Linda Bailey Books in Order

When $1,000 for the Garbage Busters disappears from Stevie Diamond's kitchen table, the police cannot help. Stevie follows the clues through her neighbourhood and into a truly disgusting dumpster to solve her first case.

At a wilderness tree-planting camp, Stevie and Jesse hear that a notorious smuggler may be nearby. Catching the criminal is difficult enough, but they are also stuck babysitting an annoying five-year-old named Alexander.

Stevie and Jesse are dreading summer day camp when their elderly neighbour, Gertie Wiggins, disappears. The suspicious circumstances give Stevie a real case, and she is determined to find Gertie before it is too late.

During a freezing Winnipeg visit, Stevie investigates after Jesse's uncle is accused of stealing valuable carnivorous plants. Prairie blizzards, subzero temperatures, and Jesse's squeamishness make the trail much harder to follow.

A job at a dog daycare puts Stevie near a filthy stray with a mysterious past. To learn who the dog belongs to, she must uncover its connection to a criminal known only as the Prankster.

Petula is far too busy to take a bath, even after leaves begin sprouting from her. When the neighbours mistake her for a vegetable garden, this stubbornly dirty girl must finally face a very splashy solution.

A dull family reunion becomes much more interesting when a mysterious uncle returns after forty-five years away. Stevie and Jesse sift through old secrets, difficult relatives, and a long-unsolved mystery hiding in plain sight.

Addie is frightened by nearly everything on her prairie farm, from turkeys to night noises. When a chicken hawk threatens at her grandmother's home, she discovers that being scared does not mean she cannot be brave.

Josh, Emma, and Libby Binkerton open a strange travel guide and land in ancient Egypt. As Josh is sent to work on a pyramid, his sisters face crocodiles, tomb robbers, and angry soldiers while searching for a way home.

The Binkerton siblings are sent to medieval Europe, where they become peasants and castle servants. When the castle comes under attack, they must dodge danger, survive the chaos, and learn enough from their guidebook to return home.

A visit to the Good Times Travel Agency sends Josh, Emma, and Libby to Viking-era Scandinavia. After stowing away on a longship, they face storms, seasickness, and a raid while discovering how Viking families lived.

Gordon Loggins steps into a comic retelling of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears tale. This playful spin reshapes a familiar story with a new central character and plenty of fairy-tale silliness.

Lizzy dreams of becoming a champion figure skater, but lessons are harder than they look. When she is cast as a tree in the winter carnival, she finds an imaginative way to make her own performance shine.

Hoping to see a future Olympics, the Binkertons accidentally reach ancient Greece instead. Caught near opposing armies, they travel toward the games and learn about Greek city-states, customs, and the ancient world around them.

Stevie wants a shot at movie stardom, so she and Jesse become extras on a film set. But suspicious accidents threaten the production, and Stevie soon has a mystery involving lights, cameras, and plenty of action.

The Binkertons arrive in ancient China and stumble onto the closely guarded secret of silk. With danger following them through palaces, the Silk Road, and the Great Wall, they need to escape before their discovery costs them dearly.

When Stanley's people leave the house, one forbidden paw on the couch leads to a full-blown dog party. Stanley and his friends have a wonderful time, but restoring order before the humans return is another matter.

Josh, Emma, and Libby find themselves shivering in the Ice Age with little food or shelter. Help from an early human girl gives them a chance to learn how people lived, and how to avoid hungry cave lions.

Stanley dreams of seeing more than his own yard, so he and his friends climb a steep hill after dark. At the top, they discover a mysterious wheeled object and set off on the ride of a lifetime.

Farmer Stolski's animals love hockey, but the Farm Team has not won the Stolski Cup in fifty years. Against the Bush League Bandits, a piglet and a bench-bound chicken may prove that small players matter.

Hamlette wants to sleep, but one pig after another bursts into her room with noisy plans for the night. This rhyming counting story builds to ten unruly pigs before winding gently back down to bedtime.

A forgotten ham sandwich lures Stanley and his hungry friends onto a small boat at the park. When it comes loose, the dogs race downriver and out to sea, headed toward the frightening edge of Outside.

Stanley's people enter him in a dog beauty contest, then forget to feed him before the big event. Hungry and baffled by the rules, Stanley notices the prize cookies and decides he may have a chance after all.

