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Detectives: A Reading List for Children
Picture Books and Easy Readers

Booklists for Kids


*Bonsall, Crosby. THE CASE OF THE HUNGRY STRANGER.
Fellow private eyes Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, and Snitch investigate a really hot case--next door neighbor Mrs. Meech's missing blueberry pie, last seen cooling on her kitchen windowsill.

Bunting, Eve. JANE MARTIN, DOG DETECTIVE.
Have you lost your dog? Don't worry. For the fee of 25 cents a day, the amazing Jane Martin, Dog Detective, will be sure to find it for you.

*Clifford, Eth. FLATFOOT FOX AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING EYE.
Flatfoot Fox, the smartest detective in the whole world (according to him), and his trusty assistant secretary Bird match their wits against the glass-eyed thief from Fat Cat's birthday party.

Hurd, Thacher. MYSTERY ON THE DOCKS.
You would never think that short-order cook and opera lover Ralph could be much of a detectie until the dark night he discovers world-famous singer Eduardo Bombardo is missing....Or would you?

*Quackenbush, Robert. DANGER IN TIBET.
World famous "Ductective" Miss Mallard's search for her missing nephew Willard leads her up Mount Everest and into the clutches of the Abominable Snowduck.

*Quackenbush, Robert. DETECTIVE MOLE AND THE HAUNTED CASTLE MYSTERY.
Ace Detective Mole unmasks the mystery behind the strange noises and vanishing guests at the masquerade party in honor of the Rabbit family's new castle.

*Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. NATE THE GREAT AND THE STOLEN BASE.
Will Nate the Great, boy detective and baseball player, strike out when he investigates who stole the purple plastic octopus his team uses for second base?

*Yolen, Jane. PIGGINS.
Mrs. Reynard's precious diamond necklace disappears during a dinner party and once more Piggins, the Reynard's perfect bulter and sometimes sleuth, saves the day.

* More books about the same detective are published by this author.


Compiled by Kathy Kire, General Library, Children's Room, 1994.