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ⓘ About Jim Eldridge
Jim Elridge is a thriller, young adult fantasy, children’s fiction, historical mystery, and young adult fiction author from Kent. The author was born in London’s Euston suburb in 1944 and loves to style himself a survivor of V1 and V2 rockets during the Second World War. Elridge quit school as a sixteen-year-old and held a variety of jobs before he went to train to become a teacher. He would go on to teach in many low-income areas in Luton, even as he built a career as a children’s book author and scriptwriter. He would later on quit his teaching career to become a full-time author. Starting in 2010, he quit writing children’s fiction and scriptwriting as he was more focused on adult historical crime fiction.
All Book Series by Jim Eldridge
Murder at Canterbury Cathedral
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2026
Disgusting Dave And The Farting Dog
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2009
Disgusting Dave and the Bucketful of Vomit
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2011
Murder at Whitechapel Road Station
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2024
Survivor: Titanic
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2017 Anthology · Stephen Davies
Courageous First World War Stories
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2014
Bogeys, Boils And Bellybuttons
Book 2 of 16 · published 1986 Co-authored · Duncan Eldridge
The Complete How to Handle Grown-ups
Book 5 of 16 · published 1991 Co-authored · Duncan Eldridge
Even More Ways to Handle Grown-ups
Book 8 of 16 · published 1996 Co-authored · Duncan Eldridge
Warriors! True Stories Of Combat, Skill And Courage
Book 9 of 16 · published 2001
Independence. War in Ireland
Latest in the series · book 16 of 16 · published 2017
50 Things You Should Know About The Tudors
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2004 Anthology · Rupert Matthews
50 Things You Should Know about Fierce Creatures
Book 2 of 6 · published 2004 Anthology · Steve Parker
50 Things You Should Know About The First World War
Book 3 of 6 · published 2014
50 Things You Should Know About the Second World War
Book 4 of 6 · published 2015 Anthology · Simon Pratt-Adams
50 Things You Should Know About The Human Body
Book 5 of 6 · published 2015 Anthology · Angela Royston
50 Things You Should Know About the Environment
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2016 Anthology · Jen Green
Soppy Hoppy
Series opener · book 1 of 53 · published 2001 Anthology · Jeanne Willis
The Moon Monsters Get Lost
Book 5 of 53 · published 2002 Anthology · Jeanne Willis
A Little Green Monster
Book 10 of 53 · published 2007 Anthology · Jeanne Willis
Giant George & the Robin
Book 12 of 53 · published 2008 Anthology · Jeanne Willis
The Trout Fishing Song
Book 15 of 53 · published 2008 Anthology · Jeanne Willis
Rat and Cat - The Hat!
Book 16 of 53 · published 2008 Anthology · Jeanne Willis
One-Way Ticket to Mars
Book 19 of 53 · published 2009 Anthology · Jeanne Willis
Little Red Riding Hoody
Book 20 of 53 · published 2010 Anthology · Jeanne Willis
The Not-So-Merry-Go-Round
Book 22 of 53 · published 2010 Anthology · Maureen Haselhurst
A Rat and Cat in the Hat Trick
Book 24 of 53 · published 2010 Anthology · Jeanne Willis
Plays to Act Tiddler
Book 33 of 53 · published 2012 Anthology · Julia Donaldson
The Dragon's Tale and Other Beastly Stories
Book 36 of 53 · published 2012 Anthology · Anthony Horowitz,Simone Massoni
Rat and Cat - Let's Jump
Book 39 of 53 · published 2012 Anthology · Jeanne Willis
The Best Bet
Book 42 of 53 · published 2013 Anthology · Julia Donaldson,Charlie Alder
The Noises Next Door
Book 44 of 53 · published 2013 Anthology · Julia Donaldson
Big Giant, Little Bear
Book 48 of 53 · published 2013 Anthology · Rosalind Kerven
Goldilocks and The Clever Plan
Book 49 of 53 · published 2013 Anthology · Smriti Halls
Goldilocks and the Big Mess
Book 50 of 53 · published 2013 Anthology · Smriti Halls
Goldilocks and the Porridge Problem
Book 51 of 53 · published 2016 Anthology · Smriti Halls
