George Edward Stanley

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  • Bibliography:
    49 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 1985
  • Latest Book:
    May 2013
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Full Series List in Order

Adam Sharp

1 - The Spy Who Barked (Jul-2012)
2 - London Calling (Jul-2012)
3 - Swimming with Sharks (Aug-2009)
4 - Operation Spy School (Jul-2012)
5 - Moose Master (Jul-2012)
6 - Code Word Kangaroo (Aug-2009)

Scaredy Cats

1 - The Day the Ants Got Really Mad (Apr-1996)
2 - Bug for Breakfast ()
3 - There's a Shark in the Swimming Pool ()
4 - Mrs. O'Dell's Third-Grade Class in Shrinking ()
5 - Who Invited Aliens to My Slumber Party? ()
6 - New Kid in School Is a Vampire Bat ()
7 - A Werewolf Followed Me Home ()
8 - Vampire Kittens of Count Dracula ()
9 - Don't Look a Ghost Horse in the Mouth ()

Third-Grade Detectives

1 - The Clue of The Left Handed Envelope (Oct-2000)
2 - The Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief (Oct-2000)
3 - The Mystery of the Hairy Tomatoes (May-2001)
4 - The Cobweb Confession (Jul-2001)
5 - The Riddle of the Stolen Sand (Feb-2003)
6 - The Secret of the Green Skin (Jun-2003)
7 - The Case of the Dirty Clue (Nov-2003)
8 - The Secret of the Wooden Witness (Mar-2004)
9 - The Case of the Sweaty Bank Robber (Jul-2004)
10 - The Mystery of the Stolen Statue (Nov-2004)

Multi-Author Series List

Childhood of Famous Americans / History's All-Stars

Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist Hero (Jul-2008)
Coretta Scott King: First Lady of Civil Rights (Dec-2008)
Teddy Kennedy: Lion of the Senate (Aug-2010)

Book List in Order: 49 titles

  • Crime Lab

  • Ukrainian Egg Mystery

    DETOUR TO A MYSTERY It was the most exciting night of their lives. As the ice hockey team from Miss Westminster's Fine School for Girls boarded the plane, they were reminded by Miss Westminster herself that the honor and glory of their school was on...

  • The Italian Spaghetti Mystery

    Miss Westminster and her singing and dancing pupils accept a summer engagement to entertain at Franco's Famous Italian Spaghetti Inn and Overnight Campground and become entangled in an incredible adventure involving, among others, the infamous Pasta ...

  • The Codebreaker Kids

    Armed with his new copy of The Complete and Total Book of All the Secret Codes That Have Ever Been Devised and That Ever Will Be Devised, Dinky Lakewood and his friends are in business! The kids figure there will be plenty of customers for their Secr...

  • Mexican Tamale Mystery

  • Codebreaker Kids Return

    As Dinky Lakewood and his wacky friends decode football cheers for the annual grudge match between two powerhouse football teams, this interactive text offers readers a chance to become involved in the cryptology...

  • Hershell Cobwell and the Miraculous Tattoo

  • Rats in the Attic and Other Stories to Make Your Skin Crawl

    A chilling collection of scary stories offers such wicked delights as rats in the attic, hide-and-seek in the funeral parlor, vampires in old tunnels, and walks at midnight with hooded strangers. Original....

  • Happy Deathday to You...and Other Stories to Give You Nightmares

    A collection of chilling stories pits teens Mandy, Billy, Francine, and Dorothy against their own personal demons, including the undead, fellow classmates, a dead older sister, and a twisted little brother. Original....



  • Bugs for Breakfast

    Disgusted by the boring camping trip that her parents have planned and her little brother's bug-eating habit, Sara is dismayed when the vacation includes a visit to a very strange theme park filled with cave people and saber-tooth tigers. Original....

  • The Day the Ants Got Really Mad

    Scaredy Cats - 1

    ANTS IN HIS PANTS Michael is excited about his big new house in the country. Now he won't have to share a room with his baby brother, Norton, anymore. The only problem is, the house was built on top of the biggest anthill in the world. The ants a...

  • There's a Shark in the Swimming Pool!

    Sharyn's and Charlotte's parents enroll them in swimming lessons so they will not be afraid of the ocean, but the girls begin to fear that there is a shark in the pool and start creating all sorts of shark repellents. Original....

  • Mrs. O'Dell's Third-Grade Class is Shrinking

  • Ghost Horse

    Emily Clark has just moved. She doesn’t like her new house, and shedoesn’t like her new town. But one night she wakes up to find a horse in herbackyard -- a ghost horse! Where did he come from? And why is he hauntingEmily’s backyard? Only by so...

