Ian Beck

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1986
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • Diver's Reluctance to Ascend

  • Little Miss Muffet

    Everybody knows the story of Little Miss Muffet. Or do they? Ian Beck has taken the well-known nursery rhyme and married it to the spirit of children's theater to create a completely new and longer rhyme that will surprise and delight every child.

  • Emily and the Golden Acorn

  • Five Little Ducks

  • Away in a Manger

  • Peter & the Wolf

    This is a new interpretation of Prokofiev's classic tale, retold and illustrated in color by Ian Beck. Available separately is a 35 minute cassette of Prokofiev's music with the story told over the music....

  • Home Before Dark

  • The Oxford Nursery Treasury

    A collection of classic rhymes, songs, lullabies, and fairy tales, The Oxford Nursery Treasury collects the most-loved poetry and prose for young children in a single, beautifully illustrated volume. From the story of "The Hare and the Tortoise" to "...

  • Lost in the Snow



  • Cinderella

    Cinderella is left at home in her rags, while her ugly sisters go off to the Prince's ball. But with a wave of her magic wand, Cinderella's fairy godmother makes all her dreams come true. This little teddy shall go to the ball! Teddy Tales is a seri...

  • Teddy's Snowy Day

    A heartwarming story about a lost Teddy and the magical person who returns him to his owner on a very special night.

    Teddy is catapulted into a winter adventure when he's accidentally bumped off the window ledge he'd been sitting on guarding t...

  • Let's Pretend

  • Playtime

  • The Teddy Robber

  • The Christmas Story

    High above the stables, the night sky was filled with angels who gave thanks to God and welcomed the new baby with their beautiful music. A perfect first book of the Nativity, simply told and beautifully illustrated by Ian Beck....

  • Secret History of Tom Trueheart

    Tom's six older brothers take after their father. Tom does not.

    The brothers are adventurers who go on dangerous quests in the Land of Stories. Tom stays home with his mother.

    Tom's brothers are famous for the exciting endings t...

  • Tom Trueheart

    Tom Trueheart's six brothers are employed by the 'Story Bureau' to lead in any number of thrilling tales, but this time none of the stories have been finished and none of the Trueheart brothers have returned home. Now Tom must set off to the Land of ...

  • The Ugly Duckling

    First published in hardback in 1997, this title offers a retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, in which the little ugly duckling is shunned by the other ducks because he looks so different....

  • Tom Trueheart and the Land of Dark Stories

    The Land of Dark Stories is guarded by the lighthouse of doom. Wolves and goblins patrol every forest and road. Here, the most frightening tales unfold. It's a far cry from young Tom Trueheart's home near the gentle Land of Stories.

    When...



  • Pastworld

    What if Victorian London were an amusement park where the inhabitants were actors hired to entertain visitors from the twenty-first century? Now imagine if Jack the Ripper was a planned attraction gone horribly wrong. Life inside the park, Pastworld,...

  • Rapunzel

  • The First Third Wish

  • Grey Island, Red Boat

    A jewel of a book illustrated throughout in silhouette and colour by award-winning Ian Beck (Tom Trueheart). Pictures and words weave together to create a hymn to colour, light and life. High quality cream paper and a special easy to read font ensure...

  • The Carmody Casebooks

    'A cracker . . . Utterly convincing' Philip Pullman

    On a bitterly cold winter's night in 1900, a young boy disappears without trace from the forest near his village. The man he was with claims he was snatched by angels.

    Forty years later, ...

  • The Bakery of Happiness

    Award-winning author-illustrator Ian Beck spreads joy in Paris with this charming tale of love and delicious baked goods.Perfect pains au chocolate ... hot crusty croissants ... and a voice that turns every word into a song. Paul du Pain''s bakery ...

  • The Magic Hour

    Inspired by the world-famous John Singer Sargent painting, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, this charming book brings the Victorian subjects to life
     
    One long, hot summer, Lily and Rose are playing in the garden of a large country h...

  • The Haunting of Charity Delafield

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ian Beck has published 27 books.

Ian Beck does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Haunting of Charity Delafield, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Ian Beck, Diver's Reluctance to Ascend, was published in September 1986.

No. Ian Beck does not write books in series.
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