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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2003
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Rabbit & Robot

The Sleepover (Sep-2012)

Book List in Order: 17 titles



  • Calling all sock monkey fans! One-of-a-kind talent Cece Bell creates a quirky story like no other - a sudsy yarn about soaps and dreams, stardom, and good friends.

    The famous toy actor, Sock Monkey, has been nominated for an Oswald Award. But ...



  • In this funny, lighthearted board book, little readers will love seeing familiar object duos spring to life - and guessing what the final pairings will be.

    What would shoes do without socks? With cheerful quirkiness, Cece Bell illustrates the ...



  • To bee or not to bee? A lonely, overlarge insect tries a new identity on
    for size in a wacky, wonderful tale of true friendship.

    All Jerry Bee wants is to make friends, but that's hard to do when you're the most enormous bee anyone has ever...



  • For a teeny-tiny dog seeking a home in a daunting world, big hopes -- and a bit of ingenuity -- go a long way.

    Itty Bitty is a very, very tiny dog. But when he finds an enormous bone, he goes straight to work, gnawing out doors and windows...




  • Rabbit’s carefully planned visit with Robot doesn’t work out exactly as he imagined in this offbeat tale about two comically mismatched friends. Rabbit is excited: his friend Robot is coming to spend the night! Rabbit has left nothing to chanc...



  • STARTING AT A NEW SCHOOL is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that wi...



  • In desperate need of a dancing partner, Sock Monkey concocts a creative solution -- and reveals a few trade secrets -- in this sock-hopping sequel to the "Quirkiest Picture Book" of last year (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY). The Big Celebrity Dance is jus...



  • Yee-haw! Sock Monkey lassoes a part in a singing cowboy movie -- if he can only get up the nerve to kiss the leading lady. Sock Monkey, the famous toy actor, can hardly believe his ears. He's landed the starring role in a singing cowboy movie! N...






  • Cece Bell’s famous Sock Monkey, toy actor, returns in three vibrant reissues of his original adventures! Sock Monkey has been nominated for an award. But to attend the ceremony, he must do something terrifying -- he must take a bath. Just the th...



  • Even frustrated grammarians will giggle at the who’s-on-first routine that begins with a donkey’s excited announcement, “I yam a donkey!” Unfortunately the donkey’s audience happens to be a yam, and one who is particular about sloppy pronun...



  • From award-winning talent Cece Bell, a sweetly offbeat story about two shy first-graders and the woodchuck who helps them become friends. When Caroline’s classmate Chuck brings Woodchuck to show-and-tell, Woodchuck is so funny that their teacher...



  • What happens when two friends suddenly become three? Cece Bell’s very funny follow-up to the Geisel Honor-winning Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover. Rabbit is excited. He is going to surprise his good friend Robot at home. DING DONG! When Robot op...



  • From Newbery Honor winner Cece Bell comes an offbeat, pitch-perfect storybook for beginning readers that will have them in fits of giggles. “Maybe your foot smells good. Maybe your foot smells great. But I will not smell your foot until you say PLE...



  • A side-splittingly funny picture book about a silly donkey, a cranky yam, and an irresistible ewe, packed with hilarious homonyms and the distinctive humor of Newbery Honoree Cece Bell. For fans of P is for Pterodactyl. Hilarity meets homon...



  • Newbery Honoree Cece Bell follows her offbeat Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot with an even wackier story for beginning readers, sure to elicit eye-rolling squeals of delight. Oh! Oh, oh, oh! Look what Brain found. Chick and Spot say it is an egg. Brai...



  • From the inimitable creator of El Deafo, this all-ages alphabet book is also a hand-wrought, high-fidelity, hilariously tongue-in-cheek homage to the golden days of album cover art. Cece Bell loves music and collecting old record albums, her introduc...


Award-Winning Books by Cece Bell

El Deafo
2014 Cybils -- Graphic Novel Elem/Mid
2015 New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award -- Middle Readers
2015 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award -- Kids
2016 Beehive Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cece Bell has published 17 books.

The next book by Cece Bell, Animal Albums from A to Z, will be published in April 2024.

The first book by Cece Bell, Sock Monkey Goes to Hollywood: A Star Is Bathed, was published in August 2003.

Yes. Cece Bell has 1 series.