  • Snake Camp

    Stevie Marsh is off for the summer to learn about computers at Camp Viper. He’s not happy about being in the woods with all the bugs and poison ivy and -- yuck! -- snakes. But how bad can computer camp be? Then Stevie finds out Camp Viper isn’t a...

  • The Clue of The Left Handed Envelope

    Third-Grade Detectives - 1
    Ready-for-Chapters

    WHO SENT AMBER LEE AN ANONYMOUS LETTER? Everyone loves the new teacher, Mr. Merlin. Mr. Merlin used to be a spy, and he knows all about secret codes and the strange and gross ways the police solve mysteries. Now there's a mystery in their very ow...

  • The Clue Of The Left-Handed Envelope

  • The Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief

    Third-Grade Detectives - 2
    Ready-for-Chapters

    WHO'S BEEN HANGING OUT IN TODD'S TREE HOUSE? Todd's ears are so clogged up he can't hear, but he doesn't want to miss school. His teacher, the ex-spy Mr. Merlin, is sure to have secret codes for the class to figure out and a new mystery for them to ...

  • The Mystery of the Hairy Tomatoes

    Third-Grade Detectives - 3
    Ready-for-Chapters

    Hair, Hair, Everywhere Someone's been digging up Mrs. Ruston's tomatoes. She thinks it's Noelle's dog, Rover, and unless Noelle can find the real thief, Rover's in big trouble. It's the hairiest case yet for Mr. Merlin's Third-Grade Detectiv...



  • The Cobweb Confession

    Third-Grade Detectives - 4
    Ready-for-Chapters

    CREEPY CRAWLY CRITTERS -- YUCK! Poor Todd. First he has to give up his room for an old friend of his father's who's visiting. Then his valuable baseball card collection is stolen. Now Mr. Merlin says the class is going to be studying spiders. Todd h...

  • The Riddle of the Stolen Sand

    Third-Grade Detectives - 5
    Ready-for-Chapters

    A Case That's Tougher To Crack Than An Oyster Shell. Everybody loves Mr. Roper. He gives kids free candy or ice cream when their parents shop at his grocery store. So when he's accused of selling stolen oysters, Mr. Merlin's Third-Grade Detectives do...

  • The Secret of the Green Skin

    Third-Grade Detectives - 6
    Ready-for-Chapters

    GREEN VEGETABLES AREN'T ALWAYS GOOD FOR YOU The new restaurant in town is a hit, but when several diners get sick, the Health Department threatens to shut the place down. And if the restaurant closes, Todd and Noelle's new friend, JoAnn, may have to ...

  • The Case of the Dirty Clue

    Third-Grade Detectives - 7
    Ready-for-Chapters

    IT'S A DIRTY SHAME! Misty's younger brother left her brand-new bike in the middle of the street, and a speeding car ran over it. Not only is the bike totally mangled, it's covered with ugly red dirt. Misty wants to find the driver, but she doesn't ha...

  • The Secret of the Wooden Witness

    Third-Grade Detectives - 8
    Ready-for-Chapters

    ATTACKED! Someone knocked out Todd and Noelle's friend Pops Verner, the night watchman at the department store, and stole his treasured pocket watch. He's pretty sure the robber is one of three men who work in the storeroom. But how can he figure ou...

  • The Case of the Sweaty Bank Robber

    Third-Grade Detectives - 9
    Ready-for-Chapters

    IT'S DO OR DIE FOR THE THIRD-GRADE DETECTIVES! Todd and Noelle are volunteering at a blood drive when they get shocking news: Both banks in town have been robbed! This may be the Third-Grade Detectives' most important case yet. The new police...

  • The Mystery of the Stolen Statue

    Third-Grade Detectives - 10
    Ready-for-Chapters

    Mr. Merlin’s Third Graders are known as the Third Grade Detectives -- with some hints from secret code clues and help from Mr. Merlin’s friend, the police scientist Dr. Smiley, they help solve cases. Perfect for fans of the Hardy Boys! The Third-...

  • Wild Horses

    Long ago, all horse were wild. In time, people taught them to wear a saddle and a bit. But some horses were not tamed. And today, all over the world, wild horses still run free....

  • Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist Hero

    Childhood of Famous Americans / History's All-Stars

    Discover the childhood of prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass in this inspiring installment in the illustrated middle grade series Childhood of Famous Americans.Frederick Douglass was born into slavery. He was separated from his family when he ...

  • Coretta Scott King: First Lady of Civil Rights

    Childhood of Famous Americans / History's All-Stars

    Coretta Scott King is well known for being the wifeÊof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and for her own civil rights and world peace activism. She also received many awards and honorary degrees. But before she did all of those impressive things, Coretta ...



