Candice Ransom

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  • Bibliography:
    96 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1983
  • Latest Book:
    April 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Amanda Panda

1 - Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten (Jun-2017)
2 - Amanda Panda and the Bigger, Better Birthday (Jun-2018)

Iva Honeysuckle

1 - Iva Honeysuckle Discovers the World (Apr-2012)
2 - Iva Honeysuckle Meets Her Match (Jun-2013)

Kobie Roberts

1 - Almost Ten and a Half (Jun-1990)
2 - Going on Twelve (Aug-1988)
3 - Thirteen (Dec-1986)
4 - Fourteen and Holding (Jun-1987)
5 - Fifteen at Last (Nov-1987)

My Sister

My Sister the Meanie (Nov-1989)
My Sister the Traitor (Dec-1989)
My Sister the Creep (Apr-1990)

Tales From Third Grade

1 - Who Needs Third Grade? (1993)
2 - Third Grade Stars (Sep-1993)
3 - Why Are Boys So Weird? (Oct-1993)
4 - Third Grade Detectives (Apr-1994)

Time Spies

1 - Secret in the Tower (Sep-2006)
2 - Bones in the Badlands (Oct-2006)
3 - Giant in the Garden (Feb-2007)
4 - Magician in the Trunk (Feb-2007)
5 - Signals in the Sky (May-2007)
6 - Rider in the Night (Sep-2007)
7 - Horses in the Wind (Nov-2007)
8 - Gold in the Hills (Apr-2008)
9 - Message in the Mountain (May-2008)
10 - Flames in the City (Oct-2008)

Tree Top Tales

Today Fifth Grade, Tomorrow the World (Sep-1989)
Funniest Sixth Grade Video Ever (Jan-1991)

Multi-Author Series List

Chrystal Falls

2 - Breaking the Rules (Oct-1985)

Dragonlance

Key to the Griffon's Lair (Oct-2005)

History Speaks

George Washington and the Story of the U.s. Constitution (Jan-2011)

History's Kid Heroes

The Life-saving Adventure of Sam Deal, Shipwreck Rescuer (Aug-2010)
The Rescue Adventure of Stenny Green, Hindenburg Crash Eyewitness (Jan-2011)
The Underground Adventure of Arly Dunbar, Cave Explorer (Sep-2011)

Knights of the Silver Dragon

9 - Key to the Griffon's Lair (Oct-2005)

Book List in Order: 96 titles

  • The Silvery Past

    A Windswept Mystery/Romance - 8

    When Tyler James moves from New York City to the tiny bay town of Shark’s Tooth, Maryland, she doesn’t except to like her new life. And she certainly doesn’t except adventure and danger. But from the moment she sees the ancient, deserted carous...

  • Amanda

    Sunfire - 1

    Torn from her, she fought and loved her way across a savage new land. 1846 -- From Boston Nightly Balls to Independence, Missouri and on the the Oregon Trail. With only a silk dress to protect her from the blazing frontier sun, Amanda fears she wil...

  • Susannah

    Sunfire - 2

    Everything is gone...her home, her family, her past. All that is left is a forbidden love. The South that raised her was at war, while Susannah's own battle raged in her heart... Susannah had lived her sixteen years as a proper Virginia girl - obed...

  • Kathleen

    Sunfire - 8

    Behind her was the home she could never return to. Ahead was the shining promise of America...and love. There were times she wished she'd never come to America. Pretty, spirited Kathleen O'Connor arrives in Boston on a "coffin" ship from Irelan...

  • Emily

    Sunfire - 11

    Born to enormous wealth, she longed for something that money couldn't buy. She could have anything in the world she wanted -- but the one she loved. At the turn of the century, Emily Blackburn is a wealthy New York society girl who has everything a...

  • Breaking the Rules

    Chrystal Falls - 2

  • Sabrina

    Sunfire - 17

    To be a Patriot must she betray the man she loves? In 1780, the Revolutionary War still rages violently, especially in Charleston, South Carolina, where orphaned, 16-year-old Sabrina Robbins lives and works in her uncle's shop. Sabrina, a staunch Pa...

