Classic Girls' Series
Articles about a variety of girls' series and a collection of links to additional information.

Not Just for Children Anymore: Girls' Series Books
Brief article about girls' series books and their enduring popularity.

Girls' Series Books
Information about the Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, and Trixie Belden series, among others.

Boys'/Children's Series Books
Facts about the Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, and Three Investigators series, as well as other juvenile series.

Children's Series Books
Listings of and information about series ranging from the Dana Girls to Kay Tracey.

Girls' Series: Information and Facts About ...
Brief descriptions of various girls' series, including such lesser-known ones as Ethel Morton, the Tucker Twins, and Melody Lane.

Boys' Series: Information and Facts About ...
Capsule accounts of a variety of boys' series, including Ellery Queen Jr., Chip Hilton, and Dave Dawson.

The Series Bookcase
Information about several boys' series, including Tom Swift, Tom Quest, Biff Brewster, and Christopher Cool.

Girls' Book Series
About Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley, Trixie Belden, and the Baby-Sitters' Club.

Jo Anne's Girls' Book Web Page
Interesting selection of articles about some older girls' series, ranging from the Motion Picture Girls to Grace Harlowe to the Meadow Brook Girls.

Altemus Juvenile Series
Web site devoted to the Altemus Publishing Company, which published more than thirty different girls' and boys' series; title lists and brief descriptions are included for such series as the Automobile Girls and the Grammar School Boys.

Stratemeyer Syndicate Records, 1832-1984
Information about the Stratemeyer Syndicate from the New York Public Library, which is the repository of the syndicate's records.

Nineteenth-Century Girls' Series
Devoted to such early series as Cousin Lucy, Flaxie Frizzle, Dotty Dimple, and Witch Winnie.

Nineteenth-Century American Children and What They Read
Another site that offers fascinating material about early fashions in children's books.

Collecting Books and Magazines
Extensive site with information on Australian, New Zealand, and British series, including a number of school series.

Authors and Books for Children
Author profiles and information on children's books, including series books.

Children's Authors and Illustrators
Variety of links to other sites that deal with juvenile fiction.

Children's Mysteries
See especially the section entitled The Hardy Boys, Kay Tracey, and Nancy Drew, which discusses the abundance of genuinely mysterious situations in juvenile series.

Side by Side by Side: Three's Company
Brief consideration of the dynamics of trios of friends in Cherry Ames, Betsy-Tacy, Nancy Drew, and Sue Barton.

Patriotism and Propaganda in Girls' Series: Fictional Nurses of World War II
About several nurse series written during World War II, including Cherry Ames, Susan Merton, Penny Marsh, Nancy Naylor, and Ann Bartlett, and how they dealt with nursing during wartime.

Webrings:
Sleuth Ring
Children's Literature Ring

The Cherry Ames Stories
Brief descriptions of some of the Cherry Ames books, part of The Tiny Pineapple Nurse Book Collection, which offers a list of nurse-related fiction.

Cherry Ames Series: Dewey Webb's Lurid Library
Irreverent characterization of Nurse Cherry as "Nancy Drew with a rectal thermometer." While you're visiting, take a look at True Medic Stories and Television Nurse, too.

NancyDrew.com
Official Nancy Drew Web site, with material for both adults and children, including an overview of Nancy's life and times as a supersleuth.

The Nancy Drew Sleuth Unofficial Web Site
Extensive information about the intrepid Ms. Drew and her fictional adventures.

Around the World with Nancy Drew
Comprehensive site about the many non-U.S. editions of Nancy Drew books; also included are details of the titian-haired teen's extensive travels within the books.

Angel's Nancy Drew Pages
Offers a list of titles in the main series, including almost one hundred paperback titles, and a list of titles in the Nancy Drew Files offshoot.

Book-a-Minute Bedtime: The Nancy Drew Series
Nancy Drew for those who are really pressed for time.

Feminism in Adolescent Literature: A Literature Review of Nancy Drew
Jodi L. McEndarfer's scholarly article discusses Nancy Drew as a feminist role model.

Nancy Drew: Girl Detective Extraordinaire
Brief overview of the Nancy Drew series.

The Secret of the Mysterious Makeover
An article comparing the original and revised texts of Nancy's debut book, The Secret of the Old Clock.

What Would Nancy Do? and Who Was Carolyn Keene?
Two articles by Amy Benfer: the first bemoaning the changes in the Nancy Drew series, and the second an interview with Mildred Wirt Benson, the original Carolyn Keene.

The Ghost of Nancy Drew
Geoffrey S. Lapin's article about Mildred Wirt Benson, who, ghostwriting as Carolyn Keene, wrote the initial Nancy Drew books.

The Case of the Changing Icon
A newspaper columnist bemoans Nancy's fall from "the perfectly dressed River Heights goddess" to "everyteen."

Readers Remain Captivated by Nancy Drew
Newspaper article about the enduring appeal of Nancy Drew.

Nancy Drew in Library School
Brief piece imagining grown-up Nancy using her detecting skills in the real world--as a reference librarian.

Nancy Drew Interactive Mystery Games
Place to preview and order computer games starring the River Heights sleuth.

