Jennifer L. Holm

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  • Bibliography:
    67 Books (12 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2001
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Babymouse

1 - Queen of the World! (Jan-2006)
2 - Our Hero (Jan-2006)
3 - Beach Babe (May-2006)
4 - Rock Star (Oct-2006)
5 - Heartbreaker (Jan-2007)
6 - Camp Babymouse (May-2007)
7 - Skater Girl (Sep-2007)
8 - Puppy Love (Jan-2008)
9 - Monster Mash (Sep-2008)
10 - The Musical (Jan-2009)
11 - Dragonslayer (Aug-2009)
12 - Burns Rubber (Jan-2010)
13 - Cupcake Tycoon (Oct-2010)
14 - Mad Scientist (May-2011)
15 - A Very Babymouse Christmas (Oct-2011)
16 - Babymouse for President (Jul-2012)
17 - Extreme Babymouse (Jan-2013)
18 - Happy Birthday, Babymouse (Apr-2014)
19 - Bad Babysitter (Apr-2015)
20 - Babymouse Goes for the Gold (Apr-2016)

Babymouse Tales from the Locker

1 - Lights, Camera, Middle School! (Jul-2017)
2 - Miss Communication (Jul-2018)
3 - School-Tripped (Jul-2019)
4 - Curtain Call (Jul-2020)
5 - Whisker Wizard (Jul-2021)

The BIG Adventures of Babymouse

1 - Once Upon a Messy Whisker (Oct-2022)
2 - Besties! (Oct-2023)

Boston Jane

1 - Boston Jane (Feb-2010)
2 - Wilderness Days (May-2010)
3 - The Claim (Oct-2010)

The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight

1 - The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight (Aug-2019)
2 - The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight Take Turns (Jul-2020)

The Fourteenth Goldfish

1 - The Fourteenth Goldfish (Sep-2014)
2 - The Third Mushroom (Sep-2018)

Ginny Davis's Year in Stuff

1 - Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick (Aug-2012)

Key West

1 - Turtle in Paradise (May-2010)
2 - Full of Beans (Sep-2016)

May Amelia

1 - Our Only May Amelia (Apr-2001)
2 - The Trouble with May Amelia (Apr-2011)

Squish

1 - Super Amoeba (May-2011)
2 - Brave New Pond (Oct-2011)
3 - The Power of the Parasite (May-2012)
4 - Captain Disaster (Sep-2012)
5 - Game On! (Jun-2013)
6 - Fear the Amoeba (Jul-2014)
7 - Deadly Disease of Doom (Aug-2015)
8 - Pod vs. Pod (Aug-2016)

Stink Files

1 - The Postman Always Brings Mice (Jun-2004)
2 - To Scratch a Thief (Oct-2004)
3 - You Only Have Nine Lives (Jun-2005)

Sunny

1 - Sunny Side Up (Aug-2015)
2 - Swing It, Sunny (Sep-2017)
3 - Sunny Rolls the Dice (Oct-2019)
4 - Sunny Makes a Splash (Sep-2021)
5 - Sunny Makes Her Case (Feb-2024)

Book List in Order: 67 titles

  • Our Only May Amelia

    May Amelia - 1

    The beloved Newbery Honor book by the author of The Fourteenth Goldfish, about a spirited heroine growing up with trying circumstances, a sense of adventure, and tremendous heart. It isn't easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in 1899....

  • The Creek

    Caleb Devlin is a legend on Mockingbird Lane, the boy who terrorized an entire town before he got sent away. They say he hurt other kids, tortured animals, set fires, and did things grown-ups speak of only in whispers. But that was all before Penny a...

  • The Postman Always Brings Mice

    Stink Files - 1

    James Edward Bristlefur has always been a dashing British aristocat, rooting out bad guys with great panache â€" until something goes horribly wrong; he becomes lost luggage and is adopted by an ordinary New Jersey boy. He is renamed Mr Stink. Oh,...

  • To Scratch a Thief

    Stink Files - 2

    Life is good for James Edward Bristlefur.

    The sophisticated British secret agent cat is settling into his new home in New Jersey. He's become quite fond of his uncouth but loving new family. He's even gotten used to being called Mr. Stink. ...

  • You Only Have Nine Lives

    Stink Files - 3

    James Edward Bristlefur is living like a king.