Stanley's people bring home a cat, and suddenly his house no longer feels like his own. He knows he is not supposed to chase Fluffy, but learning to share space with a new little sister is hard work.

Fox is tired of eating the same old meals and catches a group of young toads for a new recipe. Their quick-thinking mother talks him into making a delicious toast dish that contains no toads at all.

What would happen if kids ran everything? Castles, treasure islands, recess school, birthday cake that is good for you, and no bedtime are only the beginning of this bright celebration of childhood imagination.

A dinosaur in the living room can be surprisingly useful, as a can opener, umbrella, pillow, or burglar alarm. This silly guide imagines all kinds of household jobs for a dinosaur, plus a few it cannot handle.

Shy eleven-year-old Lewis inherits a crumbling seaside mansion, complete with seven ghost pirates. They need his help to reclaim their ship from a museum, forcing Lewis to face danger, friendship, and his own fearfulness.

Curious about the school on his street, Stanley leads his friends through its big doors to investigate. Lunch and excited children make it seem perfect, until a high-speed chase sends the dogs straight toward the principal's office.

Santa was once a very unusual baby, drawn to red clothes, chilly rooms, chimneys, and giving away his toys. This warm, funny origin story imagines the childhood clues that pointed him toward his future job.

Carson the dog joins a family road trip across Canada, taking in changing landscapes and new places from province to province. His canine view of the journey brings humor, curiosity, and a few messy surprises.

Eddie is a tiny green bug who loves books and lives behind a classroom chalkboard. When Aunt Min vanishes in the school library, Eddie faces spiders, Squishers, and a plan to close the library forever.

Leo is terrified of the monster under his bed, until he decides to talk to him. Fred turns out to have fears of his own, and the two begin an unlikely friendship while dealing with bullies and bed bugs.

The Binkerton siblings are whisked into ancient Egypt by a creepy travel agency's guidebook. When Josh is sent to help build a pyramid, Emma and Libby must brave the Nile and angry soldiers to find him.

Mary Shelley loved stories and powerful daydreams long before she wrote *Frankenstein*. This picture-book biography follows her difficult early life to the famous ghost-story challenge that sparked one of literature's best-known monsters.

Josh, Emma, and Libby are sent back to Viking times and accidentally stow away aboard a longship. Storms, seasickness, and a Viking raid turn their history lesson into a fast-moving fight to get safely home.

This picture-book biography follows Mary Shelley from a daydreaming childhood to the stormy night that inspired *Frankenstein*. Her love of stories, difficult early years, and wild imagination lead to a lasting literary creation.

Libby slips into a carriage bound for the capital after the Binkertons land in ancient China. Josh and Emma race after her as imperial guards mistake them for barbarian spies, leaving no safe route back home.

Princesses insist this is their book, while dinosaurs loudly disagree. As the argument grows to include a dragon, a T. rex, and even a wall, both sides learn that stories can make room for everyone.

Arthur Conan Doyle grows up loving stories, becomes a doctor and adventurer, and struggles as a writer. Then he creates Sherlock Holmes, a detective so successful that Arthur begins to wonder whether he can ever escape him.

The Binkertons hope to see the Olympics of the future, but a travel guide sends them to ancient Greece. After landing near a battle, they race toward the games and discover the world of Greek city-states.

Cinderella wishes for a fairy godmother but gets a barking Fairy Dogmother instead. Her trip to the royal ball becomes a dog-loving, squirrel-chasing twist on the familiar tale, with a happily different kind of ending.

Stripes is a single mitten, left out by a smug matching pair. When the little girl asks why mittens must match at all, the lost-and-found drawer becomes a warm lesson in friendship and belonging.

Lena looks like a chicken, but she knows deep down that she is a dinosaur. When a weasel threatens the coop, Lena finds her roar and shows the other chickens just how fierce she can be.

Jake's dinosaur birthday sleepover is cancelled when all his friends get sick. Then real prehistoric guests arrive in the middle of the night, turning disappointment into a noisy, magical party that even a shy T. rex joins.

A vegetarian wolf takes center stage in this playful Easter-themed picture book, putting a fresh twist on a familiar storybook creature and inviting young readers to see him in a new light.