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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 Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries)
A to Z Mysteries #01
by Ron Roy
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for 1st-3rd grade
in A to Z Mysteries (Location: SER-AZ)
$6.99
Adventures of Nick and Sam #1
by Paul McCusker
from Augustine Institute
for 3rd-5th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
AIO Imagination Station Book #01
by Marianne Hering & Paul McCusker
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
AIO Imagination Station Book #02
by Marianne Hering & Paul McCusker
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$7.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)
AIO Imagination Station Book #03
by Marianne Hering & Paul McCusker
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)
AIO Imagination Station Book #04
by Marianne Hering & Paul McCusker
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #05
by Brock Eastman & Marianne Hering
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #06
by Marianne Hering & Marshal Younger
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #07
by Marianne Hering & Marshal Younger
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #08
by Marianne Hering & Wayne Thomas Batson
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #09
by Marianne Hering, Marshal Younger
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #10
by Marianne Hering, Wayne Thomas Batson
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$7.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #11
by Marianne Hering, Wayne Thomas Batson
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #12
by Marianne Hering, Nancy I. Sanders
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$7.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #14
by Marianne Hering, Nancy I. Sanders
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$7.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #15
by Marianne Hering, Nancy I. Sanders
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #16
by Marianne Hering, Paul McCusker
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #17
by Marianne Hering
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #18
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #19
by Marianne Hering
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #20
by Marianne Hering
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #21
by Marianne Hering
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #22
by Marianne Hering & Sheila Seifert
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #23
by Marianne Hering & Sheila Seifert
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #24
by Marianne Hering & Sheila Seifert
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #25
by Marianne Hering & Sheila Seifert
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$7.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #26
by Marianne Hering & Sheila Seifert
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$7.99
AIO Imagination Station Book #27
by Marianne Hering & Sheila Seifert
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$7.99
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)
$7.99 $5.00 (4 in stock)
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
Ambushed in Jaguar Swamp
Trailblazer Books
by Dave and Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
Anastasia
Royal Diaries
by Carolyn Meyer
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Andie's Moon
Historical House: 1969
by Linda Newbery
from Educational Development Corporation
for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$4.00 (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
Arazan's Wolves
Ranger's Apprentice: Royal Ranger #6
by John A. Flanagan
from Viking Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
Assassins in the Cathedral
Trailblazer Books
by Dave and Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
Attack in the Rye Grass
Trailblazer Series
by Dave and Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
Bald Bandit (A to Z Mysteries)
by Ron Roy
BRAILLE from Random House Books for Young Readers
for 1st-3rd grade
in A to Z Mysteries (Location: SER-AZ)
$6.99
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)
Bandit of Ashley Downs
TrailBlazer Book
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
Battle for Skandia
Ranger's Apprentice #04
by John A. Flanagan
Reprint from Puffin Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.99
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)
$9.00 (2 in stock)
Bellmaker
Redwall #7
by Brian Jacques
from ACE Publishing
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
Bellmaker
Redwall #7
by Brian Jacques
from Firebird Press
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.99
Best in Children's Books #03
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Best in Children's Books #08
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
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)
Best in Children's Books #18
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Best in Children's Books #34
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Betrayer's Fortune
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
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)
Blinded by the Shining Path
Trailblazer Books
by Dave & Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
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 #23 (tweed)
by Laura Lee Hope
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 1st-4th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
$5.00 (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)
Bobbsey Twins in the Country
by Laura Lee Hope
Undated from Grosset & Dunlap
for 1st-4th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
$4.50 (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
Boxcar Children #01
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
Orphan Stories for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)
Boxcar Children #02
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
Orphan Stories for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99 $4.50 (2 in stock)
Boxcar Children #03
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #04
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Boxcar Children #05
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Boxcar Children #06
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Boxcar Children #07
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99 $3.00 (2 in stock)
Boxcar Children #08
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #09
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #10
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #11
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Reprint from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #12
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #13
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #14
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #15
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #16
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Reprint from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #17
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Reprint from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #18
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-5th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Boxcar Children #19
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Boxcar Children (Location: SER-BOX)
$7.99
Brave Emily
American Girls Molly companion book
by Valerie Tripp, Illustrated by Nick Backes
from American Girl
for 2nd-5th grade
in American Girl (Location: SER-AMGIRL)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Brotherband Chronicles Collection
by John A. Flanagan
for 5th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$71.91
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)
Burning Bridge
Ranger's Apprentice #02
by John A. Flanagan
Reprint from Puffin Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
Caldera
Brotherband Chronicles #7
by John Flanagan
from Puffin Books
for 5th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
Canary Caper (A to Z Mysteries)
by Ron Roy
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for 1st-3rd grade
in A to Z Mysteries (Location: SER-AZ)
$6.99
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)
$7.99
Caught in the Rebel Camp
by Dave and Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
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)
Cecily's Portrait
Historical House: 1895
by Adele Geras
from Educational Development Corporation
for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Changes for Molly
American Girl
by Valerie Tripp
1st edition from Pleasant Company Publications, Inc.
for 2nd-5th grade
in American Girl (Location: SER-AMGIRL)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Chimney Sweep's Ransom
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)
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)
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)
$8.99 $5.00 (3 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)
Danger on the Flying Trapeze
Trailblazer Books
by Dave and Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$8.99
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