School of Kindness |
2023 |
Buy |
| Tales of Brave and Brilliant Animals |
2023 |
Buy |
Usborne 24 Hours In… Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| 24 Hours in the Stone Age |
2021 |
Buy |
| 24 Hours in Space |
2022 |
Buy |
Usborne First Reading Level 2 Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Dragon And The Phoenix |
2007 |
Buy |
| Clever Rabbit And The Lion |
2007 |
Buy |
| How Elephants Lost Their Wings |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Chilly Little Penguin |
2008 |
Buy |
| Macbeth |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe |
2008 |
Buy |
| How Zebras Got Their Stripes |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Baobab Tree |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Genie In The Bottle |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Tortoise And The Eagle |
2009 |
Buy |
| Brer Rabbit Down The Well |
2009 |
Buy |
| There Was A Crooked Man |
2009 |
Buy |
| Old Mother Hubbard |
2010 |
Buy |
| Bears |
2010 |
Buy |
| One, Two, Buckle My Shoe |
2010 |
Buy |
| How Bear Lost His Tail |
2011 |
Buy |
| Snails |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Christmas Cobwebs |
2012 |
Buy |
| Doctor Foster Went To Gloucester |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Daydreamer |
2013 |
Buy |
| Little Miss Muffet |
2015 |
Buy |
| Clever Rabbit and the Wolves |
2015 |
Buy |
Usborne Illustrated Story Collections Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Illustrated Ghost Stories |
2003 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Fairy Tales |
2007 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories From Dickens |
2009 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories For Children |
2009 |
Buy |
| Pirate Stories For Little Boys |
2010 |
Buy |
| Christmas Stories For Little Children |
2010 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories From Around The World |
2010 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Rhyming Stories |
2010 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories From Shakespeare |
2010 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Grimm’s Fairy Tales |
2010 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Classics For Children |
2011 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories From The Greek Myths |
2011 |
Buy |
| Arabian Nights |
2012 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Arabian Nights |
2013 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories From Aesop |
2014 |
Buy |
| Secret Garden & Other Stories |
2014 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Tales Of King Arthur |
2014 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories Of Princes And Princesses |
2014 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Pirate Stories |
2014 |
Buy |
| Robinson Crusoe & other stories |
2014 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Bible Stories |
2015 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Thrilling Stories |
2015 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories From India |
2015 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Hans Christian Andersen |
2016 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Myths From Around The World |
2017 |
Buy |
| 10 More Ten Minute Stories |
2017 |
Buy |
| 10 Ten-minute Fairy Tales |
2017 |
Buy |
| Complete Jane Austen |
2018 |
Buy |
| 10 Ten-minute Bedtime Stories |
2018 |
Buy |
| TheComplete Dickens |
2018 |
Buy |
| Forgotten Fairy Tales Of Brave And Brilliant Girls |
2019 |
Buy |
| 10 Ten-minute Animal Stories |
2020 |
Buy |
| Tales Of Brave And Brilliant Girls From Around The World |
2020 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories Of Dragons |
2020 |
Buy |
| Forgotten Fairy Tales Of Kindness And Courage |
2021 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories Of Mermaids |
2021 |
Buy |
| Illustrated Stories Of Monsters, Ogres, Giants |
2022 |
Buy |
| TheBook Of Dinosaur Tales |
2023 |
Buy |
Usborne Picture Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Kitty Kat, Kitty Kat, Where Have You Been? - Washington D.C. |
2003 |
Buy |
| Pinocchio |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Rainy Day |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Snow Queen |
2005 |
Buy |
| On The Seashore |
2006 |
Buy |
| In The Castle |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Easter Story |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Dinosaur Who Lost His Roar |
2007 |
Buy |
| Under The Sea |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Windy Day |
2007 |
Buy |
| On A Pirate Ship |
2007 |
Buy |
| How Big Is A Million? |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Frog Prince |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Secret Garden |
2008 |
Buy |
| Robin Hood |
2008 |
Buy |
| Goldilocks And The Three Bears |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Wizard Of Oz |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Railway Children |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Rabbit’s Tale |
2012 |
Buy |
| Little Miss Muffet |
2012 |
Buy |
| Little Red Riding Hood |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Twelve Days Of Christmas |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Story Of Black Beauty |
2013 |
Buy |
| Pirate Stories For Little Children |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Tinder Box |
2014 |
Buy |
| Jack And The Beanstalk |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Elves And The Shoemaker |
2016 |
Buy |
| Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Where Have You Been? I’ve Been To London To Visit The Queen |
2016 |
Buy |
| How The Camel Got His Hump |
2018 |
Buy |
| Aladdin |
2018 |
Buy |
| Why The Kangaroo Jumps |
2018 |
Buy |
| Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Where Have You Been? I’ve Been to Rome and Guess What I’ve Seen… |
2018 |
Buy |
Wild Boy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Wild Boy |
2013 |
Buy |
| Wild Boy and the Black Terror |
2014 |
Buy |
Lloyd Jones grew up in New Zealand and began publishing fiction in the late 1980s. His early novels explored New Zealand life and identity before he turned to broader subjects, including the remarkable Biografi (1993), a nonfiction account of his search for an Albanian man who had impersonated Enver Hoxha. His fiction ranges from intimate domestic stories to large-scale narratives about history and survival.
Mister Pip (published in New Zealand in 2006, widely distributed from 2007) is the book that put Jones on the world stage. Narrated by a girl named Matilda on a blockaded Pacific island, it weaves together the power of literature with the violence of civil conflict. The novel won the Montana New Zealand Book Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize before landing on the Man Booker shortlist.
Jones continued writing literary fiction through the 2010s and 2020s, with novels including Hand Me Down World, The Cage, and The Fish. In parallel, as Rob Lloyd Jones, he produced a large body of work for Usborne Publishing spanning picture books, illustrated story collections, early readers, and nonfiction titles for children.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Lloyd Jones written?
Lloyd Jones has written 208 books across sixteen series.
What was Lloyd Jones's first book?
Lloyd Jones’s first book is Big Book of the Body, published in 1970.
What is Lloyd Jones best known for?
Lloyd Jones is best known for the novel Mister Pip, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007. Set on the island of Bougainville during a civil war, the story follows a young girl whose teacher reads Great Expectations aloud to the class. The book brought Jones international recognition and remains his most widely read work.