Andrew Clements

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  • Bibliography:
    69 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1990
  • Latest Book:
    January 2019
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Full Series List in Order

Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School

1 - We the Children (Apr-2010)
2 - Fear Itself (Jan-2011)
3 - Whites of Their Eyes (Jan-2012)
4 - In Harm's Way (May-2013)
5 - We Hold These Truths (Dec-2013)

Jake Drake

1 - Jake Drake, Bully Buster (Feb-2001)
2 - Jake Drake, Know-it-all (Jul-2001)
3 - Jake Drake, Teacher's Pet (Nov-2001)
4 - Jake Drake, Class Clown (Jan-2002)

Slippers

Slippers at Home (Mar-2005)
Slippers at School (Aug-2005)
Slippers Loves to Run (May-2006)

Things

1 - Things Not Seen (Mar-2002)
2 - Things Hoped For (Mar-2008)
3 - Things That Are (Sep-2008)

Book List in Order: 69 titles

  • Santa's Secret Helper

  • Noah and the Ark and the Animals

  • Big Al and Shrimpy

    Poor Shrimpy! He may be the smartest fish in the sea, but he's also the smallest. Who would want to be friends with such a teeny, tiny fish? Big Al, that's who! Big Al remembers what it feels like to to be an outsider, and he and Shrimpy become best ...

  • Simon and the Holy Night

  • Big Al

    In an age of such obsession with appearance, this simple tale of a big, gentle fish and the qualities that make friendship real will touch children and encourage them to look again. Yoshi''s remarkable batik illustrations capture all the charm and em...

  • Mother Earth's Counting Book

  • Billy and the Bad Teacher

  • The Christmas Story

    This gorgeously illustrated rendition of the Nativity is housed in a colorful slipcase that pulls out to reveal an exquisite three-dimensional diorama scene, wonderful to read aloud or to use as a tabletop Christmas decoration....

  • Frindle

    IS NICK ALLEN A TROUBLEMAKER? He really just likes to liven things up at school -- and he's always had plenty of great ideas. When Nick learns some interesting information about how words are created, suddenly he's got the inspiration for his best p...



  • Who Owns the Cow?

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Simple, playful text and colorful paintings in an American primitive style explore the many ways the farmer's cow can be owned: by the neighbor girl who thinks about her, the milkman who buys her milk, the garden growing richer from her manure, t...

  • Music Time, Any Time

  • Go for the Mold!

  • Stage Fright!

  • Things That Go Eek on Halloween

  • Double Trouble in Walla Walla

    It was an ordinary Monday morning in Walla Walla―until Lulu walked up to her English teacher's desk. "Mrs. Bell, I feel like a nit-wit. My homework is all higgledy-piggledy. Last night it was in tip-top shape, but not it's a big mish-mash." With...

  • Desert Treasure

  • Gromble's Haunted Halloween

  • Krumms Halloween Treat Real Monsters Glow in Dark Sticker Book

  • Workshop

    The dazzling cut-paper artistry of Caldecott medalist David Wisniewski combines with Andrew Clements's free-verse celebration of woodworking tools to tell the story of a surprise in the making. The evocative description of each workshop tool-ruler, a...



  • The Landry News

    NEW STUDENT GETS OLD TEACHER The bad news is that Cara Landry is the new kid at Denton Elementary School. The worse news is that her teacher, Mr. Larson, would rather read the paper and drink coffee than teach his students anything. So Cara decides...

  • Look Who's in the Thanksgiving Play!

    At first Annie enjoys participating in the school's production of the first Thanksgiving, until her two-year-old brother Alex starts appearing, in a lift-the-flap book which invites readers to find where Alex is hiding next....

  • Circus Family Dog

    Grumps is a circus dog who loves to make people laugh--all he has to do is lie down on the ground with his feet in the air and the crowds cheer and roar. But one day a new dog named Sparks joins the circus. Sparks can jump through hoops, balance a ba...

  • The Janitor's Boy

    IT WAS THE PERFECT CRIME Unfortunately, it also led to the perfect punishment. When Jack Rankin gets busted for defacing a school desk with a huge wad of disgusting, watermelon bubble gum, the principal sentences him to three weeks of after-school g...

