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Betty G. Birney
Full Series List in Order
According to Humphrey
1 - The World According To Humphrey (Feb-2004)2 - Friendship According to Humphrey (Feb-2005)
3 - Trouble According to Humphrey (Feb-2007)
4 - Surprises According to Humphrey (Mar-2008)
5 - Adventure According to Humphrey (Feb-2009)
6 - Summer According to Humphrey (Feb-2010)
7 - School Days According to Humphrey (Jul-2011)
8 - Mysteries According to Humphrey (Jul-2012)
9 - Winter According to Humphrey (Oct-2012)
10 - Secrets According to Humphrey (Jan-2014)
11 - Imagination According to Humphrey (Jan-2015)
12 - Spring According to Humphrey (Jan-2016)
Fenway and Hattie
1 - Fenway and Hattie (Feb-2016)Humphrey's Tiny Tales
1 - Humphrey's Really Wheely Racing Day (Sep-2014)2 - Humphrey's Playful Puppy Problem (Sep-2014)
3 - Humphrey's Creepy-Crawly Camping Adventure (May-2015)
4 - Humphrey's School Fair Surprise (Jan-2016)
5 - Humphrey's Mixed-Up Magic Trick (Aug-2016)
6 - Humphrey's Treasure Hunt Trouble (Aug-2017)
7 - Humphrey's Pet Show Panic (Jan-2018)
8 - Humphrey's Big Birthday Bash (Sep-2018)
Og the Frog
1 - Life According to Og the Frog (Jul-2018)2 - Exploring According to Og the Frog (Jul-2019)
3 - Wildlife According to Og the Frog (May-2020)
Multi-Author Series List
Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh: The Merry Christmas Mystery - Look-Look Book (Jul-1993)Book List in Order: 54 titles
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Oh, Bother! Someone's Messy!
- Dec-1992
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This is one of the appealing titles in a special Pooh series that addresses -- and resolves -- simple childhood problems. This time the problem is Roo's messy room. Roo thinks cleaning things up is just too much trouble. But one day his mud pies get ...
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The World According To Humphrey
- Feb-2004
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Welcome to Room 26, Humphrey! You can learn a lot about life by observing another species. That?s what Humphrey was told when he was first brought to Room 26. And boy, is it true! In addition to his classroom escapades, each weekend this amazing ham...
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Friendship According to Humphrey
- Feb-2005
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After the long winter vacation, Humphrey can't wait to see his friends in Room 26 again and find out what Mrs. Brisbane has planned for the class. But he's shocked by a big surprise on the first day back -- a new class pet! Humphrey offers his paw i...
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The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
- Jun-2005
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Life in Sassafras Springs has always been predictable, boring even, but one afternoon that changes when Eben McAllister's pa challenges him to find Seven Wonders in Sassafras that rival the real Seven Wonders of the World. The reward? An adventure th...
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Trouble According to Humphrey
- Feb-2007
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Humphrey to the rescue! Humphrey the hamster loves to solve problems for his classmates in Room 26, but he never meant to create one! Golden-Miranda, one of his favorite students, gets blamed when Humphrey is caught outside of his cage while she's...
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The Princess and the Peabodys
- Sep-2007
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In the kingdom of Pine Glen . . .
When a teenage wizard blunders a spell that sends a real, live medieval princess to the Peabodys' house, fourteen-year-old Casey Peabody is in for a royal mess! It was bad enough attending Pine Glen Juni...
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Surprises According to Humphrey
- Mar-2008
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A classroom hamster has to be ready for anything, but suddenly there are LOTS-LOTS-LOTS of big surprises in Humphrey's world. Some are exciting, like a new hamster ball. But some are scary, like a run-in with a cat and a new janitor who might be from...
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Adventure According to Humphrey
- Feb-2009
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The fifth book in the beloved and award-winning school hamster series!The students in Room 26 are learning about boats and building their own for a race on Potter's Pond. Humphrey the hamster loves dreaming about being a pirate and watching his frien...
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Summer According to Humphrey
- Feb-2010
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When Humphrey hears that school is ending, he can't believe his ears. What's a classroom hamster to do if there's no more school? It turns out that Mrs. Brisbane has planned something thrilling for Humphrey and Og the frog: they're going to Camp Happ...
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School Days According to Humphrey
- Jul-2011
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Humphrey is excited to get back to Room 26 and see all his old classmates. But on the first day of school, a bunch of strange kids arrive and no matter how loudly he squeaks up, they don't realize they're in the wrong room! Once Humphrey gets over th...
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Mysteries According to Humphrey
- Jul-2012
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EEK-EEK-EEK! Mrs. Brisbane is missing! Humphrey has always investigated things, like why Speak-Up-Sayeh was so quiet and Tall-Paul and Small-Paul didn't get along, but this is a true mystery--Mrs. Brisbane is missing! She just didn't show up in Ro...
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Winter According to Humphrey
- Oct-2012
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A hamsterific celebration of the best time of the year Room 26 is abuzz. The students are making costumes and practicing their special songs for the Winter Wonderland program and Humphrey is fascinated by all the ways his classmates celebrate the ...
