Sally Grindley

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  • Bibliography:
    76 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1986
  • Latest Book:
    November 2017
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Full Series List in Order

International Rescue

3 - Feathers in the Wind (Oct-2012)

The London Zoo

Paw Prints in the Snow (May-2012)
Shadows Under the Sea (Nov-2012)

Max

Dear Max (Jul-2006)
Bravo, Max! (Apr-2007)

Poppy and Max

Poppy and Max and the Noisy Night (Mar-2008)
Poppy and Max and the Snow Dog (Mar-2008)
Poppy and Max and the Sore Paw (Mar-2008)
Poppy and Max and Too Many Muffins (Mar-2008)
Poppy and Max and the Lost Puppy (Oct-2008)
Poppy and Max and the Fashion Show (Nov-2008)
Poppy and Max and the River Picnic (Nov-2008)
Poppy and Max and the Big Wave (Feb-2009)

Book List in Order: 76 titles

  • Knock, Knock! Who's There?

  • Four Black Puppies

  • I Don't Want To!

  • Read-to-Me Treasury

  • Knock Knock Whos There

  • Animal Stories for the Very Young

  • Peter's Place

    Enjoying his life on a clifftop by the sea, Peter plays with his animal friends along the shore, until an oil tanker crashes into nearby rocks, spilling its cargo and threatening the beautiful landscape and its creatures....

  • Breaking the Spell

    A magical collection of tales, filled with witches, fairies, princes, and princesses, includes seven enchanting stories, set in exotic and romantic faraway places such as Egypt, India, Spain, Japan, and more....

  • What Are Friends For?

    Figgy Twosocks and Jefferson Bear demonstrate the ingredients that make friendships special, such as playing, sharing, helping, and forgiving, in a warmly illustrated picture book about the bonds between friends....



  • Christmas Stories for the Very Young

  • Crocodile Tears

  • Polar Star

    The remote Arctic world is brought closer to young readers in this dramatic story that follows a mother polar bear and her two cubs from her hibernation and their birth to their long journey together and a hungry male bear they encounter along the wa...

  • Little Sibu

    A heartwarming tale of a young orangutan growing up. This captivating story presents a factually accurate portrayal of the everyday life of an orangutan in a tropical rainforest and helps young readers to understand this endangered species and apprec...

  • Shhh!

    This is a fantastic story based loosely on Jack and the Beanstalk, but physically involving reader in narrative and adventure. Can you get through the book without waking up the enormous scary giant? What will you do if he wakes up? Young children ca...

  • Silly Goose and Dizzy Duck Play Hide and Seek

  • What Will I Do Without You?

    'What will I do without you?' asks Figgy Twosocks as her friend Jefferson Bear prepares to hibernate for winter. Alone in the wintry woods, with only her naughty brothers, Big Smudge and Floppylugs, to play with, Figgy Twosocks feels sad and sulky, ...

  • Little Elephant Thunderfoot

    Little Elephant Thunderfoot, the newest addition to a herd of elephants in the African savannah, learns from his grandmother and leader of the herd, Wise One, where to find food and water, what to do when danger is near, and how to use his trunk for ...

  • Can We Play Too, Piglittle?

  • Where Are My Chicks?



  • Giant Postman

  • New Room for William

    At first, William doesn't like his bland and boring new room as everything around him is unfamiliar, yet with a little help from his mother and some personal touches, he starts feeling better and begins to settle in....

  • Who Is It?

  • Pirate Stories

    Read all about the adventures of the greedy Captain Deadeye, or the ghostly pirate ship, or Bad Bertha's successes at pirate school in this treasure hoard of brand new pirate tales specially written for this book....

  • Don't Rock the Boat!

    Charlie the Cat boards his boat and sets off to Dottie the Donkey's birthday party. Along to way, he meets lots of his friends who want to come, too. But what will happen if the playful puppies, frisky lambs, and perky piglets rock the boat? An amusi...

  • Will You Forgive Me?

    Figgy Twosocks, Jefferson Bear, and friends return in a new adventure that explores the timeless and universal themes of friendship and forgiveness. Figgy Twosocks has lost Jefferson Bear's favorite scratching stick, and she's too scared to tell h...

  • No Trouble at All

    This charming bedtime story is sure to inspire giggles from children and parents alike with its fun portrayal of a rather naïve Grandfather bear who thinks that the cubs he is babysitting are perfectly behaved. But the pictures tell another story! T...

  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice

  • Big What are Friends For? Storybook

    Join Jefferson Bear and Figgy Twosocks in three warm and funny stories that explore universal themes of friendship, including separation, telling lies, and being forgiven. These heartwarming stories cover important childhood topics and carry a reassu...

  • The Life of Jesus

    Complete with Biblical quotes, offers twenty-six stories about the life of Jesus, from His miraculous birth in Bethlehem through His later years as a wandering preacher who spread His message of forgiveness and healed the sick. 10,000 first printing....



