Home of Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline.

PRIMARY SERIES:

1. Madeline (1939)
2. Madeline’s Rescue (1953)
3. Madeline and the Bad Hat (1957)
4. Madeline and the Gypsies (1959)
5. Madeline in London (1961)
6. Madeline’s Christmas (1956/1985)
7. Madeline in America (1999)
8. Madeline and the Cats of Rome (2008)
9. Madeline at the White House (2011)
10. Madeline and the Old House in Paris (2013)

SECONDARY TITLES:

1. Madeline Says Merci (2001)
2. Madeline Loves Animals (2005)
3. Madeline and Her Dog (2011)
4. Madeline’s Tea Party (2012)

LINKS:

• Madeline – Official Website

Home of Cynthia Rylant’s Henry & Mudge and Annie & Snowball.

HENRY & MUDGE SERIES:
(in seasonal reading order)

1. The Puppy Mudge Collection, includes Henry and Mudge: The First Book (Henry meets Mudge)
9. Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps
10. Henry and Mudge Take the Big Test
13. Henry and Mudge and the Careful Cousin* (early fall, p. 12 hints at “Big Test”)
7. Henry and Mudge Get the Cold Shivers (home from school, fall)
4. Henry and Mudge under the Yellow Moon (fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving)
5. Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days (winter, Christmas)

19. Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan (January)
22. Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House (Valentine’s Day)
11. Henry and Mudge and the Long Weekend (wet February)
2. Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble (snow melts, Spring arrives, April-May)
14. Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All (May 1)*
24. Henry and Mudge and the Funny Lunch (Mother’s Day, 2nd Sunday in May)
15. Henry and Mudge in the Family Trees* (cousin Annie’s house before move)

27. Henry and Mudge and the Tumbling Trip (June)
3. Henry and Mudge in the Green Time (in the summer)
26. Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas (summer)
12. Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind (summer)
6. Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea
21. Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House
17. Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night (August)

8. Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat
16. Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers
23. Henry and Mudge and the Wild Goose Chase
28. Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover
18. Henry and Mudge and Annie’s Good Move* (Annie moves next door, fall)
25. Henry and Mudge and a Very Merry Christmas* (Christmas, is Snowball here?)
20. Henry and Mudge and Annie’s Perfect Pet*

*Annie and/or Snowball appear.

ANNIE & SNOWBALL SERIES:

1. Annie and Snowball and the Dress-up Birthday (May 2007)
2. Annie and Snowball and the Prettiest House (Oct 2007)
3. Annie and Snowball and the Teacup Club (May 2008)
4. Annie and Snowball and the Pink Surprise (Nov 2008)
5. Annie and Snowball and the Cozy Nest (Feb 2009)
6. Annie and Snowball and the Shining Star (Oct 2009)
7. Annie and Snowball and the Magical House (Apr 2010)
8. Annie and Snowball and the Wintry Freeze (Oct 2010)
9. Annie and Snowball and the Book Bugs Club (Feb 2011)
10. Annie and Snowball and the Thankful Friends (Sep 2011)*
11. Annie and Snowball and the Surprise Day (Mar 2012)
12. Annie and Snowball and the Grandmother Night (Sep 2012)
13. Annie and Snowball and the Wedding Day (Jan 2014)

*Henry and/or Mudge appear.

Home of Maj Lindman’s Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and Flicka, Ricka, Dicka.

SNIPP, SNAPP, SNURR BOOKS:

1. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Red Shoes (1932)
2. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Gingerbread (1932)
3. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Magic Horse (1933)*
4. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Buttered Bread (1934)
5. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Yellow Sled (1936)
6. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Big Surprise (1937)
7. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Big Farm (1946)*
8. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr Learn to Swim (1954)
9. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Reindeer (1957)
10. Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Seven Dogs (1959)*

*Not re-issued with the other titles in 1996.