  • Night Fires

    An unflinching look at a painful chapter in America’s pastIt’s 1922, and Woodrow Harper has moved with his widowed mother to his father’s hometown of Lawton, Oklahoma. Perhaps here he will find the closeness to his father that eluded him when h...

  • Code Word Kangaroo

    Adam Sharp - 6

    Gadgets, girls, and bad guys -- Adam Sharp has everything the big boys have and more!Fifty-seven channels, and there’s nothing on -- literally! When the world’s television satellites are blocked by just one station, the Happy Channel, superspy Ad...

  • Swimming with Sharks

    Adam Sharp - 3

    Something is sinking the world’s ships! Eight-year-old super spy Adam Sharp dives right in to figure out what’s going on. But he never expected to see huge robot sharks biting holes in the bottom of the ships. And he certainly never expected to s...

  • Teddy Kennedy: Lion of the Senate

    Childhood of Famous Americans / History's All-Stars

    This informative and engaging addition to the Childhood of Famous Americans series provides a fascinating look at the boyhood and background of Teddy Kennedy, who, in addition to being the youngest brother of former President John F. Kennedy and the ...

  • The Battle of the Bakers

    Katie Lynn and her best friend, Tina, are all set to win the town's baking contest. That is, until Jonathan Wilbarger enters and the sugar-coated bake-off turns into a sizzling battle. Can the Katie Lynn Cookie Company stand the heat and out-cook the...

  • London Calling

    Adam Sharp - 2

    Big Ben has been stolen Only IM--8's top agent Adam Sharp can crack this case. But when Adam gets to London he finds cowgirls square-dancing in Buckingham Palace and cowboys having a hoedown at the Houses of Parliament. Has England gone hog-wild? ...

  • The Spy Who Barked

    Adam Sharp - 1

    Eight-year-old spy Adam Sharp pursues the very short Ambassador of Barkastan, who has stolen a top secret computer program, DOGBARK, that will let him understand the language of dogs. ...

  • Moose Master

    Adam Sharp - 5

    Timber! It's off with the tuxedo and on with a red jacket when Adam Sharp goes undercover as a Mountie in Canada's north woods. Ecanem, a mysterious logging company, is hogging Canada's lumber business, so the Mounties call on superspy Adam Sharp to ...

  • Operation Spy School

    Adam Sharp - 4

    It’s reading, writing, and reconnaissance for Adam Sharp and the other IM-8 agents when they go back to spy school. But even the hallowed halls of learning aren’t safe from evil. Someone is leaking IM-8 secrets! Could there be a spy at spy school...

  • Frogs' Legs for Dinner?

    The Katie Lynn Cookie Company is up and running! With the help of her grandmother and her best friend, Tina, Katie Lynn thinks she has everything under total control. But suddenly, the kitchen is feeling a bit overheated, thanks mostly to her mother'...



  • Secret Ingredient

    At first Katie Lynn is excited when people start buying the walnut chocolate chunk oatmeal cookies she is baking with her grandmother's secret recipe, but then things get terribly complicated. ...

  • Wedding Cookies

    Katie Lynn is thrilled to be a flower girl in Grandma’s wedding. But what she doesn’t count on is a houseful of hungry relatives and a forgetful florist who leaves the bride without a bouquet! Can Katie Lynn whip up some solutions to save Grandma...

  • Bug for Breakfast

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    Scaredy Cats - 2

  • Don't Look a Ghost Horse in the Mouth

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    Scaredy Cats - 9

  • Mrs. O'Dell's Third-Grade Class in Shrinking

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    Scaredy Cats - 4

  • New Kid in School Is a Vampire Bat

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    Scaredy Cats - 6

  • There's a Shark in the Swimming Pool

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    Scaredy Cats - 3

  • Vampire Kittens of Count Dracula

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    Scaredy Cats - 8

    The pet store sells Jonathan his new kitten by mistake--the entire litter had been supposed to be sold to a mysterious new resident in town, Count Dracula, in this hair-raising vampire story. Original....

  • A Werewolf Followed Me Home

    • / Thriller
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    Scaredy Cats - 7

  • Who Invited Aliens to My Slumber Party?

    • / Thriller
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    Scaredy Cats - 5

    When two uninvited guests show up at Jody's slumber party, Jody wonders who they are and where they came from, and, while searching for the answers, she begins to think that her new guests may actually be from outer space! Original....



Award-Winning Books by George Edward Stanley

Night Fires
2010 Oklahoma Book Award -- Young Adult


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

George Edward Stanley has published 49 books.

George Edward Stanley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Wedding Cookies, was published in May 2013.

The first book by George Edward Stanley, Crime Lab, was published in May 1985.

Yes. George Edward Stanley has 3 series.
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