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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2008
  • Latest Book:
    April 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Kindness Club

1 - Chloe on the Bright Side (Nov-2016)
2 - Designed by Lucy (Nov-2017)

Magic on the Map

1 - Let's Mooove! (May-2019)
2 - The Show Must Go On (May-2019)
3 - Texas Treasure (Jan-2020)
4 - Escape From Camp California (Jul-2020)

Stella Batts

1 - Stella Batts Needs a New Name (Jan-2012)
2 - Stella Batts Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (Apr-2012)
3 - Pardon Me (Jul-2012)
4 - A Case of the Meanies (Sep-2012)
5 - Who's in Charge (Aug-2013)
6 - Something Blue (Apr-2014)
7 - None of Your Beeswax (Sep-2014)
8 - Superstar (Aug-2015)
9 - Scaredy Cat (May-2016)
10 - Broken Birthday (Apr-2017)

Zacktastic

1 - Zacktastic (Nov-2015)
2 - Twinsanity (Aug-2017)

Book List in Order: 26 titles



  • Leah Hoffman-Ross just moved to New York and she wants her new friends to think she's a typical thirteen-year-old. But Leah has a secret: She doesn't have a father; she has a donor. Before Leah was born, her mother went to Lyon's Reproductive Service...



  • Eleven-year-old Sophie Turner attends an all-girls private school in Manhattan. When Sophie’s family falls apart and her best friend rejects her for a faster crowd, Sophie’s only source of comfort is the distant voice of her school-assigned pen p...



  • "When my mother died, I imagined God was thinking,'One down, and one to go.'" Emerson Price cannot remember a time when life was ordinary. She was four years old when she and her mom were diagnosed as HIV-positive -- infected with the virus that c...



  • Carly Wheeler lives a charmed life. Her mother is a stylist for the soap opera Lovelock Falls, she lives in a nice house, and goes to an excellent private school. But when her mom is arrested and charged with embezzlement, everything starts to unrave...



  • "Meet Stella Batts. She is eight years old and she loves to write. She loves to writes lists; like her favorite things and kids in her class. And she''s writing her autobiography (""That means it''s all about me""). Stella''s favorite color is yellow...



  • In Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Stella can't wait to try out the candy store's new Magical Glow-in-the-Dark Chewing Gum. But instead of granting wishes, the gum seems to bring Stella bad luck, including a VERY drastic haircut!...



  • In Pardon Me, Stella needs to find a new best friend after her friend, Willa, moves away. But finding a new best friend is not easy. Things are looking up when she meets Evie, the new girl in town. She is going to be in Stella's class at school and s...



  • In A Case of the Meanies, mean boy Joshua continues to plague Stella when he decides to have a birthday party at her parents' candy store. He invites everyone in the class EXCEPT her! Stella has to figure out how to be a pleasant hostess when she's n...



  • In "Who's in Charge" Stella gets a lesson in responsibility when she volunteers to watch her best friend’s dog, Bella, for a few days. The only problem with this plan is that Stella didn’t ask her mother for permission. With new baby Marco at hom...






  • The Batts family has arrived at a hotel in Los Angeles and everything is all set for Aunt Laura’s wedding weekend. Stella and Penny are going to be getting a new uncle, and a new cousin! Plus, they get to be flower girls, and wear fancy dresses, an...



  • Can you keep a secret? Stella Batts has a lot of secrets to keep these days--there's the secret of what really happened to her little sister's pet fish, and there's the secret school project she's working on with her friend Lucy, and there's the secr...



  • Meet Stella Batts. She's in third grade, she wants to be a writer, and her parents own a wonderful candy shop. Life should be good, right? And now she's back and ready to start writing her eighth book about her favorite subject--her life! In Supersta...



  • Lorrie Hollander used to be a rich girl, but now she’s lost everything because of the secrets and lies of the people around her. It’s been 12 years since Lorrie’s mother skipped town and left Lorrie in the care of her unstable aunt Gigi. Togeth...



  • Upon the occasion of his tenth birthday, Zack learns from his uncle that Zack is descended from a line of genies. Before his uncle has time to fully explain the genie world, Zack is whisked through a bottle portal and sent on his first genie assignme...



  • Are you afraid of the dark? Stella Batts never thought she was. In fact she's not feeling afraid of anything right now. She's just excited. Her class read the most books out of every class in school. The prize is a sleepover in the library. What coul...



  • Chloe Silver has always been good at looking on the bright side. Even though her parents got divorced and she's moved to a new town, she knows that she will make great friends at her new school. So when she is assigned a science project with offbeat ...



  • What's the best day of the year? A birthday, of course! Stella Batts is turning nine, and she has big plans. Her family will be going to Pennsylvania to celebrate. That's where Stella's best friend Willa moved to, and Stella hasn't seen Willa for mon...



  • Zack Cooley is a genie. He found out on his 10th birthday, and life hasn't been the same since. Life has been amazing It doesn't matter if Zack's twin sister, Quinn, is the one with all the friends at school. Zack is the one with all the magic--p...



  • Creative and fashion-forward Lucy Tanaka was thrilled when Chloe Silver moved to town. Together with Theo Barnes, they formed The Kindness Club, testing different acts of kindness on their friends, neighbors, and siblings. One day, Lucy learns that t...






  • Travel around the United States of America with twins Finn and Molly in this new chapter book series that highlights a different state in each book! Magic and mystery from sea to shining sea! We must be dreaming! That's what twins Finn and ...



  • Travel around the United States of America with twins Finn and Molly in this new chapter book series that highlights a different state in each book! Magic and mystery from sea to shining sea! Say hello to the Big Apple! PET, the magical camper,...



  • Fans of I Was Here by Gayle Forman and Far from the Tree by Robin Benway will be floored by this heartbreaking yet uplifting teen novel about a grieving girl who follows a mysterious list across the country after her older sister’s death. Sloane...



  • Travel around the United States of America with twins Finn and Molly in this new chapter book series that highlights a different state in each book! This time, they're discovering BIG treasure in the great state of Texas! Magic and mystery fro...



  • Travel around the United States of America with twins Finn and Molly in this new chapter book series that highlights a different state in each book! This time, they're in California!Magic and mystery from sea to shining sea!Finn and Molly are magical...



  • In Book 2 of the My Pet Slime series, Piper and Cosmo are in a race against slime!Piper was beyond surprised when her slime magically came to life and became her adorable pet, Cosmo. Now she must deal with an even bigger shocker: Her grandma h...



  • Piper thought taking care of Cosmo, her magical pet slime, was a big responsibility. Now she's on a mission to keep him safe from a nefarious corporation! Join Piper and Cosmo on an out-of-this-world adventure in Book 3 of the My Pet Slime series...


Award-Winning Books by Courtney Sheinmel

Stella Batts Needs a New Name
2012 NAPPA Gold Award -- Ages 6 & Up


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Courtney Sheinmel has published 26 books.

Courtney Sheinmel does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Saving Cosmo, was published in April 2021.

The first book by Courtney Sheinmel, My So-Called Family, was published in November 2008.

Yes. Courtney Sheinmel has 4 series.