Books in the The Happy Hollisters series

The Happy Hollister children are off on another exciting mystery! This time it all starts with a letter written in a funny code from Grandmother Hollister, who lives in Canada. The letter said:Dear Children,Gram is writing to you in code. It is braille. How would you like to visit me and meet a special friend? Also, I wish you could solve the mystery of the midnight trolls.With love, GramThe children begged to go visit Gram and Gramp. But Mr. Hollister told them that he would be flying his new sailplane invention in a New York State competition in a few days and, if possible, in the big international sailplane meet in Iceland."We'll have to wait until Daddy tests his sailplane," Pete said.Then Pam added, "While Daddy's in Iceland, we can go to Canada and solve the mystery!"So in a few days, off they go to Canada where they meet a new blind friend who helps in their detective work. But when Mr. Hollister's sailplane invention is pirated, they all go on to Iceland to solve another mystery that turns out to be strangely linked to the first!

As President of the Shoreham Detective Club, Pete Hollister called the meeting to order:"You have all heard about the Shoreham monster. We're going to solve this mystery. But besides the monster, we have another project-the new toy library at the school. Pam will tell us about it."His sister, Pam Hollister, rose: "It's a new kind of library-instead of borrowing books, children who can't afford toys can borrow them. I think the Shoreham Detective Club should help find toys for the library . . ."Suddenly, the meeting was interrupted by a terrified scream. Holly Hollister stood pale and trembling, pointing to the window."I saw it! I saw the monster! It was wrinkled-like an old man-with big teeth!"And that is just the start of this newest adventure of the Happy Hollisters! Before long, the Hollisters-and the other members of the Shoreham Detective Club-find themselves deep into a mystery that not only involves the "monster," but flying saucers . . . a mysterious airplane with an even more mysterious pilot . . . and the strangest case of kidnapping you've ever heard of!

Back in hardcover format after a 50-year absence -- now with bonus special pages!The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Mexican IdolWhen Uncle Russ Hollister arrives from California and announces that he plans to search for a lost temple deep in the jungles of Yucatán, the Hollister family plunges into a new series of adventures. Uncle Russ, a commercial artist and cartoonist, has been given a map showing the temple's location and intends to use the trip as an opportunity to gather material for his cartoon strip. But others are also attempting to find the temple. On Russ's flight to Shoreham, a snake has been set loose, and in the confusion his briefcase, containing a picture of the temple, is stolen.The Hollisters decide to join Aunt Marge and their cousins, Teddy and Jean, in Mexico and soon after their arrival they, too, become involved in the deepening mystery. Among them, the Hollisters manage to locate the temple of the laughing idol and in the process to break up a gang of thieves who have been looting Mexican temples and monuments.An exciting mystery set against an interesting and colorful Mexican background, this is a story that will be welcomed by all the many Hollister fans.

The Happy Hollisters are excited about the upcoming autumn season, with plans for pumpkin decorating, bobbing for apples, and the Shoreham Halloween parade. They decide to host a party for their friends and Farmer Johnson offers the use of his barn for the festivities in exchange for the children's help selling pumpkins at his farm stand.The mysteries begin almost right away, when the horn on Farmer Johnson's old Model T Ford begins to blow . . . when no one is in the car! Pete and Pam spy a girl in a red jacket running away from the barn, but she escapes into the woods before they can ask who she is. On the chase, they stumble on an ancient gravestone behind the barn-upon which is written a cryptic message about a hidden treasure. Then a stranger asks for the children's help finding a weathervane in the shape of a golden witch. Could all of these mysteries be related, and will they be solved before they interfere with the children's Halloween festivities?

Not long after the Hollisters, Indy, and Emmy Roades arrive on Wicket-ee-nock Island, they discover that something is very much amiss. The Franklins, who live on the island, seem to be hiding something in their barn. The Franklins warn them not to go near the barn! A prowler is seen near the abandoned inn where the Hollisters are staying.Later, their belongings are ransacked, and they receive a fake telegram, supposedly from Mrs. Hollister, ordering them to return home. Then, one night, the ghost horse looks eerily out of the fog.When the Hollisters realize that someone is trying to scare them off the island, they are determined to find out why.A man with a beard and a foreign accent saves them from drowning but then disappears into the night. A pair of Lipizzan horses, a scrap of paper bearing a coat of arms, and a secret tunnel provide several clues, and after experiencing some harrowing moments, the Hollisters set out to find the valuable diamond-encrusted coat of arms that is the heart of the mystery of the ghost horse!In the process, they learn a great deal about the work of the Audubon Society and about the training of the world-famous Lipizzaners.The author thanks The National Audubon Society for its courteous assistance in the preparation of this story.