FLICKA, RICKA, DICKA BOOKS:

1. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the New Dotted Dresses (1939)
2. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Girl Next Door (1940)**
3. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Three Kittens (1941)
4. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and Their New Friend (1942)**
5. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Strawberries (1944)
6. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Little Dog (1946)
7. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and Their New Skates (1950)
8. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka Bake a Cake (1955)
9. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka Go to Market (1958)
10. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Big Red Hen (1960)**

**Not re-issued with the other titles in 2014.

Home of Fred Rogers and friends.

LINKS:

• Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood – Heinz History Museum
• Mister Rogers’ Neighbrohood – PBS Kids
• The Fred Rogers Company

Home of Bob Keeshan’s Captain Kangaroo.

LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS:

1. Captain Kangaroo (1956)
2. Captain Kangaroo and the Panda (1957)
3. Captain Kangaroo’s Surprise (1958)
4. Captain Kangaroo and the Beaver (1961)

WHITMAN BOOKS:

1. Captain Kangaroo and the Too-Small House (1958)
2. Captain Kangaroo’s Super Secret (1958?)
3. Captain Kangaroo’s Picnic (1959)
4. Captain Kangaroo: Tick Tock Trouble (1961)

OTHER BOOKS:

1. Captain Kangaroo’s Book (1958?)
2. Captain Kangaroo and His Animal Friends (1959)
3. Captain Kangaroo and His Pals: Adventure on Pirate Island (1970)

LINKS:

• Wikipedia – Captain Kangaroo
• TVParty.com – Captain Kangaroo

Setting and filming location of the movie Field of Dreams.

LINKS:

• Field of Dreams Movie Site

Creation of Cormoran the giant and his wife Cormelian, and site of his battle with “Jack the Giant Killer.”

LINKS:

• St. Michael’s Mount
• The Giant of St. Michael’s Mount
• St. Michael’s Mount – Jack the Giant Killer
• Folk Realm Studies – Jack the Giant Killer
• Jack the Giant Killer (1962 movie)

Resting place of the “Beanstalk Giant”, the Moss Maid, and others.

LINKS:

• The Lost Gardens of Heligan
• Wikipedia – Jack and the Beanstalk (tale)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 movie)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1967 TV movie)

Home of the Bobbsey Twins.

LINKS:

• Stratemeyer Syndicate – Bobbsey Twins
• Michael P. Weinstein’s The Bobbsey Twins’ Page
• James Keeline – Bobbsey Twins Formats
• The Bobbsey Twins Collectors Guide

READY-TO-READ SERIES:
(in seasonal reading order)

1. Freddie and Flossie (Jul 2005)
2. Freddie and Flossie and Snap (Jul 2005)
3. Freddie and Flossie and the Easter Egg Hunt (Feb 2006)
4. Freddie and Flossie and the Little Seed (Jul 2006)
5. Freddie and Flossie at the Beach (Jul 2005)
6. Freddie and Flossie and the Leaf Monster (Nov 2005)
7. Freddie and Flossie and the Train Ride (Jul 2005)

INTERMEDIATE READER TITLES:

1. Meet the Bobbsey Twins (1954)
2. The Bobbsey Twins: The Mystery of the Ghost in the Attic (Sep 2005)
3. The Bobbsey Twins: The Mystery of the Dinosaur in the Forest (Sep 2005)
4. Bobbsey Twins Stories to Read Aloud (1963)

ORIGINAL SERIES #1-25:
(never produced in purple-spine format)

1. The Bobbsey Twins, or Merry Days Indoors and Out (1904/revised 1950)
2. The Bobbsey Twins in the Country (1907/revised 1950)
3. The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore (1907/revised 1950)
4. The Bobbsey Twins at School (1913)
5. The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge (1913)
6. The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat (1915)
7. The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook (1915)
8. The Bobbsey Twins at Home (1916)
9. The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City (1917)
10. The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberrry Island (1917)
11. The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea (1918)
12. The Bobbsey Twins in Washington (1919)
13. The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West (1920)
14. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp (1921)
15. The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair (1922)
16. The Bobbsey Twins Camping Out (1923)
17. The Bobbsey Twins and Baby May (1924)
18. The Bobbsey Twins Keeping House (1925)
19. The Bobbsey Twins at Cloverbank (1926)
20. The Bobbsey Twins at Cherry Corners (1927)
21. The Bobbsey Twins and their Schoolmates (1928)
22. The Bobbsey Twins Treasure Hunting (1929)
23. The Bobbsey Twins at Spruce Lake (1930)
24. The Bobbsey Twins’ Wonderful Secret (1931)
25. The Bobbsey Twins at the Circus (1932)

