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Babymouse books in order

Ages 7–10 · about grade 2 comic · finished

There are 20 Babymouse books. Start with Babymouse: Queen of the World! (2005) and read them in number order. The newest is book 20, Babymouse Goes for the Gold (2016). Penguin Random House's page for book 1 gives ages 7 to 10 and grades 2 to 5, and its page for a later spin-off gives the same ages.

What reading it is like: Comic panels with short speech bubbles and a few lines of narration. Finished: 20 books, the last in 2016.

By Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, published by Random House (Random House Graphic). Checked October 30, 2026 (sources at the bottom). No affiliate links, and nobody paid to be here.

How many Babymouse books are there?

There are 20 Babymouse books as of November 12, 2026, out from 2005 to 2016. The newest is book 20, Babymouse Goes for the Gold. The series is finished, so that's all of them.

When is the next Babymouse book?

There won't be a next one: the Babymouse series is finished. Peabody's picks for what to read after are further down.

The Babymouse books in order

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What's next for Babymouse

  • Babymouse: Tales from the Locker: A five-book spin-off from 2017 to 2021 (Lights, Camera, Middle School!, Miss Communication, School-Tripped, Curtain Call and Whisker Wizard), set in middle school and a little older in feel.
  • The BIG Adventures of BabyMouse: A two-book follow-up for younger readers, Once Upon a Messy Whisker (2022) and Besties! (2023). Penguin Random House lists Besties! for ages 7 to 10.

Do you have to read Babymouse in order?

You can start almost anywhere. Each of the twenty books is a separate school or home mishap, and the jokes and cast are the same throughout, so there is no cliffhanger to spoil. Reading in number order shows Babymouse growing up a little, which some children like. The main series is finished: book 20 came out in 2016.

What age is Babymouse for?

Seven to ten is the publisher's age for the books, not a reading level. The comic panels carry most of the story, and the daydream scenes are easy to tell apart from real life, so many second graders read these alone. The spin-off Tales from the Locker is aimed a bit older, and Bookroo lists it as 8 to 12. We don't print reading-level scores: they belong to the companies that make them.

What's it like inside Babymouse?

  • Words: Some words on a page.
  • Panels: About 4 to 6 panels a page.
  • Colour: Black, white and pink.
  • Which way: Left to right, like most books.
  • Length: Book 1 has 96 pages.
  • Feels: Funny.

About book 1. The page count is from penguinrandomhouse.com; the rest is Peabody's own note, never a score.

What to read after Babymouse

Also on: 7-year-olds · 8-year-olds · 9-year-olds · 10-year-olds

Peabody's lists for Babymouse readers

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Titles, order and years are facts from these pages, opened October 30, 2026. Peabody shows no covers or blurbs: those belong to the publisher.

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