List of Wishbone books

This is a list of all books based on the Wishbone TV series. All were Children's novels published under the Big Red Chair Books moniker of Lyrick Studios.

Wishbone Classics

Wishbone Classics is the first tie-in series to the Wishbone TV series. The books are straight adaptations of the original stories that inspired episodes of the show, with commentary and trivia by Wishbone on the side.

Number	Title	Original author	Retold by	First printed	Related episode
#1	Don Quixote	Miguel de Cervantes	Michael Burgen	March 1996	11
#2	The Odyssey	Homer	Joanne Mattern	March 1996	5
#3	Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	Billy Aronson	April 1996	4
#4	Joan of Arc	Mark Twain	Patrice Selene	June 1996	10
#5	Oliver Twist	Charles Dickens	Joanne Mattern	July 1996	3
#6	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Anonymous	Joanne Mattern	July 1996	24
#7	Frankenstein	Mary Shelley	Michael Burgen	September 1996	17
#8	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Robert Louis Stevenson	Joanne Mattern and Ed Parker	September 1996	20
#9	A Journey to the Center of the Earth	Jules Verne	Billy Aronson	October 1996	18
#10	The Red Badge of Courage	Stephen Crane	Michael Burgan	December 1996	31
#11	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Mark Twain	Stephen Fuentes	December 1996	1, 2
#12	Ivanhoe	Sir Walter Scott	Joanne Mattern	January 1997	13

The Adventures of Wishbone

The Adventures of Wishbone is the second tie-in series to the Wishbone TV series. The books are based on the structure of the original TV series, switching back and forth between Wishbone's life in Oakdale and the events of the story of which he is been reminded. Several are direct adaptions of television episodes, while others tell stories not touched by the TV series.

