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The Mark of the Lion by Suzanne Arruda
The Mark on the Door by Franklin W. Dixon
The House Without a Door by Elizabeth Daly
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Seven Percent Solution by Nicholas Meyer
When I was a kid, my first love was series fiction, particularly mystery/adventure: the usual suspects being the Hardy Boys (with the original version of Hunting for Hidden Gold being my favorite at the time) and Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators, a series started by Robert Arthur ... ... I started school, then comic books, school libarary biographies for children (mostly patriotic), then Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys, and the Sue Barton, Nurse series. The first novel I remember really liking was a children's book called 'Frog: A Horse.'
By the time I was eight I was ... ... I started school, then comic books, school libarary biographies for children (mostly patriotic), then Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys, and the Sue Barton, Nurse series. The first novel I remember really liking was a children's book called 'Frog: A Horse.'
By the time I was eight I was ... I have to admit I'm a big fan of the new graphic novels based on books-- Nancy Drew Hardy Boys and The Babysitter's Club have all gotten the graphic treatment.
For an original series for that age group, I also love Babymouse. ... Dark is Rising series? The Adventures of Robin Hood? How about the Marguerite Henry horse books? Nancy Drew or The Hardy Boys?
... Brown series 'cause my daughter's name is Amber! I thought that might lead to other mysteries, like Nancy Drew or The Hardy Boys but no joy. She just finished cullinary art school and is apprenticing - so she definitely reads a lot of cook books at least!
On another note....I find ... As far as mysteries go, that is about the age a lot of children first start on Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys. They do get updated and new ones have been written so there are enough of them to keep a child in mysteries for a long time. ... and YA shelves were the only places to find really good books. (I was reading Sweet Valley High and Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys, too, and kept reading Animorphs, but I drew the distinctions in my mind between the "light" reading and the more thought-provoking reading.) In fifth grade I ...
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