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I ENJOYED THIS BOOK VERY MUCH. THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK IS ABOUT NANCY, A VERY ATTRACTIVE BLONDE HEADED GIRL WHO IS TRYING TO HELP HER FRIENDS FIND JOSIAH CROWLEY'S OTHER WILL, WHILE ALSO HELPING THE POLICE DISCOVER THIEFS OF HER FRIEND'S BELONGINGS. I READ THIS 180 PAGED BOOK IN ONE DAY, AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO PUT DOWN. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY BOOK I HAVE READ ABOUT , I RECCOMEND THE OTHERS TOO.ÜÜÜ

Susan and Bill had been writing for some time before they began to write mysteries for adults. At the request of readers, book collectors, and librarians, here is a list of all their books, organized according to the name or pseudonym they used. Susan's books (written independently) are listed first; their co-authored books are listed second. Bill's independent writing consists of the computer programs, documentation, and technical manuals he wrote in his previous incarnation as a systems analyst—he didn't think you'd be interested in that stuff.

Currently, I am writing a book which focuses on the history of Nancy Drew. A biography on the original "," Mildred Wirt Benson, is in the works. While this website is a good introduction into the world of Nancy Drew, you will find in-depth analysis of all things Drew in my upcoming book.

One of the earliest book related collectibles is the Nancy Drew Mystery Game issued by Parker Brothers in 1957. The game was issued again in 1959 with a new cover. Shown at left is the 1957 version featuring Nancy in a red rain coat. The later version featured a green rain coat. There was also a Canadian version of the 1959 game as well as many different formats the games went through. Visit The Nancy Drew Mystery Game section for more information on the various game formats and other series book games including , , and more of your favorite series.

In 1967, the Madame Alexander doll company released the Nancy Drew doll. It was 12 inches tall and had a rather baby-like face. There were several versions as shown above featuring a matching dress and coat and a two-piece suit along with scarf and hair ribbons and boots. Accessories included a camera, purse, and sunglasses. The doll was not on the market for very long and remains pricey to collect. Shown above are 5 dolls from the Victoria Broadhurst collection.

In 1973, The Nancy Drew Cookbook: Clues to Good Cooking was published by Grosset & Dunlap. What is so secret about Bess's Secret Chocolate Waffles? Are the Captive Biscuits being held captive somewhere? Is Lemonade Disguise another one of Nancy's "bad" aliases? Does the Ivory Charm Shrimp Curry have any lifesaving properties in it? Does the Crumbling Wall Coffee Cake crumble when you eat it? And what is so "special" about The Cousins' Special Cauliflower? These and other questions can be answered in this collectible cookbook, collectible mostly for its nostalgia as a Nancy Drew collectible than for any real tie-in to the mysteries themselves. For a fun look at the cookbook and review of some recipes, visit the Cookbook section.

The three mystery activity books were issued as a boxed set as well which featured the cover to #2. Grosset & Dunlap also released two large hardcover picture books for younger children, #1, The Mystery of the Lost Dogs, and #2, The Secret of the Twin Puppets. There were never anymore produced although others may have been planned.

In 1979, The Nancy Drew Sleuth Book: Clues to Good Sleuthing was published by Grosset & Dunlap. It featured a large thumbprint on the cover with a silhouette of Nancy and her trusty magnifying glass--same scene repeats on the back cover. Cover design was by Rudy Nappi. Chapters ranged from handwriting to fingerprints to codes. Each chapter featured Nancy and her Detective Club.

My Nancy Drew Private Eye Diary came in two versions. The earlier white diary is extremely scarce and hard to come across. Its distribution must not have been very widespread as the red diary soon replaced it on the market. I have seen up to around 10 white diaries sold on eBay since around 1997 that I am aware of, so it's not rare, but it's definitely scarce. The red diary is somewhat hard to find but used to come up for auction a couple of times a year on eBay--now due to the fact that eBay isn't as good as it used to be for collectibles, it comes up seldom--likely being sold elsewhere in book shops or antique malls/etc. The white diary pictured above is from the David Farah Collection.

There were several cereal promotions ranging from Raisin Bran to Lucky Charms. Some of the promotions, like those above, involved the regular mystery books or the activity books. Cookie Crisp had coloring books inside that folded out as shown below. There were 6 of these to collect and the actual box is very rare to come by:

Fan Clubs were advertised in the backs of Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Wanderer digest paperbacks and other publications. Shown above are thumbnails of a newsletter issued for the fan club. Also given out were items including notepads and stationary. The above fan club newsletter was donated by a fellow collector, Dorothy.

From dastardly villains to spooky old mansions to things that do not always appear as they seem, you'll delight in the fun computer games that Her Interactive has been issuing twice a year. These games are lots of fun to play and to collect the various formats of. Visit the Her Interactive Computer Games section of the library for more details.