Number	Title	Author	Inspired by	Original author	Wishbone's story role	First printed	Related episode
#1	Be a Wolf!	Brad Strickland	Beowulf	An anonymous English author	Beowulf	June 1997	N/A
Plot: When Joe's backpack is confiscated by a neighbor with a big and supposedly very mean dog, Wishbone is reminded of the story of a warrior who had to summon up the courage to face off with a real monster.
#2	Salty Dog	Brad Strickland	Treasure Island	Robert Louis Stevenson	Jim Hawkins	June 1997	28
Plot: Samantha convinces the boys to help her look for "Blackbeard's Horseshoe" inside a condemned barn, reminding Wishbone of another famous search for buried treasure.
#3	The Prince and the Pooch	Caroline Leavitt	The Prince and the Pauper	Mark Twain	Tom Canty/Edward VI of England	July 1997	26
Plot: Believing he would be just as good at coaching as he is at playing, Joe tries to coach a tee-ball team that includes Emily and Tina, reminding Wishbone of the story of two boys who suddenly found themselves living life opposite from what they are used to.
#4	Robinhound Crusoe	Caroline Leavitt	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe	Robinson Crusoe	August 1997	N/A
Plot: A blackout means Joe and Wishbone must travel across town in the dark, reminding Wishbone of the story of another young man who was pitted against the forces of nature.
#5	Hunchdog of Notre Dame	Michael Jan Friedman	The Hunchback of Notre-Dame	Victor Hugo	Quasimodo	September 1997	14
Plot: Sam befriends and assists the clumsy Nathaniel Bobelesky, and her desire to help the boy despite his differences (and the jealousy of Joe and David) reminds Wishbone of Esmeralda's helping the hunchback Quasimodo.
#6	Digging Up the Past	Vivian Sathre	Rip Van Winkle	Washington Irving	Rip Van Winkle	October 1997	9
Plot: Wishbone and the kids meet Dr. Thelma Brown, an elderly woman who lived in Joe's house as a child, and help dig up a time capsule she once buried. Meanwhile, Dr. Brown's return to a place that has changed in the many years since she was last there reminds Wishbone of the story of Rip Van Winkle.
#7	The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle	Michael Jan Friedman	The Man In the Iron Mask	Alexandre Dumas	Philippe	November 1997	N/A
Plot: Damont Jones is running for class president, and will do anything to keep Joe from running against him. This reminds Wishbone of the story of a prince who would do anything to keep his rival to the throne from claiming it.
#8	Muttketeer!	Bill Crider	The Three Musketeers	Alexandre Dumas	Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan	December 1997	33
Plot: Wishbone tries to join the kids at school, and is reminded of d'Artagnan and his own desire to join a special group.
#9	A Tale of Two Sitters	Joanne Barkan	A Tale of Two Cities	Charles Dickens	Charles Darnay	January 1998	16
Plot: Joe and David refuse to properly babysit David's little sister Emily and her friend Tina since it would interfere with their plans. Instead, the girls are left alone, where they wreak havoc on the Talbots' home. These events remind Wishbone of the "best of times" and "worst of times" in A Tale of Two Cities.
#10	Moby Dog	Alexander Steele	Moby Dick	Herman Melville	Ishmael	February 1998	N/A
Plot: When someone in a White Whales jacket runs off with Joe's basketball, Wishbone is reminded of another hunt for a white whale.
#11	The Pawloined Paper	Olga Litowinsky	The Purloined Letter	Edgar Allan Poe	C. Auguste Dupin	March 1998	22
Plot: Joe tries to get back an embarrassing word puzzle he made before anyone sees it, especially Damont, who intends to use it to humiliate him. This reminds Wishbone of a search for another letter that could ruin the recipient's reputation.
#12	Dog Overboard!	Vivian Sathre	Kidnapped	Robert Louis Stevenson	David Balfour	April 1998	N/A
Plot: When a local boy is accused of spray-painting graffiti all over town, Joe is the only one who knows he is innocent. But revealing it (since he was away from home, where he was supposed to be doing his chores) could get them both in trouble, reminding Wishbone of the story of a young man who also got in trouble in the course of his wanderings.
#13	Homer Sweet Homer	Carla Jablonski	The Odyssey	Homer	Odysseus	July 1998	5
Plot: When Wishbone is taken by Emily Barnes, he is reminded of Odysseus's story. Further inspiration comes from his and the kids' quest to save Jackson Park from developers who want to build a shopping center there, destroying a historical oak tree in the process. First appearance of Mr. King and the Suitor Development Corporation.
#14	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Dog	Nancy Butcher	Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Robert Louis Stevenson	Gabriel John Utterson	June 1998	20
Plot: Wanda falls for an Elvis impersonator named Lou Dublin, jeopardizing her relationship with Mr. Pruitt. Meanwhile, her sudden turn of behavior reminds Wishbone of another story about a man who suddenly begins acting like a different person.
#15	A Pup in King Arthur's Court	Joanne Barkan	A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court	Mark Twain	Hank Morgan	September 1998	N/A
Plot: Joe and David decide to use a computer to create a new school newspaper that will put the old one to shame. This battle of new ways over old ones reminds Wishbone of another man who tried to modernize the world when he was transported back in time.
#16	The Last of the Breed	Alexander Steele	The Last of the Mohicans	James Fenimore Cooper	Hawkeye	January 1999	N/A
Plot: Mr. King is once again trying to build on Jackson Park, reminding Wishbone of a classic story about the conflict between humankind and nature.
#17	Digging to the Center of the Earth	Michael Anthony Steele	A Journey to the Center of the Earth	Jules Verne	Professor Otto Lidenbrock	March 1999	18
Plot: While helping Wanda plant a new tree in her yard, the kids and Wishbone discover half of a very old medal, and set out to find the other half, as well as where its origin. The discovery of a mysterious artifact reminds Wishbone of his Professor Lidenbrock's adventure began.
#18	Gullifur's Travels	Brad Strickland	Gulliver's Travels	Jonathan Swift	Lemuel Gulliver	July 1999	N/A
Plot: Joe's basketball team has two more games to win to make it to the playoffs. But one team's players are shorter than average, while the other's are taller, leading to Joe learning a valuable lesson in judging people by their size while reminding Wishbone of the story of a man who was also faced with two groups of people, one small and one large.
#19	Terrier of the Lost Mines	Brad Strickland	King Solomon's Mines	H. Rider Haggard	Allan Quatermain	November 1999	N/A
Plot: When the kids and Wishbone search for an ancient treasure in Oakdale, Wishbone is reminded of Allan Quatermain and his own hunt for a lost treasure.
#20	Ivanhound	Nancy Holder	Ivanhoe	Sir Walter Scott	Ivanhoe	January 2000	13
Plot: After an allergic reaction prevents Sam from going to school on the day of a big spelling bee, David must step up to win it for their team. Meanwhile, the class's division over the spelling bee reminds Wishbone of Ivanhoe and his return to England, only to find it divided between the Saxons and Normans
#21	Huckleberry Dog	Alexander Steele	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain	Huckleberry Finn	March 2000	N/A
Plot: When confronted with protecting personal freedom and helping a friend find lost treasure, it reminds Wishbone of the tale of a young boy who tries to escape his unhappy life who befriends a runaway slave.