    The sophisticated secret agent has won a competition to be the new spokescat for the delectable cat food Le Chat Gourmet. (He looks fabulous, even if his humans insist on calling him Mr. Stink.)...

  • Our Hero

    Babymouse - 2

    For Babymouse, school is a constant battle between good (Babymouse), evil (Felicia Furrpaws), and more evil (gym class!). Can things get any worse? Yup. Because it’s time for the annual dodgeball tournament. What’s a mouse to do? Don’t miss the...

  • Queen of the World!

    Babymouse - 1

    Meet Babymouse, a sassy young mouse who dreams of glamour, excitement, adventure, straight whiskers, being queen of the world, and of course, being invited to Felicia Furrypaws's oh-so-exclusive party. Readers will love Babymouse's vivid imagination-...

  • Beach Babe

    Babymouse - 3

    Meet Babymouse--the spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! It’s summer time and Babymouse is going to the beach to surf and relax. But will sharks ruin her vacation? This groundbreaking young graphic novel series, full o...

  • Penny from Heaven

    “Uncle Dominic says the thing about a slider is that you never see it coming. It’s the one pitch that can fool even the best batter.†It's 1953, and eleven-year-old Penny's summer is turning out to be full of unpleasant surprises. Penny drea...



  • Rock Star

    Babymouse - 4

    Move over Mozart! Babymouse has music in her soul...but sadly, not in her flute. Will Babymouse ever hit the right note? Will she be the star of the school concert, or is her musical career all washed up before it's even started? ...

  • Heartbreaker

    Babymouse - 5

    AHHH, VALENTINE'S DAY! Babymouse loves Valentines Day! A day for pink hearts! Flowers! Candy! School dances and romance . . . sweet romance! WAIT! Romance? Ew! And what's this about a school dance? Does that mean Babymouse needs a date? Uh-oh! Looks ...

  • Camp Babymouse

    Babymouse - 6

    Welcome to Camp Babymouse! Two weeks of fresh air, fun, and friendship! Babymouse can't wait for the adventures to start. All that she has to do is relax and make sure she doesn't get lost in the wilderness. What could possibly go wrong, right Babymo...

  • Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf

    Ginny has ten items on her big to-do list for seventh grade. None of them, however, include accidentally turning her hair pink. Or getting sent to detention for throwing frogs in class. Or losing the lead role in the ballet recital to her ex-best fri...

  • Skater Girl

    Babymouse - 7

    BEST GYMNAST. BEST speller. Best kazoo player. It seems everyone has a talent except Babymouse. That is, until Babymouse takes to the ice and surprises everyone with her spectacular spins and jubilant jumps. Until the famous Olympic coach, Coach Bear...

  • Puppy Love

    Babymouse - 8

    Meet Babymouse--the spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! Babymouse wants a pet and has a lot of love to give! Will she find her perfect puppy pal? This groundbreaking young graphic novel series, full of humor and fun, is...

  • Monster Mash

    Babymouse - 9

    IT WAS A dark and scary Halloween. . . . This year, Babymouse is determined to have the best Halloween costume and the best Halloween party ever. Will Babymouse be the monster of her dreams? Will Felicia Furrypaws come to the party? And is that re...

  • The Musical

    Babymouse - 10

    Meet Babymouse--the spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! Babymouse wants to get the lead in the school musical, but Felicia Furrypaws stands in her way. Will Babymouse and her friends get their chance in the spotlight? This g...

  • Dragonslayer

    Babymouse - 11

    Meet Babymouse--the spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! Babymouse is on a quest to lead her friends to victory! But first, she’ll need to conquer her biggest challenge yet -- MATH. This groundbreaking young graphic no...

  • Burns Rubber

    Babymouse - 12

    Babymouse's big dreams of becoming a race car driver come true when she and her best pal, Wilson, enter the Race of the Century (or at least the school year). But will she and Wilson crash and burn? Or will they cruise to the Winners' Circle? Find ou...



  • Boston Jane

    Boston Jane - 1

    1855. The unknown wilds of the Pacific Northwest--a land not yet tamed, and certainly not fitting for a proper young lady Yet that's just where Miss Jane Peck finds herself. After a tumultuous childhood on the wrong side of Philadelphia high society,...

  • Wilderness Days

    Boston Jane - 2

    Girls looking for adventure, romance, and a strong heroine will love the second book in this action-packed historical trilogy by two-time Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm. 1854. The Pacific Northwest. Six...

