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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1998
  • Latest Book:
    July 2017
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Full Series List in Order

Nnewts

1 - Escape from the Lizzarks (Jan-2015)
2 - The Rise of Herk (Feb-2016)
3 - The Battle for Amphibopolis (Jul-2017)

Book List in Order: 20 titles









  • Hilarious misadventures and mistakes mark a fun-filled Wednesday in Mrs. Frightenright's classroom, in which two unusual students, one who is half-fish and half-boy, and one who resembles a shaggle carpet, join in the mayhem. Original....





    • Chief Edwards retires from the Modesto Police Department a lonely man. On his way home, he hits a flying whale with his car, opening the beast's mouth to find a boy from a parallel universe named Jacobus. Chief discovers that a society of in...



    • Preston Struck is an incompetent outlaw with a heart of fool's gold. He discovers an army of metal men bent on destroying central California. While Struck avoids any form of heroism, he gets a little help from a magical old shaman and his si...



  • Four incompetent cats hijack a giant killer robot to change the course of a war between cats, dogs, and insects. But while these three species fight for control of the world, a powerful mechanical being named GEAR arrives to risk his own life to save...









    • From the creator of Earthworm Jim, Creature Tech, and Monster Zoo comes the comedic story of Hugh Randolph, a family man down on his luck. He works as a mindless drone at a local printer until he discovers a mysterious video game console tha...



  • Imagine Garth Hale's surprise when he's accidentally zapped to the spirit world by Frank Gallows, a washed-out ghost wrangler. Suddenly Garth finds he has powers the ghosts don't have, and he's stuck in a world run by the evil ruler of Ghostopolis, w...



    • Good battles evil, and the world hangs in the balance! Resurrected by the Shroud of Turin, the zombified Dr. Jameson intends to finish what he started 150 years ago ― destroying the earth with a giant space eel! Standing in his way is Dr. ...



  • Something on this island is up to no good . . . When Reese is forced to go on a boating trip with his family, the last thing he expects is to be shipwrecked on an island-especially one teeming with weird plants and animals. But what starts out as ...



    • Earthworm Jim creator Doug Tennapel is publishing his Webcomic Ratfist, a vigilante-in-tights that satirizes comics, politics, philosophy, and even Tennapel himself! Featuring a forward written by MST3K/RiffTraxx's Michael J. Nelson, and pin...



  • When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster. Cam's down-and-out father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows it's the worst present ever. So to make the best of a bad situation, they be...



  • In the tradition of OLD YELLER comes the heartwarming friendship between a boy and his Tyrannosaurus Rex When Ely's beloved dog, Tommy, is hit by a car, he goes to his grandpa's house for the summer to get his mind off things. While exploring a ne...



  • A little hero faces big challenges in the first book of this totally unique fantasy-adventure series. The first book in the Nnewts series follows the story of Herk, a lovable Nnewt who longs for stronger legs, something his mother and father wish ...



  • In this exciting sequel to Escape from the Lizzarks, Herk is happy to have a new family and a new place to call home. But when the Lizzarks make an all-out assault on Amphibopolis using a giant monster, Herk must seek the help of the megasloth to sav...






  • In the final, epic installment of the Nnewts trilogy, the fate of all Nnewts hangs in the balance! Herk, falling under the influence of Blakk Mudd, is slowly turning into a Lizzark and abandoning his Nnewt friends. Herk's siblings, Sissy and Zerk, ha...


Award-Winning Books by Doug TenNapel

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2015 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Middle Grades


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Doug TenNapel has published 20 books.

Doug TenNapel does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Battle for Amphibopolis, was published in July 2017.

The first book by Doug TenNapel, Tuna Fish Tuesday, was published in October 1998.

Yes. Doug TenNapel has 1 series.