Order of Honey Bunch Books
Honey Bunch is a series of children’s novels written under the house name of Helen Louise Thorndyke. The series is a creation of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the group behind such series as The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and other series. Honey Bunch goes on various trips to places like cities, farms, the seashore, camp, the Great Lakes, the zoo, the circus, the fair and more. Later on, the series was revamped to the Honey Bunch and Norman series.
Helen Louise Thorndyke began the Honey Bunch series in 1923 with the novel Just a Little Girl. It is the only book in the original Honey Bunch series that does not begin with “Her First.” The original series ended in 1941 with Her First Twin Playmates, which was the 31st book in the series. The series was revamped in 1951 with Honey Bunch and Norman Tour Toy Town. That series ended after 10 original books, the last of which being Honey Bunch and Norman and the Walnut Tree Mystery. Below is a list of Helen Louise Thorndyke’s Honey Bunch books in order of when they were first released (as well as in chronological order):
Publication Order of Honey Bunch Books
| Just a Little Girl | (1923) |    |
| Her First Visit to the City | (1923) | |
| Her First Days on the Farm | (1923) | |
| Her First Visit to the Seashore | (1924) | |
| Her First Little Garden | (1924) | |
| Her First Days In Camp | (1925) | |
| Her First Auto Tour | (1926) | |
| Her First Trip on the Ocean | (1927) | |
| Her First Trip West | (1928) | |
| Her First Summer on an Island | (1929) | |
| Her First Trip on the Great Lakes | (1930) | |
| Her First Trip in an Airplane | (1931) | |
| Her First Visit to the Zoo | (1932) | |
| Her First Big Adventure | (1933) | |
| Her First Big Parade | (1934) | |
| Her First Little Mystery | (1935) | |
| Her First Little Treasure Hunt | (1937) | |
| Her First Little Club | (1938) | |
| Her First Trip in a Trailer | (1939) | |
| Her First Trip to a Big Fair | (1940) | |
| Her First Twin Playmates | (1941) | |
| Her First Costume Party | (1942) | |
| Her First Trip on a House Boat | (1943) | |
| Her First Winter at Snowtop | (1944) | |
| Her First Trip to the Big Woods | (1947) | |
| Her First Little Pet Show | (1948) | |
| Her First Trip to a Lighthouse | (1949) | |
| Her First Visit to a Pony Ranch | (1950) | |
| Her First Tour of Toy Town | (1951) | |
| Her First Visit to Puppyland | (1952) | |
| Her First Trip to Reindeer Farm | (1953) | |
| Honey Bunch and Norman on Lighthouse Island | (1955) | |
| Honey Bunch and Norman Solve the Pine Cone Mystery | (1960) | |
| Honey Bunch And Norman Play Detective At Niagara Falls | (1960) | |
| Honey Bunch and Norman at Beaver Lodge | (1961) | |
Notes: Her First Trip to a Lighthouse was re-issued as book #2 of the Honey Bunch and Norman series as Honey Bunch and Norman on Lighthouse Island. Her First Trip to Reindeer Farm was re-issued as book #7 of the Honey Bunch and Norman series, under the title of Honey Bunch and Norman Visit Reindeer Farm
My favorite first childhood series…some still available