  • Turtle in Paradise

    Key West - 1

    Inspired by family stories, two-time Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm beautifully blends family lore with America's past in this charming gem of a novel, rich in historical detail, humor, and the unique flav...

  • The Claim

    Boston Jane - 3

    Seventeen-year-old Jane Peck is the darling of Washington Territory -- more at home in a primitive pioneer settlement in the rugged Northwest than she ever was in the refined world of Philadelphia society. She's outwitted wild animals, vengeful ghost...

  • Cupcake Tycoon

    Babymouse - 13

    It's champagne wishes and cupcake dreams for Babymouse in Cupcake Tycoon. The school library is having a fund-raiser, and Babymouse is determined to raise the most money and WIN the GRAND PRIZE! Or . . . er, to help the school! The competition is fie...

  • The Trouble with May Amelia

    May Amelia - 2

    May Amelia Jackson captured readers' hearts in the Newbery Honor Book Our Only May Amelia. Now, after more than ten years, Jennifer Holm is bringing this beloved character back in a beautifully written story that's both heartbreaking and hilarious. ...

  • Mad Scientist

    Babymouse - 14

    The greatest scientific discovery of the 21st century is about to be revealed . . . when Babymouse enters the school science fair! Will her amazing discovery win 1st place? Will it become a successful spin off series? Find out in Babymouse: Mad Scien...

  • Super Amoeba

    Squish - 1

    Introducing SQUISH -- a new graphic novel series about a comic book-loving, twinkie-eating grade school AMOEBA trying to find his place in the world (or at least trying to make it through a school day). Inspired by his favorite comic book hero, SUPER...

  • A Very Babymouse Christmas

    Babymouse - 15

    'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for . . . Babymouse. The holidays are here and everyone's enjoying their favorite traditions -- eating latkes, decorating for Kwanza, singing holiday song...

  • Brave New Pond

    Squish - 2

    He's baa-ack! It's a brand new school year for everyone's favorite AMOEBA! Will Squish finally get to sit with the cool kids at lunch? Will Pod stop the giant asteroid from destroying the world? Will the LEECHES be the end of Super Amoeba? And what ...



  • The Power of the Parasite

    Squish - 3

    School's out! Everyone's favorite amoeba is headed to summer camp! But instead of SUPER AWESOME FUN, Squish's summer is turning out to be SUPER AWESOME TERRIFYING! For one thing, Squish can't swim. And to make matters worse, his new camp friend is a ...

  • Babymouse for President

    Babymouse - 16

    A Cupcake in every locker! It's election season and if anyone knows what this country . . . er, what the student council needs, it's Babymouse. The only trouble is, everyone else is running for President, too -- even Babymouse's locker! Will Felicia ...

  • Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick

    Ginny Davis's Year in Stuff - 1

    Ginny has big plans for eighth grade. She's going to try out for cheerleading, join Virtual Vampire Vixens, and maybe even fall in love. But middle school is more of a roller-coaster ride than Ginny could have ever predicted. Her family has just move...

  • Captain Disaster

    Squish - 4

    It's soccer season! But the Waterfleas (hey, it could be worse--Okay, maybe it couldn't) are getting pummelled game after game. Squish knows winning isn't everything, but it's something right? Can Squish turn the losing streak around when he becomes ...

  • Extreme Babymouse

    Babymouse - 17

    Grab your board! The powder's fresh and Babymouse is hitting the slopes in the 17th installment of the popular, award-winning graphic novel series by Matthew Holm and three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer L. Holm! (Uh, snowboarding, Babymouse? Is ...

  • Game On!

    Squish - 5

    Introducing Squish -- a hilarious, action packed graphic novel series from the award-winning creators of Babymouse! Filled with superheroes, comics within comics, and gross-out science, Squish is perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants, D...

  • Happy Birthday, Babymouse

    Babymouse - 18

    New York Times bestselling, three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Jennifer Holm teams up with Matthew Holm to bring you a fully illustrated, award-winning graphic novel series packed with humor and kid appeal -- BABYMOUSE! Winner of multiple Childr...

  • Fear the Amoeba

    Squish - 6

    He’s ba-ack! From the award-winning creators of Babymouse, it’s the most spine-tingling* Squish yet! Gulp! A SCARY new movie has everyone talking -- and Squish is SPOOKED out of his cellular mind! But it’s just a movie, right? Right?! Wil...

