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Bobbsey Twins
Series · 14
books · 1940-1986

Books in series

The Blue Poodle Mystery book cover
#1

The Blue Poodle Mystery

1980

The Bobbsey twins search for a poodle that interrupted a ballet performance and then was stolen.
Secret in the Pirate's Cave book cover
#2

Secret in the Pirate's Cave

1980

While the Bobbsey twins are vacationing in Bermuda, thieves on the island search for a pirate's treasure and the twins and thieves clash after the twins innocently snap their picture
The Dune Buggy Mystery book cover
#3

The Dune Buggy Mystery

1981

The mystery surrounding a dune buggy bought at the town dump deepens when the vehicle is stolen.
The Missing Pony Mystery book cover
#4

The Missing Pony Mystery

1981

The Bobbsey twins try to track down a missing pony and saddelbag.
The Rose Parade Mystery book cover
#5

The Rose Parade Mystery

1981

The Bobbsey Twins search to find the culprit who is sabotaging the floats for the famous Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.
Misteri Camp Fire book cover
#6

Misteri Camp Fire

1982

The Bobbsey twins help the members of a Camp Fire club catch the culprits who stole their bicycles.
Double Trouble book cover
#7

Double Trouble

1983

The twins are faced with a dangerous puzzle that leads down twisting trails, as they attempt to foil an international band of thieves
Mystery of the Laughing Dinosaur book cover
#8

Mystery of the Laughing Dinosaur

1983

The two sets of Bobbsey twins, Freddie, Flossie, Bert, and Nan, and their friend Scott investigate the theft of a valuable stamp from an exhibit in a Washington, D.C. museum
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#9

The Music Box Mystery

1983

When Flossie receives a music box that may have been intended as a gift for someone else, the twins quickly realize that a mystery is involved.
The Ghost in the Computer book cover
#10

The Ghost in the Computer

1984

When a ghost is supposedly sighted in the school computer room, Nan and Bert Bobbsey decide to investigate
The Scarecrow Mystery book cover
#11

The Scarecrow Mystery

1940

A scarecrow who disappears and reappears at other locations and an odd-shaped key lead the Bobbsey twins into another mystery.
The Haunted House Mystery book cover
#12

The Haunted House Mystery

1985

The Bobbsey twins suspect that odd events at a historic Oklahoma mansion and the theft of a duplicate dollhouse may be connected with rare animals being stolen from the zoo.
The mystery of the Hindu temple book cover
#13

The mystery of the Hindu temple

1985

The Bobbsey twins travel to Nepal, where they become involved in investigating the theft of valuable Hindu temple treasures.
The Grinning Gargoyle Mystery book cover
#14

The Grinning Gargoyle Mystery

1986

The Bobbsey twins are drawn into a mystery involving the manufacture of perfume while on a family vacation in Paris.

Authors

John Speirs
Author · 8 books

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads data base. Author and illustrator of children's books.

Laura Lee Hope
Author · 165 books

Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for the Bobbsey Twins and several other series of children's novels. Actual writers taking up the pen of Laura Lee Hope include Edward Stratemeyer, Howard and Lilian Garis, Elizabeth Ward, Harriet (Stratemeyer) Adams, Andrew E. Svenson, June M. Dunn, Grace Grote and Nancy Axelrad. Laura Lee Hope was first used in 1904 for the debut of the Bobbsey Twins, the principal characters of what was, for many years, the Stratemeyer Syndicate's longest-running series of children's novels. Other series written under this pseudonym include: The Outdoor Girls (23 vols. 1913-1933), The Moving Picture Girls (7 vols. 1914-1916), Bunny Brown (20 vols. 1916-1931), Six Little Bunkers (14 vols. 1918-1930), Make Believe Stories (12 vols. c. 1920-1923), and Blythe Girls (12 vols. 1925-1932). The first of the 72 books of the Bobbsey Twins series was published in 1904, the last in 1979. The books related the adventures of the children of the middle-class Bobbsey family, which included two sets of mixed-gender fraternal twins: Bert and Nan, who were 12 years old, and Flossie and Freddie, who were six. Edward Stratemeyer himself is believed to have written the first volume in its original form in 1904. When the original series was brought to its conclusion in 1979, it had reached a total of 72 volumes. At least two abortive attempts to restart the series were launched after this, but in neither effort was the popularity of the original series achieved. Speculation that Stratemeyer also wrote the second and third volumes of the series is believed to be incorrect; these books are now attributed to Lilian Garis, wife of Howard Garis, who is credited with volumes 4–28 and 41. Elizabeth Ward is credited with volumes 29–35, while Harriet Stratemeyer Adams is credited with 36–38, 39 (with Camilla McClave), 40, 42, 43 (with Andrew Svenson), and 44–48. Volumes 49–52 are attributed to Andrew Svenson, while 53–59, and the 1960s rewrites of 1–4, 7, 11–13, and 17, are attributed to June Dunn. Grace Grote is regarded as the real author of 60–67 and the rewrites of 14 and 18–20, and Nancy Axelrad is credited with 68–72. Of the 1960s rewrites not already mentioned, volumes 5 and 16 are credited to Mary Donahoe, 6 and 25 to Patricia Doll, 8–10 and 15 to Bonnibel Weston, and 24 to Margery Howard. —from Wikipedia

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