  • The Secret Father's Day Present

  • The Christmas Kitten

  • The Mouse Family

  • Jake Drake, Bully Buster

    Jake Drake - 1
    Ready-for-Chapters

    Jake recounts his second grade introduction to Link Baxter, SuperBully, who becomes his class project partner, with surprising results.When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing...

  • Temple Cat

    "This endearing tale is sure to find favor wherever cat stories are in demand. Worshipped as a god with servants to coddle him, a temple cat in ancient Egypt yearns for the freedom to live as a normal feline . . ."

    -School Library Journal...

  • Jake Drake, Know-it-all

    Jake Drake - 2
    Ready-for-Chapters

    MEET JAKE DRAKE, KNOW-IT-ALL Jake Drake is excited about Despres Elementary School's first science fair. He wants to win the grand prize: a brand-new Hyper-Cross-Functional Bluntium Twelve computer system. And he really wants to beat the third-gra...



  • The School Story

    AUTHOR! AUTHOR! Natalie's best friend, Zoe, is sure that the novel Natalie's written is good enough to be published. But how can a twelve-year-old girl publish a book? Natalie's mother is an editor for a big children's publisher, but Natalie doesn't ...

  • Jake Drake, Teacher's Pet

    Jake Drake - 3
    Ready-for-Chapters

    MEET JAKE DRAKE, TEACHER'S PET. Jake doesn't mean to be a teacher's pet. But somehow everything he does has his teachers singing his praises -- and his classmates rolling their eyes in disgust. Jake figures a little misbehavior should take care of h...

  • Jake Drake, Class Clown

    Jake Drake - 4
    Ready-for-Chapters

    Meet Jake Drake. He's ten years old and he already has a full-time job. Because that's how he treats school. Like it's a job. And his teachers are his bosses. Up until now -- fourth grade -- Jake has lucked out in the boss department. All of his tea...

  • Dolores and the Big Fire

    Dolores is a very timid cat. Her owner, Kyle, keeps a light on all night so she won't be scared. One night Dolores pokes at Kyle's face while he is sleeping. The house is on fire! Can Dolores wake Kyle up in time?...

  • The Jacket

    THIEF! When Phil sees another kid wearing his brother's jacket, he assumes the jacket was stolen. It turns out he was wrong, and Phil has to ask himself the question: Would he have made the same assumption if the boy wearing the jacket hadn't been A...

  • Things Not Seen

    Things - 1

    invisible sight Bobby Phillips is your average fifteen-year-old boy. That is, until he wakes up one morning and can't see himself in the mirror. Not blind, not dreaming -- Bobby is just plain invisible. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason...

  • A Week in the Woods

    COLLISION COURSE The fifth-grade Week in the Woods is a beloved tradition of Hardy Elementary, where Mark Chelmsley (the Fourth) is pretty much killing time before his parents send him off to an exclusive prep school. But then Mark realizes the Week ...

  • Brave Norman: A True Story

    Beginning readers will love reading the true story of Norman, a heroic dog who saved a girl at the beach. This Level 1 Ready-to-Read is sure to be a hit with pet lovers!Norman is a dog who cannot see. One day, he is at the beach when he hears a girl ...

  • Ringo Saves the Day!: A True Story

    Carol and Ray are very sick. One day, their cat Ringo leads Carol outside. "Meow! Meow!" he says. Ringo digs in some rocks. Why is Ringo digging? What will he find? Ringo is about to save Carol's life!...

  • Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends

    Ready-to-Read: Level 2

    True stories of animals that saved people's lives Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Jim loves to go for long walks with his dogs, Tara and Tiree. One cold winter day, Jim falls through the ice on the frozen lake. Tiree tries to save him and falls th...



  • The Report Card

    SHHHHHH Nora Rose Rowley is a genius, but don't tell anyone. She's managed to make it to fifth grade without anyone figuring out that she's not just an ordinary kid, and she wants to keep it that way. But then Nora gets fed up with the importanc...

  • Jake Drake

  • The Last Holiday Concert

    WINTERHOPE. It didn't sound like much, but it was a big idea. A very big idea. It all started when Hart Evans zinged a rubber band that hit Mr. Meinert, the chorus director. Actually, it started before that, when Mr. Meinert learned he was out of a...

