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based on the TV series ''

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''. All were published by the series' producer,

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, under the imprint name Big Red Chair Books.

''Wishbone Classics''

The ''Wishbone Classics'' series features straightforward adaptations of the original stories that inspired episodes of the show, albeit with humorous commentary from Wishbone inserted in sidebars.

''The Adventures of Wishbone''

''The Adventures of Wishbone'' follows the structure of the TV series, switching back and forth between Oakdale and a story of which Wishbone has been reminded. Several are

novelization A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book or video game. Film novelizations were particularly popular before the advent of ...

s of television episodes, while others adapt stories not featured in the TV series.

''The Super Adventures of Wishbone''

''The Super Adventures of Wishbone'' consists of five double-length books in the style of ''The Adventures of Wishbone''.

''The Wishbone Mysteries''

''The Wishbone Mysteries'' books depart from the structure of the TV series, no longer including Wishbone imagining himself into a story, but exclusively following Wishbone and his human friends in Oakdale. In each book, Joe, Sam, or David reads a novel or short story (usually, but not always, a mystery), with the events of that story inspiring them as they solve a mystery in the present day. In the second book, Joe discovers a box of his late father's favorite mystery stories in their attic, which supplies many of the books he reads throughout the series.

''The Wishbone Super Mysteries''

Similar to ''The Super Adventures'', ''The Wishbone Super Mysteries'' consists of four double-length books in the style of ''The Wishbone Mysteries''.

''Wishbone: The Early Years''

''Wishbone: The Early Years'' is aimed at much younger readers than the other series, and as such are much shorter. The books share the structure of the TV series and ''The Adventures of Wishbone'', but are set several years prior to the TV series, featuring a younger Joe and Wishbone as a puppy. All six are based on folktales or myths and are named directly for the story they adapt.

2000–2001

From 2000 to 2001, new series were launched, all credited to author A. D. Francis: ''Wishbone Adventures'' (replacing ''The Adventures of Wishbone''), ''Wishbone Mysteries'' (replacing ''The Wishbone Mysteries'') and ''Wishbone: Tales of a Pup'' (replacing ''Wishbone: The Early Years''). A total of nine books were published before all of the series were canceled.

''Wishbone Adventures''

''Wishbone Mysteries''

''Wishbone: Tales of a Pup''

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard ...

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a ...

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Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel ...

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The Twelve Dancing Princesses "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" (or "The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes" or "The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces") (german: Die zertanzten Schuhe) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1815 ( ...

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