Abbey Girls    [Available at Alibris]
See School Stories.

Air Service Boys    [Available at Alibris]

Etext by Charles Amory Beach:
Air Service Boys over the Enemy's Lines, or The German Spy's Secret, 1919

Alice in Wonderland    [Available at Alibris]

Down the Rabbit Hole and Onto the Web: Lewis Carroll Etexts
Brief biographical information about the writer of the clever and enduring Alice in Wonderland books.

Etexts by Lewis Carroll:
Click here for complete list.

Anne of Green Gables    [Available at Alibris]
See Lucy Maud Montgomery books.

Baby-Sitters' Club    [Available at Alibris]

Baby-Sitters' Club
Publisher's official page about the popular series for girls.

My Baby-Sitters' Club Page
Fan page offering information about the series and characters.

Book-a-Minute Bedtime: The Baby-Sitters Club Series
Why waste time reading a whole set of books? Here are the high points.

Bastables    [Available at Alibris]
See Edith Nesbit books.

Bedtime Stories
See Howard R. Garis books.

Betsy-Tacy    [Available at Alibris]

Betsy-Tacy Home Page
Page devoted to the beloved series by Maud Hart Lovelace, with information about her other books.

Betsy-Tacy Society Home Page
About the society and its projects, including the restoration of Tacy's house in Mankato.

Betsy-Tacy: Remembrance of Things Past
Article about Maud Hart Lovelace's enduring series and the world she created in Deep Valley.

Maud Hart Lovelace
Minnesota State University site with a biographical sketch of the author and information about the real people and places of Mankato and their fictional counterparts in the Betsy-Tacy books.

Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy
Site offering a gallery of original artwork based on the series, as well as information about activities, food, and music in the series.

History Center Museum Theater: Maud Hart Lovelace
About the Minnesota Historical Society exhibit where one can "meet" Maud Hart Lovelace.

Looking Back: Downer College Played Role in Ten Novels
Brief article about the real-life sites that are featured in the Betsy-Tacy series, especially Downer College in Milwaukee (dubbed "Browner" in the books).

Betty Gordon    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Alice B. Emerson:
Click here for complete list.

Clair Blank: Beverly Gray's Adventures in Career Land
Profile of the young author who launched the Beverly Gray College Mystery series when she was only nineteen years old.

Big Five Motorcycle Boys    [Available at Alibris]

Etext by Ralph Marlow:
The Big Five Motorcycle Boys in Tennessee Wilds, or The Secret of Walnut Ridge, 1914

Big Little Books
Information for collectors of the palm-sized, thick, illustrated books that began publication in 1932.

Bobbsey Twins    [Available at Alibris]

Story of the Bobbsey Twins
All about Nan and Bert and Flossie and Freddie, at home in Lakeport and on their travels.

Etexts by Laura Lee Hope:
Click here for complete list.

Boy Scouts    [Available at Alibris]

Etext by G. Harvey Ralphson:
#1 The Boy Scouts in Mexico, or On Guard with Uncle Sam, 1911

Brother and Sister    [Available at Alibris]
See Josephine Lawrence books.

Bunny Brown    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Laura Lee Hope:
Click here for complete list.

Burgess Books    [Available at Alibris]

Talk to the Animals: Thornton W. Burgess Etexts
Information about the author of the Burgess Books, whose love of nature and appreciation of natural resources were reflected in his children's stories.

Etexts by Thornton W. Burgess:
Click here for complete list.

Camp Fire Girls    [Available at Alibris]

Etext by Jane L. Stewart:
#1 The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire, 1914

Help Wanted: Female
Information about the career series from Dodd, Mead and from Julian Messner that offered views of the workplace--and its romantic possibilities.

Chalet School    [Available at Alibris]
See School Stories.

Circus Animal Stories
See Howard R. Garis books.

Circus Boys    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Edgar B. P. Darlington:
#1 The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings, or Making the Start in the Sawdust Life, 1910
#2 The Circus Boys Across the Continent, or Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark, 1911
#3 The Circus Boys in Dixie Land, or Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South, 1911
#4 The Circus Boys on the Mississippi, or Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River, 1912
#5 The Circus Boys on the Plains, or The Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show

Connie Blair    [Available at Alibris]

Connie Blair: The Quest for a Colorful Career
Betsy Allen's determined young sleuth follows a career path strewn with mysteries.

Betty Cavanna: For Girls Going on Sixteen
Biographical sketch of Betty Cavanna, who wrote the Connie Blair series as Betsy Allen.

Betty Cavanna Papers
Biography and list of Betty Cavanna's writings.

Cousin Lucy    [Available at Alibris]
See Jacob Abbott books.

Curlytops    [Available at Alibris]
See Howard R. Garis books.

Dick Hamilton    [Available at Alibris]
See Howard R. Garis books.

Dorothy Dale    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Margaret Penrose:
Click here for complete list.

Elizabeth Ann
See Josephine Lawrence books.

Elsie Dinsmore    [Available at Alibris]

Elsie Dinsmore Books
Summaries of some books in Martha Finley's twenty-eight-book Christian-oriented series.