  • Nicole

    Sunfire - 19

    Can the love in her heart give her the courage to face incredible danger? World-traveling Nicole Sanders, a wealthy 16-year-old, has always lived in luxury. In 1912, she and her mother are returning to America on the Titanic -- the first unsinkabl...

  • Thirteen

    Kobie Roberts - 3

    Just thirteen, best friends Kobie and Gretchen are having too good a summer vacation to worry about Madame Zaza's warning of dark days ahead. There are boys to watch, lipsticks to try, record albums to hear. And a lifelong friendship to keep them b...



  • Cat's Cradle

    Silhouette First Love - 225

    Fifteen year old Romney had finally traced her nightmares back to a summer she’d spent in Chesapeake Bay when she’d been only five. But somehow, she couldn’t remember exactly what had happened. She was determined to go back to Chesapeake Bay t...

  • Fourteen and Holding

    Kobie Roberts - 4

  • Kaleidoscope

    Harlequin Crosswinds - 12

    CHANGING PATTERNS When Cress's uncle died, her mother inherited his old, run-down house in the Shenandoah Valley. Cress was not too happy to learn that she would have to share the job of cleaning it and getting it ready for sale. The place was hopel...

  • Fifteen at Last

    Kobie Roberts - 5

    Nobody warned her fifteen would be like this! Kobie figures her best year is ahead of her. She's in a new school. She has the right clothes...and classes with her best friend Gretchen. Then Gretchen falls in love. Kobie is disgusted until she falls...

  • Going on Twelve

    Kobie Roberts - 2

    "Trust me," Kobie said. Kobie, as class artist, stands by her right to draw the class mural for the school contest her way. The teacher replaces Kobie with John, the nerdy new kid. Then the class blames Kobie when its mural loses! But worst of all ...

  • Millicent the Magnificent

  • Today Fifth Grade, Tomorrow the World

    Tree Top Tales

  • My Sister the Meanie

    My Sister

  • My Sister the Traitor

    My Sister

  • My Sister the Creep

    My Sister

    With Sisters Like Sharon, Who Needs Enemies? Now that Jackie's older sister, Sharon, has left for beauty school, Jackie is excited to start high school and finally be recognized as her own person. But even miles away at school, Sharon still hol...



  • Almost Ten and a Half

    Kobie Roberts - 1

    Who needs parents? Almost ten-and-a-half years old, Kobie Roberts certainly doesn't need parents anymore. If only she were on her own, she could eat whatever she wanted. Stay up late. And never have to do her homework. So when Kobie's mother is...

  • There's One in Every Family

    When her friend tells her that every parent has a favorite child, Millicent is determined to be her parents' favorite, until something happens to make her realize the importance of every family member...

  • Funniest Sixth Grade Video Ever

    Tree Top Tales

  • Sixth-Grade High

    From top of the heap to bottom of the barrel! Maxie Granville knows her sixth-grade year will be terrific. At last, her class will be the oldest in the school. Then, in a twist of events Maxie puts under the heading "Expect the worst, especiall...

  • Ladies and Jellybeans

  • Shooting Star Summer

  • Who Needs Third Grade?

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Tales From Third Grade - 1

    No one drops out of third grade! Amber Cantrell can't wait to start third grade! She's sure she'll be the most popular girl in the class. And everyone will want to join the stuffed-animal club she's started with her best friend, Mindy. Then Amb...

  • So Young To Die

    COURAGEOUS RESCUER Hannah Senesh was born in 1921 in Hungary. She grew up while Hitler's influence was spreading across Europe. Twenty-three years later, she was executed by the Nazis for her role in a top-secret Allied mission. But in her brief life...

  • The Big Green Pocketbook

    On her day in town with her mother, a little girl starts off with an empty big green pocketbook--just like her mother's--and along the way collects pieces of her day to put inside, inventing stories for each treasure. Color illustrations. Trophy edit...

  • Third Grade Stars

    Tales From Third Grade - 2

    Amber Cantrell -- Star Gymnast? Amber Cantrell and her friend Delight Wakefield are the most popular girls in third grade. But when they begin gymnastics, Delight turns out to be a star on the balance beam, while Amber can't even turn a handspring. ...



