"My mother took me to the Public Library and introduced me: 'Let her have any book she wants, except Elsie Dinsmore.' I looked for the book I couldn't have and it was a row. That was how I learned about the Series Books. The Five Little Peppers belonged, so did The Wizard of Oz, so did The Little Colonel, so did The Green Fairy Book. There were many of everything, instead of one. I wasn't coming to the end of reading, after all -- I was saved."

-- Eudora Welty, "A Sweet Devouring"    

This page was created for my own use, so it's not fancy and it's very much a work in progress. Most of the information is gathered from publisher advertisements, WorldCat holdings, listings on book jackets, and so forth. Errors and typos are the rule, not the exception, and nothing should be taken as authoritative.

Corrections and/or additional information are *greatly* appreciated! If you send me something, please briefly indicate how you came by your facts so that proper credit can be given to you or to the original propagator of the information. Plot summaries, personal memories of a series, representative excerpts, etc. are always interesting and appreciated. 

You can use the "search" function to search by author, title, illustrator, publisher, or keyword (in case you want to know exactly how many hero/ines have gone on houseboats, gone "under canvas," met with gypsies, etc.)

Please don't write to ask me how much that old-looking copy of Bound to Rise that you found in Great-Uncle Hiram's attic is worth. You can try checking on eBay and at http://www.abe.com to see how much copies of Uncle Hi's book in comparable condition are selling for, or you can ask a friendly bookseller in your neighborhood :-) 

Please send corrections to mary@umkcNOHARVEST.edu . When you send the message, delete "NOHARVEST" from my address in the "to" field. 

Thanks for visiting :-)