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Article: Series Books
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- Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
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Series Books
Series books are considered to be any number of similarly plotted novels involving the same characters, settings, or genre expectations. They are marketed according to the familiarity of recurring titles or authors. Stressing repeatability of action and character type over complex development, they are generally of two types
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either the same sort of plot resolves within each title, or a much lengthier plot is carried over a large number of books. Typical of the latter is the development of a single character over several adventures and years, such as Laura Ingalls Wilder's lengthy Little House series (1932
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1971). Many critics believe that the first series ...
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Article: Series books long popular
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);
June 29, 2004 ;
700+ words
...I grew up reading series books -- not Nancy Drew, but my brothers ... the advent of the Rover Boys), series books have dominated children's reading ... middle- and upper-grade readers, series books (using the same characters) and ...
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