  • Sulky Vulture

    Head pulled down, shoulders hunched up, toes curled in, Boris the vulture is sulking. when Boris's friends see that he needs cheering up, they try to help out--but nothing seems to go quite right and Boris ends up even grumpier! Finally, he goes h...

  • Feather Wars

    Sam is being bullied at school. A quiet, creeping insidious form of bullying that has Sam terrified of his persecutors. Sam is also very angry with his father, as it appears that he is the cause of the bullying. Sam's father keeps pigeons and the bul...

  • Mucky Duck

    Here's a duck who's into everything: cooking,sports,painting,gardening, The more fun she has, the muckier she gets! Finally it's bath time. How long will it be before the duck and her boy are mucky all over again? Sure enough, not very long at all...

  • Archie's Amazing Adventure

    What happens when a curious giraffe leaves the zoo? Find out in Archie's Amazing Adventure, a tale about a giraffe who just cannot seem to stay out of trouble. The book follows his adventures after he decides to leave the zoo and is befriended by a s...

  • Little Bit of Trouble

    In this delightful sequel to No Trouble at All, Sally Grindley and Eleanor Taylor have once again created a picture book that is irresistible to parents and grandparents. One day, Grandfather Bear and his two mischevious cubs go on a picnic. Grand...

  • Spilled Water

    When her husband dies, Lu Si-yan's mother is encouraged to sell her young daughter into domestic service. Lu Si-yan is just eleven when sold by her uncle. Nearly two years will pass before she can get back home to her mother and brother. In this ...

  • Home for Christmas

    A homeless child has made a shelter for himself in a cattle shed. One day, while he is at work in the market, a man arrives in the village with his wife, riding on a donkey. On his way home, the boy wonders what it would be like to feel the warmth an...

  • Polar Skater

    Feel the excitement build as a little girl skates for the very first time. She escapes into the snowy polar landscape of her imagination, skating past bobbing seals and whales, arctic hares and polar bears, until it’s time to return home with a tri...

  • Heidi

    A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of th...

  • Dear Max

    Max

    Dear D.J. Lucas, My uncle bought me one of your books for Christmas. It's called Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Boy? I want to be a writer. I want to write a story now. Please will you help me? Love from Max And so begins Max's funny correspondence w...



  • Saving Finnegan

  • Bravo, Max!

    Max

    Dear D.J., We saw my uncle Derek in a play at Christmas. He was so funny, Mum had tears rolling down her cheeks. Now I want to write a really funny play to make her laugh some more. Please, will you help me? Love from Max And so cont...

  • Friends Forever

    Figgy Twosocks, the fox, is curious. Just what is a friend for? Jefferson Bear helps her find the answer. Together they discover all of the special qualities that make up true friendship -- playing, sharing, helping -- and forgiving.

    ...

  • Broken Glass

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    A powerful story of drama and survival on the streets of an Indian city.

    ""We hadn't always lived on an island ... why would anyone dream of such a thing if they had a house with its own path and a gate at the end of it?""

    When Suresh...

  • Poppy and Max and the Noisy Night

    Poppy and Max

  • Poppy and Max and the Snow Dog

    Poppy and Max

  • Poppy and Max and the Sore Paw

    Poppy and Max

    Poppy and Max are having fun playing soccer with their friends. Max is the greatest goalkeeper in the world -- until he hurts his paw. Will Poppy be able to make it better?...

  • Poppy and Max and Too Many Muffins

    Poppy and Max

  • Christmas Cheer

    Just in time for the holidays, this beautiful collection of Christmas tales is perfect for the whole family to share. Both original stories and reinventions of the classics, featuring everything from an under-the-weather Rudolph to a boy who can't...

  • Classic Animal Stories

    From the sassy cricket hero of A Cricket in Times Square to the charmingly bumbling mole from The Wind in the Willows and other figures from more than a dozen timeless classics, this anthology is a lovely introduction to some of the most enduring ...



  • Poppy and Max and the Lost Puppy

    Poppy and Max

  • Cat-a-wall

    When Scruff's owners throw him out of the house for the night, he realises that they have no judgement for true musical talent. Scruff is the greatest singer in the world (according to him) and he needs an audience who will truly appreciate him. When...

  • Poppy and Max and the Fashion Show

    Poppy and Max

    Poppy and Max see a sign asking for models for a fashion show and Poppy is desperate to volunteer. Poppy loves dressing up in exciting outfits, but Max does not like wearing clothes . . . until he gets the chance to be the star of the catwalk!...

  • Poppy and Max and the River Picnic

    Poppy and Max

    Poppy wants to go for a walk by the river. Max is not a dog who likes a long walk unless there is a picnic at the end. In fact, Max is so busy looking for the perfect picnic spot that poor Poppy's walk doesn't go at all as planned!...