The Super Adventures of Wishbone

The Super Adventures of Wishbone is a spinoff of The Adventures of Wishbone, and consists of five double-length books in the style of the original series.

Number	Title	Author	Inspired by	Original author(s)	Wishbone's story role	First printed	Related episode
#1	Wishbone's Dog Days Of The West	Vivian Sathre	Heart of the West (A Call Loan, The Reformation of Calliope, Cupid a la Carte)	O. Henry	Long Bill Longley		Film
Plot: After saving a little girl from a falling beam and being treated like a hero, Wanda has to deal with a sneaky TV reporter who tries to make people view her as a tyrant, reminding Wishbone of the story of a man who also has to deal with a sudden bad reputation.
#2	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Carla Jablonski	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Washington Irving	Ichabod Crane	October 1998	41, 42
Plot: An encounter with an eerie, abandoned house reminds Wishbone of the setting of one of America's most famous ghost stories.
#3	Unleashed in Space	Alexander Steele	The Legion of Space	Jack Williamson		May 1999	N/A
Plot:
#4	Tails of Terror	Kevin Ryan	Green Tea, The Open Door, The Haunters and the Haunted or The House and the Brain , The Portrait Painter's Story, Wandering Willie's Tale, The Phantom Coach, The Judge's House, & The Open Door	Sheridan Le Fanu, Margaret Oliphant, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Amelia Edwards, Bram Stoker, Charlotte Riddell		September 1999	N/A
Plot: It is Halloween, and Wishbone is certain there is a monster afoot. Seeking it out, he is reminded of multiple classic ghost stories.
#5	Twenty Thousand Wags Under the Sea	Carla Jablonski	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea	Jules Verne	Professor Pierre Aronnax	May 2000	N/A
Plot: Wishbone imagines himself as Professor Pierre Aronnax as he discovers Captain Nemo's luxurious and incredible submarine. Along the way, he encounters many dangers and one big adventure.

The Wishbone Mysteries

The Wishbone Mysteries is the third tie-in series to the Wishbone TV series. The books are based entirely around the adventures of Wishbone and his friends in Oakdale, and no longer include Wishbone imagining himself into a story. Instead, Joe, Sam or David read a mystery story, with the events of their book inspiring them as they solve a mystery in the present day. Book 2 also features Joe discovering a box of his late father's favorite mystery stories in their attic, which supplies many of the books he reads throughout the series.

