Margery Cuyler

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  • Bibliography:
    55 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1982
  • Latest Book:
    February 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Little Vehicles

1 - The Little Dump Truck (Oct-2009)
2 - The Little School Bus (Jun-2014)
3 - The Little Fire Truck (Oct-2017)
4 - The Little Ice Cream Truck (May-2018)

Book List in Order: 55 titles

  • Trouble with Soap

  • Trouble with Soup

  • Trouble W/Soap

    Laurie and Soap have always been best friends, but Laurie finds Soap's crazy pranks less funny when Soap gets them both suspended from junior high school and Laurie becomes attracted to more sophisticated friends--and to boys...

  • Freckles and Willie

  • Sir William and the Pumpkin Monster

  • Fat Santa

  • Shadow's Baby

  • Weird Wolf

    Harry Walpole knows something weird is going on: His palms sprout hair, his teeth grow into fangs, and he heads for McDonald's every time there's a full moon. Could he be...a werewolf? Looks like it runs in the family, and Harry's the next victim. Th...

  • Daisy's Crazy Thanksgiving



  • Baby Dot

    After failing to adjust well to the routines of the learning cave and refusing to go back, spoiled girl dinosaur Baby Dot finally returns and encounters another young dinosaur even meaner than she was....

  • Freckles and Jane

  • Barry Bear and the Bad Guys

  • That's Good! That's Bad!

    A little boy has a comical series of adventures and misadventures with a bunch of wild animals in That''s Good! That''s Bad! by Margery Cuyler with full color illustrations by David Catrow.

    A visit to the zoo turns into a high-flying trip as...

  • Invisible in the Third Grade

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Alex looked down. "Am I going crazy?" he gasped. "I can see my feet." Alex has chewed gum before, nothing like ZXO's Double-Trouble Bubble Gum. Not only does it taste great-it makes him invisible! But being invisible can lead to trouble, and ...

  • That's Good, That's Bad

    On Christmas Eve, Santa sets off to deliver presents to a little boy. But between a snowstorm, an icy roof, and a dusty chimney, things don't go as expected.

    Get ready to laugh out loud as Mr. Claus trips on a cat, bumps his head on a table, and r...

  • From Here to There

    A little girl travels from the comforts of her own home to the far reaches of the universe. The journey begins in Maria's house and then moves outward to the street, town, country, continent, hemisphere, planet, solar system, galaxy, and, finally,...

  • Stop, Drop, and Roll

    Jessica has always been a worrier, and learning about fire safety is making her more nervous than ever. But our favorite worrywart is about to discover that knowing what to do in an emergency is the best (and only) way to extinguish her fire-safety f...

  • Ah-Choo!

    Follow a sneeze from the farmer to his wife--and then to all of the barnyard animals--in this humorous, original paperback that the youngest children will adore!

    What do the farmer, his wife, and the farm animals all have in common?

    AH-...

  • That's Good! That's Bad! in the Grand Canyon

    "He landed on a waterfall, SPLISH-SPLOSH! Then he slid down the slippery falls, WHEE-EEE!, to the beautiful pool below, WHAT FUN!"

    The little boy from That's Good! That's Bad! is back for another incredible adventure, this time on a trip throu...



  • Skeleton Hiccups

    Skeleton has the hiccups. hic, hic, hic Ghost tries to help. hic, hic, hic But nothing works. hic, hic, hic Then ghost gets an idea.... hic, hic, hic HOORAY!...

  • Battlefield Ghost

    An easy to read ghost novel intertwined with historical elements.

    Eight-year-old John Perkins's family moves into an old farmhouse. From the first day, John is convinced the house is haunted. His twelve-year old sister Lisa soon senses a spook...

  • Big Friends

    Being a big giant and making a big mess can get you into big trouble!

    Big Hasuni lives on top of a big mountain with his very big pets, but he is lonely. One day, seeing smoke coming from a distant island, he travels down the mountain and t...

  • Please Say Please!

    Rollicking text and a mischievous crew of playful animal guests make for an irresistible first guide to manners.

    Penguin is having a party, and his nine adorable animal guests aren't sure about their manners. When Lion is served cauliflower, h...

