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If you find yourself buying books because of the numbers on the spines, you've probably succumbed to the series book fever. It can be difficult to find reading suitable for younger readers, and when we discover the Boxcar Children, Trixie Belden, or the Hardy Boys it's hard to let go. And why not? A collection of 150 titles featuring the same characters and with no trace of inappropriate subject matter is pretty alluring.

The problem with a lot of series books, however, is that they aren't very well written. After the first five books or so, it's hard for any writer (or collective authors, as is most often the case) to avoid derivative storylines, recycled dialogue, or repetitive descriptions. They usually do manage to keep the content clean, however, and that's what makes a lot of series popular.

We're certainly not suggesting you should avoid books like the Nancy Drew mysteries or Dear America novels altogether. They are fun for kids, and all the series we carry are wholesome and generally free of the typical bratty kids and questionable morals of so much contemporary fiction. (The Mandie books do feature a rather disobedient heroine, but these would be the exception.) When you find a whole collection of books that you can be perfectly comfortable handing your kids, it's natural and right to take advantage of it.

We would caution that you don't let these kinds of titles form all (or even most) of your kids' reading material. The great classics aren't series books, and plenty of them are just as wholesome while maintaining a much higher quality of expression. If your kids already read plenty of great literature and just need a break, series books are a good place to look.

A word of clarification: there are plenty of excellent literary series available (for instance, The Chronicles of Narnia, Margaret Peterson Haddix's Shadow Children, C.S. Forester's Hornblower books, etc.) that we haven't included here; they're offered in our Literature Packages section. For our purposes, series books are any series including more than 8 titles, and open-ended. If the series is contained, it doesn't qualify; if each book has a number and the series is constantly growing (or grew until the author died or retired), it's a series book.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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Across the Wide & Lonesome Prairie
Dear America
by Kristiana Gregory
from Scholastic Inc.
Fictional historical journal for 3rd-6th grade
in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
Addy Learns a Lesson
by Connie Porter
from American Girl
for 4th-6th grade
in American Girl (Location: SER-AMGIRL)
Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators #07
by Robert Arthur, illustrated by Harry Kane
from Random House
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Anacaona
Royal Diaries
by Edwidge Danticat
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
Anastasia
Royal Diaries
by Carolyn Meyer
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
Arazan's Wolves
Royal Ranger #6
by John A. Flanagan
from Viking Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$18.99
Bellmaker
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
for 3rd-7th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Best in Children's Books #01
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best In Children's Books #10A
by Eric Knight, et. al.
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Best in Children's Books #13
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #16
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #17
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #22
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #24
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #27
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #29
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #33
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #36
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #41
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Biff Brewster #01
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Biff Brewster #02
A Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Biff Brewster #03
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
Biff Brewster #04
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
Biff Brewster #05
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
Biff Brewster #06
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
Biff Brewster #07
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
Biff Brewster #08
A Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure
by Andy Adams
AmericanWebbooks 2003 Reprint from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Biff Brewster #09
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
Biff Brewster #10
A Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
Biff Brewster #11
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
Biff Brewster #12
A Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
Biff Brewster #13
by Andy Adams
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biff Brewster (Location: VIN-SER)
Bobbsey Twins #15 (tweed)
by Laura Lee Hope
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 2nd-5th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
Bobbsey Twins #36 (tweed)
by Laura Lee Hope
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
Bobbsey Twins #38
by Laura Lee Hope
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 2nd-5th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
Bobbsey Twins #50
by Laura Lee Hope
from Geddes & Grosset
for 2nd-5th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
Bobbsey Twins #55
by Laura Lee Hope
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-5th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-6th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Sky Top
Bunny Brown
by Laura Lee Hope, illustrated by Walter S. Rogers
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 1st-5th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Catherine
Royal Diaries
by Kristiana Gregory
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
Cherry Ames #01
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #02
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #03
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #04
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #05
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #06
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #07
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #08
by Julie Campbell Tatham
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #09
Cherry Ames
by Julie Campbell Tatham
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #10
Cherry Ames
by Julie Campbell Tatham
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #11
Cherry Ames
by Julie Campbell Tatham
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #12
Cherry Ames
by Julie Campbell Tatham
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #13
Cherry Ames
by Julie Campbell Tatham
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #14
Cherry Ames
by Julie Tatham
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #15
Cherry Ames
by Julie Campbell Tatham
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #16
Cherry Ames
by Julie Campbell Tatham
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #17
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #18
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #19
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #20
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #21
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Cherry Ames #22
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #23
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #24
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #25
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #26
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Cherry Ames #27
Cherry Ames
by Helen Wells
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cherry Ames (Location: SER-CHER)
Christmas After All
Dear America
by Kathryn Lasky
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-6th grade
in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
Cleopatra VII
Royal Diaries
by Kristiana Gregory
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
Coal Miner's Bride
Dear America
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
from Scholastic Inc.
Fictional historical journal for 3rd-6th grade
in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
Color Me Dark
Dear America
by Patricia C. McKissack
from Scholastic Inc.
Fictional historical journal for 3rd-6th Grade
in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Dana Girls Mystery #01
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #02
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #02
Dana Girls Second Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Dana Girls Mystery #03
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #04
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #04
Dana Girls Second Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #08
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #09
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #10
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #14
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #17
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Dana Girls Mystery #18
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #18
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #19
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #21
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Dana Girls Mystery #24
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Dana Girls Mystery #25
Dana Girls First Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
Doomwyte
by Brian Jacques
1st edition from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Dreams in the Golden Country
Dear America
by Kathryn Lasky
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-6th grade
in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Early Sunday Morning
Dear America
by Barry Denenberg
from Scholastic Inc.
Fictional historical journal for 3rd-6th grade
in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
Eleanor
Royal Diaries
by Kristiana Gregory
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
Elisabeth
Royal Diaries
by Barry Denenberg
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
Elizabeth I
Royal Diaries
by Kathryn Lasky
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
Encyclopedia Brown #24
by Donald Sobol
1st edition from Dutton Children's Books
for 3rd-7th grade
in Encyclopedia Brown Series (Location: SER-ENC)
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints
Encyclopedia Brown #16
by Donald J. Sobol
from Weekly Reader
for 3rd-6th grade
in Encyclopedia Brown Series (Location: SER-ENC)
Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues
by Donald J. Sobol, illustrated by Leonard Shortall
from Weekly Reader
for 3rd-7th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All
by Donald J. Sobol
from Dutton Juvenile
for 3rd-7th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down
by Donald J. Sobol
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 3rd-7th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Erak's Ransom
Ranger's Apprentice #07
by John A. Flanagan
from Philomel Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
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