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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.

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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)
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)
$8.99
Bellmaker
Redwall #7
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
Betrayer's Fortune
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Bethany House
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
Betrayer's Fortune
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
Choose Your Own Adventure 04
by R. A. Montgomery
from Chooseco
for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Choose Your Own Adventure 06
by R. A. Montgomery
from Chooseco
for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Doomwyte
Redwall #20
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Encyclopedia Brown #01
by Donald J. Sobol
from Puffin Books
Mystery for 3rd-7th grade
in Encyclopedia Brown Series (Location: SER-ENC)
$6.99
Encyclopedia Brown #05
by Donald J. Sobol
from Puffin Books
for 3rd-6th grade
in Encyclopedia Brown Series (Location: SER-ENC)
$6.99
Encyclopedia Brown #07
by Donald J. Sobol
from Puffin Books
for 3rd-7th grade
in Encyclopedia Brown Series (Location: SER-ENC)
$6.99
Encyclopedia Brown #15
by Donald J. Sobol
from Scholastic Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Encyclopedia Brown Series (Location: SER-ENC)
Encyclopedia Brown #23
by Donald J. Sobol
from Yearling
for 3rd-7th grade
in Encyclopedia Brown Series (Location: SER-ENC)
Encyclopedia Brown #28
by Donald J. Sobol
from Puffin Books
for 3rd-6th grade
in Encyclopedia Brown Series (Location: SER-ENC)
Eulalia!
Redwall #19
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$7.99
Gold Miners' Rescue
Trailblazer Books
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Bethany House
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
Gold Miners' Rescue
Trailblazer Books
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
High Rhulain
Redwall #18
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$7.99
Journey to the End of the Earth
Trailblazer Books
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Bethany House
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
Journey to the End of the Earth
Trailblazer Books
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
Legend of Luke
Redwall #12
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$7.99
Loamhedge
Redwall #16
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
Long Patrol
Redwall #10
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$7.99
Lord Brocktree
Redwall #13
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
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)
$8.99
Magic Tree House #24
by Mary Pope Osborne
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for 1st-6th grade
in Magic Tree House (Location: SER-MTH)
Magic Tree House #41 (Merlin Mission #13)
by Mary Pope Osborne
from Scholastic Reference
for 2nd-6th grade
in Magic Tree House (Location: SER-MTH)
Mandie Book #01
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
Reprinted from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Mandie Book #02
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
Other Printing from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #03
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #04
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #05
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #06
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #07
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #08
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #09
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #10
for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #11
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #12
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #13
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #14
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #15
by Lois Gladys Leppard
for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #16
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #17
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
for 2nd-6th grade
Mandie Book #19
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #20
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #21
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #22
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
Mandie Book #24
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
for 2nd-6th grade
Mandie Book #25
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
Mandie Book #27
for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #28
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #29
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #30
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #31
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #33
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #34
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #35
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #38
Mandie Books
by Lois Gladys Leppard
from Bethany House
Children's mystery for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mandie Book #40
by Lois Gladys Leppard
Reprinted
for 2nd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
Mariel of Redwall
Redwall #4
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Marlfox
Redwall #11
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Martin the Warrior
Redwall #6
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Mattimeo
Redwall #3
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
Mossflower
Redwall #2
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.99
Outcast of Redwall
Redwall #8
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Pearls of Lutra
Redwall #9
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
Rakkety Tam
Redwall #17
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Redwall
Redwall #1
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
Redwall Set (Mass-market paperbacks)
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 3rd-7th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Rogue Crew
Redwall #22
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Sable Quean
Redwall #21
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Salamandastron
Redwall #5
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Salamandastron
Redwall #5
by Brian Jacques
from Firebird Press
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.99
Shanghaied to China
Trailblazer Books
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Bethany House
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
Shanghaied to China
Trailblazer Books
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
Sugar Creek Gang #05
Revised from Moody Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
$3.00 (3 in stock)
Sugar Creek Gang #06
by Paul Hutchens
Revised from Moody Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
Sugar Creek Gang #07
by Paul Hutchens
New Edition from Moody Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Sugar Creek Gang #08
by Paul Hutchens
Revised from Moody Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Sugar Creek Gang #11
by Paul Hutchens
Revised from Moody Press
for Ages 9-12
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Sugar Creek Gang #12
by Paul Hutchens
Reprint from Moody Press
for 4th-7th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Sugar Creek Gang #26
by Paul Hutchens
New Edition from Moody Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Sugar Creek Gang #31 (old)
by Paul Hutchens
from Moody Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Sugar Creek Gang #35
by Paul Hutchens
Revised from Moody Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Taggerung
Redwall #14
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Triss
Redwall #15
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
True Stories of Survival
Usborne True Stories
by Paul Dowswell
from Usborne
for 3rd-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
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