  • Naptime for Slippers

    Unhappy about having to take his afternoon nap, a precocious pup decides to take the few minutes he has to gather up some necessary naptime items, including Laura's cap, Daddy's work gloves, and Edward's shoe, before settling down for his required re...

  • Slippers at Home

    Slippers

    Slippers lives in his own little house inside a bigger house. In his big house, Slippers has four people. Baby Edward walks around on all fours, just like Slippers. Laura lives in a place way up the stairs. Mommy puts food into Slippers' round bowl t...

  • Because Your Daddy Loves You

    A day spent with a young child at the beach is filled with many minor dramas -- a lost shoe, a ball that floats too far out into the water, a drippy ice-cream cone. These can be frustrating events for both child and parent, but the daddy in this book...

  • Lunch Money

    MEET GREG KENTON, BILLIONAIRE IN THE MAKING. Greg Kenton has two obsessions -- making money and his long-standing competition with his annoying neighbor, Maura Shaw. So when Greg discovers that Maura is cutting into his booming Chunky Comics busin...

  • Slippers at School

    Slippers

    Slippers wants to go to school with Laura, but school is no place for a puppy.When she isn't looking, he nuzzles his way into her backpack. Slippers rides the bus, then visits the classroom, the cafeteria, the gym, and even the principal's office,...

  • Slippers Loves to Run

    Slippers

    Slippers loves to run, but everyone is too busy to chase him.  So Slippers runs to the front gate, and then out, all by himself.  After he investigates new smells and places, Slippers gets scared when he can't find his family.  Soon his nose leads...

  • Room One

    On this particular Tuesday morning in May, the mystery that had Ted's full attention was that face. The one he'd seen at the Andersons' house. By morning recess, Ted had worked out three possible explanations for that face in the window. By lunchtim...



  • School Rules

  • Dogku

    A tale in haikuof one adorable dog.Let’s find him a home.Wandering through the neighborhood in the early-morning hours, a stray pooch follows his nose to a back-porch door. After a bath and some table scraps from Mom, the dog meets three lovable ki...

  • No Talking

    In No Talking, Andrew Clements portrays a battle of wills between some spunky kids and a creative teacher with the perfect pitch for elementary school life that made Frindle an instant classic.It’s boys vs. girls when the noisiest, most talkative, ...

  • Things Hoped For

    Things - 2

    Gwen's grandfather has disappeared from their home in New York City, but he's left her a phone message telling her not to worry -- and to let no one know he's gone. The timing couldn't be worse. Gwen has violin auditions soon at Manhattan's top mus...

  • Lost and Found

    As two clever boys exploit a clerical oversight, each one discovers new perspectives on selfhood, friendship, and honesty.Identical twins Ray and Jay Grayson are moving to a new town. Again. But at least they’ll have each other’s company at their...

  • Things That Are

    Things - 3

    Alicia may be blind, but that doesn't mean she can't see what's happening right in front of her eyes. Like how her parents try to give her freedom. Or how Bobby -- now Robert -- has returned to figure out their relationship. Or even the invisible man...

  • Extra Credit

    It isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork, it's just that she doesn't like doing it. And that means she's pretty much failing sixth grade. When a warning letter is sent home, Abby realizes that all her slacking off could cause her to be held ...

  • We the Children

    Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School - 1

    A 6000-POUND WRECKING BALL IS ABOUT TO DEMOLISH BENJAMIN PRATT'S SCHOOL. . . .AND HE HAS ONLY 28 DAYS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP IT. Ben's harbor-side school is going to be bulldozed to make room for an amusement park. It sounds like a dream come t...

  • The Handiest Things in the World

    The mother of invention is right at your fingertips! Ten knuckles, two thumbs, two flat palms, and all those fingers -- but our hands can be so much more. They were once the first pair of earmuffs, a primitive sun visor, and a convenient set of c...

  • Fear Itself

    Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School - 2

    THE KEEPERS OF THE SCHOOL ARE BACK, and Ben and Jill must face some scary facts. In just twenty-four days, a wrecking ball will smash two hundred years of history. They know things are hidden all around their school, things that could stop the new am...

