![]() The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints – M.V. The Mystery of the coughing Dragon – Nick West – 1970ġ5. The Secret of the Crooked Cat – William Arden – 1970ġ4. The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow – 1969ġ3. The Mystery of the Talking Skull – 1969ġ2. The Mystery of the Moaning Cave – 1968ġ1. The Mystery of the Screaming Clock – 1968ġ0. The Mystery of the Silver Spider – 1967ĩ. The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure – 1966Ĩ. The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy – 1965ĥ. The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot -1964ģ. However legal issues arose and the series was ultimately squished.Ģ. The character’s age was bumped up to 17 years old and now that they could drive the action was well paced. But in 1989 a new series redubbed Crime Busters was released and did fairly well. Whether he did or not, the series bares a resemblance to other mystery-solving-kids of the era stories (think Hardy boys or more to the point Scooby-doo because despite how supernatural the clues seemed – everything came to a logical solution.) Unfortunately due to the investigators – Jupiter, Pete and Bob’s ages around fourteen they were limited by what they could accomplish with bicycles. Long running series, that may have had the master of mysteries himself dictating some of the plots. Alice Whipple for PresidentĪLFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS Who Wants a Turnip for President, Anyway? A.k.a. Humorous, lightweight stories revolving around the title character who goes to a posh Manhattan school (the kind that yes, has cliques – The Peaches and the Turnips – naturally the Peaches are the popular ones) – other than the usual tricks between classmates one of the more unusual plots involves Alice deciding a boa constrictor would make a nice pet.Ģ. The only thing separating them is preference to the characters. There’s Aldo and Anastasia Krupnik and Al and Trig, and Ramona. It’s sometimes hard to divide the non-numbered character stories as they all seemed to bare in formula a certain symmetry. ) Wish I knew more about this one as it seems to be one of the series people compare others up against. An underachieving latch-key kid (before the term was even coined. Humorous adventures of a young girl who grows throughout the series from ten I think to fourteen. High tech super-spies, mad bombers, a singing robot named Twerpy and a villian named Black Glove – it’s got a little sumptin’ for everyone – adventure, intrigue, laughs. The House Without a Christmas Tree – 1974įun, sci-fi fantasy series about five wacky kid genius’ who save the world in each adventure. The writing is slightly dry and dated but the characters help move the stories along. She’s aided by an equally spunky grandmother and a loyal, longsuffering best friend. In the following books – Addie develops a crush on a handsome school teacher, and has to deal with her father dating the woman who runs the beauty salon. The most known is the House without a Christmas Tree in which Addie sets up a campaign of sly maneuvers in order to get her father to change his stance on Christmas Trees. ![]() The books were spun into very popular TV specials of the 70’s starring Jason Robards and Mildred Natwik. If the descriptions look a little dry it’s because they’re mainly complied of research and not personal opinion as I’ve only read a couple books from only a portion on this list! If you want to help out send me a concise description including – characters names, backdrop, plots, and tone.Ī non numbered nostalgic series based on the antics of Addie Mills a feisty small town girl in the 40’s who usually does battle with her father, a stubborn widower. * Just to let you know these are the series I forgot about and stumbled upon – mainly in my research for Cliquey Pizza 3.
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