Thomas L Tedrow Books in Order
Browse Thomas L Tedrow books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and clear suggestions on where to start with his historical and adventure fiction.
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Thomas L Tedrow books in publication order
16 books
Children of Promise
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992
Laura is outraged when immigrant farm workers' children are kept out of school. As hard times and prejudice divide Mansfield, she pushes for education and finds herself leading an unpopular local crusade.
Good Neighbors
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992
A brutal winter leaves Mansfield cut off and running short on food. Laura and Manly join a desperate community effort to keep their neighbors fed and carry the town through Christmas.
Home to the Prairie
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992
When Pa comes to visit Missouri, old memories pull Laura back toward the Kansas prairie. Their search for a former homestead becomes a journey through family history, longing, and the meaning of home.
Land of Promise
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992
After disaster drives several Chinese families east, Mansfield must decide whether it will welcome them. Laura tries to bridge fear and prejudice before the town's promise gives way to division.
Missouri Homestead
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992
In 1894, Laura, Manly, and Rose leave South Dakota for Mansfield, Missouri, hoping for a fresh start. Laura's newspaper work soon pulls her into a fight over the local forests and puts the family at odds with a powerful timberman.
Mountain Miracle
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992
Laura befriends Josie, an elderly mountain herbalist many townspeople mistrust. When fear and a dangerous religious zealot turn the town against her, Laura must defend Josie before suspicion does real harm.
The Great Debate
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992
Women's suffrage splits Mansfield, and Laura throws herself into the fight for the vote. As tempers rise and dirty tricks enter the debate, she has to decide how far she is willing to go for the cause.
The World's Fair
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992
Sent to cover the St. Louis World's Fair for her newspaper, Laura lands in a much bigger story than she expected. Alongside Alice Roosevelt, she finds herself confronting cruelty hidden behind the fair's spectacle.
Dino Mites Declare War
by Thomas L Tedrow
1993
A group of kids finds fossilized eggs, hatches baby dinosaurs, and gets bitten in the process. Soon they discover they turn into dinosaurs during the full moon, just in time to fight a developer threatening their fossil field.
Dorothy
by Thomas L Tedrow
1993
Dorothy Gale's granddaughter is swept into Oz when a new witch threatens both the magic land and troubles back in Kansas. It is a sequel-style adventure that mixes family worries, new friends, and a return to a famous world.
Kidnapped to Center of Earth
by Thomas L Tedrow
1993
An earthquake opens the MoleTrolls' underground world and little Tabby Troll is carried off. Her siblings, Trixie and Toby, race belowground to rescue her from a strange world beneath their feet.
Legend of Grizzly Adams and Kodiak Jack
by Thomas L Tedrow
1993
Grizzly Adams heads west to build a quiet life in the mountains, but peace does not last long. A gang of renegades shatters the frontier calm and forces him into a fight for survival.
Frankie and the Secret
by Thomas L Tedrow
1996
Frankie knows who has been setting the barn fires, but his hints only make him look guilty. The Younguns have to uncover the real arsonist before Frankie pays the price for somebody else's crimes.
The Circus Escape
by Thomas L Tedrow
1996
After getting caught joyriding, Terry runs off with two kindly hoboes to dodge his punishment. When the local bank is robbed, he and his new companions suddenly look like the most likely suspects.
The Legend Of The Missouri Mud Monster
by Thomas L Tedrow
1996
Mansfield becomes obsessed with a beast in the woods as animals start disappearing and fear spreads fast. Larry soon realizes the real danger may not be the monster everyone is chasing.
The Younguns of Mansfield
by Thomas L Tedrow
1996
Rabid animals and rising panic turn Mansfield upside down, and little Sherry Youngun is bitten by a bat. While the town scrambles for medicine, Larry and Terry struggle to clear their names in troubles of their own.
