Once Upon a SpongeBob is a SpongeBob SquarePants book written by James Gelsey, originally published by Scholastic as part of the Nick Zone series of chapter books in April 2004. It was reprinted on Kindle by Nickelodeon on January 11, 2013 and has 31 pages.

Summary[]

Fee, fi, fo, funge. It's fairy-tale time for a square-pantsed sponge! Based on Nickelodeon's hit series, SpongeBob SquarePants.

Synopsis[]

SpongeBob finds a book of fairy tales and dreams about finding himself in three of these stories.

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Trivia[]

General[]

• On the 2013 cover, the Nick Zone logo is removed and replaced with the show's logo. The Scholastic logo is also removed on the reissue.

Cultural references[]

• The title is a play on the phrase "Once upon a time..."

External links[]

• More information on the book

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Books (V • E)
#:	1, 2, 3 Under the Sea • 20,000 Patties Under the Sea
A-B:	A Christmas Coral • A Splash of Color! • A Very Krabby Christmas • A Very Krusty Christmas • Adventures in Bikini Bottom • Ain't Life a Beach • An Underwater Welcome! • And the Winner Is... • Another Day, Another Sand Dollar • Are We There Yet? • Around Town • Atlantis SquarePantis • Attack of the Zombies! • Bad Luck Day • Batter Up, SpongeBob! • Behind Closed Doors • Behind the Mask! • Behold, No Cavities! • Belly Laughs From Bikini Bottom • Best Bikini Bottom Stories Ever! • Best Birthday Ever! • Best Christmas Stories Ever! • Best Friend Adventures • Best in Show • Best Stories Ever! • Beyond Bikini Bottom! • Bikini Bottom Adventures • Bikini Bottom Bounty • Bikini Bottom Buddies • Bikini Bottom Confidential • Bikini Bottom Riddles • Blast Off, Splash Down! • Blizzard Bluster!: SpongeBob's Book of Frosty Funnies • Boat Trouble • Boo Goes There? • Book of Silly Stuff • Bottoms Up! Jokes from Bikini Bottom • Bring on the Funny!: A Collection of SpongeBob Jokes • Bring on the Rock! • Brush with Greatness • Bubble Blowers, Beware! • Bubble Busters • Bubble Trouble • Bubbly Beats • Bunny Business • Buried Treasure!: Tales from Bikini Bottom
C-D:	Camp SpongeBob • Campfire Funnies • Catch a Wave! • Celebrate the Sponge! 10th Birthday Edition • Champions of the Sea! • Christmas with Krabby Klaws • Chuckle and Cringe: SpongeBob's Book of Embarrassing Stories • Class Confusion • Classroom Crack-ups! • Clean Sweep! • Clowning Around • Confessions of a Sponge • Count on Me • Crash Course! • Crime and Funishment • Dance Party • Dancing with the Star • Dear SpongeBob... A Funny Fill-ins Book • Deep-Sea Tales • Demolition Derby • Don't Be a Jerk, It's Christmas! • Don't Pencil Me In! • Don't Rock the Boat! • Doodle Do It! • DoodleBob • Drive Thru
E-G:	Election Connection: The Official Nick Guide to Electing the President • Extreme Team! • Factory Fresh! • Fearless • Feel the Love • Find a Missing Star • Find It! • Fish Happens! • Five Playtime Tales • Five Undersea Stories • Fix the Rip • Fly Like a Fish • Follow the Rainbow! • Food Fight! • Fool's Gold • For Singing Out Loud! SpongeBob's Book of Showstopping Jokes • For the Love of Bubbles • Four Absorbing Stories • Friends Forever • Friends Forever? • Fry Cook Freak-Out! • Full Speed Ahead! • Funny-Side Up: A Tasty Joke Book • Get a Job, SpongeBob! • Get Hooked! • Go, Graduate!: All the Best from Bikini Bottom • Go, Team SpongeBob! • Gone Jellyfishin' • Gone Nutty! • Good Enough to Eat! • Good Ideas... and Other Disasters • Good Knight SpongeBob • Good Times! • GoodNight Lagoon • Goofball Rally! • Grand Prize Winner! • Greetings from Bikini Bottom • Guitar Songs: Songs for a Duck at Sea
H-J:	Hall Monitor • Hands Off! • Happiness to Go! • Happy Birthday, SpongeBob! • Happy Birthday, SpongeBob! (Little Golden Book) • Happy Birthday, Squidward! • Happy Campers! • Haunted Houseboat • Hello, Patrick! • Hide and Sneak • Hoedown Showdown • Hold Your Sea Horses! • Hooked on Pirates • Hooray for Dads! • How to Draw SpongeBob SquarePants Drawing Book and Kit • How to Draw SpongeBob SquarePants: 5 Splashy Styles • I Feel Good! • I Like Crabgrass • I Ripped My Pants! • I Rule My World! • I Saw It All! • I'm Ready! • Ice Cream Time • Ice-Cream Dreams • In a Fix • It's a SpongeBob Christmas! • It's Time! • Jellyfish Jam (board book) • Jellyfish Jam (book) • Jellyfishing • Jingle Smells • Jokes from the Krusty Krab • Jumbo Coloring Party • Just Say "Please!"
