Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Younguns of Mansfield | 1996 | Thomas L. Tedrow | Buy |
| 2 | Frankie and the Secret | 1996 | Thomas L. Tedrow | Buy |
| 3 | The Circus Escape | 1996 | Thomas L. Tedrow | Buy |
| 4 | The Legend Of The Missouri Mud Monster | 1996 | Thomas L. Tedrow | Buy |
The Younguns is a four-book children’s historical fiction series by Thomas L. Tedrow, all published in 1996. Set in Mansfield, Missouri, the same town as Tedrow’s Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder books, the series follows a group of children through various adventures in small-town America.
The books include The Younguns of Mansfield, Frankie and the Secret, The Circus Escape, and The Legend Of The Missouri Mud Monster. Each story is aimed at young readers and has the same wholesome, community-centered tone as Tedrow’s other work. The Mansfield setting gives the series a historical flavor, and kids who liked the Laura Ingalls Wilder books will find familiar ground here, even though the cast of characters is different.