Book 1

When his best friend, a human boy named James, goes away on vacation, Marvin the beetle worries that their friendship may end.

When his best friend, a human boy named James, goes away on vacation, Marvin the beetle worries that their friendship may end. Book #1

Book 2

James to the Rescue

by Elise Broach

Published 20 October 2015
"Marvin the beetle is going collecting with his family. All is good and well until Uncle Albert gets hurt. Marvin needs his human friend James's help to save Uncle Albert before it's too late"--

Book 3

Marvin the beetle finds adventure when his human friend James takes him to school.

Book 4


Book 5


Masterpiece

by Elise Broach

Published 30 September 2008
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover an Albrecht Dürer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.