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Secrets According to Humphrey
- Jan-2014
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Humphrey is back in his tenth adventure in the beloved middle-grade series! So many secrets are flying around Room 26 that Humphrey can barely keep track. Mrs. Brisbane knows a student is leaving, but Humphrey can't figure out which one. (Even mor...
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Humphrey's Playful Puppy Problem
- Sep-2014
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Everyone’s favorite classroom pet is now starring in chapter books! Humphrey, the classroom hamster of Room 26, loves spending weekends with his classmates. This week, he is going home with Richie. Humphrey is going to help him with his science...
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Humphrey's Really Wheely Racing Day
- Sep-2014
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Humphrey is one happy hamster. He lives in Room 26 at Longfellow School. He has a big comfy cage with a wheel perfect for spinning and a room full of friends. But when Humphrey goes to Mandy’s house one weekend, he learns that her hamster has somet...
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Imagination According to Humphrey
- Jan-2015
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Humphrey's eleventh adventure celebrates stories, writing, and the power of the imagination! Imaginations are running wild in Mrs. Brisbane’s class, but Humphrey is stumped. His friends are writing about where they would go if they could fly, b...
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Humphrey's Creepy-Crawly Camping Adventure
- May-2015
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Everyone's favorite classroom pet is now starring in chapter books! Humphrey has had lots of adventures as the classroom pet of Room 26, but never one like this. He is going on a campout in the backyard with Heidi and her friends! There’s starga...
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Humphrey's School Fair Surprise
- Jan-2016
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Everyone’s favorite classroom pet is now starring in chapter books! Longfellow School is having a school fair! They will have bouncy castles, bean bag games, painted faces, and delicious treats. And there's also a contest for best class spirit. ...
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Spring According to Humphrey
- Jan-2016
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Spring is in the air, and lots of things are growing -- including the Room 26 family! Signs of spring are very exciting to everyone at Longfellow School. Mrs. Brisbane's class has seen flowers poking out of snow and baby birds hatching, and Just...
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Fenway and Hattie
- Feb-2016
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This lovable new series introduces a little dog with a GIANT personality! Fenway is an excitable and endlessly energetic Jack Russell terrier. He lives in the city with Food Lady, Fetch Man, and -- of course -- his beloved short human and best-fr...
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Humphrey's Mixed-Up Magic Trick
- Aug-2016
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Humphrey might be the first classroom hamster ever to be part of a magic act! The kids in Room 26 are talking about jobs they want to have when they grow up. Golden-Miranda wants to be a magician and, even more exciting, she wants Humphrey to be ...
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Humphrey's Treasure Hunt Trouble
- Aug-2017
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Humphrey might be the only one who can solve the mystery of the missing treasure hunt prize! Garth has a surprise for his friends when they get to his party -- a treasure hunt! Riddles are hidden all around his backyard and he put the prize in the...
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Humphrey's Pet Show Panic
- Jan-2018
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Humphrey is the favorite pet in Room 26, but will he also be a favorite at the pet show? When A.J. brings Humphrey to the town pet show, he's sure Humphrey will win a prize. But Humphrey isn't convinced. There are all kinds of animals in the show...
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Life According to Og the Frog
- Jul-2018
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The adventures in Humphrey's Room 26 are hopping back into the spotlight, from the perspective of Og the Frog! When Og the Frog first comes to Room 26, he doesn't know what to think. He misses his friends from the pond, there are all kinds of stra...
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Humphrey's Big Birthday Bash
- Sep-2018
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Humphrey is excited to celebrate the kids of Room 26 with the first birthday party of the year! Kirk invites the class to his super-fun backward birthday bash, where everything is backward, including clothes! The kids in Room 26 have a great time,...
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Exploring According to Og the Frog
- Jul-2019
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In the second book in the Og the Frog spinoff of the Humphrey series, Og is ready for adventure and is jumping at the chance to help kids be brave! Og loves the kids in Room 26, but he's awfully curious about the human world outside his t...
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Wildlife According to Og the Frog
- May-2020
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In the third book in the spinoff of the Humphrey series, Og and Humphrey head to summer camp to see what's hopping in the wilderness! Og didn't know where he would end up when school was over, but it turns out Camp Happy Hollow is just abo...
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Happiness According to Humphrey
- May-2024
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Everyone's favorite classroom pet is unsqueakably thrilled to be in a NEW-NEW-NEW novel to celebrate the Humphrey series’ 20th anniversary!Room 26 is going to the dogs!Humphrey knows friends can come in all shapes, sizes, and species, but some big ...
Award-Winning Books by Betty G. Birney
2006 Christopher Award -- Books for Young People
Secrets According to Humphrey
2015 Buckeye Children's Book Award -- Grades 3-5
The World According To Humphrey
2005 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Grades 4-6
2006 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's
2006 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Intermediate
2006 Rhode Island Children's Book Award -- Grades 3-6
2006 Sequoyah Book Award -- Children's
2007 Sasquatch Award -- Children/Young Adult
2008 Golden Sower Award -- Intermediate