Karen King Books in Order

An angel's announcement sends a young shepherd searching for a newborn king. Children lift flaps to meet the people of Bethlehem and follow his journey toward the manger in this illustrated retelling of the Nativity story.

A little postman has an unusually large parcel to deliver but cannot work out who should receive it. Suspecting a birthday present, he continues his rounds while trying to solve the mystery of its intended recipient.

Dotty the dinosaur faces experiences familiar to young children in this collection of stories. Learning to swim, attending a first dance class, and finding a spider in her bedroom bring new challenges to her everyday world.

Bod and Lop discover a theft while visiting the Space Museum with their class. Their pursuit of the culprit becomes an interactive adventure, with search-and-find puzzles inviting readers to help follow the trail through the story.

This collection turns school life into material for children's jokes. Exams, sports, and school dinners are among the subjects explored through humorous questions and punchlines, offering a comic look at familiar classroom routines and concerns.

This children's joke collection gathers more than five hundred jokes with a space theme. Part of the Fat Head Joke Books series, it uses outer space as the setting for its many humorous questions and punchlines.

Maya stays with Grandad while her mother goes shopping. Although he has planned interesting activities for her, Maya keeps wanting to join in with whatever he is doing, in a story built around their affectionate relationship.

After losing her memory, Moo Moo cannot remember where she lives. Trying out the homes of other animals leads to a series of unsuitable sleeping places as the confused cow searches for somewhere she belongs.

Flying horse Moonlight enjoys playing above the beach with his friends. When he discovers a mermaid stranded on the shore, helping her means attempting an unfamiliar and daunting journey across the wide ocean beyond his home.

Sparkle has friends on her coral reef but longs to meet another sea horse. Her search across the ocean proves difficult until an encounter with a juggling clown fish takes her adventure in an unexpected direction.

Fairy horse Cobweb longs to pull the Fairy Queen's Golden Coach at the Midsummer Ball. Feeling less graceful than the other horses, she worries that her chance to be chosen is far beyond her reach.

Ivory, the smallest unicorn in the Magical Forest, is tired of being excluded from games and berry gathering. Determined to prove her courage, she ventures alone into the deepest part of the woods in search of adventure.

This practical guide offers exercises and advice for writing children's fiction. It covers developing ideas, creating characters, structuring stories, writing dialogue, preparing submissions, and handling revisions, with guidance on educational publishing, marketing, and publishing your own work.

Fifteen-year-old Morgan lives in a society that treats difference as a crime. When her brother Josh, who has Down's syndrome, is kidnapped, she and her apparently perfect friend Summer uncover a dangerous conspiracy while searching for him.

The human body's less appealing aspects provide the material for this children's joke collection. Gross humor and silly questions turn bodily functions into punchlines, giving young readers a selection of jokes to share with others.

Pirates, mummies, and the Roman Empire become subjects for gross and silly jokes in this illustrated collection. Historical figures and settings supply the punchlines as young readers explore a deliberately irreverent approach to the past.

Biology, diseases, mathematics, and strange experiments supply material for this children's joke collection. Gross humor and cartoon illustrations turn scientific subjects into silly questions and punchlines, offering young readers an irreverent way to explore familiar topics.

Amber plans to marry a millionaire to rescue her parents from financial disaster caused by her former fiance. Meeting attractive yacht worker Jed threatens her carefully organized scheme by introducing feelings that have nothing to do with money.

Killed in a car crash, Sapphire and Will search for each other in an afterlife divided into seven colored zones. Each fears the other has been taken to Red, where nightmares become real and reunion means facing danger.

Pirate Pete sets off in search of an island filled with treasure. His illustrated adventure comes with pieces children can press out and assemble into a pirate ship and island scene, extending the story into play.

Journalist Cassie's wedding plans are dominated by her future mother-in-law, who unknowingly hires Cassie's former fiance as photographer. An accidentally published column exposes Cassie's romantic dilemma, making a private choice between two men a public talking point.

Kendall wants to build a jewelry business while traveling and teaching English, and Jake avoids commitment altogether. Their mutual attraction challenges both their rules, leaving Kendall uncertain whether love would mean surrendering her ambitions for the future.