Over the years there have been many articles and books written about our intrepid sleuth. Shown above is the earliest of such magazines. The April 1934 issue of Fortune Magazine contained an article about and the . John Axe's guide, The Secret of Collecting Girls' Series Books, is a great resource for all of the various cover art and formats. Other guides include the excellent guide to the Nancy Drew printings, Farah's Guide to Nancy Drew Books and Collectibles. Please visit the Sources section for more information on the various books and guides.

At left is a promotional bookmark that recently came packaged with 6 book glossy flashlight picture cover sets. Click on the bookmark to see a large image of the back of the bookmark which featured all the book covers. There are a host of other collectibles, several featured above in clickable thumbnail images, including:

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With over 500 Nancy Drew books written since 1930 and counting, you have plenty of books to sleuth for! You may dream of a fantasy collection of pristine original 1930 books with blank endpapers and white spine dust jackets or it may be the set of well-read yellow spine picture covers you coveted as a child. No matter what your passion is for collecting Nancy Drew memorabilia, there is always room for more!

This section is designed to be an overview for you to explore all the various types of Nancy Drew books: Nancy Drew Diaries, Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, Nancy Drew Girl Detective series, Books about Nancy Drew, Nancy Drew Graphic Novels, the original Nancy Drew Mystery Stories in hardback and later digest paperbacks to the digest paperback spin-offs, the Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Be A Detective series, , Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMysteries, , Nancy Drew On Campus paperbacks, the River Heights spin-off, the four book club editions--Type 1: Cameos, Type 2: Picture Covers, Type 3: Picture Cover Art DJ format, and Type 4: The Twin Thrillers, the library editions and the foreign editions. The Her Interactive computer games and the audio tapes and CDs from Random House are also featured.

Below, visit the various sections of the Nancy Drew library for cover art, synopses, title lists, and more--click on the images to visit each section. Visit the Nancy Drew Collectibles section for even more memorabilia to collect. If you're looking for format information on the classic Nancy Drew books 1-56, click here!

Trixie Belden is the title character in a series of 'girl detective' mysteries written between 1948 and 1986. The first six books were written by Julie Campbell Tatham, who also wrote the series, then continued by various in-house writers from under the pseudonym Kathryn Kenny. Today the rights to the series are owned by Random House. The series was completely out of print for a number of years, but Random House began releasing a new edition of the books in summer of 2003. As of summer, 2006, volumes 1-15 have been reissued.[1] Fans of the series hope to see all thirty-nine volumes reprinted, especially the hard-to-find volumes 35-39.

Trixie is a young teen living just outside the fictional town of Sleepyside-on-Hudson, in the Hudson River Valley area of New York. She lives at Crabapple Farm, which had been in her family for either three or six generations (this varies between books), with her parents and three brothers, Brian, Mart, and Bobby. The first book establishes her friendship with lonely, sheltered rich girl Honey Wheeler whose family has just moved into the Manor House next door and soon the girls are embroiled in their first case.

Throughout the series, the two girls solve mysteries that baffled authorities and, along with brothers and friends, formed a club called the Bob-Whites of the Glen, have adventures, travel (though not as extensively as Nancy Drew, an older and more sophisticated girl sleuth), and struggle with school. Trixie had particular difficulties with math.

With the advent of internet fan-supported websites, many related sites have been created. On many of these sites, comparisons are made between Trixie and Nancy Drew. Fans of Trixie Belden usually cite her more realistic persona as a teenager who grumbles about chores and is often frustrated by life with both older and younger brothers. Trixie also experiences some insecurity about her looks, often comparing herself unfavorably with her friends, Honey and Diana, who are regarded as more obviously attractive. On some sites, there is a tradition of regarding Nancy Drew's character as a persona non grata. She is facetiously referred to as "Nancy Who?"

Beatrix "Trixie" Belden: Thirteen-year-old Trixie Belden is one of the two co-presidents of the Bob-Whites of the Glen. Described as being short with a sturdy build, she has short blonde ringlets (either sandy blonde or strawberry blonde depending on edition) and round blue eyes. She has a tendency to jump to conclusions, but her hunches often prove to be correct. One of Trixie's chores is to take care of six-year-old Bobby and, while she loves her little brother, she often loses patience with the mischievous child. She and Honey plan to one day open their own business: The Belden-Wheeler Detective Agency. Trixie has an amazing instinct for people and can accurately judge them before she gets to know them. Her best friends are Honey Wheeler and Di Lynch.