  • The Fourteenth Goldfish

    The Fourteenth Goldfish - 1

    Believe in the possible ... with this New York Times bestseller by three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer L. Holm. Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world ... but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has nev...

  • Bad Babysitter

    Babymouse - 19

    Wanted: Expert babysitter. Babymouse will finally have enough money to buy cool stuff! All she has to do is take care of a few kids. No problem! Who’s more responsible than Babymouse? She’s practically Mary Poppins! (Okay, maybe that’s going a ...



  • Deadly Disease of Doom

    Squish - 7

    Ahhh-CHOO! From the New York Times bestselling, Eisner-winning creators of Babymouse, it’s Squish’s most contagiously fun adventure yet! Uh-oh! A deadly disease is spreading through Small Pond! People are dropping like flies! And YIKES -- i...

  • Sunny Side Up

    Sunny - 1

    WHEN IS SUMMER VACATION NOT REALLY A VACATION? Sunny Lewin has been packed oFF to Florida to live with her grandfather For the summer. At first she thought Florida might be Fun it is the home of Disney world, after all. But the place where cramps ...

  • I'm Grumpy

    From the bestselling creators of Babymouse and Squish and the author of "The Fourteenth Goldfish" comes a new comic board-book series about feelings! Eisner Award winners Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm use panel frames, speech balloons, and though...

  • I'm Sunny!

    From the bestselling creators of Babymouse and Squish and the author of "The Fourteenth Goldfish" comes a new comic board-book series about feelings! Eisner Award winners Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm use panel frames, speech balloons, and though...

  • Babymouse Goes for the Gold

    Babymouse - 20

    Babymouse has big dreams ... and wet whiskers. She has joined the swim team and is ready to dive in. Next stop, the Olympics! But competitive sports aren’t really her strong suit. Will hard work and determination earn her a gold medal?...

  • Pod vs. Pod

    Squish - 8

    From the New York Times bestselling, Eisner-winning creators of Babymouse, it’s green . . . it’s blobby . . . it’s gross . . . it’s SQUISH(!), a comic-book-loving amoeba whose adventures are perfect for fans of Captain Underpants. Uh-oh!...

  • Full of Beans

    Key West - 2

    Return to the wonderful world of Newbery Honor Book Turtle in Paradise through the eyes of Turtle’s cousin Beans! Grown-ups lie. That’s one truth Beans knows for sure. He and his gang know how to spot a whopper a mile away, because they are th...

  • Little Babymouse and the Christmas Cupcakes

    Graphic-novel darling Babymouse makes her picture-book debut in a Christmas story . . . all about cupcakes! (Typical.) Thank goodness Babymouse ate all of the Christmas cookies her mom made for Santa. Now she can make him something he really want...

  • I'm Silly!

    Parents looking for funny books to read to their babies and toddlers have something to cheer about -- a new comic board-book series about feelings from Jennifer and Matthew Holm! In I’m Silly!, a hyperactive tornado gets a bit TOO goofy and rui...

  • Lights, Camera, Middle School!

    Babymouse Tales from the Locker - 1

    It’s a new kind of book for Babymouse! Fans of Dork Diaries, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and James Patterson’s Middle School books, this is going to be epic.... For Babymouse, middle school is like a monster movie. You can never be sure who’s a f...



  • I'm Scared

    I’M SCARED teaches young children a simple lesson about overcoming fears and trying something new. Chilly the snowflake is a real worrywart. He is scared of everything! The reassuring narrator in this very simple, comic book-style board book gen...

  • Swing It, Sunny

    Sunny - 2

    Summer's over and it's time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of ... middle school. When her Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she's doing, she always tells him she's fine. But the truth? Sunny is NOT having the best...

  • Miss Communication

    Babymouse Tales from the Locker - 2

    Watch out, middle school! In her second foray out of graphic novels and into middle grade, Babymouse has a smartphone, and she's not afraid to use it.... Ping! Ping! The sound of texting is in the air. Everyone at middle school has a cell phone. B...

  • The Third Mushroom

    The Fourteenth Goldfish - 2

    "Believe in the unexpected" with this hilarious, heartwarming, and much-anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Fourteenth Goldfish Ellie's grandpa Melvin is a world-renowned scientist ... in the body of a fourteen-year-old boy. H...