  • We're Growing Together

  • Why Are Boys So Weird?

    Tales From Third Grade - 3

    Third-grader Amber Cantrell discovers that boys and girls don't always think alike, when a classmate asks both Amber and her friend Delight to marry him and when her father starts dating a younger woman....

  • The Spitball Class

  • Third Grade Detectives

    Tales From Third Grade - 4

    Amber is looking forward to a fun-filled summer vacation, but when her beloved stuffed raccoon disappears and her two best friends start acting funny, she discovers that things don't always turn out the way you want....

  • Between Two Worlds

    Following her Paiute grandfather's wish that she travel beyond their village, Sarah Winnemucca goes to live among and learn the ways of the white people while remembering her heritage, until violence erupts that forces her into the role of peacemaker...

  • More Than a Name

    When Cammie's mother remarries, Cammie finds herself the sole Bradley in a family of Bixbys, & very much an outsider. So what do you do when you're feeling lost & overlooked? To Cammie, one thing is very clear -- she has to become a real member of th...

  • When the Whippoorwill Calls

    "Young Polly describes how her family is removed from their land in the Blue Ridge Mountains when the government buys it to create Shenandoah National Park. They are given a modern house and land in exchange, but they miss the hills they have calledh...

  • One Christmas Dawn

  • Teacher's Pest

  • Christmas Dolls



  • Promise Quilt

    Addie's father promised that she would learn to read and write her name. But when he doesn't return from the Civil War, it seems as if Addie's dreams might be lost with him. The war has been hard on the whole country, but it has devastated the Sou...

  • Danger at Sand Cave

    When Arly's friend Floyd Collins is trapped by falling rocks in Sand Cave, Arly rushes to help. Arly runs errands for the workers, but he feels that he should be doing more. It is a race against time, so Arly decides to try to make his way through...

  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears

    Children's Storybook Features:• 32 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches• Ages 4-8, PreK-Grade 3 Level Readers, Lexile 470L• Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant illustrations• A classic tale that helps children learn important life lessons• Includ...

  • Little Red Riding Hood

    LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8" x 8" story book tells the tale of Little Red Riding Hood who is uneasy when her grandmother looks suspiciously like a sly wolf. Children will eagerly continue rea...

  • Rescue on the Outer Banks

    On October 11, 1896, 10-year-old Sam Deal and his horse, Ginger, watch as the brave surfmen of Pea Island struggle to save the lives of nine people stranded on a shipwreck. Sam has dreamt of becoming a surfman just like the all-African-American cr...

  • Liberty Street

    Kezia's secret Sundays have the power to set her free.

    I was born on wash day.
    "Did you have to work that day?" I once asked Mama.
    "Our people work every day, Kezia," she said.

    They must work all week except on Sunday afternoons,...

  • Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender

    Eleven-year-old Willie McLean knows that General Lee will defeat the Yankees and win the Civil War, he just knows it. When a battle moves to the fields near his home in Appomattox, Virginia, Willie’s thrilled―especially when General Lee, himse...

  • Key to the Griffon's Lair

    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy
    Dragonlance
    Knights of the Silver Dragon - 9

    At midnight, an army of ghosts will attack Curston. The city has only one hope: the Knights of the Silver Dragon â€" knights both
    living and dead. Can Moyra, Kellach, and Driskoll locate the hidden crypt, where knights sleep for eternity, before ...

  • I Like Shoes

    Rookie Readers

  • Sam Collier and the Founding of Jamestown



  • Secret in the Tower

    Time Spies - 1

    First in an exciting all-new series for children, complete with time travel, adventure, and American history!

    In this brand-new series by acclaimed author Candice Ransom, three children meet unsung heroes who shaped America’s history. Follow...

  • Bones in the Badlands

    Time Spies - 2

    When Alex, Mattie, and Sophie touch the spyglass, they find themselves hurtled back to 1898, where real-life dinosaur cowboy Walter Granger has a job for them. Granger has discovered a secret cache of dinosaur skeletons. But someone’s trying to ste...

