The Happy Hollisters

By: Jerry West

Narrated by: Sarah Breidenbach

Hooray, The Happy Hollisters are back! First published in 1953, this charming mystery-adventure story, faithfully reproduced, is now available!

Written for boys and girls between the ages of six and 12, The Happy Hollisters are wholesome books, with an accent on humor and good, clean fun. Integrity always pays off and right wins over wrong. Parents, grandparents, and teachers will love these books for their healthy celebration of life in simpler times. Kids will be thrilled with the fast-paced action and will not want to put them down. This is a perfect gift for the young listener in your life!

The adventures for the Hollisters begin as soon as they move into their new house on the shore on Pine Lake in Shoreham. First, the moving van carrying their toys and their father's important new invention disappears. Next, they learn that their house may be haunted, with a treasure hidden somewhere inside! Right away they all set out to solve these mysteries.

Each one of the Hollister children - Pete (age 12), Pam (10), Ricky (7), Holly (6) and Sue (4) - plays an important role in finding clues, along with their parents, who are always ready to join in on the excitement. Even Zip, the collie, and White Nose, the cat, are part of the family and find thrilling adventures of their own.

As the Hollisters explore their new town and make friends, they discover what happened to the moving van and learn more about the mystery surrounding their new home. Excitement abounds when a secret stairway is discovered. Then, on the trail of a mysterious intruder, their chase leads them to a deserted hut on nearby Blackberry Island.

©1953, 1976, 1998 The Hollister Family Properties Trust (P)2018 The Hollister Family Properties Trust

Perfect first mysteries for my 6 year old.

We own a few of the books and always love to have the audio book so when we discovered The Happy Hollisters on audible everyone was excited! Growing up I enjoyed Nancy Drew but those are a bit above my kids for now so this series is the perfect intro to mysteries. I love the relationships between the siblings and their parents. They are interesting, down to earth, old fashioned stories and we love them!

An All-Time Favorite!

I grew up on children's mystery series: The Three Investigators, Nancy Drew, and The Hardy Boys to name a few, but The Happy Hollisters is my favorite! I've been re-reading them as they've been released in ebook, and love the memories the books bring back.

The BEST mystery series for kids!

My oldest daughter (8) absolutely LOVES all of the Happy Hollister books and only has a few left to finish the entire series. These books really set her off in her love of reading, so I am ever so grateful! We have loved listening to this first book on audio as a whole family and my youngest daughter (4) especially loves it and has listened by herself to the whole thing a few times! I am so grateful for this series and love that there is an audio option for the first and can't wait for more!!

Narrator makes the experience.

Sarah Breidenbach is the perfect narrator to bring this story to life. Her voice is lovely and easy to listen to. The story itself is enjoyable. A perfectly harmless and fun read for kids!

A vintage snapshot

I enjoyed revisiting this series, it really was a snapshot into another time. A few words are somewhat outdated, like “keen”, but for the most part, would be a great story for kids to listen to today.