Elsie Dinsmore: An Enigma
Article about the conflicting religious and moral teachings in the Elsie books.

Etext by Martha Finley:
#1 Elsie Dinsmore, 1868

Emily of New Moon    [Available at Alibris]
See Lucy Maud Montgomery books.

Five Little Peppers    [Available at Alibris]

Margaret Sidney: The Five Little Peppers and Their Creator
About the author who created the little brown house in Badgerton and its inhabitants, the Pepper family.

The Wayside Authors: Harriett Lothrop
Biographical sketch about the author who penned the Five Little Peppers series, under the name Margaret Sidney.

The Wayside: Home of Authors
This is a section of a book written by Margaret Lothrop, the daughter of Harriett Lothrop, about the home where she grew up, which had also been home to authors Louisa May Alcott and Nathaniel Hawthorne; it includes quotations from Margaret Sidney about how she came to write her books.

Harriet [sic] Stone Lothrop
Biographical sketch from the Old Concord Chapter of the DAR, which Margaret Sidney founded.

Etexts by Margaret Sidney:
Click here for complete list.

Four Little Blossoms    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Mabel C. Hawley:
Click here for complete list.

Franconia Stories    [Available at Alibris]
See Jacob Abbott books.

Girl Scouts    [Available at Alibris]

Stratemeyer's Other Garis Ghost: Lilian C. Garis Etexts
Some information about Lilian C. Garis, who wrote the Girl Scout series. She wrote extensively for the Stratemeyer Syndicate under various pseudonyms, including Laura Lee Hope and Margaret Penrose.

Etexts by Lilian C. Garis:
Click here for complete list.

Girls of Central High    [Available at Alibris]

Etext by Gertrude W. Morrison:
#4 The Girls of Central High on the Stage, or The Play That Took the Prize, 1914

Go Ahead Boys    [Available at Alibris]

Etext by Ross Kay:
#5 The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat, 1916

Golden Books Home Page
Publisher's official home page, including FAQ and information about collecting.

Goosebumps    [Available at Alibris]

Welcome to Goosebumps on the Web!
Publisher's official page about the current popular horror series.

Great Marvel    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Roy Rockwood:
Click here for complete list.

Happy Hollisters    [Available at Alibris]

Kyle's Happy Hollisters Web Site
All about the Stratemeyer Syndicate series starring the Hollister children.

Hardy Boys    [Available at Alibris]

The Hardy Boys Web Site
Dedicated to the Hardy Boys, with listings of books, history, trivia, and a survey.

Gary's Hardy Boys Collection
Some information about the famous boys from Bayport.

The Norwegian Hardy Boys Page
Site in English and Norwegian about the sleuthing duo, including a gallery of cover art of the Norwegian editions.

Book-a-Minute Bedtime: The Hardy Boys Series
An ultra-condensed version of Joe and Frank's magnificent adventures.

The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook
Dewey Webb's take on the crime-fighting duo's sleuthing handbook.

Harlie
See Jacob Abbott books

Harry Potter    [Available at Alibris]

The Harry Potter Times
All about Harry, Hermione, Professor Dumbledore, and their world.

Judy Bolton    [Available at Alibris]

Judy Bolton Home Page
Web site devoted to the engaging heroine of Margaret Sutton's popular and long-running mystery series.

The Book Sleuth
Includes excerpts from two new Judy Bolton books: The Talking Snowman and The Whispering Belltower.

Juno    [Available at Alibris]
See Jacob Abbott books.

Kathy Martin    [Available at Alibris]

A Career for Kathy
A British artist finds a clever new use for a Kathy Martin book.

Ken Holt    [Available at Alibris]

Ken Holt Home Page
All about the mystery-adventure series starring teenage pals Ken Holt and Sandy Allen.

Kiddie Wonder    [Available at Alibris]
See Josephine Lawrence books.

Little Colonel    [Available at Alibris]

Annie Fellows Johnston and the Little Colonel
Information about the thirteen-book series and its author, as well as about the real-life Kentucky people and places that inspired the stories.

Kentucky's Little Colonel: Annie Fellows Johnston Etexts
Brief information about the author of the Little Colonel books.

Etexts by Annie Fellows Johnston:
Click here for complete list.

Little House    [Available at Alibris]

The Definitive Laura Ingalls Wilder Pages
Extensive information about the Little House books, the more recent spinoffs, and the TV show, as well as biographical sketches, interviews, and other resources.

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl
Descriptions of people and places in the Little House books.

Little House on the Web
Includes extensive bibliography of works by and about Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrations of some Wilder family artifacts, and links to other sites.

Prairie Homestead
Additional information and links related to the popular series.

Webring:
Little House on the Prairie Webring

Little Maid    [Available at Alibris]

Etext by Alice Turner Curtis:
#3 A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia, 1919

Little Women    [Available at Alibris]

Little Women and Wicked Women: Louisa May Alcott Etexts
Some information about Louisa May Alcott, who, though most famous for writing about Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, also wrote thrillers.

Etexts by Louisa May Alcott:
Click here for complete list.

Marco Paul    [Available at Alibris]
See Jacob Abbott books.

