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Lunch Lady books in order

Ages 7–10 · about grade 2 comic · finished

There are 10 Lunch Lady books. Start with Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute (2009) and read them in number order. The newest is book 10, Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle (2014). Penguin Random House's page for the tenth book labels it ages 7 to 10, and its page for the 2022 two-in-one reissue lists 7 to 10 in one place and 8 to 12 in another.

What reading it is like: Short comics with a lot of white space, a few words per bubble and one joke after another. Finished: 10 books, the last in 2014.

By Jarrett J. Krosoczka, published by Alfred A. Knopf (Random House). Checked October 30, 2026 (sources at the bottom). No affiliate links, and nobody paid to be here.

How many Lunch Lady books are there?

There are 10 Lunch Lady books as of November 12, 2026, out from 2009 to 2014. The newest is book 10, Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle. The series is finished, so that's all of them.

When is the next Lunch Lady book?

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

The Lunch Lady books in order

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What's next for Lunch Lady

  • The First Helping and The Second Helping: Two hardcover two-in-one reissues: books 1 and 2 (22 Feb 2022) and books 3 and 4, with new backmatter.

Do you have to read Lunch Lady in order?

Each book is a self-contained case at the same school, so a child can start anywhere. The cast and the running jokes carry over, and the last book brings back villains from the first nine, so number order pays off. There are ten books and the series is finished.

What age is Lunch Lady for?

Seven to ten is the publisher's age for the books, not a reading level. They are short, about 96 pages, with few words, which suits reluctant readers and children moving up from picture books, and the same jokes still work for readers who are a little older. Peabody's own lists put it at about 6 to 10. We don't print reading-level scores: they belong to the companies that make them.

What's it like inside Lunch Lady?

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

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

What to read after Lunch Lady

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

Peabody's lists for Lunch Lady readers

Sources

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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