Number	Title	Author	Inspired by	Original author	Read by	First printed
#1	The Treasure of Skeleton Reef	Brad Strickland and Thomas E. Fuller	Sherlock Holmes: His Greatest Cases (The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual)	Arthur Conan Doyle	Joe Talbot	November 1997
Plot: The old Skeleton Reef Lighthouse in St. George Bay has been donated to the Oakdale Historical Society, and the Talbots and Wanda head down to visit it. Unfortunately, they soon learn they only have a limited time to restore or tear down the building, leading Joe and Wishbone into a search for an ancient treasure that could be the key to saving the lighthouse.
#2	The Haunted Clubhouse	Caroline Leavitt	Ten Little Indians	Agatha Christie	Joe Talbot	November 1997
Plot: Joe wins an old clubhouse in a raffle, but events soon conspire to make him believe the building is haunted. Meanwhile, he also discovers an old box of his father's favorite mystery books and begins reading them.
#3	Riddle Of The Wayward Books	Brad Strickland and Thomas E. Fuller	The Haunted Bookshop	Christopher Morley	Joe Talbot	December 1997
Plot: When Joe gets a summer job at Mr. Kilgore Gurney's used bookstore, he soon finds himself wrapped up in a mystery as to who is breaking into the store at night, and why.
#4	Tale of the Missing Mascot	Alexander Steele	The Hollow Man	John Dickson Carr	Samantha Kepler	January 1998
Plot: When the head is stolen from the mascot's costume for the Bulldogs, Oakdale's football team, it is up to Wishbone and his friends to solve the case.
#5	The Stolen Trophy	Michael Jan Friedman	Peril at End House	Agatha Christie	Joe Talbot	February 1998
Plot: Soon after he and his friends (and Damont) make a visit to the home of the new kid in town, Joe discovers that an old basketball trophy has disappeared from the boy's home, and must both find the trophy and determine if the supposed thief is really guilty. Meanwhile, Wishbone encounters and must stand up to a new dog in town who has been stealing things from his golden retriever friend Sparky.
#6	The Maltese Dog	Anne Capeci	The Maltese Falcon	Dashiell Hammett	Joe Talbot	March 1998
Plot: Someone is playing practical jokes on the basketball team, and when the evidence points to Joe, it is up to Wishbone to clear his name before the pranks affect the team.
#7	Drive-In of Doom	Brad Strickland and Thomas E. Fuller	The Roman Hat Mystery	Ellery Queen	Joe Talbot	April 1998
Plot: Wanda's friend Gladys Glendower is trying to fix up the old Moonlight Drive-in theater so it can be reopened for business. While helping out with the restoration, Joe and his friends soon discover the theater is being sabotaged to keep it from ever reopening, and become determined to find out who and why.
#8	Key to the Golden Dog	Anne Capeci	The Moonstone	Wilkie Collins	Samantha Kepler	May 1998
Plot: An old model railway set, belonging to a man who has lived in Oakdale almost since it was founded and depicting the town as it was in the early 1900s, goes on display at Pepper Pete's for Oakdale History Month. But when the model's locomotive mysteriously goes missing, Sam and the others must find and recover both the locomotive and a secret it hides, which could also lead to the recovery of a long-lost golden dog charm.
#9	Case of the On-Line Alien	Alexander Steele	The War of the Worlds	H. G. Wells	David Barnes	June 1998
Plot: After witnessing an eerie glow in the sky and hearing a strange humming sound in the neighborhood, Wishbone is concerned that aliens might invade earth. Meanwhile, David is invited to speak about the potential existence or nonexistence of extraterrestrial life on a local radio show.
#10	The Disappearing Dinosaurs	Brad Strickland and Thomas E. Fuller	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Silver Blaze)	Arthur Conan Doyle	Samantha Kepler	July 1998
Plot: There is a new dinosaur exhibit at the Oakdale College Museum, including a brand new species that someone wants to make sure is never seen, leading to Joe and his friends setting out to find the culprit.
#11	Lights! Camera! Action Dog!	Kevin Ryan	Time and Again	Jack Finney	Joe Talbot	August 1998
Plot: Joe is hired for a part in a movie being filmed in Oakdale, but soon winds up searching for the mysterious person sabotaging production.
#12	Forgotten Heroes	Michael Anthony Steele	The Return of Sherlock Holmes (The Adventure of the Norwood Builder)	Arthur Conan Doyle	Joe Talbot	October 1998
Plot: When he buys an old collection of baseball cards, Joe discovers a few involving the Oakdale Oaks, the champions of Oakdale's Negro league. But attempts to find more information lead to dead ends, and the discovery that someone is trying to keep the Oaks' role in Oakdale's history a secret.
#13	Case of the Unsolved Case	Alexander Steele	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Charles Dickens	Joe Talbot, Samantha Kepler, David Barnes	November 1998
Plot: Things are going missing in Oakdale: a ring that belonged to Joe's late father, a rawhide bone of Wishbone's, and most concerning, David Barnes. Joe, Sam and Wishbone quickly set out to find their friend, while drawing parallels to the mystery novel that all of them had recently read.
#14	Disoriented Express	Brad Strickland and Thomas E. Fuller	Murder on the Orient Express	Agatha Christie	Joe Talbot	December 1998
Plot: Oakdale College is holding a murder-mystery fundraiser on a train, and Joe and his friends are taking part. But in addition to the fake murder, they soon find themselves wrapped up in the case of a long-missing art treasure from World War II.
#15	Stage Invader	Vivian Sathre	Sleeping Murder	Agatha Christie	Samantha Kepler	February 1999
Plot: Sam is in charge of the Sequoyah Middle School eighth grade production of Grease, the first time that students have had full control of a play. However, she and the others soon find themselves involved in the mystery of who is sabotaging the production.
#16	The Sirian Conspiracy	Michael Jan Friedman and Paul Kupperberg	The Assassination Bureau	Jack London	Joe Talbot	June 1999
Plot: When a mysterious green glow appears over Oakdale for the second time in recent history, U.F.O. fever strikes. Now, Joe and his friends must uncover the truth behind this strange happening, while Wishbone searches for answers about the trouble one of his best canine friends appears to be in.
#17	Case of the Impounded Hounds	Michael Anthony Steele	The Return of Sherlock Holmes (The Adventure of the Six Napoleons)	Arthur Conan Doyle	Joe Talbot	August 1999
Plot: Wishbone and Joe investigate the disappearance of a dog, only to find that many other dogs have vanished in Oakdale.
#18	Phantom of the Video Store	Leticia Gantt	The Phantom of the Opera	Gaston Leroux		December 1999
Plot: Wishbone must discover a mysterious person who is inserting film footage of the people of Oakdale into the video rental movies at the store where Joe works.
#19	Case of the Cyber-Hacker	Anne Capeci	The Thirty-Nine Steps	John Buchan	David Barnes	April 2000
Plot: When David is framed for theft by a sneaky computer hacker, he and his friends must track down the real culprit, while Wishbone investigates the case of a dog he believes is being mistreated.
#20	Case of the Breaking Story	Alexander Steele	The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans	Arthur Conan Doyle	Joe Talbot	August 2000
Plot: When a flu epidemic strikes the staff of the Oakdale Chronicle, Joe and Wishbone are called into detective duty as well as serving as the replacement reporters.