  • Giant in the Garden

    Time Spies - 3

  • Magician in the Trunk

    Time Spies - 4

    At the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, Mattie, Sophie, and Alex stumble onto a magical mystery. Young Harry Houdini's magic show is failing, and the kids decide to lend a hand. But before they can sell one ticket, they're accused of stealing a priceles...

  • Tractor Day

    Tractor naps.
    Time to plow.
    Cover off.
    Wake up now!

    Climb aboard the big red tractor. It's time to get the farm ready for spring. Raking, plowing, and planting the fields is hard work. But working together makes everything more fun...

  • Signals in the Sky

    Time Spies - 5

    Follow the Time Spies back to the Civil War as they cross battle lines to bring afamily back together.

    With acclaimed author Candice Ransom's entertaining, easy-to-read style, readers won't realize how much they are learning about America's hi...

  • Rider in the Night

    Time Spies - 6

    In this fifth Time Spies tale, the Chapman kids find themselves in the classic American ghost story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. They uncover the real identity of the ghostly Headless Horseman, and when the Horseman rides, they scare him with a tric...

  • Seeing Sky-Blue Pink

    Plenty of things make eight-year-old Maddie nervous: her too-small feet, climbing high places, not always knowing what to say, and especially her new home in the Virginia countryside with Sam, her mom's new husband. To her surprise, Sam turns out to ...

  • Horses in the Wind

    Time Spies - 7

    From acclaimed author Candice Ransom, comes another Time Spies adventure so fun to read that kids won't realize how much they're learining about history (until it's too late!)

    The Chapman kids get caught up in the Race of the Century, between ...

  • Gold in the Hills

    Time Spies - 8

    The Time Spies catch Gold Fever!

    In this eighth Time Spies title, the Chapman kids pop back to 1897, to the area that will one day be known as Alaska. There, they meet a boy who is prospecting with his father during the Klondike Gold Rush. Whe...

  • Message in the Mountain

    Time Spies - 9

    The Time Spies summit Mount Rushmore!

    The Chapman kids travel back to 1934 where they meet Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of America's greatest engineering and artistic marvel, Mount Rushmore. When the Time Spies arrive, Borglum's in trouble. His ma...

  • Flames in the City

    Time Spies - 10

    The Time Spies help save an American icon!

    The Time Spies pop back to Washington D.C. in the midst of our second battle with the British, the War of 1812. Our nation's capitol is under siege and its citizens--including President James Madison-...

  • The Night of the Hurricane's Fury

    It’s the summer of 1900, and 10-year-old Robert Pettibone is bored. His parents have sent him to stay with his Aunt Maudie in Galveston, Texas. She doesn’t let him do anything by himself. When a storm comes up, he rushes to the beach to take a...

  • Pony Island

    Centuries ago, a Spanish shipwreck left dozens of horses stranded on Assateague Island, off the coast of Virginia. For years they were free to roam on their new island home without human contact, until the neighboring island, Chincoteague, suffere...

  • Old Blue Pickup Truck

    For a little girl, there's nothing better than running errands with Daddy in a trusty old blue pickup truck. When they go to the bakery, Old Blue is a restaurant. When they go to the hardware store, Old Blue is a toolshed. And when they go out to ...

  • Finding Day's Bottom

  • The Life-saving Adventure of Sam Deal, Shipwreck Rescuer

    History's Kid Heroes

    When a ship begins to sink . . . a boy and his pony rise to the occasion. Pea Island, North Carolina, 1896. Sam Deal loves horses, especially his little pony, Ginger. The men at the lifesaving station on the beach make fun of Ginger, but Sam know...

  • The Twelve Days of Christmas in Washington, D.C.

    Christmas in the nation's capital is marvelous-and Olivia's getting to see it all, from the gorgeous trees sparkling near the White House to the fabulous Sculpture Garden where she and cousin James ice skate on the frozen fountain surrounded by statu...

