Book Series · 7 Books

Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast Books

In order from Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast to Whodonut? A Holiday Mystery.

Josh Funk and Brendan Kearney send two breakfast-food friends racing, sleuthing, and saving a refrigerator world packed with visual and verbal jokes.

Reviewed by the Bookroo Editors Updated August 12, 2026

Reading order

How to Read Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast

Read the seven adventures in their official numbered order. Each has its own mystery or crisis, but later stories assume familiarity with the refrigerator world and its returning cast.

Begin with Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast to meet the competitive friends and see how their rivalry becomes cooperation. Whodonut? A Holiday Mystery is the seventh published adventure, not a separate holiday offshoot.

Sources: Josh Funk's official series page, Josh Funk's official book-seven page.

For parents

What Parents Should Know

These are fast, rhyming read-alouds with dense food puns and detailed refrigerator landscapes. Younger children can follow the chase and pictures, while older listeners may catch more of the wordplay.

Rivalry, theft, freezing, shrinking, alien capture, and mystery create energetic suspense, but the food characters cooperate and the crises resolve safely. There is no realistic violence or frightening content.

Where the story begins

First Book in the Series

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$1797

Book #1 · Picture Book · Ages 5–8 · 2015

Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast

By Josh Funk, Brendan Kearney (Illustrator)

A race for the last drop of syrup tests friendship in a wild food fight.

32 pages· 535 words· Est. 5 min read-aloud

4.0/7 Bookroo

$18.99Save 5%

Hardcover

Summary: Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast's friendship is tested when they discover only one drop of syrup remains. Racing through a whimsical world of food, they must decide if victory is sweeter than friendship. Will they find a way to work together, or will their rivalry leave them both empty-handed? Dive into this deliciously fun adventure and find out who will savor the sweet taste of victory.

In reading order

Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast Series

7 books · Published 2015–2025

#1 in Series

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$1797

Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast

Picture Book · Ages 5–8 · 2015

A race for the last drop of syrup tests friendship in a wild food fight.

#2 in Series

Sale price

$1797

The Case of the Stinky Stench

Picture Book · Ages 5–9 · 2017

A foul odor threatens the fridge. Can Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast solve the mystery?

#3 in Series

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$1797

Mission Defrostable

Picture Book · Ages 5–9 · 2018

Can breakfast heroes save the fridge from freezing doom with an unlikely ally?

#4 in Series

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$1597

Short & Sweet

Picture Book · Ages 5–8 · 2020

Transformed into toddlers, breakfast heroes race to reverse the change before it's too late.

#5 in Series

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$1697

The Great Caper Caper

Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2022

Darkness engulfs the fridge. Can they restore the light or face eternal dimness?

#6 in Series

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$1797

Attack of the Scones

Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2024

A flying object threatens the fridge. Can Pancake and Toast save Waffle?

#7 in Series

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$1797

Whodonut? A Holiday Mystery

Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2025

A book goes missing on Holiday Eve. Can Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast solve the mystery?

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Common Questions

How many books are in the Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast series?

There are 7 books in the Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast series. It began with Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast in 2015, and the newest book, Whodonut? A Holiday Mystery, was published in 2025.