Wishbone Super Mysteries

Wishbone Super Mysteries is a spinoff of The Wishbone Mysteries, and consists of four double-length books in the style of the original series.

Number	Title	Author	Inspired by	Original author	Read by	First printed
#1	The Halloween Joker	Anne Capeci	Dracula	Bram Stoker	Samantha Kepler	September 1998
Plot: As Halloween approaches, a practical joker targets the kids of Oakdale, and the jokes are starting to get out of hand. It is up to Wishbone and his friends to find out who the joker is before the costume party is ruined.
#2	Ghost of Camp Ka Nowato	Michael Anthony Steele	A Caribbean Mystery	Agatha Christie		April 1999
Plot: Joe, Sam, and David become counselors at a summer camp. However, spooky things arise, and it is up to them, with the help of Wishbone to find out what is really going on.
#3	The Haunting of the Hathaway House	Alexander Steele	The House of the Seven Gables	Nathaniel Hawthorne	Samantha Kepler	October 1999
Plot: When Wanda inherits an old, seemingly haunted house in New Hampshire, she, the kids and Wishbone must uncover the truth behind the mysterious events happening there.
#4	Riddle of the Lost Lake	Joanne Barkan	Tom Sawyer, Detective	Mark Twain	Joe Talbot	April 2000
Plot: After finding his father's old journal and learning about the summers he spent at Lost Lake, Joe decides to visit the family's cabin there in order to solve the mystery of what happened to the Talbot family heirloom watch that disappeared there twenty-five years before. But when he, David and Wishbone arrive, they also learn of an auction for one of the pieces of property there, and must figure out who is trying to sabotage potential bidders.

