Kate Klise

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  • Bibliography:
    36 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1999
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

43 Old Cemetery Road

1 - Dying to Meet You (Apr-2009)
2 - Over My Dead Body (Oct-2009)
3 - Till Death Do Us Bark (May-2011)
4 - The Phantom of the Post Office (May-2012)
5 - Hollywood, Dead Ahead (Apr-2013)
6 - Greetings from the Graveyard (Apr-2014)
7 - The Loch Ness Punster (Apr-2015)

Little Rabbit

1 - Little Rabbit and the Night Mare (Jun-2008)
2 - Little Rabbit and the Meanest Mother on Earth (Apr-2010)

Normal

1 - Deliver Us From Normal (Mar-2005)
2 - Far From Normal (Oct-2006)

Regarding

1 - Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters of Liars and Leaks (Mar-1999)
2 - Regarding the Sink: Where Oh Where Did Waters Go? (Apr-2006)
3 - Regarding The Trees: A Splintered Saga Rooted In Secrets (Aug-2005)
4 - Regarding the Bathrooms: A Privy to the Past (May-2008)
5 - Regarding the Bees: A Lesson in Letters on Honey Dating and Other Sticky Subjects (Aug-2007)

Three-Ring Rascals

1 - The Show Must Go On! (Sep-2013)
2 - The Greatest Star on Earth (May-2014)
3 - The Circus Goes to Sea (Sep-2014)
4 - Pop Goes the Circus! (May-2015)
5 - Secrets of the Circus (May-2016)

Book List in Order: 36 titles

  • Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters of Liars and Leaks

    Regarding - 1

    The Dry Creek Middle School drinking fountain has sprung a leak, so principal Walter Russ dashes off a request to Flowing Waters Fountains, Etc.

    ...We need a new drinking fountain. Please send a catalog.

    Designer Flo Waters responds:

    "I'd be...

  • Letters from Camp

    Mom and Dad, You've got to get us out of here! When you get this letter, COME IMMEDIATELY! -- Charlie The brother-sister pairs who arrive for the summer at Camp Happy Harmony are almost too busy fighting with each other to notice how strange the cam...

  • Trial By Journal

    Sixth-Grader Is First Juvenile Juror Get ready for a trial unlike any Tyle County has ever seen. Sixth-grader Perry Keet is missing, and Bob White, his co-worker at Tyle Park Zoo, will stand trial for the alleged murder. But Keet's disappearance i...

  • Shall I Knit You a Hat?

    Shall I knit you a hat to keep your ears warm?A delightful tale of holiday givingWhen Mother Rabbit knits a cozy winter hat for Little Rabbit, he likes it very much. In fact, he likes it so much that he thinks all of his friends need hats for Christm...

  • Deliver Us From Normal

    Normal - 1

    A humorous and heartbreaking novel about growing up in a large family. Now in paperback!

    Yes, there really is a Normal, Illinois. Charles Harrisong should know; he was born there. But life in Normal is difficult for Charles because his family ...

  • Regarding The Trees: A Splintered Saga Rooted In Secrets

    Regarding - 3

    Principal Walter Russ just wants a simple proposal to trim the overgrown trees outside Geyser Creek Middle School. So how does he end up with a wedding (rather than a weeding) proposal from designer Florence Waters? Meanwhile, a student camps out in...

  • Regarding the Sink: Where Oh Where Did Waters Go?

    Regarding - 2

    Geyser Creek Middle School's cafeteria sink is clogged, and the smell is . . . well, P-U-trid. Of course, the savvy students in the sixth-grade class know just who can create a fabuloso new sink--Florence Waters, who designed the school's OTT (over-t...

  • Why Do You Cry?

    Crying is just for babies―right?

    In a starred review, Publishers Weekly said of Kate and M. Sarah Klise's first picture book, Shall I Knit You A Hat?: "The Klises consistently sound notes of tenderness and humor." They continue to do so as...

  • Far From Normal

    Normal - 2

    A boy and his family find out whether fame and fortune are all they're cracked up to be in this sequel to DELIVER US FROM NORMAL.

