Order of Joan Holub Books
Joan Holub is an American author of children’s books. After graduating from college with a degree in fine arts, she freelanced as an art director for eight years. During this time, Joan would dream of writing children’s books, so she moved to NYC to become an associate art director at Scholastic. She started mailing her manuscripts out in the early 90s and finally sold her first two in 1996. She has collaborated with Suzanne Williams on two series – Goddess Girls and Heroes in Training.
Joan’s first children’s book was Boo Who?, published in 1997, although she had already worked on a sticker book before that. Below is a list of Joan Holub’s books in order of when they were first published:
Publication Order of Eek! Stories To Make You Shriek! Books
| The Bad Luck Penny | (1996) |    |
| The Mummy's Gold | (1996) | |
| Dragon Breath | (1997) | |
| The Spooky Sleepover | (1999) | |
| Watch Out! | (2004) | |
Publication Order of Doll Hospital Books
| Tatiana Comes to America | (2002) | |
| Goldie's Fortune | (2002) | |
| Glory's Freedom | (2003) | |
| Saving Marissa | (2003) | |
| Danielle's Dollhouse Wish | (2003) | |
| Charlotte's Choice | (2004) | |
Publication Order of Easy-To-Read! Easy-To-Draw! Books
| Animals | (2002) | |
| Cars and Trucks | (2002) | |
| Dinosaurs | (2003) | |
| Magical Creatures | (2003) | |
Publication Order of First-Start Easy Reader Books
| 100 Valentines | (1995) | |
Publication Order of Ant Hill Books
| More Snacks! | (2006) | |
| Good Luck! | (2007) | |
| Scaredy-Pants! | (2007) | |
| Big Heart! | (2007) | |
| Spring Is Here! | (2008) | |
| Picnic! | (2008) | |
| Snow Day! | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Young Princesses Around the World Books
| Elizabeth and the Royal Pony | (2007) | |
| Isabel Saves the Prince | (2007) | |
| Cleopatra and the King's Enemies | (2007) | |
| Lydia and the Island Kingdom | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Goddess Girls Books
(with Suzanne Williams)
| Athena the Brain | (2010) | |
| Persephone the Phony | (2010) | |
| Aphrodite the Beauty | (2010) | |
| Artemis the Brave | (2010) | |
| Athena the Wise | (2011) | |
| Aphrodite the Diva | (2011) | |
| Artemis the Loyal | (2011) | |
| Medusa the Mean | (2012) | |
| Pandora the Curious | (2012) | |
| Pheme the Gossip | (2013) | |
| Persephone the Daring | (2013) | |
| Cassandra the Lucky | (2013) | |
| Athena the Proud | (2014) | |
| Iris the Colorful | (2014) | |
| Aphrodite the Fair | (2014) | |
| Medusa the Rich | (2015) | |
| Amphitrite the Bubbly | (2015) | |
| Hestia the Invisible | (2015) | |
| Echo the Copycat | (2016) | |
| Calliope the Muse | (2016) | |
| Pallas the Pal | (2016) | |
| Nyx the Mysterious | (2017) | |
| Medea the Enchantress | (2017) | |
| Eos the Lighthearted | (2018) | |
| Clotho the Fate | (2019) | |
| Persephone the Grateful | (2020) | |
| Hecate the Witch | (2021) | |
| Artemis the Hero | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Goddess Girls Super Special Books
(with Suzanne Williams)
| The Girl Games | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Heroes In Training Books
| Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom | (2012) | |
| Poseidon and the Sea of Fury | (2012) | |
| Hades and the Helm of Darkness | (2013) | |
| Hyperion and the Great Balls of Fire | (2013) | |
| Typhon and the Winds of Destruction | (2013) | |
| Apollo and the Battle of the Birds | (2014) | |
| Ares and the Spear of Fear | (2014) | |
| Cronus and the Threads of Dread | (2014) | |
| Crius and the Night of Fright | (2015) | |
| Hephaestus and the Island of Terror | (2015) | |
| Uranus and the Bubbles of Trouble | (2015) | |
| Perseus and the Monstrous Medusa | (2016) | |
| Hermes and the Horse with Wings | (2017) | |
| Dionysus and the Land of Beasts | (2017) | |
| Zeus and the Dreadful Dragon | (2018) | |
| Hercules and the Nine-Headed Hydra | (2019) | |
| Alkyoneus and the Warrior Queen | (2020) | |
| Zeus and the Skeleton Army | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Grimmtastic Girls Books
(with Suzanne Williams)
| Cinderella Stays Late | (2014) | |
| Red Riding Hood Gets Lost | (2014) | |
| Snow White Lucks Out | (2014) | |
| Rapunzel Cuts Loose | (2014) | |
| Sleeping Beauty Dreams Big | (2015) | |
| Goldilocks Breaks In | (2015) | |
| Snowflake Freezes Up | (2016) | |
| Gretel Pushes Back | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Mini Myths Books
| Be Patient, Pandora! | (2014) | |
| Play Nice, Hercules! | (2014) | |
| Make a Wish, Midas! | (2015) | |
| Brush Your Hair, Medusa! | (2015) | |
| Please Share, Aphrodite! | (2015) | |
| Be Careful, Icarus! | (2015) | |
| Good Job, Athena! | (2016) | |
| Don't Get Lost, Odysseus! | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Little Goddess Girls Books
(with Suzanne Williams)
| Athena & the Magic Land | (2019) | |
| Persephone & the Giant Flowers | (2019) | |
| Aphrodite & the Gold Apple | (2020) | |
| Artemis & the Awesome Animals | (2020) | |
| Athena & the Island Enchantress | (2020) | |
| Persephonethe Evil King | (2021) | |
| Aphroditethe Magical Box | (2021) | |
| Artemis & the Wishing Kitten: Little Goddess Girls 8 | (2021) | |
| Athenathe Mermaid's Pearl: Little Goddess Girls 9 | (2022) | |
| Persephone & the Unicorn's Ruby | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Thunder Girls Books
(with Suzanne Williams)
| Freya and the Magic Jewel | (2018) | |
| Sif and the Dwarfs' Treasures | (2018) | |
| Idun and the Apples of Youth | (2019) | |
| Skade and the Enchanted Snow | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Hello Books
| Hello Knights! | (2018) | |
| Hello Ninjas! | (2018) | |
| Hello Robots! | (2019) | |
| Hello Dinosaurs! | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| Ten Little Ballerinas: Jewel Sticker Stories | (1996) | |
| Boo Who? A Spooky Lift-the-Flap Book | (1997) | |
| Red, Yellow, Green: What Do Signs Mean? | (1998) | |
| A Busy Guy | (1998) | |
| What's the Magic Word? | (1999) | |
| I Have a Weird Brother Who Digested a Fly | (1999) | |
| Happy Monster Day! | (1999) | |
| Eek-a-boo | (2000) | |
| Light the Candles | (2000) | |
| Mine, Mine, Mine! | (2000) | |
| The Pizza That We Made | (2001) | |
| Shadows Everywhere | (2002) | |
| Hooray for St. Patrick's Day! | (2002) | |
| Company's Coming | (2002) | |
| Turkeys Never Gobble | (2002) | |
| Kwanzaa Kids | (2002) | |
| Fourth of July, Sparkly Sky | (2003) | |
| Somebunny Loves Me | (2003) | |
| Apples and Honey | (2003) | |
| Dragon Dance | (2003) | |
| What Can Our New Baby Do? | (2004) | |
| Happy Easter Eggs | (2005) | |
| Marvelous Moms | (2006) | |
| Glorious Grandmas | (2006) | |
| Five Spring Fairies | (2008) | |
| Apple Countdown | (2009) | |
| Twinkle, Star of the Week | (2010) | |
| What Does Cow Say? | (2011) | |
| A Kiss for You! | (2011) | |
| Wagons Ho! | (2011) | |
| Pumpkin Countdown | (2012) | |
| Itty Bitty Kitty | (2015) | |
| This Little President | (2016) | |
| Itty Bitty Kitty and the Rainy Play Day | (2016) | |
| This Little Explorer | (2016) | |
| Tool School | (2017) | |
| This Little Trailblazer | (2017) | |
| Seed School | (2018) | |
| This Little Scientist | (2018) | |
| This Little Artist | (2019) | |
| This Little Dreamer | (2020) | |
| Runaway Signs | (2020) | |
| This Little Wonder | (2022) | |
| This Little Engineer | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Chapter Books
| Ivy Green Cootie Queen | (1998) | |
| Space Dogs on Planet K-9 | (1998) | |
| Bed, Bats, & Beyond | (2008) | |
| Cooties from Outer Space | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| Backwards Day | (1948) | |
| Pen Pals | (1997) | |
| Pajama Party | (1998) | |
| Go! Go! Go! | (1998) | |
| Abby Cadabra, Super Speller | (2000) | |
| Silly Bears | (2001) | |
| The Garden That We Grew | (2001) | |
| Cinderdog and the Wicked Stepcat | (2001) | |
| Scat, Cats! | (2001) | |
| The Pizza That We Made | (2001) | |
| Jack and the Jellybeanstalk | (2002) | |
| The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School | (2002) | |
| Riddle-Iculous Math | (2003) | |
| The Halloween Queen | (2004) | |
| Geogra-Fleas! | (2004) | |
| The Man Who Named the Clouds | (2006) | |
| Shampoodle | (2009) | |
| Groundhog Weather School | (2009) | |
| Zero the Hero | (2011) | |
| Ballet Stars | (2012) | |
| Dig, Scoop, Ka-boom! | (2013) | |
| Little Red Writing | (2013) | |
| What Was the First Thanksgiving? | (2013) | |
| Do Not Open! The Story of Pandora's Box | (2014) | |
| The One-Eyed People Eater: The Story of Cyclops | (2014) | |
| Mighty Dads | (2014) | |
| Surprise, Trojans! | (2014) | |
| The Knights Before Christmas | (2015) | |
| Vampoodle | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| How to Find Lost Treasure in All 50 States and Canada, Too! | (2000) | |
| The Haunted States of America | (2001) | |
| Knuckleheads | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| My First Book of Sign Language | (1996) | |
| Why Do Cats Meow? | (2001) | |
| Why Do Dogs Bark? | (2001) | |
| Vincent Van Gogh | (2001) | |
| Inventions A to Z | (2002) | |
| Why Do Rabbits Hop? | (2003) | |
| Why Do Horses Neigh? | (2003) | |
| Yankee Doodle Riddles | (2003) | |
| Why Do Snakes Hiss? | (2004) | |
| Why Do Birds Sing? | (2004) | |
| What Was the Gold Rush? | (2013) | |
| What Is the Statue of Liberty? | (2014) | |
| What Were the Salem Witch Trials? | (2015) | |
| What Was Woodstock? | (2016) | |
| Where Is Walt Disney World? | (2018) | |
| Mighty Moms | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Smart About History Books
| Valley of the Golden Mummies | (2002) | |
| Smart About the Fifty States | (2003) | |
Publication Order of Who Was/Is...? Books
| Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? | (2002) | |
| Who Was Annie Oakley? | (2002) | |
| Who Was Ben Franklin? | (2002) | |
| Who Was Albert Einstein? | (2002) | |
| Who Was Sacagawea? | (2002) | |
| Who Was Harry Houdini? | (2002) | |
| Who Was Maria Tallchief? | (2002) | |
| Who Was Amelia Earhart? | (2002) | |
| Who Was Thomas Jefferson? | (2003) | |
| Who Was Helen Keller? | (2003) | |
| Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? | (2004) | |
| Who Was Mark Twain? | (2004) | |
| Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? | (2004) | |
| Who Was Ronald Reagan? | (2004) | |
| Who Was Louis Armstrong? | (2004) | |
| Who Was John F. Kennedy? | (2004) | |
| Who Was Charles Darwin? | (2005) | |
| Who Was Johnny Appleseed? | (2005) | |
| Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? | (2005) | |
| Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? | (2005) | |
| Who Were the Beatles? | (2006) | |
| Who Was King Tut? | (2006) | |
| Who Was Daniel Boone? | (2006) | |
| Who Was William Shakespeare? | (2006) | |
| Who Was Anne Frank? | (2007) | |
| Who Was Marco Polo? | (2007) | |
| Who Was Elvis Presley? | (2007) | |
| Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? | (2007) | |
| Who Was Abraham Lincoln? | (2008) | |
| Who Was Neil Armstrong? | (2008) | |
| Who Was Queen Elizabeth? | (2008) | |
| Who Is Barack Obama? | (2009) | |
| Who Was George Washington? | (2009) | |
| Who Was Pablo Picasso? | (2009) | |
| Who Was Walt Disney? | (2009) | |
| Who Was Claude Monet? | (2009) | |
| Who Was Franklin Roosevelt? | (2009) | |
| Who Was Jim Henson? | (2010) | |
| Who Was Jackie Robinson? | (2010) | |
| Who Was Rosa Parks? | (2010) | |
| Who Was Dr. Seuss? | (2011) | |
| Who Was Paul Revere? | (2011) | |
| Who Was Steve Jobs? | (2012) | |
| Who Was Babe Ruth? | (2012) | |
| Who Is J.K. Rowling? | (2012) | |
| Who Was Roald Dahl? | (2012) | |
| Who Is Jane Goodall? | (2012) | |
| Who Was Maurice Sendak? | (2012) | |
| Who Is Bill Gates? | (2013) | |
| Who Was Sally Ride? | (2013) | |
| Who Was Christopher Columbus? | (2013) | |
| Who Is Bob Dylan? | (2013) | |
| Who Is Michelle Obama? | (2013) | |
| Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? | (2013) | |
| Who Was Davy Crockett? | (2013) | |
| Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? | (2013) | |
| Who Was Frida Kahlo? | (2013) | |
| Who Was Ernest Shackleton? | (2013) | |
| Who Is Steven Spielberg? | (2013) | |
| Who Was Milton Hershey? | (2013) | |
| Who Was Louis Braille? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Nelson Mandela? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Abigail Adams? | (2014) | |
| Who Is Dolly Parton? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Bruce Lee? | (2014) | |
| Who Is George Lucas? | (2014) | |
| Who Were the Wright Brothers? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Ulysses S. Grant? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Robert E. Lee? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Clara Barton? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Queen Victoria? | (2014) | |
| Who Is Muhammad Ali? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Marie Curie? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Henry Ford? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Roberto Clemente? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Isaac Newton? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Susan B. Anthony? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Rachel Carson? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Julius Caesar? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Gandhi? | (2014) | |
| Who Is Stan Lee? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Alfred Hitchcock? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Charles Dickens? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Genghis Khan? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Sitting Bull? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Betsy Ross? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Andy Warhol? | (2014) | |
| Who Is Gloria Steinem? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Frederick Douglass? | (2014) | |
| Who Was Galileo? | (2015) | |
| Who Is Wayne Gretzky? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Robert Ripley? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Jesus? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Jacques Cousteau? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Winston Churchill? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Mother Teresa? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Steve Irwin? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Woodrow Wilson? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Beatrix Potter? | (2015) | |
| Who Was J.R.R. Tolkien? | (2015) | |
| Who Is Richard Branson? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Edgar Allan Poe? | (2015) | |
| Who Were the Brothers Grimm? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Jesse Owens? | (2015) | |
| Who Is Malala Yousafzai? | (2015) | |
| Who Is Derek Jeter? | (2015) | |
| Who Is Jeff Kinney? | (2015) | |
| Who Is (Your Name Here)? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Julia Child? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Marie Antoinette? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Seabiscuit? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Blackbeard? | (2015) | |
| Who Was George Washington Carver? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Sojourner Truth? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Frank Lloyd Wright? | (2015) | |
| Who Was Maya Angelou? | (2016) | |
| Who Was Lucille Ball? | (2016) | |
| Who Was Joan of Arc? | (2016) | |
