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Serendipity is a series of children's books about animals and other creatures. The books were written by Stephen Cosgrove and illustrated by Robin James. The books are short stories with colorful illustrations that have a moral perspective. Cosgrove wrote the books after searching for an easy to read book with a message to read to his then three-year-old daughter. After finding primarily large expensive books, Cosgrove teamed up with illustrator James to create low cost softcover books. After receiving an offer to publish the books only in hardcover, Cosgrove created his own publishing company - Serendipity Press. The first four books of the Serendipity Series were released in December of 1973. They are: Serendipity, The Dream Tree, Wheedle on the Needle, and The Muffin Muncher. Cosgrove merged Serendipity Press with the publishing company, Price/Stern/Sloan (now part of Penguin Random House) in 1978 so that Cosgrove could focus on writing. Cosgrove decided to re-edit his earlier books, which have been republished with the changes. To date, there are 70 books in the series, written from the kindergarten to grade three levels. The animals in the Serendipity series include bears, cats, dogs, horses, squirrels, rabbits, and mythical creatures such as unicorns, dragons, sea monsters, and pegasus. Cosgrove also invented his own creatures such as the wheedle, hucklebug and kritter. The books present moral issues such as growing up, disabilities, abuse, fear, friendship, prejudice, gossip, and helping the environment. The book series was adapted into a 26-episode anime series entitled Serendipity the Pink Dragon and 26-episode cartoon series Little Mouse on the Prairie.

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Notable quotes

“I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams, as quoted in Reader's Digest (October 1960)
“Serendipity is the way to make discoveries, by accident but also by sagacity, of things one is not in quest of. Based on experience, knowledge, it is the creative exploitation of the unforeseen.”
— Adrian Bejan and Gilbert W. Merkx in Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics (2007), p. 315
“Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.”
— Lawrence Block, as quoted in Silver Linings : Meditations on Finding Joy and Beauty in Unexpected Places (2008) by Mina Parker and Daniel Talbott
“It is true that my discovery of LSD was a chance discovery, but it was the outcome of planned experiments and these experiments took place in the framework of systematic pharmaceutical, chemical research. It could better be described as serendipity.”
— Albert Hofmann, as quoted in Under the Influence : The Disinformation Guide to Drugs (2004) by Preston Peet, p. 284
“In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.”
— Peter McWilliams, as quoted in Va-Va-Voodoo! : Find Love, Make Love & Keep Love (2007) by Kathleen Charlotte and Ross Heaven, p. 33
“Serendipity is putting a quarter in the gumball machine and having three pieces come rattling out instead of one — all red.”
— Tobi Tobias in Serendipity (2000); this is sometimes misattributed to Peter H. Reynolds, who illustrated this book.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Serendipity is a series of children's books about animals and other creatures. The books were written by Stephen Cosgrove and illustrated by Robin James. The books are short stories with colorful illustrations that have a moral perspective. Cosgrove wrote the books after searching for an easy to read book with a message to read to his then three-year-old daughter. After finding primarily large expensive books, Cosgrove teamed up with illustrator James to create low cost softcover books. After receiving an offer to publish the books only in hardcover, Cosgrove created his own publishing company - Serendipity Press. The first four books of the Serendipity Series were released in December of 1973. They are: Serendipity, The Dream Tree, Wheedle on the Needle, and The Muffin Muncher. Cosgrove merged Serendipity Press with the publishing company, Price/Stern/Sloan (now part of Penguin Random House) in 1978 so that Cosgrove could focus on writing. Cosgrove decided to re-edit his earlier books, which have been republished with the changes. To date, there are 70 books in the series, written from the kindergarten to grade three levels. The animals in the Serendipity series include bears, cats, dogs, horses, squirrels, rabbits, and mythical creatures such as unicorns, dragons, sea monsters, and pegasus. Cosgrove also invented his own creatures such as the wheedle, hucklebug and kritter. The books present moral issues such as growing up, disabilities, abuse, fear, friendship, prejudice, gossip, and helping the environment. The book series was adapted into a 26-episode anime series entitled Serendipity the Pink Dragon and 26-episode cartoon series Little Mouse on the Prairie.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams, as quoted in Reader's Digest (October 1960)
“Serendipity is the way to make discoveries, by accident but also by sagacity, of things one is not in quest of. Based on experience, knowledge, it is the creative exploitation of the unforeseen.”
— Adrian Bejan and Gilbert W. Merkx in Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics (2007), p. 315
“Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.”
— Lawrence Block, as quoted in Silver Linings : Meditations on Finding Joy and Beauty in Unexpected Places (2008) by Mina Parker and Daniel Talbott
“It is true that my discovery of LSD was a chance discovery, but it was the outcome of planned experiments and these experiments took place in the framework of systematic pharmaceutical, chemical research. It could better be described as serendipity.”
— Albert Hofmann, as quoted in Under the Influence : The Disinformation Guide to Drugs (2004) by Preston Peet, p. 284
“In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.”
— Peter McWilliams, as quoted in Va-Va-Voodoo! : Find Love, Make Love & Keep Love (2007) by Kathleen Charlotte and Ross Heaven, p. 33
“Serendipity is putting a quarter in the gumball machine and having three pieces come rattling out instead of one — all red.”
— Tobi Tobias in Serendipity (2000); this is sometimes misattributed to Peter H. Reynolds, who illustrated this book.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Serendipity is a series of children's books about animals and other creatures. The books were written by Stephen Cosgrove and illustrated by Robin James. The books are short stories with colorful illustrations that have a moral perspective.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Serendipity: a "fortunate happenstance" or "pleasant surprise" without se · 2001 film by Peter Chelsom · 2015 single by Mai Kuraki · vocal track by BTS

Serendipity across IJR

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