    When we last left Charles Harrisong and his family, they were drifting in a houseboat off the coast of Alabama. B...



  • Imagine Harry

    Meet Harry. He is the best friend a little rabbit could have. But no one else can see Harry, so Little Rabbit is extra careful to look out for him. He makes sure Harry gets plenty of cookies, no brussels sprouts, and absolutely no baths. Then Li...

  • Regarding the Bees: A Lesson in Letters on Honey Dating and Other Sticky Subjects

    Regarding - 5

    TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE! What's the buzz at Geyser Creek Middle School? One word: l-o-v-e. The seventh graders are all searching for their sweeties, which makes it tough to concentrate on the upcoming BEE (Basic Education Evaluation). But if the studen...

  • Regarding the Bathrooms: A Privy to the Past

    Regarding - 4

    Poor Principal Walter Russ. He's desperate for designer Florence Waters to renovate the school's disgusting basement bathrooms, and the stress is causing him to get, ahem, all clogged up. Luckily, during their stressful summer-school internships, th...

  • Little Rabbit and the Night Mare

    Little Rabbit - 1

    One night, while Little Rabbit is sleeping, a very scary creature appears in his dream. Little Rabbit is so worried about the "night mare" that he can't eat or sleep--and he certainly can't work on his school report that's due at the end of the wee...

  • Dying to Meet You

    43 Old Cemetery Road - 1

    ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK: YOU MIGHT JUST DIE LAUGHING. The best-selling author Ignatious B. Grumply moves into the Victorian mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road, hoping to find some peace and quiet so that he can crack a wicked case of writer's block. ...

  • Over My Dead Body

    43 Old Cemetery Road - 2

    The news from Ghastly, Illinois, is grave -- and that’s something to laugh about!

    The International Movement for the Safety & Protection Of Our Kids & Youth (IMSPOOKY) dictates that Seymour cannot live in the mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road “w...

  • Little Rabbit and the Meanest Mother on Earth

    Little Rabbit - 2

    Little Rabbit hears the drums and watches performers parade by. He really wants to go to the circus! His mother says he may go, but only after he cleans his playroom. Little Rabbit tries, but it’s no use. There’s only one thing to do: Join the ci...

  • Stand Straight, Ella Kate

    Ella Kate Ewing was born in 1872. She started out small, but she just kept on growing. Soon she was too tall for her desk at school, too tall for her bed at home, too tall to fit anywhere. Ella Kate was a real-life giant, but she refused to hide hers...

  • Grounded

    After her brother, sister, and father die in a plane crash, Daralynn Oakland receives 237 dolls from well-wishers, resulting in her nickname: Dolly. But dolls are little comfort to a twelve-year-old girl whose world is rocked by the dramatic changes ...

  • Till Death Do Us Bark

    43 Old Cemetery Road - 3

    When a dog arrives at Spence Mansion, Seymour is overjoyed. His adoptive parents, Ignatius B. Grumply and Olive C. Spence, are less enthusiastic -- especially when Secret, the dog, begins barking all night long. Is it possible Secret just misses his ...



  • In the Bag

    A European vacation. A luggage mix-up. A note from a secret admirer. Meet two single parents who think they're too busy to date. And two teenagers who can't stop writing flirty emails. This is a tale of connections -- missed and made -- in a uni...

  • The Phantom of the Post Office

    43 Old Cemetery Road - 4

    The letter-loving trio at Spence Mansion has something to grieve about -- Ghastly's post office is about to close, which will cut off their connection to their fans. A new invention called VEXT-mail is threatening to replace not only letters, but boo...

  • Grammy Lamby and the Secret Handshake

    Larry is a little lamb with a larger-than-life grandmother. She talks loudly, carries a heavy sewing machine, and has big plans to take Larry to Tanzania and the South Seas when he grows up. She even has a secret handshake. It’s all too much for sh...

  • Homesick

    Benny’s parents are splitting up. His mom leaves home after a fight about a mysterious splinter that is rumored to be part of an important relic. Benny’s dad has always liked clutter, but now, he begins hoarding everything from pizza boxes to old...