The Road to Freedom
Book 52 of 53 · published 2017 Anthology · Lesa Cline-Ransome
The Tree
Latest in the series · book 53 of 53 · published 2017 Anthology · Smriti Halls
I Was There… Alone In The Trenches
Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 2014 Anthology · Vince Cross
I Was There Boudica's Army
Book 3 of 8 · published 2015 Anthology · Hilary McKay
I Was There Tutankhamun's Tomb
Book 4 of 8 · published 2015 Anthology · Sue Reid
I Was There Viking Invasion
Book 6 of 8 · published 2015 Anthology · Stuart Hill
I Was There...: Ira Aldridge
Book 7 of 8 · published 2021 Anthology · Judy Hepburn
On Board the Titanic
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2021 Anthology · Margi McAllister
The Titanic
Series opener · book 1 of 24 · published 1992 Anthology · Ellen Emerson White
Twentieth Century Girl
Book 5 of 24 · published 2001 Anthology · Carol Drinkwater
The Crystal Palace
Book 6 of 24 · published 2001 Anthology · Frances Mary Hendry
Sophie's Secret War
Book 13 of 24 · published 2009 Anthology · Jill Atkins
Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan
Book 21 of 24 · published 2020 Anthology · Sufiya Ahmed
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh
Book 23 of 24 · published 2022 Anthology · Sufiya Ahmed
Mary Prince
Latest in the series · book 24 of 24 · published 2022 Anthology · E.L. Norry
The Trenches: Billy Stevens, The Western Front, 1914-1918
Series opener · book 1 of 17 · published 2002
Trafalgar: James Grant, HMS Norseman, 1799-1806
Book 3 of 17 · published 2002 Anthology · Bryan Perrett
Agincourt : Jenkin Lloyd, France, 1415
Book 5 of 17 · published 2003 Anthology · Michael Cox
Waterloo: Bob Jenkins, Royal Horse Artillery, 1814-1817
Book 6 of 17 · published 2003 Anthology · Bryan Perrett
Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918
Book 7 of 17 · published 2003
D-Day: Lieutenant Andy Pope, Normandy, 1944
Book 8 of 17 · published 2004 Anthology · Bryan Perrett
Crimea: Michael Pope, 110th Regiment, 1853-1857
Book 9 of 17 · published 2004 Anthology · Bryan Perrett
U-boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, HMS Arum, 1939-1945
Book 12 of 17 · published 2005 Anthology · Bryan Perrett
The Storm to Come: Two boys on the run from the Nazis, Vienna, 1939
Book 14 of 17 · published 2010 Anthology · Yankev Glatshteyn
Dodger: The Story of a Victorian Pickpocket
Latest in the series · book 17 of 17 · published 2011
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Jim Eldridge?
Jim Elridge is a thriller, young adult fantasy, children's fiction, historical mystery, and young adult fiction author from Kent. The author was born in London’s Euston suburb in 1944 and loves to style himself a survivor of V1 and V2 rockets during the Second World War. Elridge quit school as a sixteen-year-old and held a variety of jobs before he went to train to become a teacher.
Which Jim Eldridge series should I start with?
The best place to start is the My Story series, the earliest of Jim Eldridge's multi-book series: it opens with The Titanic (1992) and runs to 24 books across 1992–2022, ending with Mary Prince (2022). Jim Eldridge's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Jim Eldridge written?
Jim Eldridge has 210 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1972 and 2027. 165 of them belong to 18 named series — the largest being the Bug Club series with 53 books — and 45 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Jim Eldridge's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jim Eldridge's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are My Story (1992–2022, 24 books), Fantasy Soldiers (1995, 4 books) and Warpath (1999–2000, 6 books), plus 15 more.
How are Jim Eldridge's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jim Eldridge's 210 books into 18 named series and 45 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Bug Club (53 books, 2001–2017); My Story (24 books, 1992–2022); My Story: Boys (17 books, 2002–2011); Museum Mysteries (14 books, 2018–2027); I Was There (8 books, 2014–2021), plus 13 further series.