K-O:	Kamp Koral Activity Book • Kamp Koral Joke Book • King of Karate! • Krabby Patty Caper • Krusty Krab Adventures • Laugh 'n' Ride • Laugh Your SquarePants Off!: A Joke Book Collection • Learn To Read With SpongeBob • Legends of Bikini Bottom • Let's Paint! • Life's a Beach and Other SpongeBob-isms • Lights! Camera! Action! • Lost in Time: A Medieval Adventure • Lunch Rush • Main Model Pack • Man Sponge Saves the Day • Maze Mania • Meow...Like a Snail?! • Mermaid to Measure • Merry Christmas, SpongeBob! • Mistaken Identity • Moms Are the Best! • Mother Knows Best • Mr. FancyPants! • Mussel Beach • My Happy Book: SpongeBob's 10 Happiest Moments • My Name Is CheeseHead • My Pet Sea Monster • My Trip to Atlantis - by SpongeBob SquarePants • Naughty Nautical Neighbors • Nautical Nonsense: A SpongeBob Joke Book • New Student Starfish • Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons! • Ocean Close-Up • Oh, Barnacles! • Once Upon a SpongeBob • One Fancy Day • Oodles of Zoo Balloons • Ooze in the Ocean
P-R:	Party Time! • Patrick at the Krusty Krab • Patrick Star! • Patrick's Backpack Book • Patrick's Starry Night • Pest of the West • Pirates of Bikini Bottom • Plank-Ton to the Rescue! • Plank-ton's Big Plan! • Plankton's Christmas Surprise! • Private Eyes • Race the Waves • Ready for Laughs • Ripped Pants • Road Trip in 3-D! • Rock Stars! • Rocket Wreck • Rub-a-Dub-Dub
S:	Salty Sea Stories • Sandy's Rocket • Scared Silly! • Scavenger Hunt • ScribbleBob DoodlePants! • Secrets of the Sea • Sea Ghost • Sea Mail • Sea Sale • Seafaring Friends • Seas the Day! • Secrets of the Sea • Serving Up Smiles, a Joke Book • Shell City, Here We Come! • Shiver Me Timbers! • Show Me the Bunny! • Sink or Swim? • Sleepy Time • Snack Attack! • Soak It Up! • Somebunny Special • Special Delivery! • Sponge Art Kit • Sponge at Heart: How to Live a Bikini Bottom Life • Sponge in Space! • Sponge on the Run! • Sponge-Tastic Sticker Party • SpongeBob Airpants: The Lost Episode • SpongeBob and the Princess • SpongeBob DetectivePants in the Case of the Vanished Squirrel • SpongeBob DetectivePants: The Case of the Missing Spatula • SpongeBob Exposed! The Insider's Guide to SpongeBob SquarePants • SpongeBob for President! • SpongeBob Goes Green! • SpongeBob Goes to the Doctor • SpongeBob JokePants • SpongeBob LovePants • SpongeBob MemePants • SpongeBob MoviePants • SpongeBob NaturePants • SpongeBob PartyPants • SpongeBob Pops Up! • SpongeBob Rocks! • SpongeBob RoundPants • SpongeBob Royale • SpongeBob Saves the Day (Cine-Manga book) • SpongeBob Saves the Day (phonics book) • SpongeBob Saves the Day (Triple Pack) • SpongeBob SpookyPants • SpongeBob SportyPants! • SpongeBob SquarePants • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2005 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2006 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2007 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2008 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2009 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2010 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2011 SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2012 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2013 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2014 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2015 • SpongeBob SquarePants Cine-Manga Box Set • SpongeBob SquarePants Joke Book • SpongeBob SquarePants Mad Libs • SpongeBob SquarePants Mix & Match • SpongeBob SquarePants Ocean 3D: Facts & 3D Pics • SpongeBob SquarePants Official Sticker Collection • SpongeBob SquarePants Phonics Box 2 • SpongeBob SquarePants Story Vision • SpongeBob SquarePants Sudoku Puzzles 1 • SpongeBob SquarePants