Wishbone: The Early Years

Wishbone: The Early Years is the fourth tie-in series to the Wishbone TV series, and the first aimed at much younger readers. The books are based on the structure of the original TV series, switching back and forth between a very young Wishbone's life in Oakdale and the events of the story of which he has been reminded.

Number	Title	Adapted by	Wishbone's story role	First printed
#1	Jack and the Beanstalk	Brad Strickland and Thomas E. Fuller	Jack	September 1999
Plot: Wishbone leaves his favorite toy behind at Joe's school. Then, he encounters a custodian he is reminded of in "Jack and the Beanstalk".
#2	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Carla Jablonski	Philip	September 1999
Plot: When the pitching machine goes haywire while Joe and his third grade friends are practicing baseball, Wishbone imagines himself as Philip, an apprentice who takes on a powerful, evil sorcerer.
#3	Hansel and Gretel	Vivian Sathre and Rick Duffield	Hansel	November 1999
Plot: Trapped in a closet while attending a school carnival with Joe and his other third grade friends, it reminds Wishbone imagining himself as Hansel, trying to rescue himself and his sister, Gretel, from a wicked witch.
#4	The Brave Little Tailor	Vivian Sathre	The Tailor	August 2000
Plot:
#5	Aladdin	Brad Strickland and Thomas E. Fuller	Aladdin	August 2000
Plot:
#6	The Slave and the Lion	Joanne Barkan	Androcles	August 2000
Plot:

2000-2001

From 2000 to 2001, three new series were launched, all written by the same author: Wishbone Adventures (in the style of The Adventures of Wishbone), Wishbone Mysteries (in the style of the previous series of the same name) and Wishbone: Tales of a Pup (in the style of Wishbone: The Early Years). A total of nine books were published before the series was ultimately canceled.

Wishbone Adventures

Number	Title	Author	Inspired by	Original author	Wishbone's story role	First printed	Related episode
#1	Curse of Gold	A. D. Francis	Metamorphoses	Ovid	King Midas	July 2000	36
Plot: Joe becomes overbearing toward Sam and David when he tries to run a grocery delivery business, reminding Wishbone of another man who let greed get the better of him.
#2	Scent of a Vampire	A. D. Francis	Dracula	Bram Stoker	Jonathan Harker	October 2000	N/A
Plot:

Wishbone Mysteries

Number	Title	Author	Inspired by	Original author	Read by	First printed
#1	To Sniff a Thief	A. D. Francis	The Amateur Cracksman	E. W. Hornung	Samantha Kepler	July 2000
Plot:
#2	Wishbone's Halloween Mystery	A. D. Francis				March 2001
Plot:

Wishbone: Tales of a Pup

Number	Title	Author	Inspired by	Wishbone's story role	First printed
#1	Wishbone and the Glass Slipper	A. D. Francis	Cinderella		July 2000
Plot:
#2	Wishbone and the Forty Thieves	A. D. Francis	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Ali Baba	July 2000
Plot:
#3	Wishbone's The Nutcracker	A. D. Francis	The Nutcracker		August 2000
Plot:
#4	Wishbone in Wonderland	A. D. Francis	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland		September 2000
Plot:
#5	Wishbone and the Dancing Princesses	A. D. Francis	The Twelve Dancing Princesses		June 2001
Plot: