Order of Jory John Books

Jory John is an American author of children’s books. He is a New York Times bestselling author and E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor recipient. In addition to his many picture books and children’s books, he has also written for New York Times, The Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle, and several other publications. His work has also been referenced on Jeopardy!.

Jory John made his debut as an author in 2010 with All My Friends are Dead. Below is a list of Jory John’s books in order of when they were first released:

Publication Order of All My Friends... Books

All My Friends are Dead	(2010)
All My Friends are Still Dead	(2012)

Publication Order of Animal Problems Books

Penguin Problems	(2016)
Giraffe Problems	(2018)
Cat Problems	(2021)

Publication Order of Bad Seed Books

The Bad Seed	(2017)
The Good Egg	(2019)
The Cool Bean	(2019)
The Couch Potato	(2020)
The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky	(2021)
The Smart Cookie	(2021)

Publication Order of Bear & Duck Books

Goodnight Already!	(2014)
I Love You Already!	(2015)
Come Home Already!	(2017)
All Right Already!	(2018)

Publication Order of Kids' Letters To The Obamas Books

Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country	(2009)
I Miss You, Barack Obama	(2018)

Publication Order of The Terrible Two Books

(with Mac Barnett)

The Terrible Two	(2015)
The Terrible Two Get Worse	(2016)
The Terrible Two Go Wild (By: Mac Barnett)	(2018)
The Terrible Two's Last Laugh	(2018)

Publication Order of Picture Books

I Feel Relatively Neutral About New York	(2011)
K is for Knifeball	(2012)
I Will Chomp You!	(2015)
Quit Calling Me a Monster!	(2016)
Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back?	(2018)
That's What Dinosaurs Do	(2019)
The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!	(2020)
It's Not My Fault!	(2020)
First Day Critter Jitters	(2020)
Probably a Unicorn	(2020)
Something's Wrong!	(2021)
Summer Camp Critter Jitters	(2021)

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Jory John Synopses: Goodnight Already! by Jory John and illustrator Benji Davies is the first book in the Bear & Duck series. Bear is exhausted. All he wants is to go to sleep. Duck is wide awake. All he wants is to hang out… with Bear. Will Bear ever be able to catch some ZZZ’s?

The Bad Seed by Jory John (and illustrations by Pete Oswald) is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know? He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He’s been bad since he doesn’t even know when! This seed cuts in line all the time, stares at everybody and never listens. But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself, and decides that he wants to be… happy?