| Who Is Elton John? | (2016) | |
| Who Was Jules Verne? | (2016) | |
| Who Was Alexander the Great? | (2016) | |
| Who Was Jules Verne? | (2016) | |
| Who Was Milton Bradley? | (2016) | |
| Who Is Hillary Clinton? | (2016) | |
| Who Was? Mad Libs | (2016) | |
| Who Is Bruce Springsteen? | (2016) | |
| Who Is Stevie Wonder? | (2016) | |
| Who Were The Three Stooges? | (2016) | |
| Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy? | (2016) | |
| Who Was Charlie Chaplin? | (2016) | |
| Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Cesar Chavez? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Princess Diana? | (2017) | |
| Who Are the Rolling Stones? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Bob Marley? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Pete Seeger? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Andrew Jackson? | (2017) | |
| Who Is Pope Francis? | (2017) | |
| Who Are Venus and Serena Williams? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Alexander Hamilton? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Fidel Castro? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Lewis Carroll? | (2017) | |
| Who Is Ralph Lauren? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Coretta Scott King? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Chuck Jones? | (2017) | |
| Who Was Jane Austen? | (2017) | |
| Knock! Knock! Who Was There? | (2018) | |
| Who Was Henry VIII? | (2018) | |
| Who Was Booker T. Washington? | (2018) | |
| Who Is the Dalai Lama? | (2018) | |
| Who Was Aretha Franklin? | (2018) | |
| Who Was Leif Erikson? | (2018) | |
| Who Is Pele? | (2018) | |
| Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? | (2018) | |
| Who Was Selena? | (2018) | |
| The Who Was? Activity Book | (2018) | |
| Who Is Judy Blume? | (2018) | |
| Who Is Bono? | (2018) | |
| Who Was Nikola Tesla? | (2018) | |
| Who Was Napoleon? | (2018) | |
| Who Is Michael Jordan? | (2019) | |
| Who Was H. J. Heinz? | (2019) | |
| Who Was Norman Rockwell? | (2019) | |
| Who Was Stephen Hawking? | (2019) | |
| Who Was Che Guevara? | (2019) | |
| Who Was P. T. Barnum? | (2019) | |
| Who Is Oprah Winfrey? | (2019) | |
| Who Is R. L. Stine? | (2019) | |
| Who Was Harriet Tubman? | (2019) | |
| Who Was Mister Rogers? | (2019) | |
| The Who Was? History of the World | (2019) | |
| Who Was Sam Walton? | (2019) | |
| Who Is Jackie Chan? | (2020) | |
| Who Was Harvey Milk? | (2020) | |
| Who Was Ida B. Wells? | (2020) | |
| Who Is David Beckham? | (2020) | |
| Who Was Celia Cruz? | (2020) | |
| Who Was Benedict Arnold? | (2020) | |
| Who Was Nellie Bly? | (2020) | |
| Who Was Confucius? | (2020) | |
| Who Was Duke Ellington? | (2020) | |
| Who Was Catherine the Great? | (2021) | |
| Who Was Walt Whitman? | (2021) | |
| Who Was Levi Strauss? | (2021) | |
| Who Is RuPaul? | (2021) | |
| Who Is Neil deGrasse Tyson? | (2021) | |
| Who Was A. A. Milne? | (2021) | |
| Who Was Juliette Gordon Low? | (2021) | |
| Who Were the Navajo Code Talkers? | (2021) | |
| Who Was David Bowie? | (2021) | |
| Who Is Queen Elizabeth II? | (2021) | |
| Who Were Stanley and Livingstone? | (2021) | |
| Who Is Dale Earnhardt Jr.? | (2022) | |
| The Who Was? Trivia Book | (2022) | |
| Who Was Charles Schulz? | (2022) | |
| Who Was Ernest Hemingway? | (2022) | |
| Who Is Jimmy Carter? | (2022) | |
| Who Was Johnny Cash? | (2022) | |
Notes: Go! Go! Go! was written by Francie Alexander and illustrated by Joan Holub. A Busy Guy was written by Charnan Simon and illustrated by Holub. Ten Little Ballerinas was illustrated by Holub and written by Wendy Cheyette Lewison. Smart About 50 States has multiple coauthors. Wagons Ho! was co-authored by George Hallowell. The Goddess Girls, Heroes in Training and Grimmtastic Girls series were co-authored by Suzanne Williams.
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