RE-WRITTEN VOLUMES #1-20, 24-25:
(all produced in purple-spine format)

1. The Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport (1961)
2. The Bobbsey Twins’ Adventure in the Country (1961)
3. The Bobbsey Twins: The Secret at the Seashore (1961)
4. The Bobbsey Twins’ Mystery at School (1962)
5. The Bobbsey Twins: The Mystery at Snow Lodge (1960)
6. The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat (1955)
7. The Bobbsey Twins’ Mystery at Meadow Brook (1963)
8. The Bobbsey Twins’ Big Adventure at Home (1960)
9. The Bobbsey Twins’ Search in the Great City (1960)
10. The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberrry Island (1959)
11. The Bobbsey Twins’ Mystery on the Deep Blue Sea (1965)
12. The Bobbsey Twins’ Adventure in Washington (1962)
13. The Bobbsey Twins’ Visit to the Great West (1966)
14. The Bobbsey Twins: The Cedar Camp Mystery (1967)
15. The Bobbsey Twins: The County Fair Mystery (1960)
16. The Bobbsey Twins Camping Out (1955)
17. The Bobbsey Twins’ Adventures with Baby May (1968)
18. The Bobbsey Twins’: The Play House Secret (1968)
19. The Bobbsey Twins: The Four Leaf Clover Mystery (1968)
20. The Bobbsey Twins: The Mystery at Cherry Corners (1971)

24. The Bobbsey Twins’ Wonderful Winter Secret (1962)
25. The Bobbsey Twins and the Circus Surprise (1960)

ORIGINAL SERIES #26-41:
(only produced in purple-spine format where * noted)

26. The Bobbsey Twins on an Airplane Trip (1933)
27. The Bobbsey Twins Solve a Mystery (1932)*
28. The Bobbsey Twins on a Ranch (1935)
29. The Bobbsey Twins in Eskimo Land (1936)
30. The Bobbsey Twins in a Radio Play (1937)
31. The Bobbsey Twins at Windmill Cottage (1938)
32. The Bobbsey Twins at Lighthouse Point (1939)
33. The Bobbsey Twins at Indian Hollow (1940)
34. The Bobbsey Twins at the Ice Carnival (1941)
35. The Bobbsey Twins in the Land of Cotton (1942)*
36. The Bobbsey Twins in Echo Valley (1943)
37. The Bobbsey Twins on the Pony Trail (1944)
38. The Bobbsey Twins at Mystery Mansion (1945)*
39. The Bobbsey Twins at Sugar Maple Hill (1946)
40. The Bobbsey Twins in Mexico (1947)
41. The Bobbsey Twins’ Toy Shop (1948)

ORIGINAL SERIES #42-72:
(all produced in purple-spine format)

42. The Bobbsey Twins in Tulip Land (1949)
43. The Bobbsey Twins in Rainbow Valley (1950)
44. The Bobbsey Twins’ Own Little Railroad (1951)
45. The Bobbsey Twins at Whitesail Harbor (1952)
46. The Bobbsey Twins and the Horseshoe Riddle (1953)
47. The Bobbsey Twins at Big Bear Pond (1953)
48 .The Bobbsey Twins on a Bicycle Trip (1954)
49. The Bobbsey Twins’ Own Little Ferryboat (1956)
50. The Bobbsey Twins at Pilgrim Rock (1956)
51. The Bobbsey Twins’ Forest Adventure (1957)
52. The Bobbsey Twins at London Tower (1959)
53. The Bobbsey Twins in the Mystery Cave (1960)
54. The Bobbsey Twins in Volcano Land (1961)
55. The Bobbsey Twins: The Goldfish Mystery (1962)
56. The Bobbsey Twins: The Big River Mystery (1963)
57. The Bobbsey Twins: The Greek Hat Mystery (1964)
58. The Bobbsey Twins: The Search for the Green Rooster (1965)
59. The Bobbsey Twins: Their Camel Adventure (1966)
60. The Bobbsey Twins: Mystery of the King’s Puppet (1967)
61. The Bobbsey Twins: The Secret of Candy Castle (1968)
62. The Bobbsey Twins: The Doodlebug Mystery (1969)
63. The Bobbsey Twins: The Talking Fox Mystery (1970)
64. The Bobbsey Twins: The Red, White and Blue Mystery (1971)
65. The Bobbsey Twins: Dr. Funnybone’s Secret (1972)
66. The Bobbsey Twins: The Tagalong Giraffe (1973)
67. The Bobbsey Twins: The Flying Clown (1974)
68. The Bobbsey Twins: On the Sun-Moon Cruise (1975)
69. The Bobbsey Twins: The Freedom Bell Mystery (1976)
70. The Bobbsey Twins: The Smokey Mountain Mystery (1977)
71. The Bobbsey Twins in a TV Mystery Show (1978)
72. The Bobbsey Twins: The Coral Turtle Mystery (1979)

Home of Geraldine Clyne’s Jolly Jump-Up family.

Home of the Grimm family from 1791-96.

LINKS:

• The House of the Brothers Grimm

Home of Godzilla and friends.

LINKS:

• Wikipedia – Monsterland & Monster Island

Home of Elzie Crisler Segar’s Popeye.

LINKS:

• Popeye.com
• Popeye Village Malta

Home of Gail Rock’s Addie Mills.

LINKS:

• “Flying Dreams” The Addie Mills Page
• Fremont Tribune – Gail Rock

Home of Sterling North and “Rascal”.

LINKS:

• The Sterling North Society
• Edgerton Sterling North Book & Film Festival
• GoJefferson.com – Rascal by Sterling North

Home of Maud Hart Lovelace’s Betsy and Tacy.

LINKS:

• Betsy-Tacy Society
• Wikipedia – Betsy-Tacy

Home of Gertrude Chandler Warner’s “Boxcar Children”.

LINKS:

• The Boxcar Children
• The Gertrude Chandler Warner Boxcar Children Museum

Home of Leonard Leslie Brooke’s Johnny Crow and friends.

LINKS:

• Wikipedia – Leonard Leslie Brooke
• Birkenhead Park

Home of Robin Hood.

LINKS:

• Wikipedia – Robin Hood
• Sherwood Forest Country Park

Setting of Sterling North’s book Midnight and Jeremiah and its film adapation So Dear to My Heart.

LINKS:

• Wikipedia – Midnight and Jeremiah
• Wikipedia – So Dear to My Heart

Home of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.

LINKS:

• Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House

Home of Margaret Sidney’s Five Little Peppers.

BOOKS (sorted chronologically, with “key” titles in italics):

• Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1881)
• Five Little Peppers Midway (1890)
• Five Little Peppers: The Stories Polly Pepper Told (1899)
• Five Little Peppers: The Adventures of Joel Pepper (1900)
• Five Little Peppers Abroad (1902)
• Five Little Peppers At School (1903)
• Five Little Peppers and Their Friends (1904)
• Five Little Peppers: Ben Pepper (1905)
• Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House (1907)
• Five Little Peppers: Our Davie Pepper (1916)
• Five Little Peppers Grown Up (1892)
• Five Little Peppers: Phronsie Pepper (1897)

MOVIES:

1. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939)
2. Five Little Peppers at Home (1940)
3. Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940)
4. Out West with the Peppers (1940)

LINKS:

• “Flying Dreams” Linda’s Five Little Peppers Web Page
• Wikipedia: Five Little Peppers

Home of Palmer Cox and the Brownies.

LINKS:

• The Brownies

In the hometown of Stan Laurel.

LINKS:

• The Laurel & Hardy Museum

In the hometown of Oliver Hardy.

LINKS:

• The Laurel & Hardy Museum of Harlem, Georgia

As seen at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and in the “Rocky” film series.

LINKS:

• The Rocky Statue and the Rocky Steps
• Total Rocky
• Philadelphia Museum of Art

Home of Peter and Jane, as illustrated by Harry Wingfield.

LINKS:

• Key Words Reading Scheme
• The Guardian: Peter, Jane and Harry
• Harry Wingfield Interview

Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder #3.

LINKS:

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum

Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder #2.

Near the home of Peter Franklin Ingalls at Route 163A in New Hope, Florida.

Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder #1.

Ma & Pa Ingalls #7.

LINKS:

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society

Ma & Pa Ingalls #6.

LINKS:

• Ingalls Homestead
• The Loftus Store
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant

Ma & Pa Ingalls #5.

LINKS:

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society

Ma & Pa Ingalls #4.

LINKS:

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum

Laura Ingalls Wilder location #5.

Ma and Pa Ingalls #3.

LINKS:

• Walnut Grove, MN
• SodHouse.org

Ma and Pa Ingalls #2.

MY FIRST LITTLE HOUSE BOOKS

(with noted chapter # on which each is based):

1. Going West

4. Prairie Day

5. A Little Prairie House

LINKS:

• Little House on the Prairie Museum

Ma & Pa Ingalls #1.

MY FIRST LITTLE HOUSE BOOKS

(with noted chapter # on which each is based):

2. Winter Days in the Big Woods

4. Christmas in the Big Woods

5. A Little House Birthday

7. Sugar Snow

8. Dance at Grandpa’s

9. Going to Town

10. Summertime in the Big Woods

13. The Deer in the Wood

LINKS:

• Laura Ingalls Pepin
• Laura Days

James & Angeline Wilder #2.

LINKS:

• Spring Valley Methodist Church Museum
• Spring Valley – Wilder 100th Anniversary Commemoration

Chronological prequel to Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” books.

MY FIRST LITTLE HOUSE BOOKS:

• Winter on the Farm
• A Farmer Boy Birthday
• County Fair

LINKS:

• Wilder Homestead

Home of E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web.

Key location in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

LINKS:

Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum

Home of Joel Chandler Harris’ Brer Rabbit and friends.

LINKS:

• UncleRemus.com
• Uncle Remus Museum

Inspiration for the setting of Leave it to Beaver.

Home of “The Andy Griffith Show”.

LINKS:

The Andy Griffith Show

• BarneyFife.com, an Andy Griffith Show Fan Site
• The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club

Mt. Airy, NC, the Real Mayberry

• Andy’s Homeplace
• The Andy Griffith Museum
• Mayberry Squad Tours
• Aunt Bea’s Barbeque
• Mayberry Days
• Visit Mayberry (Mt. Airy, NC)

Paradise, as described in James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon and related works.

LINKS:

• LostHorizon.org

Inspiration for the setting of “It’s a Wonderful Life”.

LINKS:

• “The Real Bedford Falls”

Home of Johanna Spyri’s Heidi.

LINKS:

• Heididorf

Punxsutawney Phil’s Burrow & Groundhog Club

Home of L. Frank Baum’s Oz.

LINKS:

The 1939 Movie

• The Wizard of Oz Movie
• Wendy’s Wizard of Oz
• The Wizard of Oz at Warner Bros.

Oz Beyond Film

• The International Wizard of Oz Club
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Website
• Dorothy’s House

A Christmas Story House

Home of Superman.

LINKS:

Christopher Reeve, Superman 1978-87

• Caped Wonder – Superman Imagery

George Reeves, Superman 1951-57

• The Adventures of Superman Rewatch Club (Facebook)
• Adventures of Superman Companion Book
• The Adventures Continue
• Keith Howard, Superman

Metropolis, IL, the Official Home of Superman

• The Super Museum
• Superman Celebration – Visit Metropolis
• Metropolis Tourism

Home of Mairi Hedderwick’s Katie Morag.

LINKS:

• Katie Morag
• Hebridean Holiday Cottages
• Visit Coll – Katie Morag

Home, headquarters, and primary workshop of Santa & Mrs. Claus.

LINKS:

• Santa Claus Village