BOOKS BY LEO EDWARDS
Illustrated. Every volume complete in itself.
Hundreds of thousands of boys and girls have laughed until their sides ached over the weird and wonderful adventures of Jerry Todd and Poppy Ott and their friends. Mr. Edwards’ boy characters are real. They do the things other boys like. Pirates! Mystery! Detectives! Adventure! Ghosts! Buried Treasure! Achievement! Stories of boys making things, doing things, going places—always on the jump and always having fun. His stories are for boys and girls of all ages.
THE JERRY TODD BOOKS
- JERRY TODD AND THE WHISPERING MUMMY
- JERRY TODD AND THE ROSE-COLORED CAT
- JERRY TODD AND THE OAK ISLAND TREASURE
- JERRY TODD AND THE WALTZING HEN
- JERRY TODD AND THE TALKING FROG
- JERRY TODD AND THE PURRING EGG
- JERRY TODD IN THE WHISPERING CAVE
- JERRY TODD: PIRATE
- JERRY TODD AND THE BOB-TAILED ELEPHANT
- JERRY TODD: EDITOR-IN-GRIEF
- JERRY TODD: CAVEMAN
- JERRY TODD AND THE FLYING FLAPDOODLE
- JERRY TODD AND THE BUFFALO BILL BATHTUB
- JERRY TODD: UP THE LADDER CLUB
- JERRY TODD’S POODLE PARLOR
THE POPPY OTT BOOKS
- POPPY OTT AND THE STUTTERING PARROT
- POPPY OTT’S SEVEN LEAGUE STILTS
- POPPY OTT AND THE GALLOPING SNAIL
- POPPY OTT’S PEDIGREED PICKLES
- POPPY OTT AND THE FRECKLED GOLDFISH
- POPPY OTT AND THE TITTERING TOTEM
- POPPY OTT AND THE PRANCING PANCAKE
- POPPY OTT HITS THE TRAIL
- POPPY OTT & CO.: INFERIOR DECORATORS
- POPPY OTT—THE MONKEYS PAW
GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers NEW YORK [228]
Spotlight Books for Boys
Thrilling best-seller tales of mystery and adventure.
| MYSTERY HOUSE | R. J. Burrough |
| THE LONE RANGER | Fran Striker |
| THE LONE RANGER AND THE MYSTERY RANCH | |
| THE LONE RANGER AND THE GOLD ROBBERY | |
| FLASH GORDON | Alex Raymond |
| TAILSPIN TOMMY | Mark Stevens |
| THE G-MEN SMASH THE “PROFESSOR’S” GANG | Wm. Engle |
| THE G-MEN IN JEOPARDY | Laurence Dwight Smith |
| SMILEY ADAMS | R. J. Burrough |
| HAWK OF THE WILDERNESS | William L. Chester |
| MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW TIE | L. Dwight Smith |
| JIMMY DRURY: CANDID CAMERA DETECTIVE | David O’Hara |
| JIMMY DRURY: WHAT THE DARK ROOM REVEALED | |
| THE PONY EXPRESS | Forman and Woods |
| THE IRON HORSE | Edwin C. Hill |
GROSSET & DUNLAP : Publishers : New York [229]
Books for Boys by a Master of Fiction
The Mark Tidd Stories
By CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND
MARK TIDD
An ingenious fat boy and his three friends meet danger and excitement in solving the mystery of the strange footprint in their secret cave.
MARK TIDD IN BUSINESS
Mark and his three friends take Smalley’s Bazaar and make a success of it, in spite of unfair competition from the villain of the story.
MARK TIDD, EDITOR
The resourceful fat boy runs a country newspaper. As editor, foreman of the press room, circulation manager and business manager, he makes the Wicksville Trumpet a paying proposition.
MARK TIDD, MANUFACTURER
The boys take over an old mill fallen into disrepair and soon have it showing a profit. How Mark outwits the unscrupulous representative of a big power company makes an irresistibly, funny book.
MARK TIDD IN THE BACKWOODS
Mark turns detective and foils a scheme to defraud his pal’s uncle—an exciting story of mystery and fun.