Mary Gay    [Available at Alibris]
See Jacob Abbott books.

Minute Boys    [Available at Alibris]

Lost Classics: About the Minute Boys
Publisher's site about Edward Stratemeyer's early series, with descriptions of and excerpts from the first two volumes.

Miss Billy    [Available at Alibris]
See Eleanor H. Porter books.

Motor Boys    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Clarence Young:
Click here for complete list.

Motor Girls    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Margaret Penrose:
Click here for complete list.

Outdoor Girls    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Laura Lee Hope:
#2 The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake, or The Stirring Cruise of the Motor Boat Gem, 1913
#11 The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge, or The Hermit of Moonlight Falls, 1921

Pat of Silver Bush    [Available at Alibris]
See Lucy Maud Montgomery books.

Peggy Foster    [Available at Alibris]

Emma Bugbee
Information about the journalist author of the Peggy Foster series, about a young newspaper reporter.

Polly Brewster    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Lillian Elizabeth Roy:
#1 Polly of Pebbly Pit, 1922
#4 Polly and Her Friends Abroad, 1922

Pollyanna    [Available at Alibris]
See Eleanor H. Porter books.

Pony Rider Boys    [Available at Alibris]

Etext by Frank Gee Patchin:
#6 The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico, or The End of the Silver Trail, 1910

Psammaed
See Edith Nesbit books.

Rainbow and Lucky    [Available at Alibris]
See Jacob Abbott books.

Rick Brant    [Available at Alibris]

Spindrift Island
Page about the adventurous Rick Brant, who starred in a series of twenty-four books written between 1947 and 1989.

Rollo    [Available at Alibris]
See Jacob Abbott books.

Rover Boys    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Arthur M. Winfield:
#1 The Rover Boys at School, or The Cadets of Putnam Hall, 1899
#2 The Rover Boys on the Ocean, or A Chase for a Fortune, 1899
#3 The Rover Boys in the Jungle, or Stirring Adventures in Africa, 1899
#4 The Rover Boys Out West, or The Search for a Lost Mine, 1900
#5 The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes, or The Secret of the Island Cave, 1901
#17 The Rover Boys in New York, or Saving Their Father's Honor, 1913
#19 The Rover Boys in Business, or The Search for the Missing Bonds, 1915

Roy Tucker
See John R. Tunis books.

Ruth Fielding    [Available at Alibris]

Ruth Fielding
Information page about this early series from the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

Etext by Alice B. Emerson:
#1 Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill, or Jasper Parloe's Secret, 1913
#3 Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp, or Lost in the Backwoods, 1913

Sara Gay    [Available at Alibris]

Sara Gay
Cover images from the 1960s-era British series about a glamorous young model.

Flickpensionsboken
Swedish-language site about boarding school stories. Most of the site is also available in English; see The Girls' Boarding School Story.

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham and the Abbey Girls Series
Australian-based site with extensive information about the schoolgirl series that was especially popular in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham Appreciation Society
United Kingdom-based site devoted to the author of the Abbey Girls books, with information about the EJO society and the Abbey Chronicle newsletter.

Lighting the Fire: Elsie J. Oxenham, the Abbey Girls and the English Folk Dance Revival
Reviews of and information about Allison Thompson's book.

Friends of the Chalet School
Home page of an international society of fans of the popular girls' school series and its author, Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.

New Chalet Club
Another page dedicated to the series, including a listing of all the books in the series.

The World of the Chalet School
Interesting consideration of the Chalet School stories, part of a larger hypertext document, Virtual Worlds of Girls, which "explores the 20th-century British genre of girls' school stories and looks at the future of reading in an electronic age."

Antonia Forest Site
About the author and her school stories, including bibliography and plot summaries.

Shoes    [Available at Alibris]
See Noel Streatfeild books.

Sue Barton    [Available at Alibris]

Helen Dore Boylston: Nurse from New Hampshire
Biographical sketch of the author of the Sue Barton series, who served overseas as a nurse during World War I.

Sunny Boy    [Available at Alibris]

Etexts by Ramy Allison White:
Click here for complete list.

Sweet Valley    [Available at Alibris]

Sweetvalley.com
Publisher's official page about Francine Pascal's popular series for girls.

Sweet Valley Online
Fan's page about the various Sweet Valley series, the TV show, and a fan club.

Book-a-Minute Bedtime: The Sweet Valley High Series and The Sweet Valley University Series
Trouble telling the series apart? Now you can.

Three Investigators    [Available at Alibris]

The Three Investigators Headquarters
Official site with a wealth of information about Alfred Hitchcock's Three Investigators series, starring Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw, and Bob Andrews.

The Three Investigators Readers' Web Site
Lots of basic information about the popular series.

Secrets of the Three Investigators
Site aimed mainly at collectors, with information on formats, preservation, and other tips.

The Three Investigators
Site in both English and German devoted to the series, with title lists.

Book-a-Minute Bedtime: The Three Investigators
Mysterious doings in brief.

Webring:
Three Investigators Webring

Tom Corbett    [Available at Alibris]

Tom Corbett Home Page
All about the famous space cadet of books, comics, radio, and television.