  • School-Tripped

    Babymouse Tales from the Locker - 3

    Watch out, Big City! Babymouse is on a field trip without a chaperone in the third book in the Babymousetastic, highly illustrated Babymouse: Tales from the Locker series. Babymouse's art class is headed to the museum in the Big City. And now ...

  • The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight

    The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight - 1

    For every parent tired of telling their kids to PLEASE JUST GET ALONG, this hilarious and imaginative new picture book--from the beloved creators of Babymouse--is here to help. Sort of. Meet the Evil Princess and the Brave Knight. She casts terrib...

  • Sunny Rolls the Dice

    Sunny - 3

    From the award-winning duo of Jennifer and Matthew Holm comes the third book in the bestselling Sunny series, Sunny Rolls the Dice -- full of heart, laughs, and adventure! Too cool for school . . . or the least groovy girl in the grade? Sunny&#...

  • Curtain Call

    Babymouse Tales from the Locker - 4

    Watch out, Broadway! Babymouse tries out for the school play in the next book in the Babymousetastic, highly illustrated Babymouse: Tales from the Locker series.All of middle school's a play--at least, it seems that way to Babymouse. So when she hear...

  • The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight Take Turns

    The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight - 2

    For every parent and teacher tired of telling the kids to PLEASE JUST GET ALONG, this hilarious and imaginative new Step into Reading--from the beloved creators of Babymouse--is here to help. Sort of.The Evil Princess casts terrible spells, while the...

  • The Lion of Mars

    Blast off with New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor-winning Jennifer L. Holm's out-of-this-world new novel about a kid raised on Mars who learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. Bell has spent hi...

  • Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel

    A graphic novel adaptation of the beloved, bestselling Newbery Honor-winning novel. Eleven-year-old Turtle is smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935 and money -- and sometimes even d...

  • Whisker Wizard

    Babymouse Tales from the Locker - 5

    Watch out, Internet! Babymouse is about to influence you in the next book in the Babymousetastic, highly illustrated Babymouse: Tales from the Locker series.Babymouse's whiskers are in a twist! Literally. She tries out a new style--the twist--and now...

  • Sunny Makes a Splash

    Sunny - 4

    The latest in the New York Times bestselling Sunny series brings Sunny into a sink-or-swim summer, where she needs to float her first job and dive into her first maybe-flirtation.It's summer, and Sunny is BORED. Most of her friends are out of town. H...

  • Once Upon a Messy Whisker

    The BIG Adventures of Babymouse - 1

    Meet Babymouse--the spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! Babymouse learns to be careful what you wish for in this BIG, FULL-COLOR graphic novel series, perfect for young readers who love to laugh! This larger-than-l...

  • Besties!

    The BIG Adventures of Babymouse - 2

    Meet Babymouse--the spunky mouse beloved by young readers! Babymouse learns how to be a good friend in this BIG, FULL-COLOR graphic novel series, perfect for young readers who love to laugh!"Move over, Superman, here comes Babymouse!" -- The Chicago ...

  • Sunny Makes Her Case

    Sunny - 5

    The New York Times bestselling SUNNY series continues as Sunny finds herself in the spotlight in a competition unlike any other...Sunny is starting to understand the ins and outs of middle school... but she still feels more out than in. It's about cl...

  • A Babymouse Flip Book: THRILLS!

    2 COMICS IN 1! FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FULL-COLOR! Flip out with Babymouse -- a spunky elementary schooler with boundless imagination -- in this typically THRILL-tastic OVERSIZED edition for young readers that includes the first two adventures: QUEEN O...

  • Sunny Figures It Out: A Graphic Novel

    The New York Times bestselling SUNNY series continues with Sunny trying to figure out when a boy stops being just a friend and starts being a boyfriend... and what that means for both of them.There's no question that Sunny has fun whenever she hangs ...

Award-Winning Books by Jennifer L. Holm

Babymouse for President
2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award -- Early Readers
Full of Beans
2017 Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction -- Historical Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jennifer L. Holm has published 67 books.

The next book by Jennifer L. Holm, Sunny Figures It Out: A Graphic Novel, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by Jennifer L. Holm, Our Only May Amelia, was published in April 2001.

Yes. Jennifer L. Holm has 12 series.
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