List of children's book series explained

A children's book series is a set of fiction books, written specifically for child readers. Most books have with a connected storyline, filled with a setup of intertwining elements for the reader to follow along in the progressing plot. However, some children's book series are self-contained in each installment but they still establish an integral set of characters to carry the narrative.

Series	Author	Publication range	of books in series
The Secrets of Droon	Tony Abbott	1999–2010	44
Danny Dunn	Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams	1956–1977	15
Happy Families	Allan Ahlberg	1980–	20
The Chronicles of Prydain	Lloyd Alexander	1964–1968	5
Aldo Zelnick^[1]	Karla Oceanak	2009–2018	A to Z; up to M so far
Animorphs	K. A. Applegate	1996–2001	54 + 10 spinoffs
The Three Investigators	Robert Arthur, Jr. and others	1964–1987	43 + 17 spinoffs
Motor Boat Boys	Louis Arundel	1912–1915	7
Crispin	Avi	2003–2010	3
The Railway Series	Wilbert Awdry	1945–1972	26
	Christopher Awdry	1983–2011	16
Fluffy Little Kitten	Robert Bassett	2007–2008	4
Beverly Gray	Clair Blank	1934–1955	26
The Berenstain Bears	Stan and Jan Berenstain	1962–present	428
Arthur	Luc Besson	2002–2005	4
Sam Hawkins, Pirate Detective	Ian Billings	2003–2004
The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks	John Bittleston and Eliza Quek	1987	4
The Famous Five	Enid Blyton	1942–1963	21
The Secret Seven	Enid Blyton	1949–1963	17 + 7 short spinoffs
Paddington Bear	Michael Bond	1958–2018	30 + 5 special publications
Dave Dawson series	R. Sidney Bowen	1941–1946
	R. Sidney Bowen	1944–1946	8
The Last Kids on Earth	Max Brallier	2015–present	9 + 4 spinoffs
Clifford the Big Red Dog	Norman Bridwell	1963–2015	80
Arthur	Marc Brown	1976–2011	46
Lola Levine	Monica Brown	2015–2017	6
Sarai	Monica Brown	2018–present	4
Babar the Elephant series	Jean de Brunhoff and Laurent de Brunhoff	1931–present	44
School Friends	Ann Bryant	2008–2009	12
Jennings	Anthony Buckeridge	1950–1994	24
Catfish Bend	Ben Lucien Burman	1952–1984	7
Molly Moon	Georgia Byng	2002–2012	9
Alice	Lewis Carroll	1865–1871	2
Three Thieves	Scott Chantler	2008–2016	7
Henry Huggins	Beverly Cleary	1950–1963	6
Ramona	Beverly Cleary	1955–1999	8
The Magic School Bus	Joanna Cole	1986–2010	13 + 85 spinoffs and extras
The Land of Stories	Chris Colfer	2012–present	10
Little Bill	Bill Cosby	1997–1999	12
How to Train Your Dragon	Cressida Cowell	2003–2015	12
The Demon Headmaster	Gillian Cross	1982–2019	8
The Animals of Farthing Wood	Colin Dann	1979–1994	8
Dauntless series	James Kerr (as "Peter Dawlish")	1947–1960	8
Alex Archer series	Tessa Duder	1987–1993
Tom Swift	Victor Appleton	1910–1941
	William Dougherty, John Almquist, Richard Sklar, James Duncan Lawrence, Thomas Mulvey and Richard McKenna	1954–1971
	Bill Rotsler, Sharmon Divono, Neal Barrett, Jr. and Robert E. Vardeman	1981–1984
	Bill McCay, Steven Grant, F. Gwynplaine MacIntrye, Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald, Robert E. Vardeman, Bruce Holland Rogers, Bridget McKenna	1991–1993
Tom Swift Young Inventor	Victor Appleton	2006–2007	6
Firland	Norman Sandiford Power	1970–1974	3
Matthew Livingston	Marco Conelli	2007–
The Indian in the Cupboard	Lynne Reid Banks	1980–1998	5
Outernet	Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore	2002–2003	6
Peter and the Starcatchers	Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson	2004–2011	5
