CHILDREN’S PAPERBACK SERIES

        The books in our paperback collection are often overlooked, but you might find just what you are looking for in this area. Following is a guide to the genres of paperback series.

GENRES (may not be complete; some series may be in more than one genre)  

Adventure         

47 RONIN, Choose Your Own Adventure, Cooper Kids, [Gordon Korman: Dive, Everest, Island Kidnapped, On the Run], Outriders, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sugar Creek Gang.  Espionage, fantasy and mystery series also have an element of adventure.    

Animals 

Horses – Black Stallion, Heartland, Hoofbeats, Horsefeathers, Phantom Stallion, Starlight          

Others – Animal Ark, Darcy’s Wild Life, Dog Watch, Puppy Place, Vet Volunteers, Wild at Heart

Boy Protagonists 

Andrew Lost, Andy Russell, Boyds Will Be Boyds, Captain Underpants, Hank Zipzer, Marvin Beederman, Super Hero, Ready, Freddy, Wally McDoogle, Zack Files 

Christian          

Carmen Browne, Cooper Kids, Daughters of the Faith, Faithgirlz, Lily-Young Women of Faith, Mandie, Red Rock Mysteries, Sugar Creek Gang, Trailblazer, Violet, Wally McDoogle  

Espionage         

Classified, Secret Agent Jack Stalwart, Spy X, Undercover Girl  

Fantasy – includes dragons, fairies, magic, pixies, time travel, witches, wizards          

Airy Fairy , Animorphs, Astrosaurs, Beast Quest, Bionicle, Chronicles of Narnia, Deltora Quest, Shadowlands, Disney Fairies, DragonLance: The New Adventures. (for ages 10 and up), Dragon Slayers’ Academy, Ghostville Elementary, The Guardians of Ga’Hoole (Lasky) [Owls], Keepers, Lily Quench, Magic Tree House, Mermaid S.O.S., My Secret Unicorn, My Sister the Vampire, Oliver Nocturne, Pixie Tricks, Rainbow Magic, Rowan of Rin, Secrets of Droon (Abbott),  Seventh Tower, Unicorn’s Secret, Warriors, W.I.T.C.H., The Witch (Naylor), Wizard of Oz, Wizards (Duane), Zenda       

Girl Protagonists          

Agent Boo, Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, Amy HodgePodge, Beacon Street Girls, Cam Jansen, Dear Dumb Diary, Doll Hospital, Faithgirlz, Franny K. Stein, From the Files of Madison Finn, Judy Moody, Katie Kazoo, Pippi Longstocking, Princess School, Zibby Payne 

History          

American Girl History Mysteries, Childhood of Famous Americans, Enola Holmes, Little House on the Prairie, Mandie, My Side of the Story, Trailblazer  

Mysteries

A to Z Mysteries, Al’s World, American Girl Mysteries and History Mysteries, Boxcar Children, Cam Jansen, Encyclopedia Brown, Enola Holmes, Faithgirlz – Boarding School Mysteries, Hardy Boys, Jack Russell: Dog Detective, Jigsaw Jones, Joe Sherlock, Nancy Drew, Nate the Great, Raven Hill, Red Rock Mysteries, Three Cousins, Wright and Wong 

Science Fiction         

Agent Boo, Akiko, Commander Toad, Star Wars