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The Three Investigators books are back in print!
Wordpress ^ | January 20, 2025 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

Posted on 01/20/2025 2:41:51 PM PST by grundle

The Three Investigators is a series of children’s mystery novels that many members of Generation X, including myself, grew up with.

They’ve been out of print in the U.S. for decades.

But now, all 10 of the books that were written by series creator Robert Arthur are back in print, in paperback.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: books; childrensbooks; classicliterature; generationx; homeschooling; mysterybooks; parenting

1 posted on 01/20/2025 2:41:51 PM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

With Alfred Hitchcock removed, I’m sure. Loved these books.


2 posted on 01/20/2025 2:42:50 PM PST by Rastus
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To: grundle

Oh, memories! That series almost inspired me to become an author myself, that is, if I had any talent as a writer at all ;-)


3 posted on 01/20/2025 2:51:02 PM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: grundle

It's been a looooong time, but there were a lot more than 10 books though ... weren't there?


4 posted on 01/20/2025 2:53:48 PM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: grundle

I remember them well. They were more cerebral than the Hardy Boys. I just hope they haven’t been edited to be woke.


5 posted on 01/20/2025 2:59:11 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: grundle

How fun. I loved those books


6 posted on 01/20/2025 3:07:15 PM PST by Betty Jane (C)
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To: grundle

Great stuff! Always identified with that fatty Jupiter Jones for some reason. Great series alongside The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and their British counterparts like the Famous Five and Secret Seven.


7 posted on 01/20/2025 3:22:58 PM PST by libertarian66
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To: grundle

The Bobbsey Twins by Laura Lee hope (over 30 books)

The Famous Five series

and the Secret Seven series by Enid Bryant???


8 posted on 01/20/2025 4:19:37 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Dr. Franklin

They woked up the Bobbsey Twins


9 posted on 01/20/2025 4:20:24 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: grundle
I still own a number of original "The Three Investigators" books that I've had since I was a kid back in the 1960s. I'm now reading them out loud to my grandson. He absolutely loves them.

Great memories, both then when I was a kid and now again with my grandson.

10 posted on 01/20/2025 4:31:36 PM PST by Towed_Jumper (Please remain seated until your civilization comes to a complete stop.)
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To: grundle

Jupiter Jones


11 posted on 01/20/2025 5:02:16 PM PST by nhbob1
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To: grundle

Hardy Boys & Tom Swift when I was young.


12 posted on 01/20/2025 7:39:33 PM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Rastus
They did that back in the 80s. Hitchcock died and there was some sort of problem with the estate.

I have the originals in hardcover, first editions but mostly not first printings.

Third cub read them and asked if we could move to California. I had to explain to him that it was not that way there now.

13 posted on 01/20/2025 7:46:32 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Bobbsey Twins
Five Little Peppers
Nancy Drew
Cherry Ames - nurse


14 posted on 01/20/2025 8:44:44 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Shirley Flight Air Hostess series


15 posted on 01/21/2025 2:14:13 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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