Oz series	L. Frank Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson, and others	1900–1920 (Baum); 1921–1963 (others)	14
Madeline	Ludwig Bemelmans	1939–1956	6
	John Bemelmans Marciano	1999–2013	6
The Dark Is Rising Sequence	Susan Cooper	1965–1977	5
Geronimo Stilton	Elisabetta Dami	2000–present	84 + 33 spinoffs
Amber Brown	Paula Danziger	1994–2003
	Bruce Coville and Elizabeth Levy	2012–present
The Hardy Boys	Franklin W. Dixon	1927–2005	58
The Clues Brothers	Franklin W. Dixon	1997–2000	17
The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers	Franklin W. Dixon	2005–2012	40
The Hardy Boys Adventures	Franklin W. Dixon	2013–2023	23
The Familiars	Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson	2010–2013	4
The Black Stallion	Walter Farley and Steven Farley	1941–1989	21
Père Castor	Paul Faucher	1933–present
The Great Brain	John D. Fitzgerald	1967–1995	8
The Vanderbeekers	Karina Yan Glaser	2017–2023	7
Just!	Andy Griffiths	1997–2012	9
Raggedy Ann	Johnny Gruelle	1918–present	63
Mr. Men	Roger Hargreaves	1971–1988	6
	Adam Hargreaves	1988–present
Little Miss	Roger Hargreaves	1981–1988	13
	Adam Hargreaves	1988–present
Timbuctoo	Roger Hargreaves	1978–1979	25
Beaver Towers	Nigel Hinton	1980–1997	4
Angelina Ballerina	Katharine Holabird	1983–2021	60
Mona the Vampire	Sonia Holleyman	1990–	7
Bobbsey Twins	Laura Lee Hope	1904–1979	72
Bunnicula	Deborah Howe and James Howe	1979–2006	7
Oxford Reading Tree	Roderick Hunt and others	1985–present	800+
Sugar Creek Gang	Paul Hutchens	1940–1970	36
Redwall	Brian Jacques	1986–2011	22 + 2 picture books
Biggles	W. E. Johns	1932–1999	98 + 4 extras
The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids	Marcia T. Jones and Debbie Dadey	1990–2006	51 + 33 spinoffs
Chrestomanci	Diana Wynne Jones	1977–2006	7
The Guardians of Childhood	William Joyce	2011–2018	5
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories	Carolyn Keene	1930–2003	175
Nancy Drew Diaries	Carolyn Keene	2013–present	25
Nancy Drew: Girl Detective	Carolyn Keene	2004–2012	51
The Nancy Drew Files	Carolyn Keene	1986–1997	124
Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Jeff Kinney	2007–present	18
Cahills vs. Vespers	Gordon Korman, Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, Roland Smith, Linda Sue Park and David Baldacci	2011–2013	7
Pelle No-Tail	Gösta Knutsson	1939–1972	12
Mandie	Lois Gladys Leppard	1983–2004	44
The Chronicles of Narnia	C.S. Lewis	1950–1956	7
The Squickerwonkers	Evangeline Lilly	2013–present	4
Pippi Longstocking	Astrid Lindgren	1945–1948	16
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo	Monteiro Lobato	1920–1940	23
Doctor Dolittle	Hugh Lofting	1920–1952	15
Superspecial	C. Alexander London	2016	1
Betsy-Tacy	Maud Hart Lovelace	1940–1955	10
The Deep Valley series	Maud Hart Lovelace	1949–1953	3
Tales of the Kingdom Trilogy	David and Karen Mains	1983–1996	3
The Lost Planet	Angus MacVicar	1953–1964	8
The Baby-Sitters Club	Ann M. Martin	1986–1999	146
The Baby-Sitters Club: Mysteries	Ann M. Martin	1991–1998	40
The Baby-Sitters Club: Friends Forever	Ann M. Martin	1999–2000	14
Winnie-the-Pooh	A.A. Milne	1924–1928	2
	David Benedictus	2009	2
Anne Shirley series	Lucy Maud Montgomery	1908–1921	8
What-a-Mess	Frank Muir		23
The Worst Witch	Jill Murphy	1974–2018	8
Mrs. Coverlet trilogy	Mary Nash	1961–1965	3
Psammead Trilogy	E. Nesbit	1902–1906	3
The Borrowers	Mary Norton	1952–1982	5
Rats of NIMH	Robert C. O'Brien	1972	3
