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Sue Hendra

8 Series • 89 Books

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ⓘ About Sue Hendra

Sue Hendra is the creator and author of some of the most popular picture books in the genre. Her work “Wanda the Alien” has also been adapted into a TV series that has also been very popular on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom. Sue Hendra has now been creating several best-selling and award-winning picture books for more than fifteen years and has now worked on at least 70 titles. When Hendra met Paul Linnet her husband, he found him to be a person with the same sense of humor and they would begin illustrating and working together. The two lovebirds currently make their home in Brighton where they live with Wanda their daughter.

All Book Series by Sue Hendra

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Dave

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2009

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2009
2
Dave's Breakfast Blast-Off! book cover

Dave's Breakfast Blast-Off!

Book 2 of 3 · published 2015

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2015
3
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Double Dave

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2016

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2016
1
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I Spy Island

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2021

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2021
2
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Book vs. Shark

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2022

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2022
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First Words

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2008

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2008
2
First Learning book cover

First Learning

Book 2 of 4 · published 2008

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2008
3
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First Shapes

Book 3 of 4 · published 2009

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2009
4
First Colors book cover

First Colors

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2009

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2009
1
Animals book cover

Animals

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1999

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1999
2
Things That Go book cover

Things That Go

Book 2 of 4 · published 1999

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1999
3
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Toys

Book 3 of 4 · published 2000

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2000
4
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Clothes

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2000

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2000
1
Supertato Veggies Assemble book cover

Supertato Veggies Assemble

Series opener · book 1 of 11 · published 2014

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2014
2
Hap-pea Ever After book cover

Hap-pea Ever After

Book 2 of 11 · published 2016

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2016
3
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Veggies in the Valley of Doom

Book 3 of 11 · published 2018

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2018
4
Carnival Catastro-Pea! book cover

Carnival Catastro-Pea!

Book 4 of 11 · published 2019

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2019
5
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Books Are Rubbish!

Book 5 of 11 · published 2020 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2020
6
Supertato Super Squad book cover

Supertato Super Squad

Book 6 of 11 · published 2020

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2020
7
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Bubbly Troubly

Book 7 of 11 · published 2021

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2021
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Night of the Living Veg

Book 8 of 11 · published 2021

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2021
9
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Supertato Presents Jack and the Beanstalk

Book 9 of 11 · published 2023

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2023
10
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Three Epic Adventures of Supertato

Book 10 of 11 · published 2023

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2023
11
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Mean Green Time Machine

Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2023 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2023
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Wanda and the Alien

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2011

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2011
2
Wanda's Space Party book cover

Wanda's Space Party

Book 2 of 4 · published 2012

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2012
3
Wanda and the Alien to the Rescue book cover

Wanda and the Alien to the Rescue

Book 3 of 4 · published 2013

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2013
4
Wanda and the Alien Go Camping book cover

Wanda and the Alien Go Camping

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2014

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2014
1
Oliver's Wood book cover

Oliver's Wood

Series opener · book 1 of 52 · published 1996

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1996
2
Tie Your Shoes! book cover

Tie Your Shoes!

Book 2 of 52 · published 1996

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1996
3
Flip and Find: Colours book cover

Flip and Find: Colours

Book 3 of 52 · published 1998

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1998
4
Scary Party book cover

Scary Party

Book 4 of 52 · published 1998

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1998
5
What's That Colour book cover

What's That Colour

Book 5 of 52 · published 1999

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1999
6
What's That Shape book cover

What's That Shape

Book 6 of 52 · published 1999

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1999
7
Flip and Find: Opposites book cover

Flip and Find: Opposites

Book 7 of 52 · published 1999

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1999
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Flip and Find: Numbers book cover

Flip and Find: Numbers

Book 8 of 52 · published 1999

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1999
9
Puzzle Play: On Safari book cover

Puzzle Play: On Safari

Book 9 of 52 · published 2000

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2000
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On the Farm book cover

On the Farm

Book 10 of 52 · published 2001

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2001
11
Dinosaur Dinner book cover

Dinosaur Dinner

Book 11 of 52 · published 2001

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2001
12
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Chunky Car

Book 12 of 52 · published 2002

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2002
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Chunky Plane

Book 13 of 52 · published 2002

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2002
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Chunky Boat

Book 14 of 52 · published 2002

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2002
15
My First Big Book of Learning Fun book cover

My First Big Book of Learning Fun

Book 15 of 52 · published 2003

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2003
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Follow my Finger Overground

Book 16 of 52 · published 2004

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2004
17
My Favourite Things: Dogs book cover

My Favourite Things: Dogs

Book 17 of 52 · published 2004

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2004
18
My Cat's Favourite Things book cover

My Cat's Favourite Things

Book 18 of 52 · published 2004

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2004
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Upsy Down Town

Book 19 of 52 · published 2004

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2004
20
My Mummy's Favourite Things book cover

My Mummy's Favourite Things

Book 20 of 52 · published 2004

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2004
21
My Grandpa's Favourite Things book cover

My Grandpa's Favourite Things

Book 21 of 52 · published 2004

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2004
22
My Daddy's Favourite Things book cover

My Daddy's Favourite Things

Book 22 of 52 · published 2004

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2004
23
Mole Digs a Hole book cover

Mole Digs a Hole

Book 23 of 52 · published 2007

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2007
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Mole Scores a Goal book cover

Mole Scores a Goal

Book 24 of 52 · published 2007

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2007
25
Mole Takes a Stroll book cover

