🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Coco Simon
Coco Simon always dreamt of opening a cupcake bakery. However, she was afraid that she would actually eat all the bakery’s profits. When she is not daydreaming about cupcakes, Coco Simon loves editing children’s books and she has written approximately 100 books for children, teens as well as young adults, which is very much less than the number of the cupcakes that she has eaten. Cupcake Diaries Series is the first time that Coco Simon has mixed her love for cupcakes with writing. Let’s take a closer look at the two earliest books in this series by Coco Simon. Katie and the Cupcake Cure This is the first novel in The Cupcake Diaries. Scholastic Book Wizard has placed this book at around a 3rd grade reading level which is most appropriate for this book.
All Book Series by Coco Simon
Katie and the Cupcake Cure: The Graphic Novel
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2022
Emma on Thin Icing: The Graphic Novel
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2023
Sunday Sundaes
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2018 Co-authored · Lucy Truman
Ice Cream and Sweet Dreams
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2020
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Coco Simon?
Coco Simon always dreamt of opening a cupcake bakery. However, she was afraid that she would actually eat all the bakery’s profits. When she is not daydreaming about cupcakes, Coco Simon loves editing children’s books and she has written approximately 100 books for children, teens as well as young adults, which is very much less than the number of the cupcakes that she has eaten.
Which Coco Simon series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Cupcake Diaries series, the earliest of Coco Simon's multi-book series: it opens with Katie and the Cupcake Cure (2011) and runs to 34 books across 2011–2021, ending with Mia's Sweet Surprises (2021). Coco Simon's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Coco Simon written?
Coco Simon has 64 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2011 and 2025. 63 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Cupcake Diaries series with 34 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.
In what order should Coco Simon's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Coco Simon's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Cupcake Diaries (2011–2021, 34 books), Sprinkle Sundays (2018–2020, 12 books) and Donut Dreams (2019–2021, 8 books), plus 2 more.
How are Coco Simon's books organised into series?
This guide splits Coco Simon's 64 books into 5 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Cupcake Diaries (34 books, 2011–2021); Sprinkle Sundays (12 books, 2018–2020); Donut Dreams (8 books, 2019–2021); Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch (6 books, 2024–2025); Cupcake Diaries Graphic Novels (3 books, 2022–2023).