Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift: Stratemeyer legacy

I was listening to CBC last evening and "stumbled" across an Ideas episode on what they call the Stratemeyer legacy. If you ever read Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys or Tom Swift as a kid, or know folks who still love these characters, this show is for you. It's not "up" as a podcast yet, but you can listen to the streaming audio at the following link:

http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2010/09/22/the-mystery-of-the-stratemeyer-legacy-listen/

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Title Lists for Series and Sequels

Are you frustrated when you can't tell which title is the first in a series? The "Mid-Continent Public Library" has a great site that will answer all your questions! (It also tells you if the series is "Juvenile" or YA)

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/book.cfm

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Series and Sequels

Looking for the title for the next book in a series?

Not sure if you are reading a series in the right order?

Here are some sites to look at.

http://ww2.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/

http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/bpl-bin/series.pl

RPL offers suggested authors lists:

http://www.yourlibrary.ca/findall/books/fictionsuggestions.cfm

And Novelist (in the EBSCO Databases) also gives suggestions ("Recommended Reads")

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