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  • Bibliography:
    21 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1988
  • Latest Book:
    April 2006
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Full Series List in Order

Cousins

1 - Not Quite Sisters (Jul-1993)
2 - Stuck in the Middle (Aug-1993)

Dr. Quinn Medicine, Woman (YA)

1 - New Friends (Nov-1995)
2 - Queen of the May (Mar-1996)

The Murphys

1 - Too Many Murphys (1988)
2 - Fourth Grade Is a Jinx (Apr-1989)
3 - Fifth Grade: Here Comes Trouble (Aug-1997)
4 - Eenie, Meanie, Murphy, No! (Mar-1990)
5 - Murphy's Island (Oct-1990)
6 - The Truth About Sixth Grade (Feb-1991)
7 - Mother Murphy (Mar-1992)
7 - Camp Murphy (Jul-1994)

Third Grade

Good Grief...Third Grade (Aug-1993)
Third Grade Ghouls (Oct-2001)
Doggone...3rd Grade! (Apr-2002)
Third Grade Wedding Bells (Apr-2006)

Book List in Order: 21 titles



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    Be careful what you wish for! There are too many Murphys in Collette's house! With her younger sister and two younger brothers stealing all of her parents' time, Collette feels left out. Being the oldest isn't easy. If she were an only child, like...



  • Teacher’s pet? Collette Murphy thought fourth grade was going to be fun, but that was before her teacher had an accident. Now her class is going to get a substitute and Collette is in for a big surprise -- it's her mother! Collette's sure s...



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    Scrooged! Meg Stafford loves Christmas -- until mean Miss McConnell comes to teach her fifth-grade class. Suddenly, Meg's always in trouble. And she's not the only one. Why doesn't Miss McConnell like them? Meg and her friends want to be in the C...




  • Colette Murphy -- City Slicker? Collette had Big Plans for sixth grade. But that was before she found out the Murphys would be spending a few months on a small island far away from anything. It's not all bad. Collette will finally be able to ...



  • TRUTH, OR DARE? Collette couldn't wait to join her old class for the rest of sixth grade. She had two big reasons: Her best friends were there, and the teacher, Mr. Kurtlander, wasn't just handsome -- he was The Most Gorgeous man in the world. To ...



  • When the expectant Mrs. Murphy is ordered to bed, Collette attempts to assuage her guilt at her unhappiness about the new arrival by helping baby-sit her younger siblings, a move that teaches her the difficulties of mothering. Reprint....



  • Anticipating the best summer of her life, sixteen-year-old Kitty Lee takes a full-time baby-sitting job and discovers that handsome Mr. Curtis's needs for a nurturing wife and mother may be more than she can handle. Reprint....







  • Good grief... it's Marsha and Roger! Marsha Cessano promised her parents that third grade will be her best school year ever. But that yucky Roger Friday will do anything to get Marsha in trouble! Now third grade couldn't be crazier -- because Mars...




  • It's Friday! Roger Friday is an ace class clown -- and Marsha Cessano is a joker's worst enemy. She has no sense of humor. If Marsha screams when she finds a dead snake in her locker, that's not Roger's problem...is it? But when things start di...



  • Uh-oh... Collette, Marsha, and Sarah have decided to start a summer camp for the little kids in the neighborhood. But at the last minute, Sarah has to go away with her family. Now Collette and Marsha have to get a new counselor -- and fast, or Cam...



  • Unable to understand why the troublesome Laura McCoy has been causing problems for her lately, Colleen Cooper tries to keep her distance, until both girls are thrust together in a strange town and forced to stick together....



  • When Dr. Mike gets overly busy with seasonal flu cases, Colleen decides to keep her school problems to herself, a situation that teaches her a lesson in communication when things spiral out of control...



  • Writing a mushy valentine poem for a pretty new girl, Roger accidentally puts the poem in Marsha's valentine box, prompting her to announce to everyone that she has a secret admirer and placing Roger in a very uncomfortable position...




  • Disappointed when his friend Lamont's mother makes him a silly Halloween costume, especially since Lamont always has the best costumes, Gordie is determined to find another costume--one that will be the most frightening and terrifying costume ever....



  • Gordie is trying to comne up with the perfect act for the third-grade talent show--only he doesn't have any special talents. He decides to teach his dog a new trick, but Scratch isn't very good at following directions. Scratch is only good at eating,...








  • When he is chosen to play the prince in Ms. Tingle's play, Gordie becomes extremely nervous due to his part in the second-grade play fiasco last year, and, thinking that things can't get any worse, stumbles upon a clue suggesting that his favorite te...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna has published 21 books.

Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Third Grade Wedding Bells, was published in April 2006.

The first book by Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna, Too Many Murphys, was published in January 1988.

Yes. Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna has 4 series.