  • Poppy and Max and the Big Wave

    Poppy and Max

    Poppy and Max are at the beach. Poppy can't wait to surf the big waves, but Max isn't so sure. He thinks he will be much safer chasing crabs on the sand. But then one crab gets very close to the water . . . and suddenly Max is surfing!...

  • Torn Pages

    There's something about a storm in the middle of the night that gathers a family close. It's as if nothing else exists outside that huddle of love in a blacked-out room which, try as it might, the storm cannot overwhelm. The storm that Liddy faces is...

  • Bitter Chocolate

    Pascal's life is like any other boy's as he worries about his English classes and his football skills - until the day rebels come to his village and everything changes.
    On the run with friends, Pascal finds himself at the mercy of some t...

  • Knock Knock Who's There?

  • My Name Is Rose

    Rose is a young Romani gypsy girl who travels around Romania and Europe in a caravan with her family. Playing music - on their own or with extended family and friends - her life is happy, until Rose suddenly finds herself an orphan after a dreadful c...

  • Puff Flies

  • Queen Ella's Feet

  • Snail Trail

  • Too-Slow Tortoises!

    Noah has found some terrific tortoises, but they are just so slow! Can he help them reach the Ark more quickly? ...

  • Playful Penguins!

    Noah is in freezing Antarctica looking for penguins. But he slips on the ice every time he moves! Can the penguins show him how it's done? ...

  • Paw Prints in the Snow

    The London Zoo

    Two children accompany their parents as they travel the world helping animals on the verge of extinction. As their parents work alongside international agencies, the children have their own thrilling adventures.

    Paw Prints in the Snow is w...

  • The Little Ballerina

    It's the day of the big performance at Laura's ballet school. Suddenly disaster strikes! Can Laura help save the show? Find out in this Level 2 DK Reader: The Little Ballerina . Level 2 DK Readers are for children who have started to read on t...

  • Hurricane Wills

    “There’s a hurricane smashing, trashing, bashing through our house. CRASH! BANG! WALLOP!” The hurricane is Wills, Chris’s thirteen-year-old brother. He has ADHD. Having a brother who causes so much chaos around the house is hard on eleven-yea...

  • Captain Pepper's Pets

    Anything but a parrot! Captain Pepper wants a pet. He wants to be different... he wants to be famous... so a boring old parrot just won’t do. The fiery captain sets his pirate crew to find the perfect pet. They try a hippopotamus, a monkey,and a le...

  • Feathers in the Wind

    International Rescue - 3

    Two children accompany their parents as they travel the world helping animals on the verge of extinction. As their parents work alongside international agencies, the children have their own thrilling adventures.

    Feathers in the Wind is wri...

  • Shadows Under the Sea

    The London Zoo

    Two children accompany their parents as they travel the world helping animals on the verge of extinction. As their parents work alongside international agencies, the children have their own thrilling adventures.

    In this book, Joe, his sist...

  • Why is the Sky Blue?

    Young Rabbit would like to know why the sky is blue. In fact Rabbit wants to know everything. His old friend, Donkey, who knows lots of things, promises to teach him. But maybe Rabbit can teach wise Donkey a thing or two as well? ...

  • Relax Max

    D.J. is fresh from her triumph with the film of My Teacher's a Nutcase, but she's having trouble. It seems that she has got writer's block! Through his letters and cards, and also his new discovery - email - Max tries to help her, but he has problems...

  • Danger in the Dust

    Two children accompany their parents as they travel the world helping animals on the verge of extinction. As their parents work alongside international agencies, the children have their own thrilling adventures.

    In Danger in the Dust, Joe,...

  • Keep Out! Bears About!

    A long-awaited sequel to the award-winning and bestselling Shhh!

    Based on Goldilocks and The Three Bears, Keep Out! physically involves the reader in the narrative and adventure. Can you get through the book without coming face-to-face with ...

  • Help!

    An interactive version of a classic fairy tale that follows the success of the bestselling Shhh!

    Based on The Three Little Pigs, Help! physically involves the reader in the narrative and adventure. There's a wolf inside this book and the pi...

  • Help

    An interactive version of a classic fairy tale that follows the success of the bestselling Shhh!

    Based on The Three Little Pigs, Help! physically involves the reader in the narrative and adventure. There's a wolf inside this book and the pi...

  • It's the Troll

    An interactive lift-the-flap retelling of a classic fairy tale, following the success of the bestselling Shhh! - will keep children hooked!

    There is no grass left and the goats are starving! On the other side of the river the fields are bur...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sally Grindley has published 76 books.

Sally Grindley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, It's the Troll, was published in November 2017.

The first book by Sally Grindley, Knock, Knock! Who's There?, was published in July 1986.

Yes. Sally Grindley has 4 series.
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