Welcome to the page of Danny Dunn Books

Written in 1956 through 1977 by a writing pair of authors, Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin, the fifteen stories in this series are about
young teen Danny Dunn and his friends, and teachers, were set in the fictional American town of Midston. The plots featured characters who were interested in
science and mathematics. In the third book, Danny Dunn and Homework Machine, an actual girl character was introduced! The books were illustrated by several
artists, listed below.

Because these books are still under copyright and are being posted here only for the enjoyment of the Tom Swift Yahoo Group;
please do not copy or distribute them any further!

You may Right-Click any title below to directly download a PDF file of that story, or single click a title
to read it in your PDF-enabled browse.

The Danny Dunn Stories

 

Many thanks to Allen G who had the entire set in nearly ready-to-use formats. A few of the covers were not in great condition or were rather small and have been sourced from various places on the Internet. They have been cleaned and fixed of cover tears, scratches and misaligned placement on scanners (cut off edges or corners being the chief result).

NOTE: Author Raymond Abrashkin died in 1960 after publication of the fifth book. Williams, however, insisted on Abrashkin being given co-author credit on the subsequent ten books as well, since he had been instrumental in constructing the series. Several of the middle volumes now bear his wife's name, Evelyn Abrashkin, in the copyright. Ezra Jack Keats illustrated the first four novels in the series. Subsequent books were illustrated by Brinston Turkle (2), Owen Kampen (3), Leo Summers (1), Paul Sagsoorian (5).

The not-so-secret location of their home town is revealed at the end of book 7.

 

Danny Dunn 01 cover

Book 1: The Anti-Gravity Paint

(1956)

 

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Book 2: On a Desert Island

(1957)

 

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Book 3: The Homework Machine

(1958)

 

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Book 4: The Weather Machine

(1959)

 

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Book 5: On the Ocean Floor

(1960)

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Book 6: The Fossil Cave

(1961)

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Book 7: The Heat Ray

(1962)

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Book 8: Time Traveler

(1963)

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Book 9: The Automatic House

(1965)

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Book 10: Voice From Space

(1967)

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Book 11: The Smallifying Machine

(1969)

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Book 12: The Swamp Monster

(1971)

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Book 13: Invisible Boy

(1974)

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Book 14: Scientific Detective

(1976)

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Book 15: The Universal Glue

(1977)

 

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