Beverly Cleary (1916-2021) was an award-winning American writer of children’s and young adult fiction. In fact, she was one of America’s most successful authors, selling more than 90 million copies of her books worldwide during her long career–that began in 1950 after working as a librarian for a decade. It was during her time as…
Published by Scholastic, Upside-Down Magic is a book series by writers Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins. The series follows eight kids in a world with magic. Elinor “Nory” Horace, Elliott Cohen, Bax Kapoor, Andres Padillo, Pepper Phan, Marigold Ramos, Willa Ingeborg, and Sebastian Boondoggle form a group of misfits who set out to…
Thanks to the popular media franchise from DreamWorks Animation consisting of three feature films, five short films, and three television series, chances are you know who are Hiccup and Toothless. But before becoming big stars on the big screen, the young Viking and his dragon were the protagonists of a series of fantasy children’s books…
Welcome to the Land of Stories, a series imagined (and written, of course) by Chris Colfer that takes Alex and Conner Bailey–and the readers–to a magic place where fairy tales are real. In this children’s adventure and fantasy book series described by its author as a modern-day fairy tale, the Bailey twins fall from the…
Originally, Ever After High is a fashion doll franchise released by Mattel in July 2013–a companion line to the Monster High dolls. Now, it is a Netflix Show and, of course, a book series published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers! First written by Shannon Hale (then Suzanne Selfors, Heather Alexander, Lisa Shea &…
American writer of children’s and young adult fiction, Beverly Cleary passed away recently (in 2021) leaving behind her popular series like the one about Henry Huggins and its spin-off series about young Ramona Quimby. In the Henry Huggins books, Beatrice, known as Beezus, was one of Henry’s friends, and her younger sister Ramona was generally…
Written by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables is a classic that spun off a popular series and a lot of TV, film, radio, and stage adaptations. It’s about the life of Anne Shirley, from childhood to motherhood and beyond. Anne is bright and quick, eager to please, talkative, and extremely imaginative….
Meet Julian, Dick, Anne, George, and Timothy. Together they are The Famous Five. Created by English author Enid Blyton, they are the stars of a series of children’s adventure novels and short stories. The group goes on numerous adventures during the school holidays. They go hiking and biking, camping, and exploring by themselves places like…
The Giver Quartet is a young adult series of four novels written by American writer Lois Lowry. The story takes place in what appears to be a utopian society but really is a dystopia. Pain and suffering have been eradicated from this world, and there are no worries anymore as the philosophy of “Sameness”, which…
Not to be confused with James Cameron’s movie of the same name, Avatar is an American multimedia franchise consisting of two animated television series, a live-action film, comics, books, video games, home media, and soundtracks. All began with the television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, an animated television series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios. Set…
Written by American cartoonist, author, and illustrator Dav Pilkey, Dog Man is a children’s book series about a new kind of canine hero. The story of Dog Man began when, in an explosion by a bomb assembled by Petey the evil cat, Officer Knight, and his police dog Greg got seriously injured. To save them,…
Artemis Fowl is a twelve-year-old mischievous Irish mastermind, a member of a dysfunctional family with a rich history of crime. He can easily hatch a complicated and brilliant plan and it is exactly what he does to rebuild the Fawl Fortune after his father’s capture and his mother’s descent into madness. Artemis Fowl is intelligent,…
