Andrew Edward Svenson, son of Andrew and Laura (Soleau) Svenson, was born May 8, 1910, in Belleville, New Jersey. He attended Newark, New Jersey, schools and graduated from Barringer …
Ghost Hunters Wanted!
Calling all ghost hunters! Ghost hunter wanted to rid a haunted house of spooks! Apply Mrs. Neely, The Antique House. In The Happy Hollisters and the Haunted House Mystery, …
Party Like It’s 1953: A Happy Hollisters Birthday Party
Wouldn’t it be swell if you could invite Pete, Pam, Ricky, Holly, and Sue Hollister to your child’s next birthday party? While the characters themselves might not be on …
Out of Print and Back Again: The Happy Hollisters Reissue Project 2020
A Swell Way to Start Every Day: Breakfast Cereals of the 1950s
The Happy Hollisters may have been accustomed to the hot-off-the-griddle flapjacks that their mother lovingly made them for breakfast, but many other American children in the 1950s started off …
The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Man in the Photograph: A modern solution to an old mystery
The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Man in the Photograph A modern solution to an old mystery “Yikes! Will it ever stop raining?” freckle-faced Ricky Hollister muttered. …
The Happy Hollisters Book Club
Should The Happy Hollisters Books Be Read in Order?
They say you can’t JUDGE a book by looking at the cover, but with The Happy Hollisters, it’s perfectly fine to CHOOSE a book by looking at the cover! …
More Books by “Jerry West”: The Bobbsey Twins!
Test your sleuthing abilities here! Do you see the “Bobbsey Twins” error in The Happy Hollisters and the Old Clipper Ship? Observant readers may have noticed an unusual error …
Coin Collecting for Kids
What makes a coin “lucky”? In The Happy Hollisters and the Secret of the Lucky Coins by Jerry West, little Sue Hollister receives an 1817 Liberty Head Penny as …