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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1999
  • Latest Book:
    September 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Jake

Jake's Balloon Blast (Apr-2011)
Jake's Great Game (Sep-2011)
Jake's Concert Horror (Apr-2012)
Jake's Cooking Craze (Feb-2013)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • Blue is a collection of interrelated stories, following the fives of a group of young adults over four years of relationships, jobs and big life decisions. Each story focuses on a point of transition for one character, but, cumulatively, the work gai...



  • Jake’s birthday list is longer than an anaconda and it definitely does not include socks or underwear. This year he wants a pirate, a dinosaur, a leopard, and a dragon. Luckily for Jake, his Auntie Lyn knows where to...



  • Jake has always dreamed of flying, and he knows that he can; he just needs to figure out how. So he begins his quest to get off the ground with a sound plan, the right stuff, and his friend Jonah. Featur...



  • Featuring black and white line drawings of all Jake’s antics, this hilarious book follows the young hero out of the house and onto the soccer pitch. Jake just knows he’s going to be awesome at soccer...



  • Jake's class is putting on a production of The Little Mermaid and Jake is really nervous. In addition to being cast as the male lead, he has to kiss his classmate Stephanie as part of the finale. Gross Will all of his worst nightmares come true, or ...



  • Jake’s friends have all gone cooking crazy, but Jake can’t understand the fuss until he starts cooking too. Once Jake unleashes his inner chef, there’s nothing he won’t try, and a school competit...



  • It's the early 1990s and Gus Watson is learning how tough it is to become an adult. In three linked narratives, Across a Fluky Sea navigates four tumultuous years as Gus grapples with the vulnerabilities of love, the disintegration of his closest chi...



  • Disturbing the Peace is an Amity Kids adventure, co-authored by acclaimed Australian writers Ken Spillman and Jon Doust, with illustrations by popular children's book illustrator James Foley. Smart and fiesty friends from different backgrounds, the A...



  • Nicholas Steyn is fourteen. Hes learning about kissing. Hes dreaming about a whole lot more."The Most Natural Thing" is a novella from the author of the award-winning "Love is a UFO". It is a sensitive portrayal of a teenage boy steering his way thro...






  • Kidnapped! is an Amity Kids adventure, co-authored by acclaimed Australian writers Ken Spillman and Jon Doust, with illustrations by popular children's book illustrator James Foley. Smart and feisty friends from different backgrounds, the Amity Kids ...



  • A wild, magical story about a girl coping with new experiences, unfamiliar environments and the challenge of putting together that most difficult of all jigsaw puzzles -- the mind of a parent. It wasn’t Radhika’s idea to move from India to some ...



  • Jake's dad has invited people for dinner and asks Jake to tidy up his room. Jake's room is only slightly mess--until he tries to clean it! After working for hours, Jake is shocked to find the result of all of his hard work: a bigger mess that is only...



  • Dev Dreamer Dev Braves a Volcano
    Daydreamer Dev Reaches the South Pole
    Daydreamer Dev Visits the Moon

    Forever daydreaming-that's Dev. Sitting in class or watching the clouds from the roof of Kwality Carp...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ken Spillman has published 14 books.

Ken Spillman does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Aliya's Day Out, was published in September 2022.

The first book by Ken Spillman, Blue, was published in February 1999.

Yes. Ken Spillman has 1 series.