Sudoku Puzzles 2 • SpongeBob SquarePants Sudoku Puzzles 3 • SpongeBob SquarePants Survival Guide • SpongeBob SquarePants Trivia Book • SpongeBob SquarePants: Look and Find • SpongeBob SquarePants: Multiplication • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Essential Guide • SpongeBob Superstar • SpongeBob Tees Off • SpongeBob to the Rescue! • SpongeBob to the Rescue! (Learn to Read with SpongeBob) • SpongeBob WetPants • SpongeBob's Best Day Ever! • SpongeBob's Best Days • SpongeBob's Big Coloring Book • SpongeBob's Book of Excuses • SpongeBob's Box of Books • SpongeBob's Bumper Joke Book • SpongeBob's Busy Day • SpongeBob's Christmas Wish • SpongeBob's Day Off • SpongeBob's Easter Parade • SpongeBob's Feelin' It! • SpongeBob's Kitchen Mission Cookbook • SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip • SpongeBob's Secret Valentine • SpongeBob's Slap Shot • SpongeBob's Special Delivery • SpongeBob's Very Grown-Up Coloring Book • SpongeBob's Yard Sale • SpongeBob, Soccer Star! • SpongeHenge • Spongezilla Attacks! • Spring Cleanup • SquaredyPants! • Star Power! • Stick Together! • Sticker by Numbers Activity Book • Sticker Celebration! • Sticky Situations! • Stir, Squirt, Sizzle: A Nick Cookbook • Stop the Presses! • Stopped Clock • Storm Warning • Super Happy Edition • Super Sponge-tastic! • Super SpongeBob comic strip Vol.3: Jellyfish Jam • Super SpongeBob comic strip Vol.9: Patty Hype • Super SpongeBob comic Vol. 2: Naughty Nautical Neighbors • Super SpongeBob comic Vol.1: Help Wanted • Super SpongeBob comic Vol.5: SB-129 • Super SpongeBob comics Vol.6: Fools in April • Surf's Up, SpongeBob! • Surprize Ink! Just Jellyfishing
T:	Talent Show • Tales from Bikini Bottom • Tea at the Treedome • Tell Me, Magic Shell • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in E.V.I.L. vs. the I.J.L.S.A. • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in Goodness, Man Ray! • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in The Mega-Justice Collection • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in What Were You Shrinking? • The Amazing SpongeBobini • The Annual Big Book of SpongeBob SquarePants • The Art Contest: No Cheating Allowed! • The Best Mom • The Big Halloween Scare • The Big Win • The Bikini Bottom Bike Race • The Blurry Day • The Case of the Missing Krabby Patty • The Dark and Murky Cave • The Eye of the Fry Cook: A Story About Getting Glasses • The Good, the Bad, and the Krabby • The Good, the Bad, and the Krabby! • The Great Escape • The Great Patty Caper • The Great Snail Race • The Great Train Mystery • The Hole Truth About Work • The Krabby Patty Special (with Extra Plankton) • The Never-Ending Stay • The Nick Dictionary • The Nickelodeon Guide To Your Best-Ever School Year • The Song That Never Ends • The Sponge Who Saved Christmas • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run - Official Activity Book • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run - The Great Gary Rescue! • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run - The Junior Novelization • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water - The Junior Novelization • The SpongeBob SquarePants Experience: A Deep Dive into the World of Bikini Bottom • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Cine-Manga) • The SpongeBob SquarePants Oracle • The Three Little Neighbors • The Tour de Bikini Bottom • The World's Greatest Valentine • They Blow Up So Fast! • Think Happy! • Top of the Class! • Top of the Heap! • Tour de Prawns • Trouble at the Krusty Krab!
U-Z:	UFO! • Undersea Party • Undersea Superstar! • Underwater Friends • Underwater Math Adventure • Unidentified Laughing Objects • Vote for SpongeBob • Welcome to Camp Coral! • What's Cooking, SpongeBob? • Wheel of Wishes • Where the Pirates Arrgh! • Where'd It Go?: A Pop-Up Book • Where's Gary? • Who's Hungry? • WhoBob WhatPants? • Wipe Out! • Wipe-Off Workbook • Wonderful Wormy • Wormy • Yo-Ho-Ha-Ha-Ha!: A Pirate Joke Book • You Can't Keep a Good Sponge Down • You Snooze, You Lose • You're Fired! • Zoo Day Disaster