	Jane Leslie Conly	1986–1990
Fancy Nancy	Jane O'Connor	2005–2013	80
The Magic Tree House	Mary Pope Osborne	1992–present	67
Abbey Series	Elsie J. Oxenham	1920–1967	38
Vampirina Ballerina	Anne Marie Pace	2012–2015	4
Junie B. Jones	Barbara Park	1992–2012	28 + 3 extras
Captain Underpants	Dav Pilkey	1997–2015	12 + 17 spinoffs and extras
Peter Rabbit	Beatrix Potter	1902–2012	6
The Nome Trilogy	Terry Pratchett	1989–1990	3
Swallows and Amazons series	Arthur Ransome	1930–1988	12
The Adventures of Tintin	Georges Prosper Remi (as Hergé)	1929–1976	24
Curious George	H.A. Rey and Margaret Rey	1941–1966
Percy Jackson & the Olympians	Rick Riordan	2005–2009	6
The Heroes of Olympus	Rick Riordan	2010–2014	5
The Kane Chronicles	Rick Riordan	2010–2012	3
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard	Rick Riordan	2015–present	3
The Trials of Apollo	Rick Riordan	2016	5
The Clue Hunt	Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park and Margaret Peterson Haddix	2008–2011	11
Harry Potter	J.K. Rowling	1997–2007	7
The Winner's trilogy	Marie Rutkoski	2014–2016	3
Wayside School	Louis Sachar	1978–2020	4
The Little Ghost Godfrey	Inger and Lasse Sandberg	1965–2005	14
Busytown	Richard Scarry	1994–2000
I'm a Happy Hugglewug	Niamh Sharkey	2005–2011
The Rescuers	Margery Sharp	1959–1978	9
Horrid Henry	Francesca Simon	1994–present	24
Oddies	Grant Slater	2000s
A Series of Unfortunate Events	Lemony Snicket	1999–2006	13
Encyclopedia Brown	Donald J. Sobol	1963–2012	29
Goosebumps	R. L. Stine	1992–1997	62
Tales to Give You Goosebumps	R. L. Stine	1994–1997	6
Give Yourself Goosebumps	R. L. Stine	1995–2000	50
Goosebumps Presents	R. L. Stine	1996–1998	19
Goosebumps Autobiographies	R. L. Stine	1997–1998	2
Goosebumps Triple Header	R. L. Stine	1997–1998	2
Goosebumps Series 2000	R. L. Stine	1998–2000	27
Goosebumps HorrorLand	R. L. Stine	2008–2012	25 + 2 extras
Goosebumps Most Wanted	R. L. Stine	2012–present	14
Judy Bolton Mystery Stories^[2]	Margaret Sutton	1932–2012	40
The Happy Hollisters	Andrew E. Svenson	1953–1969	38
Anatole	Eve Titus	1956–1979	10
Basil of Baker Street	Eve Titus	1958–1982	8
	Cathy Hapka	2018–2020
Mary Poppins	P. L. Travers	1934–1988	8
Bannerdale series	Geoffrey Trease	1949–1956	5
Blinky Bill	Dorothy Wall	1933–1934	3
The Boxcar Children	Gertrude Chandler Warner	1924–present	162
Unstoppable	Jude Watson, Jeff Hirsch, Natalie Standiford and Gordon Korman	2013–2014	4
Doublecross	Jude Watson, C. Alexander London, Jenny Goebel and Sarwat Chadda	2015–present	4
Monty the Dog	Colin West	1989–1996	6
Little House on the Prairie	Laura Ingalls Wilder	1932–1971	9 + 1 nonfiction extra
Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo	Oneeka Williams	2013–2018	5
Hank Zipzer	Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver	2003–2010	18
Mercer Boys	Albert Capwell Wyckoff	1929–1933	10
Mystery Hunters	Albert Capwell Wyckoff	1934–1936	4
Secret Coders	Gene Luen Yang	2015–2018	6

See also

• Children's literature
• List of children's classic books
• List of children's literature authors

External links

• AuthorAlerts.com
• FantasticFiction.com
• FictFact.com
• FictionDB.com
• OrderOfBooks.com
• StopYoureKillingMe.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aldo Zelnick Series . goodreads . Goodreads, Inc. . 28 May 2023.
2. Web site: The Judy Bolton Mystery Stories by Margaret Sutton. Vintage Series Books for Girls. . . and a Few for Boys.