Madeleine G. "Honey" Wheeler: Depending on the book, thirteen-year old Honey Wheeler is either vice-president or secretary of the Bob-Whites of the Glen. She is described as being tall, slender, and pretty, with shoulder-length golden-brown hair and large hazel eyes. Until moving to Sleepyside, she spent her life in boarding schools and summer camps barely knowing her own parents. Her friendship with Trixie and the Bob-Whites has given her more confidence and helped her to forge a relationship with her parents and adopted brother. Generally regarded as the sweetest and most tactful of the Bob-Whites, she is also their star swimmer. She now attends Sleepyside Junior-Senior High School with the rest of the Bob-Whites, where she consistently receives high marks and praise. Honey and Brian seem to like each other, although Brian is about three years older.

James '"Jim" Winthrop Frayne II : Fifteen-year-old Jim Frayne is the other co-president of the Bob-Whites of the Glen. The focus of the first two books, he is adopted by the Wheelers at the end of "The Red Trailer Mystery", after successfully running away from his abusive stepfather. He has a Springer spaniel named Patch. He is described as having red hair and green eyes, coincidentally the same coloring as his adoptive father, Matthew Wheeler. Jim is an expert horseman and 'rides like a centaur'. He and Trixie have a fondness for one another and Jim gives Trixie an orchid and later his ID bracelet; however, the romantic angle is downplayed in later volumes. His goal is to one day use his inheritance to build a school for orphaned boys that will combine outdoor–naturalist activities with regular academics. Throughout the series, there is some inconsistency regarding his age.

Brian Belden: Brian Belden, sixteen, is the oldest of the four Belden children. Described as dark and handsome, he is by far the most level-headed of the seven Bob-Whites and plans to become a doctor after finishing school. Throughout the series, Brian often provides first aid to his sister, Trixie, as well others who are injured during the course of the Bob-Whites' adventures. Brian is very smart and mature, always the voice of reason and always trying to keep Trixie out of trouble. In the fifth book, Brian got his first car: an old jalopy which he purchased from Mr. Lytell, a storekeeper, for fifty dollars. Brian's first aid skills stretch to caring for automobiles, as he is often shown working on his car, and also to animals as when he is given responsibility to bandage an injured horse owned by the Wheelers.

Martin "Mart" Belden: Exactly eleven months older than Trixie, fourteen-year-old Martin Belden is often described as Trixie's 'almost-twin'. Mart is most well known for his love of eating and his out-sized vocabulary. He has a crush on Diana Lynch. He has a fondness for Cosmo McNaught space adventures books and in one book, bickers with Trixie that Cosmo is better than Lucy from the Lucy Radcliff books Trixie likes so much. He plans to become a farmer, although the Pet Show Mystery gave him an interest in computers. Despite his frequent arguments with his sister (they are constantly teasing and picking on each other), the two are quite close.

Diana "Di" Lynch: The prettiest girl in class, thirteen-year-old Diana Lynch has black hair and violet eyes (possibly due to the popularity of Elizabeth Taylor as a young actress at the time Diana's character was created.) She has both a set of twin brothers and a set of twin sisters who are much younger than herself. Her father recently made a lot of money, and Di hates being rich, though the Bob-Whites help her adjust. She joins the Bob-Whites in the Mysterious Visitor, while inadvertently providing them with another mystery. She shows great artistic ability in later books and can be a bit gullible at times. She is not the most intelligent, but is a good sport, smiling and laughing often, especially at herself when she makes mistakes. One consistent character trait established over the many stories is Di's love of the color purple.

Daniel "Dan" Mangan: Orphaned in New York City, Dan Mangan, left to his own devices, became mixed up in a street gang called ‘The Cowhands’. The juvenile court sends him to live with his uncle Regan, the Wheelers' groom, in Sleepyside, although he actually lives and works for Mr. Maypenny, the gamekeeper. After a rough start in Sleepyside, Dan reformed and became the seventh Bob-White in the Black Jacket Mystery. His age is unknown; he begins school in Mart's homeroom, but later must study during vacations to keep up with classes he takes with Brian and Jim. He intends to be a police officer in New York City. http://edufb.net/33.pdf http://edufb.net/21.pdf http://edufb.net/127.pdf http://edufb.net/141.pdf http://edufb.net/110.pdf http://edufb.net/241.pdf http://edufb.net/101.pdf http://edufb.net/211.pdf http://edufb.net/113.pdf http://edufb.net/257.pdf http://edufb.net/230.pdf http://edufb.net/14.pdf http://edufb.net/79.pdf http://edufb.net/39.pdf http://edufb.net/40.pdf http://edufb.net/107.pdf http://edufb.net/136.pdf http://edufb.net/173.pdf http://edufb.net/273.pdf http://edufb.net/29.pdf http://edufb.net/147.pdf