Richard Riley wrote...

...the other is "The Strange Sea Monster of Strawberry Lake."

I didn't remember the series name, but I remember this one.
I tried to get my mother to help haul a section of corrugated
pipe after reading it. My clever plan fell apart when
I couldn't find an old bomber nose.

:Another favorite childhood read was an investigative series: The Three
:Investigators...

"Alfred Hitchcock presents". I had a friend I called Jupiter
for a while because of those books. Never did quite figure out
how they rigged the latch in the dog's eye.

Dave 'and I can't remember my own phone number' Hyde