Back in hardcover format after a 50-year absence -- now with bonus special pages!The Happy Hollisters and the Whistle-Pig Mystery (#28 in the Happy Hollisters series)While watching TV, Pete Hollister hears about a train robbery in New England. Masked bandits have stolen almost a million dollars in cash from a mail car!At the same time, the Hollisters receive a request from their friend, Fritz, the old wood carver in Germany. Can the Hollisters go to a museum in nearby Foxboro and get him the dimensions of a wooden Indian called the "Settlers' Friend"?"Foxboro!" Pete exclaims. "That's where the train robbery happened today!" Naturally, the Hollisters' instinct for detective work is instantly aroused.Indy Roades, the Pueblo Indian who works for Mr. Hollister, and his sister, Snow Flower, volunteer to take the children to the New England town. In no time at all, the Hollisters are deeply involved in tracking down the train robbers and the robbers of the Settlers' Friend which has disappeared from the museum.Ricky is accidentally kidnapped . . . Pam falls through a hole in an old covered bridge . . . a terrible hurricane engulfs them all . . . and Sue makes friends with a family of groundhogs, or "whistle-pigs," never suspecting that these little creatures will play a big part in helping the Hollisters solve both mysteries.All kinds of escapades involve the Happy Hollisters in this new suspense thriller which takes them only a short distance from home and introduces them to a lot of fascinating Americana.

In this thrilling new adventure, the Happy Hollisters travel to the beautiful land of Italy to help their friend, Nada Boschi find her Uncle Giovanni, a famous toymaker and puppeteer, who has disappeared from his house in Rome. Nada is sure that he has been kidnapped. But why would anyone want to kidnap a kind old man who spends his time entertaining children? The Hollisters are eager to try their hand at solving the mystery and help Nada find her uncle. But all this has happened in Italy-half-way around the world from Shoreham. There seems to be nothing that they can do.Then Pam learns that she has won first prize in a contest-a trip around the world . . . and, well-almost before Pete can say "Crickets!" Mrs. Hollister and her children find themselves in the beautiful land of Italy.Here they have a wonderful time riding a gondola through the famous "streets of water" in Venice . . . climbing to the top of the leaning tower of Pisa . . . shopping in the funny little stores that have been built on a bridge in the city of Florence . . . and visiting the ancient city of Pompeii which had been buried in the ash of a volcano over 2000 years ago! The Happy Hollisters have all kinds of adventures touring these and many other famous places in Italy. And, before their trip has ended, they not only find Uncle Giovanni but help the Italian police round up a gang of dangerous thieves!Hardcover; 195 pages with 20 illustrations (includes 20 pages of bonus material)

Business had originally brought the Hollister family to Europe. Then a new and exciting mystery led Pete, Pam, Holly, Ricky, Sue, and Mrs. Hollister on a thrilling chase while Mr. Hollister returned to America.High in the Swiss Alps, a suspicious stranger in a cable car dropped a large black key which the Hollisters found. An insurance investigator named Johann Meyer was following the stranger, an international jewel thief. Mr. Meyer told the Hollisters about his dangerous case-to find a large diamond that had been stolen from Holland. When Mr. Meyer's small plane was reported missing over the mountains, the Hollisters decided to help.The trail took them to a small village high in the mountains where Holly thought she saw the stranger again. But the man escaped before they could catch him. Then Pete and Pam discovered a ruined chalet which yielded another clue-a round metal disc that they later identified as a diamond saw. But who, they wondered, was blowing the long Alpine horn which echoed off the mountain peaks and where did the medallion necklace that Pam had found fit into the case?Clue piles on clue as the irrepressible Hollisters track down each new lead, learn about Swiss life and customs, rescue Mr. Meyer, and recover a valuable diamond.Hardcover; 193 pages with 20 illustrations

It was a small note-written in German. Pete Hollister found it hidden in the door of a broken cuckoo clock. When the note was translated, the Hollister children were jubilant. The message was a riddle that made little sense to them-but it was the first clue in a brand-new mystery.Imagine their surprise when Mr. Hollister announced that the whole family-Pete, Pam, Holly, Ricky, and little Sue-were going to Germany to buy toys for their shop, The Trading Post. Now the children could find the wood carver who had made the cuckoo clock and ask him what the puzzling message meant.Just as the family prepared to board the jet for Europe, someone snatched the damaged clock from Ricky!When the children visited the famous old wood carver in the Black Forest town of Triberg, they began to untangle the riddle in the message. Then it became a race against a band of desperate thieves to find a valuable golden cuckoo clock which had been stolen from a German museum. It involved them in a wild chase and a thrilling boat ride down the Rhine.The Hollisters do their special sleuthing in a new setting and enjoy another fascinating mystery-adventure.Hardcover; 195 pages with 20 illustrations and 18 bonus pages.