  • Hollywood, Dead Ahead

    43 Old Cemetery Road - 5

    In this fifth volume from 43 Old Cemetery Road, the trio at Spence Mansion leaves Ghastly for Hollywood, California . . . and for a shot at stardom! The film producer Moe Block Busters wants to make the 43 Old Cemetery Road story into a movie -- a...

  • The Show Must Go On!

    Three-Ring Rascals - 1

    In their trademark style, author Kate Klise and illustrator M. Sarah Klise blend a story bursting with jokes, puns, and wordplay with illustrations, signs, letters, recipes, and bold graphics to introduce Three-Ring Rascals. When Sir Sidney, a kin...

  • Greetings from the Graveyard

    43 Old Cemetery Road - 6

    Roses are red, Violets are blue. If a ghost can write books, Why not greeting cards, too? The bestselling trio from Spence Mansion is launching a greeting card company called Greetings from the Graveyard. But what kind of card do you send to an...

  • The Greatest Star on Earth

    Three-Ring Rascals - 2

    The rascals from the world’s friendliest family circus are back in the second installment of this “smafunderful”* fully illustrated series. Everyone knows Sir Sidney’s Circus is the best in the world. But who’s the star of the show? The ...

  • The Circus Goes to Sea

    Three-Ring Rascals - 3

    The rascals hit the high seas in the third installment of the popular fully illustrated Three-Ring Rascals series. For many years, Sir Sidney’s Circus has traveled by train. But one day a letter arrives from Miss Flora Endora Eliza LaBuena LaPas...

  • The Loch Ness Punster

    43 Old Cemetery Road - 7

    In the seventh and final installment of the popular 43 Old Cemetery Road series, twelve-year-old Seymour Hope has inherited a castle in Loch Ness, Scotland. It could be the perfect summer vacation spot for Seymour and his parents, Olive C. Spence and...



  • Pop Goes the Circus!

    Three-Ring Rascals - 4

    BERT IS MISSING! The members of Sir Sidney’s Circus look everywhere. They don’t know that Bert the circus mouse has been carried away by a huge balloon. Meanwhile, far away, Flora Endora Eliza LaBuena LaPasta is tired of being ignored. Her pa...

  • Secrets of the Circus

    Three-Ring Rascals - 5

    Can you keep a secret? Everyone has a secret. But sometimes a little secret can become a big problem. That’s what happens when circus mouse Gert’s secret pen pal, a pig named Pablo, runs away to join Sir Sidney’s Circus. Pablo doesn’t w...

  • Stay

    Eli the dog has been with Astrid since her parents brought her home from the hospital as a baby. Now Astrid is getting older, and so is Eli. Before he slows down too much, Astrid wants to make fun memories with him. So she makes a bucket list for Eli...

  • Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List

    Eli the dog has been with Astrid since her parents brought her home from the hospital as a baby. Now Astrid is getting older, and so is Eli. Before he slows down too much, Astrid wants to make fun memories with him. So she makes a bucket list for Eli...

  • Don't Check Out This Book!

    From the creators of the award-winning Three-Ring Rascals and 43 Old Cemetery Road series!

    Is the sweet town of Appleton ripe for scandal?

    Consider the facts:

    •        Apple...

  • Mystery on Magnolia Circle

    Rear Window meets Nancy Drew in this middle-grade novel by Kate Klise about a girl who believes she has witnessed a crime What happens when two best friends take on the world’s worst summer?On the first day of vacation, ten-year-old Ivy Crowden f...

  • How Mr. Silver Stole the Show

    Everyone loves an underdog—especially when he’s a cat! On a rainy morning in 1947, a small gray kitten wandered into the Hamilton Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, two days before the Greater St. Louis Cat Club Show.A stray kitten. A fancy ho...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kate Klise has published 36 books.

Kate Klise does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, How Mr. Silver Stole the Show, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Kate Klise, Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters of Liars and Leaks, was published in March 1999.

Yes. Kate Klise has 5 series.
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