Series Books

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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Ambush at Sorato
Ranger's Apprentice Royal Ranger #7
by John Flanagan
from Viking Books for Young Readers
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$18.99
Anastasia
Royal Diaries
by Carolyn Meyer
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Arazan's Wolves
Royal Ranger #6
by John A. Flanagan
from Viking Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$18.99
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 (1 in stock)
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)
Bobbsey Twins
by Laura Lee Hope
Book Club from Book-of-the-Month Club
for 4th-6th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Bobbsey Twins At the Seashore
by Laura Lee Hope
from Book-of-the-Month Club
for 4th-6th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Bobbsey Twins in the Country
Bobbsey Twins Reprint #02
by Laura Lee Hope
from Book-of-the-Month Club
for 4th-6th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
100th Anniversary Edition from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-6th grade
in Mystery & Suspense (Location: FIC-MYS)
$14.99
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)
Caves of Fear
Rick Brant Science-Adventure Series #8
by John Blaine
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-6th grade
in Rick Brant Science-Adventure Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Christmas After All
Dear America
by Kathryn Lasky
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-6th grade
in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Clue of the Marked Claw
Ken Holt Mysteries #4
by Bruce Campbell
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Dan Carter, Cub Scout
Dan Carter books #1 of 6
by Mildred A. Wirt
from Cupples & Leon
for 3rd-5th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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 Second Series
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dana Girls (Location: VIN-MYS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin; illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (3 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin; illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Electronic Mind Reader
Rick Brant Science-Adventure Series #12
by John Blaine
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-6th grade
in Rick Brant Science-Adventure Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Elizabeth I
Royal Diaries
by Kathryn Lasky
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
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)
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)
Gertrude Chandler Warner and the Boxcar Children
by Mary Ellen Ellsworth
1st edition from Albert Whitman & Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Halt's Peril
Ranger's Apprentice #09
by John A. Flanagan
from Philomel Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Happy Hollisters at Sea Gull Beach
Happy Hollisters #3
by Jerry West
from Doubleday & Company
for 2nd-5th grade
in Happy Hollisters (Location: VIN-SER)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #02
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #08: Mystery of Cabin Island
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #10 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #10: What Happened at Midnight
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #15
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #15 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #15: Sinister Sign Post
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #16: Figure in Hiding
by Franklin W. Dixon
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #17 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #18 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #18 (vintage)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
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in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #18: Twisted Claw
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
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in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #19 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #19: Disappearing Floor
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #20 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #21
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #21 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #21: Clue of the Broken Blade
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #22
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #22 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #22: Flickering Torch Mystery
by Franklin W Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #24: Short-Wave Mystery
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #25: Secret Panel
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #26
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #26 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #27 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #28 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #28 (vintage)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #29 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #29: Secret of the Lost Tunnel
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #30 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #31: Secret of Wildcat Swamp
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #32 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #33 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #34 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$5.00 (4 in stock)
Hardy Boys #35 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #37 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #40 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #40: Mystery of the Desert Giant
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #41 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #43 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (3 in stock)
Hardy Boys #44
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #44 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #45 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #46 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #47
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #47 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #48 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #50 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #51
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #51 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #52 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #53 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #54
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #54 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #55
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #55 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #56
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #56 (matte)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #57
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Icebound Land
Ranger's Apprentice #03
by John A. Flanagan
from Philomel Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Isabel
Royal Diaries
by Carolyn Meyer
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Journal of James Edmond Pease
My Name is America
by Jim Murphy
from Scholastic Inc.
Fictional historical journal for 3rd-6th Grade
in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Journal of Sean Sullivan
by William Durbin
1st edition from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Lassie: The Wild Mountain Trail
by I.G. Edmonds, illustrated by Larry Harris
from Whitman Publishing Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Liberty Letters: The Personal Correspondence of Hannah Brown and Sarah Smith
by Nancy LeSourd
1st edition from Zonderkidz
for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Liberty Letters: The Story of Pocahontas, 1613
Liberty Letters
by Nancy LeSourd
1st edition from Zondervan
Historical Fiction for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Linda Carlton's Island Adventure
Linda Carlton #3 of 5
by Edith Lavell
from Saalfield Publishing Co.
Female Airplane Pilot Fiction for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Lost City
Rick Brant Science-Adventure Series #2
by John Blaine
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-6th grade
in Rick Brant Science-Adventure Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Magic Tree House #34 (Merlin Mission #06)
by Mary Pope Osborne
1st edition from Random House Books for Young Readers
for 2nd-5th grade
in Magic Tree House (Location: SER-MTH)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Marie Antoinette
Royal Diaries
by Kathryn Lasky
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Motor Boat Boys: River Chase
Motor Boat Boys #06
by Louis Arundel
from M. A. Donohue & Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Mystery of the Haunted Skyscraper
Power Boys Adventure #01
by Mel Lyle; illustrated by Raymond Burns
from Whitman Publishing Company
for 4th-6th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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