Tom Swift    [Available at Alibris]

Tom Swift and His Electronic Web
Comprehensive guide to the Tom Swift series.

The Complete Tom Swift Sr. Home Page
All about the famous scientific inventor.

The Complete Tom Swift Jr. Home Page
All about Tom Jr.--Tom Sr.'s son, who continued his legacy.

Tom Swift Jr.: An Appreciation
About the boy inventor and his legendary gadgets and gizmos; includes a list of titles.

Book-a-Minute Bedtime: The Tom Swift Series
Tom Swift for the terminally busy.

Tom Swift and His Giant Robot: Dewey Webb's Lurid Library
Dewey Webb's characteristic spin on the whiz kid's saga.

Etexts by Victor Appleton:
Click here for complete list.

Toyland
See Josephine Lawrence books.

Trippertrots    [Available at Alibris]
See Howard R. Garis books.

Trixie Belden    [Available at Alibris]

Trixie Belden FAQbook Homepage
Information on titles, formats, and editions in the Trixie Belden series.

Trixie Belden
Includes scans of newsletters from the Trixie Belden Mystery Fan Club.

Trixie Belden FAQ
Information about Trixie's ghostwriters.

Jeepers! It's A Trixie Belden Web Site!
Puzzles and trivia information for Trixie Belden fans.

Webring:
Mrs. Cadman's Trixie Belden Webring

Twins of the World    [Available at Alibris]

Twin Tales: Lucy Fitch Perkins Etexts
Information about the author and her popular stories of twins in a variety of eras and settings.

The Twins Home Page
Summaries of the old-time books about twins in various countries, which provided young children with a glimpse of different cultures.

The Cave Twins
Brief description of Lucy Fitch Perkins's 1916 book.

Etexts by Lucy Fitch Perkins:
Click here for complete list.

Uncle Sam's Army Boys    [Available at Alibris]

Etext by Major Andrew S. Burley:
Uncle Sam's Army Boys in Khaki Under Canvas, or Bob Hamilton and the Munition Plant Plot, 1919

Uncle Wiggily    [Available at Alibris]
See Howard R. Garis books.

Lucy and the Madcap Mystery, Janet Lennon at Camp Calamity, Dr. Kildare: Assigned to Trouble: Dewey Webb's Lurid Library
Brief and flippant look at the Whitman TV-tie-ins of the fifties and sixties.

Winston Science Fiction Classics
Information about a series of juvenile novels by Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Vance, Lester Del Rey, Ben Bova, and others.

X Bar X Boys    [Available at Alibris]

The X Bar X Boys
Site devoted to the twenty-one books about the "Sons of the Golden West," published from 1926 to 1942.

Teaching and Preaching: Jacob Abbott Etexts
About a nineteenth-century writer of children's books whose series included Rollo, Marco Paul, Rainbow and Lucky, and Cousin Lucy.

Etexts by Jacob Abbott:
Click here for complete list.

Horatio Alger books    [Available at Alibris]

Welcome to the Horatio Alger Society
Home page of the society honoring the writer whose heroes "epitomized the great American dream and inspired hero ideals in countless millions of young Americans."

Horatio Alger Resources
Links to an array of Alger sites on the Web.

Enid Blyton books    [Available at Alibris]

Unofficial Enid Blyton Site
Information about Enid Blyton's life and works.

Rosamond du Jardin books    [Available at Alibris]

Rosamond du Jardin Web Page
Data about the various series featuring Pam and Penny Howard, Tobey Heydon, and others.

From Stratemeyer to Uncle Wiggily: Howard R. Garis Etexts
Some information about one of the most prolific writers for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, who penned hundreds of juvenile books, both under his own name and under a variety of Stratemeyer pseudonyms.

Etexts by Howard R. Garis:
Click here for complete list.

Leo Edwards
Information about the author of the Jerry Todd, Poppy Ott, Trigger Berg, Andy Blake, and Tuffy Bean series.

Janet Lambert books    [Available at Alibris]

Janet Lambert
Publisher's page with summaries and ordering information for Janet Lambert's recently reissued Penny Parrish and Tippy Parrish books.

Social Consciousness and Series Books: Josephine Lawrence Etexts
Brief information about the author of the Elizabeth Ann, Kiddie Wonder, and Toyland series; she also wrote children's series books under the pseudonyms Mabel C. Hawley, Alice B. Emerson, and Ramy Allison White.

Etexts by Josephine Lawrence:
Click here for complete list.

Sophie May books    [Available at Alibris]

Sophie May Page
Dedicated to the author of a variety of early series books, including Dotty Dimple, Flaxie Frizzle, and Little Prudy.

Rebecca Sophia Clarke AKA Sophie May
Brief biographical information about the prolific nineteenth-century author.

Etexts by Sophie May:
#1 Little Prudy (chapters 1-5), 1864
#2 Little Prudy's Sister Susy, 1864
#1 Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother's, 1867

Kindred Spirits in Avonlea: L. M. Montgomery Etexts
Some information about the author of Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon, and Pat of Silver Bush.