Thirteen-year-old Aluna swears loyalty to her father's coven, then seeks a mysterious scepter linked to the mother she has never known. A friendship with Raffie complicates the search when Aluna discovers they belong to enemy clans.

Ellie returns to the Cornish village she left after heartbreak to help her mother save their struggling hotel. Charming guest Reece offers practical help, but growing attraction makes Ellie question whether she can risk trusting someone again.

Saffy abandons her party plans to host her absent sister's Christmas meal for single parents in Cornwall. Neighbor Logan doubts her commitment, but his daughter Chloe and the village's celebrations complicate Saffy's resolve to leave after the holiday.

Travel rep Jess reluctantly agrees to be chief bridesmaid at her cousin's wedding. A fling with best man Eddie during a stag party in Majorca seems safely temporary, until his return challenges her determination to avoid commitment.

After their relationships collapse, Meg and her mother retreat to a cottage on the Cornish coast for Christmas. Village festivities and encounters with local men draw them out, prompting new questions about their past and future relationships.

Holly leaves a stagnant job and disappointing relationship to start again in rural Spain. As she learns the language and plans a design business, repeated encounters with Matias challenge her decision to keep romance out of her new life.

Freya is preparing to leave her abusive husband when a car accident erases his memories of their troubled marriage. His belief that they are still happily in love gives her a dangerous opportunity to reshape their relationship.

After losing her job and flat, Hattie retreats to a Cornish cottage inherited jointly with her father. As she prepares it for sale, attachment to the town and complications with neighbor Marcus make leaving less straightforward.

Lily distrusts the apparently flawless woman her widowed father plans to marry, despite everyone's enthusiasm for Maria. Questions about her future stepmother's unexplained past become more urgent when Lily's younger sister Emma goes missing.

After discovering her boyfriend's affair, Lexi travels alone to her family's Christmas gathering in Devon. Learning that the council plans to remove the village's Christmas tree, she sets out to save a cherished tradition while healing her heartbreak.

A woman preparing to marry Sam fears the hostile behavior of his mother and a series of suspicious accidents. Knowing a secret about the family she is joining, she worries that her wedding day may bring further danger.

Sophie and Maddie help arrange a secret wedding in Gibraltar for their unsuspecting friend Kate. As travel plans grow complicated, old memories and unexpected attractions threaten to turn the intended romantic surprise into something far less predictable.

A mother welcomes contact from Hope, the daughter she gave up as a teenager, and plans a family reunion. Apparent acceptance from her husband and children conceals tensions that threaten the life she has carefully maintained.

A woman opens a farmhouse retreat in the Spanish mountains with her partner, hoping to leave her past behind. An old friend’s arrival threatens her secrets, and a body in the pool reveals danger beyond their troubled friendship.

When a neighbor’s teenage daughter falls from her bedroom window, police suspect someone in the family next door tried to kill her. A mother must confront her sons’ evasions and her partner’s secrets while trying to protect them.

A single mother falls for Charlie, who says his ex-wife abandoned their children. Discovering the missing woman’s journal makes her question his story, his mother’s hostility, and whether she and her son can escape a dangerous relationship.

Widowed Sandra resists her son’s plans for a retirement apartment and reconnects with Patti, who has survived cancer. Together they create a bucket list, drawing other older friends into adventures that challenge their fears and expectations.

After their husbands make selfish plans without consulting them, best friends Dee and Babs leave for the seaside. Enjoying an unexpected taste of freedom, they must decide whether the lives waiting at home still offer what they want.

When her husband leaves to travel and takes their money, Nancy rents rooms to three people her own age. Her eccentric lodgers disrupt her expectations of a quiet household and encourage her to discover a more adventurous life.

Cora welcomes back Violet, the foster child who once nearly destroyed her family. As vandalism and threatening messages disrupt her comfortable new life, she questions whether Violet seeks reconciliation or revenge for secrets that never stayed buried.

A woman distrusts the new stepsister caring for her weakening mother, especially as visits and phone calls become restricted. Memories of a childhood death deepen her suspicions, forcing her to investigate before her family faces another tragedy.