Dori Hillestad Butler Books in Order

Joey believes the Tooth Fairy has paid too little for his lost tooth and tries to negotiate a better deal. When she starts bargaining back, he faces unexpected lessons about earning money, saving, and the value of work.

This illustrated alphabet introduces Minnesota through its geography, history, people, and wildlife. Entries move from familiar legends such as Paul Bunyan to places and events including the Mississippi River, the Iron Range, and the Hinckley fire.

Children explore everyday life across Wisconsin through alphabet entries and illustrated activities. Counting cows, visiting the Dells, and making maple syrup connect letters with regional experiences, while accompanying facts introduce more of the Badger State.

An alphabet tour introduces children to firefighting equipment, techniques, and history, from bucket brigades to thermal imaging cameras. Trucks, ladders, and other tools fill the illustrations, with a hidden Dalmatian inviting readers to search each page.

Illustrated alphabet entries explore Indiana’s history, geography, natural resources, and notable sights. Alongside information about the state, readers encounter unusual achievements such as the enormous yo-yo built by students at Shakamak High School in Jasonville.

After moving to a small town, thirteen-year-old Joelle discovers that girls cannot join the local baseball team. Unwilling to substitute softball for the game she loves, she attempts to organize a girls’ baseball league herself.

Jason Pfeiffer dreads swimming lessons, while athletic Tank Talbott wants to escape ballroom dancing. Their decision to exchange places creates an unlikely friendship, challenging both boys to confront their fears and reconsider their assumptions about each other.

This nonfiction introduction follows police investigations from the crime scene to the courtroom. Readers learn how officers question suspects, collect fingerprints, and use DNA evidence, exploring the different techniques that help investigators identify offenders and establish what happened.

After repeatedly breaking her classroom egg, fifth-grader Alex Hopewell earns an embarrassing nickname and a child-development assignment. She announces that she will coach her pregnant mother through labor, hoping to prove she can handle real responsibility.

Thirteen-year-old Samantha searches for the father who disappeared after her twin sister supposedly drowned. As her mother prepares to remarry, Sam begins questioning the childhood tragedy and uncovering secrets that could change her understanding of her family.

Elizabeth follows her mother’s pregnancy month by month, learning how a baby develops and what happens during medical appointments. Her questions introduce conception, ultrasound examinations, and childbirth as the family prepares to welcome a new sibling.

Wisconsin’s history, geography, natural resources, and landmarks appear in illustrated alphabet entries that connect the state’s past and present. Each letter also includes its corresponding manual-alphabet sign, giving young readers another way to follow the tour.

Tank faces a crowded summer with three stepsisters and extra math work needed to reach fifth grade. His observations become a guide to girls, while efforts to break up his brother’s relationship complicate his friendship with Jason.

Zack introduces young children to using the potty, including the reassurance that accidents can happen while learning. The interactive book includes a foldout doll, a progress chart, reusable stickers, and guidance for parents supporting toilet training.

When Ryan’s grandfather has a stroke, their relationship changes in confusing and frightening ways. The story follows Ryan’s feelings while explaining the effects of a stroke and the work of family members and rehabilitation professionals during recovery.

Zebby and Amr create an alternative school website where students can discuss subjects their newspaper refuses to print. Their experiment in honest reporting takes a damaging turn when anonymous contributions become rumors, personal attacks, and cyberbullying.

This illustrated alphabet introduces the varied work of police officers, from neighborhood patrols to detective investigations and international cooperation. Entries explain roles and specialized resources such as canine units, giving children an overview of law enforcement.

TJ discovers that the mother and twin sister she believed were dead are alive. A visit with them challenges her loyalty to her father, while his serious accident and further deceptions make reconnecting with family increasingly complicated.

Buddy begins working as a therapy dog at Connor’s school, but a false fire alarm threatens his new role. Despite intending to leave detective work behind, he investigates the incident and considers three possible suspects.

King loses his family and ends up in an animal shelter, where Connor and his mother adopt him and rename him Buddy. While searching for his original home, he faces another urgent mystery when Connor disappears.

Buddy remains determined to find Kayla and his original family, even after settling into his new home. When strangers load belongings from Kayla’s house into a van, he undertakes a risky nighttime investigation despite Mouse’s warnings.

Although Buddy is still searching for his first family, an immediate problem demands his attention: Muffin and Jazzy have been exchanged. The canine detective must work out what happened and reunite both dogs with their proper owners.

While helping children read in the school library, therapy dog Buddy hears movement among the bookshelves. Investigating the noise brings him face to face with a blue-tongued creature, leaving him to discover its identity and arrival.

A fourth-grade sleepover at Four Lakes Elementary turns unsettling after the custodian tells a story about Agatha, the school ghost. Strange notes, banging noises, and a mysterious voice prompt Buddy to investigate the apparent haunting.

When Claire’s classmate reports seeing a ghost during school-play rehearsals, Kaz hopes the apparition could be his missing mother. The young detectives investigate backstage, but persistent supernatural activity offers few clear clues about the ghost’s whereabouts.

Kaz and Claire take their detective agency’s first case after hearing that a neighbor’s attic is haunted. With assistance from Grannie, the ghost boy and his human friend examine the strange events and search for an explanation.

