Lin Oliver, author portrait

Lin Oliver

Lin Oliver is a children’s book author and writer/producer of numerous television series and movies for children. With Henry Winkler, she writes the New York Times bestselling book series, Hank Zipzer: World’s Best Underachiever, which has sold over 4 million copies and is a hit television series on the BBC. Their new chapter book series, Here’s Hank, is also a New York Times bestseller.  She is also the author of the Who Shrunk Daniel Funk quartet, Sound Bender and The Shadow Mask, adventure/science fiction middle grade novels she coauthored with Theo Baker. Her collection of poetry, the highly praised Little Poems for Tiny Ears, illustrated by Tomie dePaola, is being followed with another poetry collection, Steppin’ Out: Playful Rhymes for Toddler Times. Oliver is the cofounder and Executive Director of SCBWI. 
Everybody Is Somebody #12
Robot on the Loose #11
Hooray! My Butt Left the Bench! #10
Steppin' Out
Always Watch Out for the Flying Potato Salad! #9
The Soggy, Foggy Campout #8
You Can't Drink a Meatball Through a Straw #7
How to Hug an Elephant #6
There's a Zombie in My Bathtub #5
Fake Snakes and Weird Wizards #4
Stop That Frog! #3
Twice As Nice #4
Little Poems for Tiny Ears
A Short Tale About a Long Dog #2
Bookmarks Are People Too! #1
Double-Crossed #3
Almost Identical #1
Two-Faced #2
A Brand-New Me! #17
Dump Trucks and Dogsleds #16
A Tale of Two Tails #15
Life of Me, the #14
Who Ordered This Baby? Definitely Not Me! #13
Barfing in the Backseat #12
The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down #11
My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat #10
My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard #9
Summer School! What Genius Thought That Up? #8
Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade #7
Holy Enchilada! #6
The Night I Flunked My Field Trip #5
Hank Zipzer #3: Day of the Iguana
The Zippity Zinger #4
The Day of the Iguana #3
Hank Zipzer #2: I Got a "D" in Salami
Hank Zipzer #1: Niagara Falls, Or Does It?

Books

Everybody Is Somebody #12
Robot on the Loose #11
Hooray! My Butt Left the Bench! #10
Steppin' Out
Always Watch Out for the Flying Potato Salad! #9
The Soggy, Foggy Campout #8
You Can't Drink a Meatball Through a Straw #7
How to Hug an Elephant #6
There's a Zombie in My Bathtub #5
Fake Snakes and Weird Wizards #4
Stop That Frog! #3
Twice As Nice #4
Little Poems for Tiny Ears
A Short Tale About a Long Dog #2
Bookmarks Are People Too! #1
Double-Crossed #3
Almost Identical #1
Two-Faced #2
A Brand-New Me! #17
Dump Trucks and Dogsleds #16
A Tale of Two Tails #15
Life of Me, the #14
Who Ordered This Baby? Definitely Not Me! #13
Barfing in the Backseat #12
The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down #11
My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat #10
My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard #9
Summer School! What Genius Thought That Up? #8
Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade #7
Holy Enchilada! #6
The Night I Flunked My Field Trip #5
Hank Zipzer #3: Day of the Iguana
The Zippity Zinger #4
The Day of the Iguana #3
Hank Zipzer #2: I Got a "D" in Salami
Hank Zipzer #1: Niagara Falls, Or Does It?

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