Where to start with Thomas L Tedrow
For his best-known historical fiction: Missouri Homestead → Children of Promise → Good Neighbors → Home to the Prairie
For later Laura stories with bigger public issues: The World's Fair → Mountain Miracle → The Great Debate → Land of Promise
For mischievous small-town adventures: The Younguns of Mansfield → Frankie and the Secret → The Circus Escape → The Legend Of The Missouri Mud Monster
For younger fantasy and standalones: Dino Mites Declare War → Kidnapped to Center of Earth → Dorothy → Legend of Grizzly Adams and Kodiak Jack
Thomas L Tedrow sub-series and character series
Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder books in order
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Children of Promise
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 2
Good Neighbors
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 3
Home to the Prairie
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 4
Land of Promise
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 8
Missouri Homestead
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 1
Mountain Miracle
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 6
The Great Debate
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 7
The World's Fair
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 5
Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder books in chronological order

Missouri Homestead
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 1
Children of Promise
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 2
Good Neighbors
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 3
Home to the Prairie
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 4
The World's Fair
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 5
Mountain Miracle
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 6
The Great Debate
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 7
Land of Promise
by Thomas L Tedrow
1992Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book 8
Dino Mites books in order
Explore this seriesThe Younguns books in order
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Frankie and the Secret
by Thomas L Tedrow
1996The Younguns, Book 2
The Circus Escape
by Thomas L Tedrow
1996The Younguns, Book 3
The Legend Of The Missouri Mud Monster
by Thomas L Tedrow
1996The Younguns, Book 4
The Younguns of Mansfield
by Thomas L Tedrow
1996The Younguns, Book 1
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Author bio
Thomas L Tedrow came to fiction with a journalist's training and an eye for story hooks. He earned a B.S. in Public Relations and Journalism from the University of Florida, and that background helps explain why so many of his books move briskly and land on a clear central conflict.
Before and alongside his fiction, Tedrow worked as a publisher and editor on magazines including Texas Country and Financial Discoveries. He has also written about years of business travel across China, Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Russia, and Eastern Europe, experiences that gave him a taste for unusual settings, strong anecdotes, and the small details that make a place feel lived in.
That sense of motion shows up all over his work.
His best-known books are probably the eight Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder novels, which begin with Missouri Homestead. Those stories imagine Laura, Manly, and Rose in Missouri around the turn of the twentieth century and place them in conflicts about community life, education, weather, reform, and belonging. Readers who enjoy them tend to come for the familiar frontier setting and stay for the way Tedrow turns public issues into family-sized stories.
He returned to a similar Missouri world in The Younguns books, starting with The Younguns of Mansfield and continuing through Frankie and the Secret and The Circus Escape. These books are rowdier and more comic on the surface, following mischievous siblings through fires, robberies, animal scares, and town rumors. Even when the stakes get serious, Tedrow usually keeps the focus on loyalty, courage, and what kids do when adults are too busy, too doubtful, or simply too late.
Tedrow did not stay in one lane. His bibliography also includes the dinosaur adventure Dino Mites Declare War, the illustrated troll quest Kidnapped to Center of Earth, the Oz follow-up Dorothy, and the frontier tale Legend of Grizzly Adams and Kodiak Jack. That range says a lot about his instincts as a writer. He likes historical settings, but he also likes creature stories, classic-story spin-offs, and premises big enough to catch a young reader fast.
Outside books, he has worked in multimedia as well, including producing a Grizzly Adams continuation for Quest Entertainment. His work has also been featured in Scholastic and Guideposts campaigns, which helped bring his fiction to school and family audiences. Across formats, the through line is pretty steady: brave young people, communities under pressure, and stories that want to entertain without letting go of a moral question.
He likes big setups, but the engine is usually simple, someone small has to do something brave.
Public biographical notes place him in Florida with his wife, Carla, and their four children. He has also written about enjoying travel, cooking, and trying new foods, which fits the broader picture, a writer interested in motion, curiosity, and the next strange turn in the road.
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