  • Troublemaker

    There's a folder in Principal Kelling's office that's as thick as a phonebook and it's growing daily. It's filled with the incident reports of every time Clayton Hensley broke the rules. There's the minor stuff like running in the hallways and not be...

  • Whites of Their Eyes

    Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School - 3

    This could be the last great Memorial Day weekend on Barclay Bay, and Ben knows it. This time next year, he might not be able to stand in the yard of the Oakes School and watch the harbor shake off winter -- boats buzzing just beyond the bulkhead and...

  • About Average

    Can average be amazing? A girl challenges herself to become extraordinary in the latest from bestselling author Andrew Clements. Jordan Johnston is average. Not short, not tall. Not plump, not slim. Not blond, not brunette. Not gifted, not flunkin...

  • In Harm's Way

    Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School - 4

    The threat to the Keepers doubles in the fourth Keepers of the School adventure from Andrew Clements, the master of the school story. Benjamin Pratt and his friends Jill and Robert are determined to save their school from destruction. But just whe...

  • We Hold These Truths

    Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School - 5

    Time is almost out for the Keepers of the School in this fifth Keepers adventure from Andrew Clements, the master of the school story. The Keepers of the School -- known to their friends as Ben, Jill, and Robert -- have one last chance to save the...

  • The Map Trap

    This map-tastic middle grade story from Andrew Clements gives the phrase “uncharted territory” a whole new meaning! Alton Barnes loves maps. He’s loved them ever since he was little, and not just for the geography. Because maps contain more ...

  • Clements Untitled Middle Grade Novel #3

  • Because Your Grandparents Love You

    As every child knows, grandparents are special. Why? Because they love their grandchildren in their own unique way. Although the boy and girl in this story often make mistakes, their grandparents never lose patience, but help their grandchildren and ...

  • The Losers Club

    Sixth grader Alec can’t put a good book down. So when Principal Vance lays down the law -- pay attention in class, or else -- Alec takes action. He can’t lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he intends to be the only member ...

  • The Friendship War

    Stickers, Silly Bandz, Rainbow Looms, fidget spinners ... buttons?! A brand-new school story about friendship and fads from the bestselling author of FRINDLE. This is war. Okay--that's too dramatic. But no matter what this is called, so far I'm ...

Award-Winning Books by Andrew Clements

Dogku
2009 Beehive Award -- Poetry
2009 Kentucky Bluegrass Award -- Grades K-2
Double Trouble in Walla Walla
2000 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Grades K-3
Extra Credit
2010 Christopher Award -- Books for Young People
Frindle
1998 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Grades 4-6
1998 Delaware Diamonds Award -- Grades 3-5
1998 Great Stone Face Book Award -- Grades 4-6
1999 Georgia Children's Book Award -- Children's Book
1999 Nevada Young Readers' Award -- Young Readers
1999 North Carolina Children's Book Award -- Junior Book
1999 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award -- Grades 4-8
1999 Sasquatch Award -- Children/Young Adult
1999 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Grades 4-6
1999 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 4-8
2000 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 3-6
The Landry News
1999 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) -- Silver
2002 William Allen White Childens Book Award -- Grades 3-5
The Last Holiday Concert
2007 Garden State Children's Book Award -- Children's Fiction
2007 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- Elementary
Lunch Money
2007 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Intermediate
2008 Garden State Children's Book Award -- Children's Fiction
No Talking
2008 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Grades 4-6
2009 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award -- Grades 4-6
2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 3-6
2010 California Young Reader Medal -- Intermediate
The Report Card
2004 Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) -- Silver
2006 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award -- Grades 4-6
2006 Kentucky Bluegrass Award -- Grades 3-5
2007 William Allen White Childens Book Award -- Grades 3-5
Room One
2006 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) -- Recommended
2007 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Juvenile
The School Story
2001 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) -- Silver
2002 Bookseller's Choice -- Middle Readers
2004 California Young Reader Medal -- Intermediate
Things Not Seen
2007 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award -- Grades 6-8
Troublemaker
2013 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award -- Grades 4-6
A Week in the Woods
2004 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's
2005 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Intermediate


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Andrew Clements has published 69 books.

Andrew Clements does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Friendship War, was published in January 2019.

The first book by Andrew Clements, Santa's Secret Helper, was published in December 1990.

Yes. Andrew Clements has 4 series.
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