Anne of Green Gables Encyclopedia Page
Ambitious work-in-progress to catalog the people and places in Anne's world.

Say Aye for L. M. Montgomery!
Another page for the fans of Lucy Maud Montgomery and her work.

Book-a-Minute Bedtime: Anne of Green Gables
Anne Shirley's adventures--in short form.

Etexts by Lucy Maud Montgomery:
Click here for complete list.

Webring:
Kindred Spirits

Five Children and More: Edith Nesbit Etexts
Brief biographical information about the author of the Bastables and Psammaed series, who also wrote in other genres.

Etexts by Edith Nesbit:
Click here for complete list.

Pollyanna Parables: Eleanor H. Porter Etexts
Eleanor H. Porter wrote the first two Pollyanna books about the unfailingly cheerful orphan; she also wrote the Miss Billy series and other books.

Introduction to Pollyanna
Brief commentary about the well-loved book from Hayley Mills, who starred as Pollyanna in the Walt Disney version of the story.

Etexts by Eleanor H. Porter:
Click here for complete list.

Noel Streatfeild: If the Shoes Fit ...
Biographical information about the British author who wrote extensively for young people, including the popular Shoes series.

John R. Tunis: Playing Hardball for the Love of the Game
John R. Tunis wrote sports-themed novels for young readers; he is best remembered for his series about baseball player Roy Tucker.

Lenora Mattingly Weber books    [Available at Alibris]

Lenora Mattingly Weber
Publisher's page with summaries and ordering information for Lenora Mattingly Weber's recently reissued books, including the Beany Malone series.

ClueLass Home Page
A comprehensive site for mystery writers and fans, offering mystery-related news and views.

MysteryNet.com
"The online network for everything mystery."

MysteryGuide.com
Database of more than 700 original book reviews, accessible by author, title, or subcategory.

Reader's Corner: Mystery, Romance, and Fantasy
A selection of articles on genre fiction.

Abrahamson, Richard. "They're Reading the Series Books So Let's Use Them: or Who Is Shaun Cassidy?" Journal of Reading 22 (March 1979): 523-30.

Axe, John. All About Collecting Girls' Series Books: Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, Cherry Ames, Penny Parker, Kay Tracey, Beverly Gray, Connie Blair, Vicki Barr, Dana Girls & Others. Hobby House Press, 2002. [Available at Amazon.com]

Axe, John. All About Collecting Boys' Series Books: Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, Tom Swift, Jr., Chip Hilton, Ted Scott, Mark Tidd, Tom Slade & Others. Hobby House Press, 2002. [Available at Amazon.com]

Billman, Carol. "The Child Reader as Sleuth." Children's Literature in Education 15, no. 1 (Spring 1984): 30-41.

Billman, Carol. The Secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate: Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and the Million Dollar Fiction Factory. New York: Ungar, 1986. [Available at Amazon.com]

Cadogan, Mary, and Patricia Craig. You're a Brick, Angela! A New Look at Girls' Fiction from 1839 to 1975. London: Gollancz, 1976. [Available at Amazon.com]

Cart, Michael. From Romance to Realism: Fifty Years of Growth and Change in Young Adult Literature. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. [Available at Amazon.com]

Children's Literature Research Collections. Girls Series Books: A Checklist of Titles Published 1840-1991. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Libraries, 1992. [Available at Amazon.com]

Deane, Paul. "Black Characters in Children's Fiction Series Since 1968." Journal of Negro Education 58, no. 2 (Spring 1989): 153-62.

Deane, Paul. Mirrors of American Culture: Children's Fiction Series in the Twentieth Century. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1991. [Available at Amazon.com]

Deane, Paul. "The Persistence of Uncle Tom: An Examination of the Image of the Negro in Children's Fiction Series." Journal of Negro Education 37, no. 2 (Spring 1968): 140-45.

Dizer, John T., Jr. Tom Swift and Company: Boys' Books by Stratemeyer and Others. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Company., 1982. [Available at Amazon.com]

Dizer, John T., Jr. Tom Swift, the Bobbsey Twins and Other Heroes of American Juvenile Literature. Studies in American Literature, vol. 25. Edward Mellen Press, 1997. [Available at Amazon.com]

Donelson, Kenneth. "Nancy, Tom and Assorted Friends in the Stratemeyer Syndicate Then and Now." Children's Literature 7 (1979): 17-43.

Donelson, Kenneth, and Alleen Pace Nilsen. Literature for Today's Young Adults, 6th ed. Pearson Allyn & Bacon, 2000. [Available at Amazon.com]

Farah, David, and Ilana Nash, eds. Series Books and the Media: An Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Sources. Rheem Valley, Calif.: SynSine Press, 1996. [Available at Amazon.com]

Fisher, Margery. "The Sleuth--Then and Now." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 38 (Fall 1981): 277-84.