  • Groundhog Stays Up Late

    Groundhog loves to run and play. When winter comes, Groundhog does not want to hibernate. His friends warn that he'll be hungry and cold and lonely, but he just won't listen. Yet he soon discovers his friends were right.

    Then he has a brill...

  • 100th Day Worries

    When Jessica's teacher tells everyone in class to find 100 things to bring to school for their 100th day, Jessica starts to worry. She wants to bring something really good. but what? 100 marshmallows? No, too sticky. 100 yo-yos? Nah, t...

  • Please Play Safe!

    Penguin's boisterous young animal friends play together in silly, then safe ways in this companion to PLEASE SAY PLEASE!

    Penguin and his rambunctious young friends are off to the playground, running so fast that they knock each other down. Is ...

  • That's Good! That's Bad! in Washington, DC

    It's class trip time and a little boy and his friends are visiting Washington, DC. But this little boy has trouble keeping his feet on the ground. A series of mishaps―sometimes good and sometimes bad―sweep him from the White House and Lincoln ...

  • Kindness Is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler

    When a kindergarten class gets rowdy, Mrs. Ruler knows just what to do. She’s about to teach a new golden rule: KINDNESS IS COOL! Soon the entire class is doing so many good deeds that their kindness bulletin board barely fits their classroom! From...

  • Biggest, Best Snowman

    Little Nell's family thinks she's too small to really accomplish anything. But one snowy winter day, while Nell is playing with her forest friends Reindeer, Hare, and Bear Cub, her friends encourage her to build a snowman. Though Nell is unsure of he...



  • Roadsigns

  • Hooray for Reading Day!

    When Jessica tries to read aloud in class, she stumbles over the words and everyone laughs. Now the upcoming Reading Theater day has her more worried than ever. What if she makes a mistake in front of all the parents? With the help of her family, a...

  • Monster Mess!

    Crash, crash! Stomp, stomp! A tired monster goes up the stairs. But zzzz, zzzz, a boy is sound asleep. And ick, ick, his room is not so neat -- not neat enough for a monster to take a nap! So whishtt, whishtt, the monster star...

  • We're Going on a Lion Hunt

    We’re going on a lion hunt. Time to put on your safari hats, says a teacher before leading her class on an exciting imaginary journey. Off they go! They slosh through mud, splish-splash through rivers, swish through grass, and finally come...

  • Princess Bess Gets Dressed

    Princess Bess has loads of clothes made with satin, snaps, and bows. And she changes them all day, for her lessons and ballet. But if a certain truth be told, her favorite clothes are much less bold. She carefully keeps them out of sight ...

  • Bullies Never Win

    When the class bully, Brenda Bailey, makes fun of Jessica’s skinny legs and her boyish lunch box, Jessica doesn’t know what to do. She doesn’t want to be a tattletale, but she also wants the bullying to stop. Can Jessica find the courage to sta...

  • The Bumpy Little Pumpkin

    This sweet Halloween companion to top-seller THE BIGGEST, BEST SNOWMAN is now available in paperback!

    All summer, Little Nell has tended the garden with BIG Mama, BIG Sarah, and BIG Lizzie, and finally the pumpkins are ready for Halloween. Her...

  • The Little Dump Truck

    Little Vehicles - 1

    Meet Hard Hat Pete and his little dump truck as they haul stones and rocks, carry debris, and unload at the landfill. It's hard work, but the little dump truck is ready for action.

    Preschool children will revel in the day-to-day activities ...

  • That's Good! That's Bad! on Santa's Journey

    On Christmas Eve, Santa sets off to deliver presents to a little boy. But between a snowstorm, an icy roof, and a dusty chimney, things donâ,¬â"¢t go as expected. Get ready to laugh out loud as Mr. Claus trips on a cat, bumps his head on a table, and...

  • Jesus

    Gennady Spirin created one original, spectacular oil painting to illustrate thirteen principal events in the life of Jesus: The Annunciation, The Birth, The Baptism, The Child in the Temple, The Fast and Temptation of Jesus, The Marriage at Cana, ...



  • Do Best Friends Cheat?

    Jessica and Lizzie are best friends. They do everything together, from playing at recess to drawing pictures. But Jessica has a big new worry when Lizzie starts copying off her spelling tests. What should Jessica do?...

