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Work to be done

I was surprised that such a widely known series has such a weak Wikipedia article. I intend to do the following:

Add setting information (dates and locations, if known) for each of the central series
Expand the titles to include the (original only?) subtitles (instead of "Addy's Surprise," "Addy's Surprise: A Christmas Story")
Add authors and ISBNs
Add reviews if some can be found (the series was first published in the 1980s and I'm not sure about the availability of the trade journals for that era, nor do I know how widely reviewed the books were)
Reorder the series in chronological order of the setting rather than the dates of publication
Possibly--add illustrator information. At least some of the older books were rereleased with different illustrations by different illustrators, so it would be prudent to include both, with dates.

This will take weeks at least. If you have ideas, please contribute here or in the article. --DiamondRemley39 (talk) 21:26, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]