Adventures of Wishbone Books

When Joe gets a chance to prove himself as coach and discovers that it is not as easy as it seems, Wishbone is reminded of the tale in which a poor boy trades places with the crown prince of England, each one believing that the other has the easier life.

During a fast-paced roller hockey game in which an awkward boy is humiliated by the other players, Wishbone imagines himself as Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, who defeats his enemies and saves the life of a beautiful gypsy.Wishbone the dog sees a boy humiliated in a roller hockey game, and imagines himself as the deformed bell ringer in "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"

An intrigue involving the election of class president reminds Wishbone of the twin brother of King Louis XIV of France who must decide if he should risk everything to escape his iron mask and trade it for the king's crown. Inspired by the Man in the iron mask by Alexandre Dumas.

When he accompanies Joe and his friends to look for treasure in the condemmed Trumbull barn, Wishbone imagines himself as young Jim Hawkins who acquires a treasure map and soon finds himself involved with dangerous pirates

Events in the lives of Wishbone and the Talbot family parallel the story of the hero Beowulf and his struggle against the sinister monster, Grendel

During a fast-paced roller hockey game in which an awkward boy is humiliated by the other players, Wishbone imagines himself as Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, who defeats his enemies and saves the life of a beautiful gypsy.

No food! No electricity! No squeaky toys! Talk about roughing it! Oakdale is shut down during a blackout, and Joe's big chance to get noticed by the eighth grade basketball coach will be left in the dark-unless he and Wishbone can somehow hightail it across town to the game in time! Their adventure reminds Wishbone of Daniel Defoe's great tale Robinson Crusoe, the lone survivor of a shipwreck, tossed onto a desert isle without food, shelter, or friends. He soon finds himself battling nature, wild cats, and hungry cannibals. It will take every ounce of brains and courage this canine castaway has to beat the odds and save the day!

Locked out of the school while Joe and his friends are inside, Wishbone imagines himself as D'Artagnan, a young seventeenth-century Frenchman who achieves his dream of becoming one of the prestigious musketeers who guard the king and his court.

While helping Joe protect a top-secret note, Wishbone remembers the brilliant French detective, C. Auguste Dupin, who lived in Paris in the nineteenth century and solved crimes using psychological reasoning.

Inspired by Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, Wishbone the dog imagines himself as Charles Darnay, a wealthy Frenchman who flees his homeland when war breaks out, but when a friend faces trouble, Wishbone is chased by an angry mob on his return home. Original.

Joe runs into difficulty when he needs to prove the innocence of troublemaker Curtis, a situation that reminds Wishbone of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, "Kidnapped"

Joe and David publish a sports newsletter using new technology that will be better than the existing paper which reminds Wishbone of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

Only Wishbone, a hero with a courageous canine heart and four mighty sea legs can conquer the great white whale in this quest inspired by Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Original.

When Wishbone gets kidnapped while a developer prepares to cut down trees, he imagines himself as Odysseus

When Joe's neighbor undergoes a change of personality after meeting the man of her dreams, Wishbone is reminded of the mysterious relationship between the kind, well-respected Dr. Jekyll and the evil Mr. Hyde.

When he and his friends try to stop Oakdale's real estate developer from destroying part of the local park, Wishbone is reminded of the conflict between nature and civilization as he imagines himself as Hawkeye, the scout from James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans."Wishbone imagines himself as Hawkeye

Joe tries to identify the mysterious metal object Wishbone found in the backyard, while Wishbone imagines he is Professor Lidenbrock traveling towards the center of the Earth

While helping Joe, Sam, and David look for an ancient Oakdale secret, Wishbone imagines that he is Allan Quartermaine, searching for legendary treasure in an unexplored part of Africa.

When Joe's team is in the running for the basketball playoffs, Wishbone is reminded not to judge people by size as he imagines himself as the seventeenth-century traveler, Lemuel Gulliver, whose adventures included visits to Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, and Brobdingnag, a land peopled by giants.Wishbone imagines himself as Lemuel Gulliver in Lilliput and Brobdingnag

Wishbone imagines himself as Ivanhoe in England during the late twelfth century when Robin Hood and his band of men ruled the forest.

When confronted with protecting his personal freedom and helping his friend find lost treasure, Wishbone is reminded of the tale of a young boy who tries to escape his unhappy life and the runaway slave who befriends him.