S.M.R. Saia

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2012
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Gertie in the Garden

1 - Making Peas (Jun-2021)
2 - Going Offbeet (Apr-2022)
3 - Lettuce Help (Apr-2023)

Little Ant

1 - Little Ant and the Butterfly: Appearances Can Be Deceiving (Sep-2016)
2 - Little Ant Goes to a Picnic: Look Before You Leap (Sep-2016)
3 - Little Ant and the Cricket: You Can't Please Everyone (Nov-2016)
4 - Little Ant's Valentine: Even the Wildest Can Be Tamed by Love (Jan-2017)
5 - Little Ant and the Dove: One Good Turn Deserves Another (Apr-2017)
6 - Little Ant and the Peanut: United We Stand, Divided We Fall (Jul-2017)
7 - Little Ant and the Dragonfly: Every Truth Has Two Sides (Nov-2017)
8 - Little Ant and the Spider: Misfortune Tests the Sincerity of Friends (Mar-2018)
9 - Little Ant and the Mantis: Count Your Blessings (Jun-2018)
10 - Little Ant and the Grasshopper: If You Choose a Job You Love, You Will Never Have to Work a Day in Your Life (Nov-2018)
11 - Little Ant and the Snail: Slow and Steady Wins the Race (Jun-2019)
12 - Little Ant and the Wasp: Whatever You Do, Do With All Your Might (Jan-2022)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Big Work

    Fifteen-year-old James Leroy has a responsible mother that loves him, even if they don’t always see eye to eye. He’s never worried too much about not having a father â€" until he finds out that he does. This father has been sending money every mo...

  • The Best Laid Plans

  • Little Ant and the Butterfly: Appearances Can Be Deceiving

    Little Ant - 1

    Little Ant thinks that he is the best insect in the world. When he meets the slow caterpillar he is not impressed, and tells her so. But has Little Ant judged her too soon? This story is a reimagining of Aesop's classic fable, "The Ant and the Chrysa...

  • Little Ant Goes to a Picnic: Look Before You Leap

    Little Ant - 2

    Little Ant wants to bring the biggest and tastiest crumbs back to the anthill. But when he rushes into a picnic before the humans have left, he discovers that gathering food at a picnic is a dangerous job

    This is an original story that illu...

  • Little Ant and the Cricket: You Can't Please Everyone

    Little Ant - 3

    When the cricket declares that ants aren’t any fun, Little Ant sets out to prove him wrong. Soon Little Ant is admired by the grasshoppers, the cockroaches, the katydids, and the crickets. But is trying to please everybody worth the cost? This is a...

  • Little Ant's Valentine: Even the Wildest Can Be Tamed by Love

    Little Ant - 4

    Little Ant hates Valentine's Day. None of the girls in the anthill like him, so he has nothing to celebrate. Then he meets the pretty ant. She is as stuck-up and unfriendly as Little Ant himself can sometimes be - but who says you have to be perfect ...

  • Little Ant and the Dove: One Good Turn Deserves Another

    Little Ant - 5

    Little Ant is too busy to do a favor for the weevil, and he doubts the weevil would ever be able to repay him anyway. But when his friend the stick insect is snatched by a dove, Little Ant learns that you never know when you might be in a position to...

  • Little Ant and the Peanut: United We Stand, Divided We Fall

    Little Ant - 6

    When Little Ant finds a peanut in the snow, he's determined to be a hero and bring it back to the anthill all by himself. But he soon discovers that some great things can only be accomplished by working together! This is an original story that illust...

  • Little Ant and the Dragonfly: Every Truth Has Two Sides

    Little Ant - 7

    When Buddy Ant pushes Little Ant into a puddle, Little Ant insists that he did it on purpose. The dragonfly saw everything, and he agrees to tell the other insects the truth about what happened. But whose "truth" will he tell? About the Little Ant Bo...



  • Little Ant and the Spider: Misfortune Tests the Sincerity of Friends

    Little Ant - 8

    Little Ant finds himself in a sticky situation when he lets a group of older ants pressure him into visiting the spider. They claim the spider is wise, but will talking to her help Little Ant figure out who his real friends are? The Little Ant books ...

  • Little Ant and the Mantis: Count Your Blessings

    Little Ant - 9

    Little Ant is having the worst day ever. Then he meets a praying mantis who is able to remain happy, even in the most difficult of circumstances. Will Little Ant learn his secret? This is an original story, inspired by Aesop’s “The Hares and the ...

  • Little Ant and the Grasshopper: If You Choose a Job You Love, You Will Never Have to Work a Day in Your Life

    Little Ant - 10

    The ants think they are better than the grasshoppers, until a long, boring winter sets in. Cooped up in the anthill, they miss the grasshoppers’ entertainment. Can Little Ant help his friend make it through the winter doing what he loves? This reim...

  • Little Ant and the Snail: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

    Little Ant - 11

    When the snail challenges him to a race, Little Ant can’t resist the opportunity to show off. He knows there is no way that the snail can beat him. But he soon finds out that there is more to winning than being the best! This story is a re-imaginin...

  • Making Peas

    Gertie in the Garden - 1

    First-grade gardener Gertie Green faces off with new words, an unsympathetic teacher, and an annoying new student in this beautifully illustrated chapter book for young readers.From the moment Clark shows up in her first grade class, Gertie knows he'...

  • Little Ant and the Wasp: Whatever You Do, Do With All Your Might

    Little Ant - 12

    Little Ant is confident that he will make the team for this year's Kick the Crumb tournament. While Buddy Ant practices hard and struggles to keep up, Little Ant only does enough at the tryouts to stay ahead of his competition. But is talent alone en...

  • Going Offbeet

    Gertie in the Garden - 2

    Zoey copies Gertie's smiley faces. She copies her numbers. She even sits next to Gertie at lunch and tries to copy her best friend. Then Zoey goes too far. She copies the thing that Gertie likes best about herself, the thing that makes her different ...

  • Little Ant Goes to a Picnic

    Little Ant wants to bring the biggest and tastiest crumbs back to the anthill. But when he rushes into a picnic before the humans have left, he discovers that gathering food at a picnic is a dangerous job!This is an original story that illustrates Ae...

  • Lettuce Help

    Gertie in the Garden - 3

    First-grade gardener Gertie Green's social skills are tested when she joins the school garden club in this beautifully illustrated early reader chapter book about self confidence, consideration, and learning how to say you're sorry.When Grandma Trudy...

  • Little Ant and the Grasshopper

    The ants think they are better than the grasshoppers, until a long, boring winter sets in. Cooped up in the anthill, they miss the grasshoppers' entertainment. Can Little Ant help his friend make it through the winter doing what he loves?This re-imag...



  • Meany Beany

    In this beautifully illustrated early reader chapter book about navigating change, young gardener Gertie Green struggles to adjust to new class rules and new personalities in the first weeks of second grade. Second grade is off to a stinkin' start. T...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

S.M.R. Saia has published 20 books.

S.M.R. Saia does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Meany Beany, was published in April 2024.

The first book by S.M.R. Saia, Big Work, was published in April 2012.

Yes. S.M.R. Saia has 2 series.
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