  • George Washington and the Story of the U.s. Constitution

    History Speaks

    Late in the spring of 1787, fifty-five men gathered at the Pennsylvania State House. They came to write a new constitution for the United States. The leader of this Constitutional Convention was George Washington. The other men were delegates. The me...

  • The Rescue Adventure of Stenny Green, Hindenburg Crash Eyewitness

    History's Kid Heroes

    On an airfield in New Jersey . . . a boy witnesses disaster.Lakehurst, New Jersey, 1937. Stenny Green loves to build model airships. He’s excited to learn the Hindenburg will land in his town. He sneaks off to the airfield to catch a glimpse of ...

  • The Underground Adventure of Arly Dunbar, Cave Explorer

    History's Kid Heroes

    Cave City, Kentucky, 1925. Young Arly Dunbar loves exploring caves with his grown-up friend Floyd Collins. When Floyd, exploring by himself, becomes trapped in Sand Cave, the entire town comes to the rescue. Can Arly find a way to help his friend?...

  • Fire in the Sky

    The Hindenberg was on its way! That was all nine-year old Stenny could think about as he pedaled his bike furiously toward the Naval Air Station on a rainy spring evening in 1937. Stenny knew everything there was to know about the Hindenberg, and whe...

  • Iva Honeysuckle Discovers the World

    Iva Honeysuckle - 1

    Eight-year-old Iva Honeycutt is sure that she's destined for greatness. And this summer Iva has big plans to make her first great discovery: finding General Braddock's treasure, which was buried somewhere in her small town of Uncertain, Virginia duri...

  • Rebel McKenzie

    Rebel McKenzie wants to spend her summer attending the Ice Age Kids' Dig and Safari, a camp where kids discover prehistoric bones, right alongside real paleontologists. But digs cost money, and Rebel is broker than four o'clock. When she finds out...

  • Iva Honeysuckle Meets Her Match

    Iva Honeysuckle - 2

    Uncertain, Virginia is no place for an explorer like Iva Honeysuckle to spend the summer. When Iva finds out her family is going on vacation, she's thrilled. She knows she will make her next great discovery at Stingray Point. The very name promises a...

  • Pumpkin Day!

    Step Into Reading: Level 1

    In this Step 1 Step into Reading early reader, a boy and his family visit a pumpkin patch to pick out perfect autumn gourds -- just in time for Halloween! Buoyant rhymes and joyful art evoke the excitement of the season. Step 1 Readers feature ...

  • The Day of the Black Blizzard

    Ten-year-old Orry Jenkins is sick and tired of the dust. The year is 1935 and Kansas hasn’t gotten enough rain in years. Instead of rainstorms, they get dust storms. One day, Orry and his little stepsister go outside to play. They’re far from hom...

  • Apple Picking Day!

    Step Into Reading: Level 1

    Who doesn’t love to go apple picking at the first sign of fall? A sister and brother celebrate autumn with a trip to a local apple orchard in this simple, rhyming Step 1 early reader. The kids bound with glee through the rows of trees, and race...

  • Tooth Fairy's Night

    Step Into Reading: Level 1

    Spend a night on the job with the Tooth Fairy in this rhyming Step 1 reader! In this Step 1 early reader, a twinkly, sneaker-wearing Tooth Fairy zips around a dreamy neighborhood in a typical night at work. Readers will delight in exploring the d...

  • Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten

    Amanda Panda - 1

    Kindergarten has never been funnier with the launch of this new, strong-willed character, in the style of Ladybug Girl, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, and Bread and Jam for Frances. Amanda Panda has BIG ideas for her first day of school. But whe...

  • Amanda Panda and the Bigger, Better Birthday

    Amanda Panda - 2

    In the hilarious follow-up to Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten, strong, sassy, and funny Amanda Panda is having a birthday crisis! Amanda Panda's birthday is tomorrow. She'll be the first kid in her class to turn six! But when she gets to the bus s...

  • Snow Day!

    Step Into Reading: Level 1

    A Step 1 reader to welcome winter, featuring the family from Pumpkin Day! and Apple Picking Day! The brother and sister from PUMPKIN DAY! and APPLE PICKING DAY! have woken up to a winter wonderland--it's a snow day! Read along as they engage in fa...