Girls' Series Companion. North Highlands, Calif.: Society of Phantom Friends, 1994. [Available at Amazon.com]

Heiferman, Marvin, and Carole Kismaric. The Mysterious Case of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998.
Heavily illustrated volume, depicting many full-color images of old-time dust jackets, that "offers an absorbing way to connect once again with the hyperactive teen sleuths who taught young readers that being a teenager could be a thrill-a-minute adventure." [Available at Amazon.com]

Inness, Sherrie A., ed. Nancy Drew and Company: Culture, Gender, and Girls' Series. Bowling Green, Ohio: Popular Press, 1997.
Includes articles on Cherry Ames, Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, Betsy-Tacy, Anne Shirley, and other series heroines. [Available at Amazon.com]

Johnson, Deidre. Edward Stratemeyer and the Stratemeyer Syndicate. New York: Macmillan, 1993. [Available at Amazon.com]

Johnson, Deidre. Stratemeyer Pseudonyms and Series Books: An Annotated Checklist of Stratemeyer and Stratemeyer Syndicate Publications.Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982. [Available at Amazon.com]

Kensinger, Faye Riter. Children of the Series and How They Grew, or, A Century of Heroines and Heroes, Romantic, Comic, Moral. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Press, 1987. [Available at Amazon.com]

MacLeod, Anne Scott. American Childhood: Essays on Children's Literature of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1994. [Available at Amazon.com]

MacLeod, Anne Scott. "Girls' Novels in Post-World War II America." American Childhood (March 1985): 49-65.

MacLeod, Anne Scott. "Secret in the Trash Bin: On the Perennial Popularity of Juvenile Series Books." Children's Literature in Education 15 (Autumn 1984): 127-40.

Mason, Bobbie Ann. The Girl Sleuth: On the Trail of Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, and Cherry Ames. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1975, reprinted 1995.
Several popular protagonists of girls' series literature, including youngsters Honey Bunch and the Bobbsey Twins; teen detectives Nancy Drew and Judy Bolton; and career girls Connie Blair, Cherry Ames, and Vicki Barr, are examined as role models for and influences on young girls. [Available at Amazon.com]

Mattson, E. Christian, and Thomas B. Davis. Collector's Guide to Hardcover Boys' Series Books. Newark, Del.: MAD Book Company, 1997.

Prager, Arthur. Rascals at Large, or The Clue in the Old Nostalgia. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1971.

Romalov, Nancy Tillman. Modern, Mobile, and Marginal: American Girls' Series Fiction, 1905-1925 (Children's Literature). Doctoral dissertation, University of Iowa, 1994.

Schurman, Lydia Cushman, and Deidre Johnson, eds. Scorned Literature: Essays on the History and Criticism of Popular Mass-Produced Fiction in America.Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002. [Available at Amazon.com]

Smith, Jane S. "Plucky Little Ladies and Stout-Hearted Chums: Serial Novels for Girls, 1900-1920." In Prospects: An Annual of American Cultural Studies 3, ed. by Jack Salzman. New York: Burt Franklin, 1977.

Williams, Gweneira. "Chills for Children." Publishers Weekly, October 24, 1942, pp. 1750-56.

Burke, S. "Cherry Ames: Nurse Politician." Imprint, Journal of the National Student Nurses Association 27, no. 1 (February 1980): 35-37, 74.

Hott, J.R. "Updating Cherry Ames." American Journal of Nursing 77, no. 10 (October 1977): 1581-83.

Kelly, Ernie. "Meet the Author: Julie Campbell Tatham." Whispered Watchword (September 1996): 24-27.
An interview with one of the authors of the Cherry Ames series, reprinted from Yellowback Library, no. 43 (January 1988).

Kleinpell, Ruth M. "Cherry Was the Apple of Our Eye." Nursing Spectrum, July 10, 2000.
An article about Cherry and her influence on generations of nurses, which is available online.

Lane, Iris. "Cherry Ames: A Unique Series ... But Not Necessarily Everybody's Cup of Tea." Mystery and Adventure Series Review, no. 25 (1992?).
Overview of the series, sometimes quite critical, but applauding Nurse Cherry's "most admirable feature: her refusal to obey petty, mindless rules when they get in the way of fulfilling her obligations as a nurse and a human being."

Mason, Bobbie Ann. "The Glamour Girls." In The Girl Sleuth: On the Trail of Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, and Cherry Ames, pp. 99-125. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1975, reprinted 1995.
Cherry Ames's role as one of the "career girl sleuths" is examined. [Available at Amazon.com]

Moerschel, T.P. "Air Force Nursing Has More to Offer Today Than When Cherry Ames Was a Flight Nurse." Pennsylvania Nurse 42, no. 1 (January 1987): 12-13.

"Novel Ideas: Cherry Ames, Island Nurse." Whispered Watchword (August 1996): 8-11.
This is a roundtable discussion of book 21 in the Cherry Ames series.

Obenski, Martina. "A Look in the Mirror." Nursing Spectrum, July 16, 2001.
Even if the Cherry Ames series was sometimes unrealistic, nursing is nevertheless rewarding; article is available online.

Parry, Sally E. "'You Are Needed, Desperately Needed': Cherry Ames in World War II." In Nancy Drew and Company: Culture, Gender, and Girls' Series, ed. by Sherrie A. Inness, Bowling Green, Ohio: Popular Press, 1997.
Cherry Ames's service in World War II is compared with depictions of nurses in movies of the same period and experiences of real-life combat nurses. [Available at Amazon.com]

Quell, T.T. "Cherry Ames and the Future of Nursing in Children's Literature." Nursing Connections 6, no. 1 (Spring 1993): 48-52.

