Over the last few months I’ve read a few new or new-ish pieces of children’s fiction that I’ve mightily enjoyed. I’m passing them along to you today in the hopes that if you’re in need of something fresh book-wise, you …
Tag: detective stories
simply smashing: fiction imports for a wide age span
Today, three short chapter books to suit a variety of readers coming to us from Sweden and the UK. These books were all a joy for me to read, and I am hardly the target audience! So think outside the …
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pint sized Poirots
Today I’ve got two delightful mysteries for the youngest of sleuths. The first one took me quite by surprise! I picked it up from my hold shelf at the library and the size and heft of it tricked me into …
murder and mayhem!
I just barreled through a delightful comic-mystery, brimming with clever intrigue, careening with impetuous young detectives, and sparkling with charming wit. Did I love this book? Reader, I did. The World’s Greatest Detective, by Caroline Carlson published in 2017 by …
a Pinkerton detective and Chief Crazy Horse: distinctive historical fiction
I love a good piece of historical fiction, especially when it’s covering new ground. These two books do an exceptional job of bringing us face-to-face with a couple of important individuals and whetting our appetites for further investigations of them …
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a whiff of mystery & a blast of adventure x 4
Today I’ve got four books brimming with mystery and adventure coming from France, the UK, and Sweden. Beginning with the youngest of readers, we’ll move on up the ranks… Who Done It? by Olivier Tallec originally published in France; first …
fiction favorites…The Case of the Missing Moonstone
The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency No. 1), by Jordan Stratford, illustrated by Kelly Murphy published in 2015 by Alfred A. Knopf “‘Force…equals…mass…times…acceleration,’ muttered Ada as she wrote in her notebook…What if, Ada wondered…you could accelerate …
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summertime book of the week…an alligator, a circus, and one clever detective
When I was a child, my next-door-neighbor had a little book that I was gaga over. It was about an exceedingly lazy boy named Tommy Pumpkinhead. Tommy is terribly flumpy about getting up in the morning. Lucky for him, a …
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fiction favorites…Brixton Brothers: The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Adam Rex The Bailey Brothers, of course, were the sons of world-famous detective Harris Bailey. They helped their dad solve his toughest cases, and they had all …
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fiction favorites…The Great Cake Mystery
The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case, by Alexander McCall Smith, illustrations by Iain McIntosh This is the story about a girl who became a detective. Her name was Precious… When her father said to her that one …
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