  • Guinea Pigs Add Up

    In bouncy, appealing rhyme, young readers are introduced to a classroom with a hairy problem -- guinea pigs that keep adding and adding! From one lonely guinea pig to two to five and all the way up to twenty, the kids find that having a classroom pet...

  • I Repeat, Don't Cheat!

    Jessica and her best friend Lizzie do everything together. But when Lizzie starts copying words from Jessica’s spelling test, Jessica knows it isn’t right. Then Jessica tries to help Lizzie write a poem for their homework, but Lizzie takes credit...

  • The Christmas Snowman

    Two weeks before Christmas, Kevin and Sally decide to build a snowman. One night they look out the window and are amazed to see Mr. Snow -- their snowman -- making snow angels, sledding, and even skating on the pond. But when the weather warms up j...

  • Tick Tock Clock

    My First I Can Read

    Tick tock, nine o’clock. The twins are here to run amok! Meet a pair of spirited siblings who show Grandma an afternoon like no other! Filled with lively illustrations and simple text, this rhyming I Can Read book reinforces time-of-day concepts...

  • Skeleton for Dinner

    Big Witch and Little Witch have made stew, and now they want to have their friends for dinner! But when Skeleton mistakes the guest list for a menu, he takes off running, and soon Ghost and Ghoul join him too! But poor Little Witch has no idea there'...

  • The Little School Bus

    Little Vehicles - 2

    Join Driver Bob the school bus driver and his little school bus as they wake early, pick up the children, and drop them off at school. Then it's off to the garage to fix a tail light. All in a day's work for this trusty team. The lyrical text, catchy...

  • Purim Chicken

    It’s Purim and the animals on the farm are planning their celebration! They decide to sing songs, wear costumes, and put on a play about Queen Esther. It’s fun until Quack the duck, the star of their show, goes missing! Cluck the hen must be brav...

  • Bonaparte Falls Apart

    Readers who love stories about friendship, school, and little monsters will love this clever and humorous picture book about a skeleton who is falling to pieces and needs help pulling himself together. Bonaparte is having a tough time. It’s har...

  • Best Friends

    Can you have more than one best friend? This relatable Step into Reading story is for every young reader navigating new friendships. Friendships can be complicated, even when you’re only in elementary school! This leveled reader, about two bes...



  • The Little Fire Truck

    Little Vehicles - 3

    The Little Fire Truck is ready for rescues big and small in Book 3 of the Little Vehicles series! Join firefighter Jill and her fearless little fire truck as they zip all over town to put out smoky fires and rescue those in need, with the help of ...

  • The Little Ice Cream Truck

    Little Vehicles - 4

    The Little Ice Cream Truck is loaded up with tasty treats in this new addition to the ever-popular Little Vehicles series. Join the little ice cream truck and its cheerful driver, Sue, as they trot all over their diverse town to deliver everyoneâ€...

  • Bonaparte Plays Ball

    Baseball is back--and so is Bonaparte!  Join one anxious skeleton, Bonaparte, and his monster friends as they celebrate America's favorite pastime by competing in the Weird Series and stand up to bullies on the field. It's the Wei...

  • Snow Friends

    A charming winter picture book about friendship and dogs set against the perfect snowy day.Snow! Snow! And more snow! It’s the perfect day to play in the newly fallen snow. Oscar can’t contain his excitement -- and before his boy Matt knows it, O...

  • Numbers Queen

    A second-grade math whiz uses her beloved numbers to get herself out of trouble and ace a class project in this first book in the Addy McBean series -- part of the Aladdin QUIX line!Addy McBean, a second grader at PS #8, is up to her eyebrows (two) i...

  • Time Out!

    A second-grade math whiz tackles telling time in this second book in the Addy McBean series -- part of the Aladdin QUIX line!Addy McBean, a second grader at PS #8, is up to her eyebrows (two) in myriad (lots) of adventures. She’s never met a number...

Award-Winning Books by Margery Cuyler

Skeleton Hiccups
2004 Golden Archer Award -- Primary


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Margery Cuyler has published 55 books.

The next book by Margery Cuyler, Time Out!, will be published in February 2025.

The first book by Margery Cuyler, Trouble with Soap, was published in April 1982.

Yes. Margery Cuyler has 1 series.
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