Saver, Cynthia. "Cherry Ames, STAT!" Nursing Spectrum, November 1, 2000.
About the need to fill the gap left by the demise of the Cherry Ames series; article is available online.

Sellers, Heather Laurie. "Cherry Ames: Manners and Morals for the Post War Career Girl." Paper presented at the meeting of the Popular Culture Association of the South, Augusta, Georgia, October 1992.

Caprio, Betsy. The Mystery of Nancy Drew: Girl Sleuth on the Couch. Trabuco Canyon, Calif.: Source Books, 1992. [Available at Amazon.com]

Donelson, Kenneth. "History Rewritten: Nancy Drew and The Secret of the Old Clock." Catholic Library World 50 (December 1980): 220-25.

Dyer, Carolyn Stewart, and Romalov, Nancy Tillman, eds. Rediscovering Nancy Drew. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995.
This selection of essays, from the 1993 Nancy Drew Conference at the University of Iowa, examines a variety of aspects of the continuing phenomenon of Nancy Drew, girl detective. (For a brief, offbeat look at the topics discussed at the University of Iowa's Nancy Drew conference, see Nancy Drew Conference: Dewey Webb's Lurid Library.) [Available at Amazon.com]

Jones, James P. "Negro Stereotypes in Children's Literature: The Case of Nancy Drew." Journal of Negro Education 40, no. 2 (Spring 1971): 121-25.

Plunkett-Powell, Karen. The Nancy Drew Scrapbook: 60 Years of America's Favorite Teenage Sleuth. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. [Available at Amazon.com]

Zacharias, Leo. "Nancy Drew, Ballbuster." Journal of Popular Culture 9, no. 4 (Spring 1976): 1027-38.

Maney, Mabel. The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse. Pittsburgh: Cleis Press, 1993.
Innocent young nurse Cherry Aimless and jaded supersleuth Nancy Clue team up to investigate a mystery involving kidnapped nuns in a gay-themed parody of juvenile mystery series that emphasizes food, fashion, and the fifties. [Available at Amazon.com]

Maney, Mabel. The Case of the Good-for-Nothing Girlfriend. Pittsburgh: Cleis Press, 1994.
In their second adventure, Cherry Aimless and Nancy Clue return to the scene of the crime, Nancy's hometown of River Depths, to clear the Clues' faithful housekeeper, Hannah Gruel, who has been arrested for the dastardly murder of famed attorney Carson Clue--a case that culminates in startling courtroom shenanigans. [Available at Amazon.com]

Maney, Mabel. A Ghost in the Closet. Pittsburgh: Cleis Press, 1995.
Nancy Clue and Cherry Aimless join forces with those renowned crime-fighters, the Hardly Boys of Feyport, as they attempt to solve a puzzling mystery featuring dognapping, kidnapping, missing parents, and the United States space program in this third parody of juvenile series. [Available at Amazon.com]

Dime Novel Round-Up
J. Randolph Cox, ed., P.O. Box 226, Dundas, MN 55019 (e-mail cox@stolaf.edu). Scholarly bimonthly journal devoted to the study of dime novels, series books, and pulp magazines.

Folly (Fans Of Light Literature for the Young)
Sue Sims and Belinda Copson, eds., 21 Warwick Road, Pokesdown, Bournemouth BH7 6JW England (e-mail sue@sims.abel.co.uk). Journal focusing especially on British girls' school stories.

The Lion and the Unicorn
Johns Hopkins University Press, Journals Publishing Division, P.O. Box 19966, Baltimore, MD 21211 (telephone 800-548-1784; e-mail jlorder@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu). Twice-a-year scholarly journal (soon to expand to three times a year), about children's literature, including theme issues.

Lovers of Young Adult Literature (LOYAL)
c/o Anne Quast, 206 Milne Road, Modbury Heights, S.A. 5092, Australia (e-mail AnneQ@senet.com.au). Quarterly newsletter devoted to children's literature in the United Kingdom, North America, and Australia.

Mystery and Adventure Series Review
P.O. Box 3488, Tucson, AZ 85722. Quarterly periodical devoted to "the re-reading and preservation of series books and their lore."

The Whispered Watchword
c/o Kate Emburg, 4100 Cornelia Way, North Highlands, CA 95660. This newsletter of the Society of Phantom Friends is a ten-times-a-year publication that offers articles on girls' series, both old and new, and includes ads from collectors and dealers.

Yellowback Library
c/o Gil O'Gara, Yellowback Press, P.O. Box 36172, Des Moines, IA 50315. This monthly publication "for the collector, dealer, and enthusiast of juvenile series books, dime novels, and related literature," includes articles and many ads.

Bowling Green State University Popular Culture Library
Mystery and Detective Fiction

PCL Gallery (images from various book covers)

Michigan State University
Juvenile Series Fiction Collection

University of Minnesota
Children's Literature Research Collections