An abandoned rock quarry, mysterious flying objects, and a valuable deposit of titanium lead the five Hollister children-Pete, Pam, Ricky, Holly, and Sue-into their latest thrilling adventure.When a package of instruments from a weather balloon is parachuted onto their front lawn, the Hollisters are baffled and very excited. Just what is the meaning of the orange parachute and its dangling white box? The Hollisters connect the balloon with the strange lights which have been appearing at night over their Shoreham home, and once again they start off on a trail of detection.A chance visit to a local "rock hound," a man who collects minerals, proves to be the clue to the puzzle. Then their detective work takes them to a fantastic, spooky rock quarry which turns out to be the location of a hidden laboratory for weather experiments and also the scene of an attempt to steal some valuable titanium.As always, the Hollisters have several breath-taking experiences along the way to solving their mystery. Pam accidentally falls into the cold, green waters of the quarry pool where a monster is said to live! Pete and Ricky inspect an old-fashioned open cockpit airplane and suddenly find themselves flying in the sky without a pilot-without knowing how to land!As the Castle Rock mystery thickens, the Hollisters make an unexpected visit to New York where they see their old friend Hootnanny Gandy who helps them get to the bottom of another fascinating adventure.Paperback; 170 pages with 20 illustrations.

Once Sue Hollister receives a "lucky penny" as a reward, the entire family takes up the fascinating hobby of coin collecting. Their interest in coins quickly mounts when, on a visit to their cousins, Teddy and Jean, the family car is buffeted by a small tornado. In the roots of a tree blown down by the twister, Pete finds an old metal box. In it is a rare Oak Tree shilling and on the coin-the figure of a bird and the letters, t-r-e-a-s-u-r-e!Is there a real treasure, and if so, where is it hidden? As the Hollisters eagerly try to answer these puzzling questions, a famous coin collection is stolen from the Crestwood museum. The thief has left just one small clue that is overlooked by the police, but not by Pam. With two exciting mysteries to solve, the children turn to their new friend, the forester, whose extensive knowledge of trees helps them to decipher the message and locate both the stolen coins and the hidden treasure.Join the Happy Hollisters and share in the adventure and fun they have discovering the secret of the lucky coins.Paperback; 170 pages with 20 illustrations.

One day the Hollister children saw their grandparents on television. The show was featuring dog sled races during a yearly Canadian Trappers'' Carnival. Since the elder Mr. and Mrs. Hollister run a winter resort called Snowflake Camp in Canada, the children thought it would be a wonderful idea to ask their grandparents if they could visit them over the Thanksgiving vacation when the next Carnival would be starting. No one had any idea, while waiting for the invitation to arrive, that Snowflake Camp would turn out to be the trail''s end of a mystery which started in Shoreham. A mystery involving the children''s schoolteacher, her missing brother (a fine trainer of Eskimo dogs) and some valuable Eskimo puppies that appear then disappear from an abandoned barn near the Camp. The children have much fun preparing for their trip and enjoy themselves as much as ever in their new and interesting surroundings. They learn to ski, drive a dog sled and solve a mystery in the land of deep snow and long cold winters. Here is another exciting adventure with this family of happy people whose unity and warmth is felt throughout their unusual experiences.Hardcover (8.5″ x 5.5″); 195 pages with over 70 illustrations and 8 bonus pages

The arrival of a crate of pineapples and an odd pet at the Hollister home in Shoreham is the first of many unusual events in this new and exciting adventure. The sender of the pineapples-Mrs. Villamil-is a girlhood friend of Mrs. Hollister's and now lives in Puerto Rico with her Spanish husband, their son Carlos, and daughter Maya. The Villamils invite the Hollisters to their home at Lizard Cove for the children's winter vacation. The trip turns out to be more than just a sight-seeing tour when Carlos shows the Hollister youngsters an old tower on the Villamil property where they discover a stone that proves to be one of the clues to a pirate's treasure. Along with the search for the location of the treasure, and the sinister threat of two strange men who try to stop the Hollisters, there is the fun of learning new customs and a different language. Last, but not least, suspense runs high when the girls enter the contest for the choice of Pineapple Queen of Puerto Rico. Here is an exciting Hollister story, in this popular and fast-selling series, of interesting new places and thrilling mystery.Paperback; 169 pages with 19 illustrations.

Mr. Hollister plans a trip to New Mexico to purchase SW Indian trinkets to sell at The Trading Post. When a family friend tells them of his tribe's lost turquoise mine, Mr. Hollister brings the whole family along to help locate the lost gems.

The Happy Hollisters are excited about the upcoming autumn season, with plans for pumpkin decorating, bobbing for apples, and the Shoreham Halloween parade. They decide to host a party for their friends and Farmer Johnson offers the use of his barn for the festivities in exchange for the children's help selling pumpkins at his farm stand.The mysteries begin almost right away, when the horn on Farmer Johnson's old Model T Ford begins to blow . . . when no one is in the car! Pete and Pam spy a girl in a red jacket running away from the barn, but she escapes into the woods before they can ask who she is. On the chase, they stumble on an ancient gravestone behind the barn-upon which is written a cryptic message about a hidden treasure. Then a stranger asks for the children's help finding a weathervane in the shape of a golden witch. Could all of these mysteries be related, and will they be solved before they interfere with the children's Halloween festivities?