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  • Bibliography:
    40 Books
  • First Book:
    December 1978
  • Latest Book:
    September 2018
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Multi-Author Series List

Disney's Toy Story

Toy Story Read-Along Storybook and CD (Jan-2010)

Famous Characters: Batman

Batman in the Case of the Missing Egg (Jan-2000)

Veggie Tales

Good Knight, Duke (Apr-2011)

Book List in Order: 40 titles





  • Sizzle -- Prudence Szyznowski -- is the star trumpet player for the Pirelli Youth Orchestra. Splat -- Arthur Hadley Reavis Pauling III -- is the talented new tuba player. But they may never get the chance to make beautiful music together, since the o...



  • Sixteen-year-old Bobby Rothman--the Dunker's Delights commercial kid--makes the high-school basketball team despite his pushy parents' disapproval, but, on the day of a big game, a long-awaited audition is also scheduled....



  • Hardcover: 45 pages Publisher: Western Pub. Co/Golden Press (1985) Language: English ISBN-10: 0307155943 ISBN-13: 978-0307155948 Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches Shipping Weight: 7.2 pounds...



  • A computer-detesting sixth grader finds himself trapped inside a computer and becomes a "glitch," or malfunction, that the computer police must track down, as well as a pawn in the war between rival factions ROM and RAM...


















  • Gathers favorite folksongs--from "On Top of Old Smoky" to "The Frog He Went A'Courtin'"--legends of British origin, such as Jack and the Beanstalk, and examples of folk art from the small towns of the Appalachian mountains. All ages....





  • Danny Dorfman imagines that the mysterious piano player in the house with the green shutters is the keyboard wizard who will catapult his band to fame and fortune, but it is he who ends up the hero of the day. Original....



  • Based on the Disney movie, this interactive storybook complete with sound effects includes such sounds as Simba's gentle purr and his mighty roar, Scar's evil laugh, and Rafiki's enchanting incantations....








  • Grandpa uses his hammer to make things. Things start out as dreams and Grandpa's hammer makes them real. It takes two things to make dreams come true - faith and a hammer. Faith and a young girl's devotion to her grandfather are a testament to the po...





  • When Doug is prevented by familial obligations from watching his favorite t.v. program, he becomes disgruntled and decides that his friends have it easier than he does. The next day at school, he and his friends argue over who has a better life, and ...




  • In a story rife with first love and the pain of growing up, master storyteller Ronald Kidd reincarnates the most enduring trial of the twentieth century.

    School is out in the summer of 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. For Frances Robinson, a fifteen-y...



  • With the help of her grandfather's special aging machine, eight-year-old Maggie Murphy and her younger brother Arthur set out to solve the case of the missing tuna as adults, but don't have much time before the machine's powers wear off. Original....



  • The year is 1925 and Dayton, Tennessee, is the hottest and the sleepiest place on earth. That is, until the day fifteen-year-old Frances Robinson's dad has John Scopes arrested for teaching evolutionary theory in schools. Overnight, the world's most ...



  • ROCK AND ROLL IS ABOUT TO CHANGE JOHNNY ROSS' LIFE. Living in Memphis in 1954, Johnny's world is completely segregated -- until he starts sneaking out to Beale Street at night. Beale Street, with its music clubs, is on the wrong side of the tracks,...



  • When Paul and his friends Arnie, Crank, and Oz find out that a horror movie will be filmed in their town, they can't believe it -- they even manage to get onto the set and meet some of the extras. But then they learn that some of the actors are reall...






  • What would it be like if you lived in the White House? Dee Dee, Jose, and Annie are about to find out! When their class takes a field trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the three accidentally knock George Washington out of his portrait and into real l...



  • Join Woody and Buzz Lightyear for their first adventure! Woody the cowboy is Andy’s favorite toy. But when a high-tech newcomer named Buzz Lightyear becomes Andy’s new favorite, Woody and Buzz will end up on an adventure like no other! Experience...



  • Imagine if you lived in the White House! The first book centers around three of Theodore Roosevelt's children, Kermit, Ethel and Archie. Their mother is away and they are left in the charge of a comical nanny named Mrs. Duffit and their President fat...



  • Whats Duke supposed to do when the meanest knight in the whole kingdom challenges him? Join the crowd as Duke shows how we can be nice to otherseven when theyre not being kindhearted in return. Author: Ronald Kidd Reading Level: Ages 4-8 years Format...



  • What normal Viking needs a hat cover? You ll be surprised! Sail along in this heroic tale of good versus stinky while learning the importance of forgiveness. Author: Ronald Kidd Format: 27 pages, hardcover Ages: 4-8 Publisher: New Idea ISBN: 97816058...



  • Maggie Murphy loves to solve mysteries, and thanks to her grandfather's aging machine she can really go undercover as an adult -- or in this case, a teenager! Join Maggie and her kid brother, Arthur, in this funny follow-up to Undercover Kid: Tuna Su...



  • Thirteen-year-old Billie Simms doesn't think her hometown of Anniston, Alabama, should be segregated, but few of the town's residents share her opinion. As equality spreads across the country and the Civil Rights Movement gathers momentum, Billie can...



  • Everyone in the City is assigned a job by the choosers―keeper, catcher, computer. Callie Crawford is a computer. She works with numbers: putting them together, taking them apart. Her work is important, but sometimes she wants more. Jeremy Finn is a...



  • Nate's family has a secret, and it's wrapped up in a song. The problem is, his preacher father hates music, and when he catches Nate hanging around downtown Bristol with musicians like Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, he comes down hard ...



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    An adaptation of the well-known tale of vanity and blind loyalty, rascally tailors laugh, trumpets blare, tailors weave and snip, gold coins jingle, people gasp, horses gallop, and a little boy cries out....


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ronald Kidd has published 40 books.

Ronald Kidd does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Lord of the Mountain, was published in September 2018.

The first book by Ronald Kidd, That's What Friends Are For, was published in December 1978.

No. Ronald Kidd does not write books in series.