  • Garden Day!

    Step Into Reading: Level 1

    A welcome-to-spring Step 1 reader featuring the family from Pumpkin Day!, Apple Picking Day!, and Snow Day! It's springtime, and the perfect day to plant a garden! The brother and sister from Pumpkin Day!, Apple Picking Day!, and Snow Day! ret...

  • Let's Explore the Five Senses

    How do we use our five senses? Young readers will explore hearing, smell, sight, touch, and taste in this title featuring carefully leveled text and a tight text-to-photo match....

  • Let's Explore the Sense of Smell

    Engaging and accessible text and inviting photos introduce the sense of smell to young readers....

  • Let's Explore the Sense of Touch

    Text carefully leveled for emergent readers and bright photographs pair up for an inviting introduction to the sense of touch....

  • Beach Day!

    Summer sun and fun in this Step 1 reader featuring the family from Pumpkin Day!, Apple Picking Day!, Garden Day, and Snow Day!

    Family time means it's time to pack up the car and head to the beach! The brother and sister from Pumpkin Day! and i...

  • Go, Go, Tractors!

    A rollicking, rhyming early reader about all kinds of tractors!The team that brought you Go, Go, Cars! and Go, Go, Trucks! returns with the same vehicle-loving brother and sister duo discovering all kinds of tractors as they travel along country roa...

  • Grandparents Day!

    Step Into Reading: Level 1

    Celebrate grandparents with this Step 1 reader featuring the kids from Pumpkin Day!, Apple Picking Day!, Garden Day!, and Snow Day! and their family.What could be more fun than spending a whole day with Grandma and Grandpa? Brother and sister get to ...

  • Race for First Place

    Ready-to-Read: Level 1

    This energetic rhyming story is the first in a new Level 1 Ready-to-Read series starring a family of fun-loving monsters and their beloved red truck!Monsters high five. Monsters grin. Monsters hope their truck might win!A family of monsters enter a r...

  • School Day!

    Step Into Reading: Level 1

    It's time for school in this Step 1 reader featuring the family from Pumpkin Day!, Apple Picking Day!, Garden Day, Snow Day, and Beach Day!The start of the new school year means new friends and new experiences! It's big sister's first day of 3rd grad...

  • Monsters in a Mess

    In this rhyming second book in the Level 1 Ready-to-Read Red Truck Monsters series, the fun-loving family of monsters gets a new pet!A family of monsters go for a drive in their red truck and buy a new pet goldfish. But then they get home and realize...

  • Graduation Day!

    Step Into Reading: Level 1

    It's time to graduate Kindergarten in this Step 1 Reader featuring the family from Pumpkin Day!, Apple Picking Day!, and all the DAY books.The school year is nearly over, and little bro is ready to graduate kindergarten! He and big sis head off for t...

  • Field Day!

    Get ready for some outdoor fun in this Step 1 book that's perfect for readers ages 4-6! Join the Day kids as they gear up for field day at school.What's more fun than field day? The Day kids are so excited! They gobble their breakfast and race to the...

  • Juneberry Blue

    Part gentle mystery, part ghostly fairy tale, this contemporary novel celebrates small towns, cozy storytelling, and one very determined ghost cat.Eleven-year-old Andie Jennings, of Morning Glory, Virginia (population: 8), is set to inherit her famil...

  • Halloween Night!

    BOO! Get ready for some Halloween excitement with the Day family! Join Brother and Sister on their trick-or-treating adventure in this Step 1 reader, perfect for children who know their alphabet and are eager to learn how to read!Brother and Sister c...

  • Sleepover Night!

    It's sleepover time! Join Brother and Sister as they spend a night away from home in this Step 1 reader, perfect for children who know their alphabet and are eager to learn how to read! The Day kids series is full of family fun!Brother and Sister are...

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Candice Ransom has published 96 books.

The next book by Candice Ransom, Sleepover Night!, will be published in April 2025.

The first book by Candice Ransom, The Silvery Past, was published in January 1983.

Yes. Candice Ransom has 7 series.
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