Separated from his ghost family when their home is demolished, Kaz meets Claire, a girl who can see spirits. Together they investigate a ghost haunting her family’s library, hoping the mystery might lead to Kaz’s missing relatives.

Claire’s friend reports mysterious activity that returns every day at five o’clock. Kaz wonders whether his missing brother is responsible, but searching the house reveals no ghost, leaving the detectives to investigate the recurring disturbances.

Kaz still hopes to locate his missing parents and older brother when Claire learns of a haunting at the fire station. The two detectives investigate the ghostly visitor, wondering whether this new case could reunite more family members.

After learning to pass through walls, Kaz explores a concealed room behind the library and discovers bottles, an envelope, and a ghostly doll. He and Claire investigate the room’s history while trying to identify the doll’s owner.

Strange sights and noises disrupt a girls’ club that meets in a tree house. Claire and Kaz investigate whether rival boys are responsible or a ghost is involved, while Kaz continues hoping to locate his missing relatives.

A family struggling to sell its house suspects a haunting is driving buyers away. Kaz and Claire investigate the elusive ghostly activity, hoping their latest detective case will also provide clues to more of Kaz’s missing family.

King and Kayla find Fred, a dog without a collar who nevertheless knows commands. As Kayla gathers facts, King detects smoke and hamburger smells, giving the pair clues that may connect Fred with a nearby campground.

Kayla bakes peanut butter treats for her friend Jillian’s new puppy, Thor, but the treats disappear and King becomes a suspect. Kayla examines the evidence while King contributes his keen sense of smell to the investigation.

During a game of fetch, King’s favorite ball lands across a fence, but the ball returned to him is different. Kayla considers possible explanations while King questions a neighborhood cat who blames a mysterious mouse.

Kayla and Mason receive nearly identical messages written in an unfamiliar code. Comparing the letters leads Kayla to notice missing vowels and one differing word, while King’s nose supplies another clue to the mysterious sender.

Kaz and Claire search for the ghost boy’s long-lost uncle, following leads to a bakery and movie theater. Along the way, another young ghost detective enters the investigation, adding a new connection to their family mystery.

While visiting Claire’s cousins in Seattle near Halloween, Kaz and Claire meet a library ghost whose family has disappeared. Their search leads into the city’s underground passages, where further supernatural activity gives the detectives fresh clues.

Kayla’s lost tooth disappears from the special pocket in her tooth-fairy pillow. She retraces her steps and questions Mason, while King detects a puzzling smell that helps the pair investigate before the tooth fairy’s visit.

Buddy the dog finds himself accused when a much-loved stuffed toy disappears. To prove he did not take it, he turns his detective skills toward the missing toy and the mystery behind the accusation.

Simon the cat resents his owner Andy's new dog, who lives with Andy's father. He sends Baxter a strongly worded letter demanding his departure, but their unexpected correspondence makes sharing the boy's affection a more complicated question.

Mr. Gary blames Thor for overturned trash cans and damaged vegetables in his garden. King and Kayla investigate the accusations, comparing what they know about the dog with clues that suggest another animal could be responsible.

Asia loses her gold ring while playing in the snow with Kayla and Mason. Kayla retraces their activities, while King follows his own observations and considers whether a bird's interest in shiny objects could help explain its disappearance.

Marly's late neighbor leaves a treasure hunt in his will, drawing her together with classmates Isla and Sai. To follow Mr. Summerling's codes and clues, the three children must learn to work with their different personalities.

When Andy's classroom pet disappears, an argument with his friend Noah leaves him miserable. Simon the cat and Baxter the dog exchange letters and compete to solve the mystery, each hoping to make their owner happy again.

Marly, Sai, and Isla receive fresh clues and tickets to Summer Island from their late neighbor's treasure hunt. Traveling to the island, they continue decoding Mr. Summerling's instructions in hopes of discovering what awaits at the end.

After their discoveries on Summer Island, Marly, Sai, and Isla follow one final set of clues. Their treasure hunt now requires them to confront its most difficult question: what really happened to their neighbor, Mr. Summerling?

Marly, Sai, and Isla follow new clues into Mr. Summerling's house, discovering hidden rooms and staircases. With only scraps of paper to guide them and his angry son pursuing them, the children continue their treasure hunt.

Andy can enter only one pet in the annual parade, and Simon initially lets Baxter take the place. When the cat develops secret costume plans of his own, jealousy complicates the pets' efforts to please their owner.

Kayla cannot find the library book she needs to return before borrowing anything else. As she and Jillian investigate, King's nose provides clues involving other books and the people who may have handled the missing one.

When Andy's mother travels for work, Simon must stay with Andy's father and finally meet Baxter. The pets' expectations clash, and Simon's escape through a basement window leaves Baxter trying to bring him back before Andy notices.

Raj asks King and Kayla to find his missing cat, Blue, who vanished from a locked house and missed two meals. As they investigate, Raj's description makes King wonder whether he already knows the elusive animal.

A sleepover turns mysterious when Jillian and Thor fear a dark shape making strange noises in their basement. King and Kayla investigate the supposed ghost, using their detective skills despite interruptions from a cat and a skunk.

Twelve-year-old cousins Alice and Bee reconnect at their grandparents’ anniversary party despite their families’ estrangement. Determined to uncover the secret behind the feud, they maintain their friendship as the pandemic deepens divisions among the adults.