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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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Abandoned on the Wild Frontier
Trailblazer Books
by Dave and Neta Jackson
from Bethany House
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Abandoned on the Wild Frontier
Trailblazer Books
by Dave and Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$9.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Adventures of Nick and Sam #1
by Paul McCusker
from Augustine Institute
for 3rd-5th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Almost Home
Daughters of the Faith
by Wendy G. Lawton
from Moody Press
Historical Fiction for 3rd-6th grade
in Daughters of the Faith (Location: SER-DAU)
$7.64 $4.00 (3 in stock)
Amazon Adventures
by Banner Horace
from Christian Focus Publications
for 3rd-6th grade
in Adventures Series (Location: SER-ADV)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Andie's Moon
Historical House: 1969
by Linda Newbery
from Educational Development Corporation
for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Bandit of Ashley Downs
TrailBlazer Book
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Bethany House
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$4.00 (3 in stock)
Battle for Skandia
Ranger's Apprentice #04
by John A. Flanagan
Reprint from Philomel Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$7.20 (2 in stock)
Bellmaker
Redwall #7
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.19 $4.00 (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)
$6.40 (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)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
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)
$5.20 (1 in stock)
Caldera
Brotherband Chronicles #7
by John Flanagan
from Philomel Books
for 5th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
Captive Princess
Daughters of the Faith
by Wendy G. Lawton
New Edition from Moody Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Daughters of the Faith (Location: SER-DAU)
$6.79 $3.60 (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)
$11.20 (1 in stock)
Cecily's Portrait
Historical House: 1895
by Adele Geras
from Educational Development Corporation
for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Chimney Sweep's Ransom
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Bethany House
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Choose Your Own Adventure 04
by R. A. Montgomery
from Chooseco
for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Civil War: An Interactive History Adventure
You Choose Books
by Matt Doeden
from Capstone Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Cleopatra VII
Royal Diaries
by Kristiana Gregory
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
$4.80 (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)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Colonial America: An Interactive History Adventure
You Choose Books
by Allison Lassieur
from Capstone Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$4.40 (2 in stock)
Courage to Run
Daughters of the Faith
by Wendy G. Lawton
from Moody Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Daughters of the Faith (Location: SER-DAU)
$7.64 $4.00 (2 in stock)
Dan Carter and the Money Box
by Mildred A. Wirt
from Cupples & Leon
for 3rd-5th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$4.80 (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)
$6.40 (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)
$9.60 (1 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)
$6.40 (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)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Universal Glue
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Voice from Space
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Leo Summers
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$6.40 (2 in stock)
Danny Dunn on a Desert Island
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
1971 printing from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Defeat of the Ghost Riders
Trailblazer Books
by Dave Jackson, Neta Jackson
from Bethany House
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$4.00 (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)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Encyclopedia Brown #07
by Donald J. Sobol
from Bantam Books
for 3rd-7th grade
in Encyclopedia Brown Series (Location: SER-ENC)
$2.00 (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)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Escape from the Slave Traders
TrailBlazer Books
from Bethany House
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Escape from the Slave Traders
TrailBlazer Books
by Dave and Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$9.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Felicity's Surprise
American Girls Felicity #3
by Valerie Tripp
First Edition from Pleasant Company Publications, Inc.
for 2nd-5th grade
in American Girl (Location: SER-AMGIRL)
$4.00 (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)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Great Barrier Reef Adventures
by Jim Cromarty
from Christian Focus Publications
for 3rd-6th grade
in Adventures Series (Location: SER-ADV)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hank the Cowdog #01
Hank the Cowdog #1
by John R. Erickson
from Maverick Books
for 2nd-5th grade
in Hank the Cowdog (Location: SER-HANK)
$5.94 $3.60 (1 in stock)
Happy Birthday, Samantha!
American Girl
by Valerie Tripp
from American Girl
for 3rd-6th grade
in American Girl (Location: SER-AMGIRL)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Happy Hollisters and the Mystery at Missile Town
Happy Hollisters #19
by Jerry West
from Doubleday & Company
for 4th-6th grade
in Happy Hollisters (Location: VIN-SER)
$6.00 (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)
$6.00 (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)
$4.40 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #04
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$4.40 (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)
$4.80 (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)
$4.80 (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)
$3.60 (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)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #16: Figure in Hiding
by Franklin W. Dixon
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #18: Twisted Claw
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.80 (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)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #20: Mystery of the Flying Express
by Franklin W. Dixon
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.00 (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)
$4.80 (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)
$4.40 (2 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)
$3.60 (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)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #23
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$5.50 (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)
$4.80 (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)
$4.80 (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)
$4.40 (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)
$3.60 (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)
$3.60 (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)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #29
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$5.50 (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)
$3.60 (1 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)
$4.80 (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)
$3.60 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #31
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$5.50 (1 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)
$4.80 (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)
$3.60 (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)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #33 (vintage)
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Hardy Boys (Location: VIN-MYS)
$4.00 (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)
$4.00 (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)
$3.60 (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)
$3.60 (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)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Hardy Boys #44
by Franklin W. Dixon
from Grosset & Dunlap
Adventure/Mystery for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$4.40 (2 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)
$3.60 (1 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)
$3.60 (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)
$3.60 (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)
$3.60 (1 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)
$3.60 (2 in stock)
Hardy Boys #65
by Franklin W. Dixon, illustrated by Leslie Morrill
from Wanderer
for 3rd-6th grade
in Hardy Boys (Location: SER-HARDY)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Journey to the New World
Dear America
by Kathryn, Lasky
from Scholastic Inc.
Fictional historical journal for 3rd-6th Grade
in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Jungle Doctor Spots a Leopard
Jungle Doctor #3
by Paul White
from Christian Focus Publications
for 3rd-6th grade
in Jungle Doctor (Location: SER-JD)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Jungle Doctor's Crooked Dealings
Jungle Doctor #4
by Paul White
from Christian Focus Publications
in Jungle Doctor (Location: SER-JD)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Jungle Doctor's Enemies
Jungle Doctor #5
by Paul White
from Christian Focus Publications
for 3rd-6th grade
in Jungle Doctor (Location: SER-JD)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Kaya and Lone Dog
American Girl: Kaya #4
by Janet Shaw
from American Girl
for 2nd-5th grade
in American Girl (Location: SER-AMGIRL)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Kaya's Hero
American Girl
by Janet Shaw
from American Girl
for 2nd-5th grade
in American Girl (Location: SER-AMGIRL)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Kidnapped by River Rats
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Bethany House
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$4.00 (2 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)
$5.60 (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)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Magic School Bus Explores the Senses
by Joanna Cole
Other Printing from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-6th grade
in Magic School Bus (Location: SER-MSB)
$7.64 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Magic Tree House #01
by Mary Pope Osborne
from Random House
for 2nd-5th grade
in Magic Tree House (Location: SER-MTH)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Magic Tree House #03
by Mary Pope Osborne
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for 3rd-5th grade
in Magic Tree House (Location: SER-MTH)
$2.40 (2 in stock)
Magic Tree House #03 - Research Guide
by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca
from Random House
for 3rd-5th grade
in Magic Tree House (Location: SER-MTH)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Magic Tree House #04
by Mary Pope Osborne
from Random House
for 2nd-5th grade
in Magic Tree House (Location: SER-MTH)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
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