List of Wishbone books
This is a list of children's books based on the TV series Wishbone. All were published by the series' producer, Lyrick Studios, under the imprint name Big Red Chair Books.
''Wishbone Classics''
The Wishbone Classics series features straightforward adaptations of the original stories that inspired episodes of the show, albeit with humorous commentary from Wishbone inserted in sidebars.| Number | Title | Original author | Retold by | First printed | Related episode |
| #1 | Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes | Michael Burgen | March 1996 | 11. "The Impawssible Dream" |
| #2 | The Odyssey | Homer | Joanne Mattern | March 1996 | 5. "Homer Sweet Homer" |
| #3 | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Billy Aronson | April 1996 | 4. "Rosie, Oh! Rosie, Oh!" |
| #4 | Joan of Arc | Mark Twain | Patrice Selene | June 1996 | 10. "Bone of Arc" |
| #5 | Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens | Joanne Mattern | July 1996 | 3. "Twisted Tail" |
| #6 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Anonymous | Joanne Mattern | July 1996 | 24. "Paw Prints of Thieves" |
| #7 | Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | Michael Burgen | September 1996 | 17. "Frankenbone" |
| #8 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Robert Louis Stevenson | Joanne Mattern and Ed Parker | September 1996 | 20. "Mixed Breeds" |
| #9 | A Journey to the Center of the Earth | Jules Verne | Billy Aronson | October 1996 | 18. "Hot Diggity Dawg" |
| #10 | The Red Badge of Courage | Stephen Crane | Michael Burgan | December 1996 | 31. "A Terrified Terrier" |
| #11 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mark Twain | Stephen Fuentes | December 1996 | 1.–2. "A Tail in Twain" |
| #12 | Ivanhoe | Sir Walter Scott | Joanne Mattern | January 1997 | 13. "Sniffing the Gauntlet" |
''The Adventures of Wishbone''
The Adventures of Wishbone follows the structure of the TV series, switching back and forth between Oakdale and a story of which Wishbone has been reminded. Several are novelizations of television episodes, while others adapt stories not featured in the TV series.''The Super Adventures of Wishbone''
The Super Adventures of Wishbone consists of five double-length books in the style of The Adventures of Wishbone.''The Wishbone Mysteries''
The Wishbone Mysteries books depart from the structure of the TV series, no longer including Wishbone imagining himself into a story, but exclusively following Wishbone and his human friends in Oakdale. In each book, Joe, Sam, or David reads a novel or short story, with the events of that story inspiring them as they solve a mystery in the present day. In the second book, Joe discovers a box of his late father's favorite mystery stories in their attic, which supplies many of the books he reads throughout the series.''The Wishbone Super Mysteries''
Similar to The Super Adventures, The Wishbone Super Mysteries consists of four double-length books in the style of The Wishbone Mysteries.''Wishbone: The Early Years''
Wishbone: The Early Years is aimed at much younger readers than the other series, and as such are much shorter. The books share the structure of the TV series and The Adventures of Wishbone, but are set several years prior to the TV series, featuring a younger Joe and Wishbone as a puppy. All six are based on folktales or myths and are named directly for the story they adapt.2000–2001
From 2000 to 2001, new series were launched, all credited to author A. D. Francis: Wishbone Adventures, Wishbone Mysteries and Wishbone: Tales of a Pup. A total of nine books were published before all of the series were canceled.''Wishbone Mysteries''
| Number | Title | Inspired by | Read by | First printed |
| #1 | To Sniff a Thief | The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung | Sam | July 2000 |
| #2 | Wishbone's Halloween Mystery | March 2001 |
''Wishbone: Tales of a Pup''
Unlike The Early Years, the Tales of a Pup books were not directly titled for their source material, and two of the five were not based on folktales but rather a short story and a novel.| Number | Title | Inspired by | First printed |
| #1 | Wishbone and the Glass Slipper | "Cinderella" | July 2000 |
| #2 | Wishbone and the Forty Thieves | "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" | July 2000 |
| #3 | Wishbone's The Nutcracker | "The Nutcracker" by Alexandre Dumas | August 2000 |
| #4 | Wishbone in Wonderland | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll | September 2000 |
| #5 | Wishbone and the Dancing Princesses | "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" | June 2001 |