Mole Takes a Stroll

Book 25 of 52 · published 2007

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2007
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Mole Makes a Roll

Book 26 of 52 · published 2007

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2007
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Tractor

Book 27 of 52 · published 2008

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2008
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Digger

Book 28 of 52 · published 2008

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2008
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Excavator

Book 29 of 52 · published 2008

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2008
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Dumper Truck

Book 30 of 52 · published 2008

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2008
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My Mermaid Counting Book book cover

My Mermaid Counting Book

Book 31 of 52 · published 2009

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2009
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Busy Day, Busy Night: Rain Forest book cover

Busy Day, Busy Night: Rain Forest

Book 32 of 52 · published 2009

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2009
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Barry the Fish with Fingers book cover

Barry the Fish with Fingers

Book 33 of 52 · published 2009

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2009
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Norman The Slug With The Silly Shell book cover

Norman The Slug With The Silly Shell

Book 34 of 52 · published 2011

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2011
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Barry the Fish with Fingers and the Hairy Scary Monster book cover

Barry the Fish with Fingers and the Hairy Scary Monster

Book 35 of 52 · published 2011

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2011
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Keith the Cat with the Magic Hat book cover

Keith the Cat with the Magic Hat

Book 36 of 52 · published 2012

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2012
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Gordon's Great Escape book cover

Gordon's Great Escape

Book 37 of 52 · published 2013

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2013
38
Lots and Lots of Fun Stuff to Do with Barry and Norman book cover

Lots and Lots of Fun Stuff to Do with Barry and Norman

Book 38 of 52 · published 2013

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2013
39
I Need to Wee! book cover

I Need to Wee!

Book 39 of 52 · published 2014 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2014
40
Norman the Slug Who Saved Christmas book cover

Norman the Slug Who Saved Christmas

Book 40 of 52 · published 2015 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2015
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The Sue Hendra Collection

Book 41 of 52 · published 2015

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2015
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Simon Sock

Book 42 of 52 · published 2017 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2017
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Norman's New Shell

Book 43 of 52 · published 2018

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2018
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Cake book cover

Cake

Book 44 of 52 · published 2018 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2018
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Snowball book cover

Snowball

Book 45 of 52 · published 2018 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2018
46
Count and Play with Barry the Fish with Fingers book cover

Count and Play with Barry the Fish with Fingers

Book 46 of 52 · published 2019 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2019
47
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Christopher Pumpkin

Book 47 of 52 · published 2019 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2019
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Oh, Christmas Tree! book cover

Oh, Christmas Tree!

Book 48 of 52 · published 2019 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2019
49
Alan the Bear Party Time book cover

Alan the Bear Party Time

Book 49 of 52 · published 2019 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2019
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Alan the Bear Bedtime

Book 50 of 52 · published 2019 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2019
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Egg

Book 51 of 52 · published 2020 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2020
52
No-Bot the Robot's New Bottom book cover

No-Bot the Robot's New Bottom

Latest in the series · book 52 of 52 · published 2020 Co-authored · Paul Linnet

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2020
1
Mad About... Sharks book cover

Mad About... Sharks

Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2008 Co-authored · Deborah Murrell

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2008
2
Mad About... Dinosaurs book cover

Mad About... Dinosaurs

Book 2 of 9 · published 2008 Co-authored · Claire Hawcock

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2008
3
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Mad About... Ponies

Book 3 of 9 · published 2008 Anthology · Sandy Ransford,Ian Escott

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2008
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Mad About... Bugs

Book 4 of 9 · published 2008 Anthology · Deborah Murrell

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2008
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Mad About... Space

Book 5 of 9 · published 2008 Anthology · Carole Scott

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2008
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Mad About... Castles and Knights book cover

Mad About... Castles and Knights

Book 6 of 9 · published 2009 Co-authored · Deborah Murrell

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2009
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Mad About... Costume and Fashion book cover

Mad About... Costume and Fashion

Book 7 of 9 · published 2009 Co-authored · Deborah Murrell

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2009
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Mad About... Deadly Creatures book cover

Mad About... Deadly Creatures

Book 8 of 9 · published 2009 Co-authored · Anita Ganeri

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2009
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Mad About... Whales and Dolphins book cover

Mad About... Whales and Dolphins

Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2009 Co-authored · Anita Ganeri

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2009

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Sue Hendra?

Sue Hendra is the creator and author of some of the most popular picture books in the genre. Her work “Wanda the Alien” has also been adapted into a TV series that has also been very popular on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom. Sue Hendra has now been creating several best-selling and award-winning picture books for more than fifteen years and has now worked on at least 70 titles.

Which Sue Hendra series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Pop It In The Pocket series, the earliest of Sue Hendra's multi-book series: it opens with Animals (1999) and runs to 4 books across 1999–2000, ending with Clothes (2000). Sue Hendra's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Sue Hendra written?

Sue Hendra has 89 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1996 and 2023. 37 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Supertato series with 11 books — and 52 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Sue Hendra's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Sue Hendra's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Pop It In The Pocket (1999–2000, 4 books), Mad About... (2008–2009, 9 books) and Lift the Flap (2008–2009, 4 books), plus 4 more.

How are Sue Hendra's books organised into series?

This guide splits Sue Hendra's 89 books into 7 named series and 52 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Supertato (11 books, 2014–2023); Mad About... (9 books, 2008–2009); Lift the Flap (4 books, 2008–2009); Pop It In The Pocket (4 books, 1999–2000); Wanda and the Alien (4 books, 2011–2014), plus 2 further series.