The Mushroom Planet Series
This is a group of children’s books by Eleanor Cameron. Two boys build a space ship and fly to a planetoid named Basidium. There, they meet the Mushroom People and have adventures.
Books in the The Mushroom Planet series:
Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet (1956)
David and Chuck take Theo Bass, Tyco Bass’s cousin, to the Mushroom Planet, unaware that a young astronomy professor has stowed away on board.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Robert Henneberger
Mr. Bass’s Planetoid (1958)
David and Chuck are off in their spaceship to rescue the world from the Brumblitron.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
Jewels from the Moon and The Meteor That Couldn’t Stay (1964)
Two short stories in which David and Chuck take a dream journey then help Mr. Bass recover a brumblium meteorite. This was written as an elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Vic Dowd
Time and Mr. Bass: A Mushroom Planet Book (1967)
Chuck and David are drawn into a battle against evil as Mr. Bass searches for the stolen necklace of Ta that can protect the Mycetians from destruction.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Fred Meise
A Mystery for Mr. Bass: A Mushroom Planet Book (1968)
David and Chuck discover Mycetian fossils along the sea shore, and make an emergency trip to the Mushroom Planet to save Prewytt Brumblydge.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Shortall