MARK TIDD’S CITADEL
The boys run into mystery in a closed-up summer hotel where they rescue a kidnapped Samurai boy from his pursuers.
MARK TIDD IN ITALY
Here is fun and action aplenty and a story that will hold Mark’s old friends and make many new ones.
GROSSET & DUNLAP : Publishers : New York [230]
TALES OF ADVENTURE IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST
By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
THE GRIZZLY KING
The story of Thor, the biggest grizzly in the Rockies, and the hunter who pursued but never shot him.
NOMADS OF THE NORTH
Neewa, the bear cub, and Miki, the pup, separated from their master, grow up in the wilderness until, in the end, they find him and bring to him the girl he loves.
SWIFT LIGHTNING
The adventures of a wolf in whose veins is a drop of dog blood. His desperate combats and killings, and his mating with a lost collie make a tale of breathless suspense.
THE WOLF HUNTERS
A tenderfoot, a young Indian and their faithful guide battle courageously with a savage band of outlaw Indians in the Canadian wilderness.
THE GOLD HUNTERS
A search for a lost gold mine leads the three heroes of “The Wolf Hunters” on a hazardous trail of mystery and amazing adventure.
BACK TO GOD’S COUNTRY
The courage and devotion of Wapi, the wolf dog, saves the life of a woman imprisoned on an ice-bound ship in the Far North.
THE GOLDEN SNARE
Philip Raine, of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, taken prisoner by the murderer he is pursuing, finds strange adventure with a half-mad wolf-man, a beautiful girl and a courageous Swede.
GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers NEW YORK [231]
WESTERN STORIES FOR BOYS
By JAMES CODY FERRIS
Each Volume Complete in Itself.
Thrilling tales of the great west, told primarily for boys but which will be read by all who love mystery, rapid action, and adventures in the great open spaces.
The cowboys of the X Bar X Ranch are real cowboys, on the job when required, but full of fun and daring—a bunch any reader will be delighted to know.
- THE X BAR X BOYS ON THE RANCH
- THE X BAR X BOYS IN THUNDER CANYON
- THE X BAR X BOYS ON WHIRLPOOL RIVER
- THE X BAR X BOYS ON BIG BISON TRAIL
- THE X BAR X BOYS AT THE ROUND-UP
- THE X BAR X BOYS AT NUGGET CAMP
- THE X BAR X BOYS AT RUSTLER’S GAP
- THE X BAR X BOYS AT GRIZZLY PASS
- THE X BAR X BOYS LOST IN THE ROCKIES
- THE X BAR X BOYS RIDING FOR LIFE
- THE X BAR X BOYS IN SMOKY VALLEY
- THE X BAR X BOYS AT COPPERHEAD GULCH
- THE X BAR X BOYS BRANDING THE WILD HERD
- THE X BAR X BOYS AT THE STRANGE RODEO
- THE X BAR X BOYS WITH THE SECRET RANGERS
- THE X BAR X BOYS HUNTING THE PRIZE MUSTANGS
GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers NEW YORK [232]
THE NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES
By CAROLYN KEENE
Illustrated. Every Volume Complete in Itself.
Here is a thrilling series of mystery stories for girls. Nancy, Drew, ingenious, alert, is the daughter of a famous criminal lawyer and she herself is deeply interested in his mystery cases. Here interest involves her often in some very dangerous and exciting situations.
- THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK
- THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE
- THE BUNGALOW MYSTERY
- THE MYSTERY AT LILAC INN
- THE SECRET AT SHADOW RANCH
- THE SECRET OF RED GATE FARM
- THE CLUE IN THE DIARY
- NANCY’S MYSTERIOUS LETTER
- THE SIGN OF THE TWISTED CANDLES
- THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE
- THE CLUE OF THE BROKEN LOCKET
- THE MESSAGE IN THE HOLLOW OAK
- THE MYSTERY OF THE IVORY CHARM
- THE WHISPERING STATUE
- THE HAUNTED BRIDGE
GROSSET & DUNLAP : Publishers : New York
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| Title: | Jerry Todd and the Talking Frog | |
| Author: | Leo Edwards (1884–1944) | Info |
| Language: | English | |
| Original publication date: | 1925 |
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