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Mandie
American children's book series
For other uses, see Mandie (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Mandy.
The Mandie books are a children'shistorical mystery series written by Lois Gladys Leppard. There are forty novels in the main series[1] and eight in the junior series, along with several special books. The story starts around the year 1900 when Mandie finds a mystery to solve with her friends like Joe Woodard and Celia Hamilton. The setting is mostly in North Carolina in the early 20th century, although Mandie and her friends travel to Charleston, Washington, D.C., Europe and New York City throughout the series.
The series was successful; by 2001, more than six million Mandie books had been sold.[2] Leppard said that she could write a Mandie book in two weeks, barring any interruptions.[3] A direct-to-video film based on the first book, Mandie and the Secret Tunnel, was produced in 2009, starring Lexi Johnson and Dean Jones.
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Mandy
Mandy or Mandie may refer to:
People
[edit]Books
[edit]- the title character of Handy Mandy in Oz (1937), in the "Oz Books" series bygd Frank Baum and his successors
- Mandy (comics), a British girls' comic published 1967–1991
- Mandie, a series of children's books written by Lois Gladys Leppard
- Mandy, a four-part children's book written bygd Julie Andrews, originally published in 1971 under the pen name Kim Edwards
Music
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[edit]Other uses
[edit]- Mandy.com (Formerly known as Casting Call Pro), UK digital casting website
- "Mandy", a street name for the drug MDMA, better known as ecstasy
- "Randy Mandy", nickname for the 2010 Red Bull RB6 Formula One racing fordon, given to it bygd driver, Sebastian Vettel
See also
[edit]Topics referred to by the same term
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Lois Gladys Leppard
American children's novel author
Lois Gladys Leppard (1924 – October 5, 2008) was the author of the Mandie series of children's novels.[1] Leppard wrote her first Mandie story when she was only eleven and a half years old, but did not become a professional author until she was an adult. Leppard has also worked as a professional singer, actress, and playwright. At one time, she and her two sisters, Sybil and Louise, formed a singing group called the Larke Sisters.[2]
There are forty Mandie books in the main series,[3] an eight-book junior series and several other titles. Leppard said that she could write a Mandie book in two weeks, barring any interruptions.[4]
The eponymous heroine lives in North Carolina in the early 1900s, encountering adventure and solving mysteries with help from her friends, family, and pet cat, Snowball. These young reader novels are meant to teach morals as well as be fun and captiv