Lost articles book series in reading order

by Carolyn Keene

by John R. Erickson

by Stan Kirby

by Mo Willems

Daisy Meadows is the name on the Rainbow Magic children's books, a fantasy line whose subjects include fairies, goblins, Jack Frost and two girls, Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker. The catalogue opens in 2003 with colour-fairy titles such as Ruby the Red Fairy, Amber the Orange Fairy and Fern the Green Fairy, and runs to Nur the Vlogger Fairy (2023). Sub-series include the Weather, Jewel, Party, Pet Keeper, Dance, Ocean and Showtime Fairies. Magic Animal Friends appears under the same name.

Carolyn Keene is a Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name, the credit on the Nancy Drew mysteries. Mildred Wirt Benson, one of the writers behind the name, used it from 1929 to 1953 and contributed to 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books. The catalogue lists 647 Carolyn Keene books, beginning with The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase and The Bungalow Mystery (all 1930) and reaching Vans & Villains (2026). Series include Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, Nancy Drew Files, Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, Nancy Drew Diaries, Nancy Drew: Girl Detective and Dana Girls Mystery Stories.

Joyce & Jim Lavene is a writing partnership credited with 67 books between 1999 and 2016, the catalogue opening with A Time for Love (1999). Subjects include mystery and detective fiction, murder investigation, sheriffs and North Carolina. Mystery series by Joyce & Jim Lavene include Sharyn Howard, Peggy Lee Garden Mysteries, A Renaissance Faire Mystery, Missing Pieces Mystery, Retired Witches Mysteries, Pie Shop Mysteries and Pet Psychic Mystery. Romance also appears among the subjects, and a non-fiction line sits alongside the novels. Putting on the Witch (2016) is the newest title, and the catalogue is marked likely complete.

Mo Willems

89 books• 9 series

Mo Willems makes picture books and early readers, funny and animal-led: the Pigeon books, Elephant & Piggie, Knuffle Bunny, Cat the Cat, Unlimited Squirrels and Leonardo. Friendship and emotions are the recurring subjects, and the books are short, a median of 57 pages. Ninety catalogued titles run from 1994 through Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (2003) and Knuffle Bunny (2004) to The Pigeon WON'T Pick a Color!, with another title scheduled for 2027.