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June
2007
Get a Clue
Younger Fiction
(Preschool - Grade 2)
- Adler, David
Bones
and the Cupcake Mystery
Viking, 2005
E Adl (Grades 1-3)
Private Detective Jeffrey Bones finds he does not need fancy equipment
to solve the school lunch mystery of Not Me Amy's missing spinach
cupcake.
- Adler, David
Young
Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie
Penguin, 1998
E Adl (Grades 1-3)
Eight year old sleuth Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to
discover what happened to a classmate's missing cookie.
- Banks, Kate
The
Bird, the Monkey, and the Snake in the Jungle
Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2003
E Ban (Grades 1-3)
A bird, a monkey and a snake lose their home in a tree and go looking
for a new home.
- Barrett, Judi
Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs
Simon and Schuster, 1978
E Bar (Grades 1-3)
In the town of Chewandswallow food falls from the sky for every meal.
When the food becomes large and dangerous, the town people escape on
slices of bread and abandon the town.
- Blos, Joan
Martin's
Hats
William Morrow, 1987
E Blo (Picture)
A variety of hats afford Martin many adventures.
- Cushman, Doug
Aunt
Eater Loves a Mystery
Harper Row, 1987
E Cus (Easy to Read)
Aunt Eater (an aunteater) loves mystery stories so much that she sees
mysterious adventures wherever she looks.
- Fleischman, Paul
Sidewalk
Circus
Candlewick Press, 2004
E Fle (Picture)
A young girl watches as the activities across the street from her bus
stop become a circus.
- Jenkins, Steve
What
do You Do with a Tail Like This?
Houghton Mifflin, 2003
E Jen (Picture)
Explore the many amazing things animals can do with their ears eyes,
mouths, noses, feet and tails in this interactive guessing book
- Kelly, John
The
Mystery of Eatum Hall
Candlewick, Press 2004
E Kel (Grades 1-3)
Mr. and Mrs. Pork-Fowler are invited to spend a weekend of gourmet
dining a spooky castle where the host, Mr. Hunter is anxious to
"meat" them. Full of puns and visual clues.
- Macauley, David
Black
and White
Houghton Mifflin, 990
E Mac (Grades 1-3)
Four brief stories about parents, cows, and trains; or is it really one
story. Part puzzle, part game and very interactive.
- McGhee, Alison
Mrs.
Watson Wants Your Teeth
Harcourt, 2004
E McG (Picture)
A first grader is frightened on her first day of school after hearing a
rumor that her teacher is a 300 year old alien with a purple tongue who
steals baby teeth from her students.
- Minarik, Else
Little
Bear and the Missing Pie
Harper Festival, 2002
E Min (Easy to Read)
The pie that Mother Bear bakes for Father Bears is missing. Where can it
be? Join little Bear and his friends as they look high and low for the
clues to the mystery of the missing pie.
- Numeroff, Laura
If
You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Harper Collins, 1985
E Num (Picture)
Story relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you
give him a cookie takes the reader through the young child's day.
- Palatini, Margie
The
Web Files
Hyperions 2001
E Pal (Grades 1-3)
Ducktective Web and his partner try to quack the case of the pilfered
peck of perfectly pickles peppers.
- Shannon, George
Stories
to Solve: Folktales from Around the World
Greenwillow, 1985
E Sha (Grades 1-3)
Brief folktales in which there is a mystery or problem that the reader
is invited to solve before the resolution is presented.
- Sciezka, Jon
Baloney
Viking, 2001
E Sci (Grades 1-3)
A transmission received from outer space in a combination of different
Earth languages tells of an alien schoolboy's fantastic excuse for being
late to school.
- Sharmat, Majorie
Nate
the Great on the Owl Express
Random House, 2003
E Sha (Grades 1-3)
While traveling on the train to San Francisco with his cousin Olivia's
Owl, Nate the Great and his dog Sludge must use all of their detective
skills when the owl suddenly disappears.
- Tompert, Ann
Nothing
Sticks Like a Shadow
Houghton Mifflin, 1991
E Tom (Grades 1-3)
To win a bet, Rabbit tries to get rid of his shadow with the aid of many
animal friends.
- Wick, Walter
Can
You See What I See?
Scholastic, 2002
E Wic (Grades 1-3)
Presents 12 brainteasing hidden picture puzzles to solve. The rhyming
text on each spread ends with a twist.
- Wick, Walter
I
Spy, a Book of Picture Riddles
Scholastic, 1996
E Wic (Grades 1-3)
Each rhyming riddle in this bright collection of photographic challenges
invites children to find objects hidden throughout thematic pages.
- Wiesner, David
Tuesday
Clarion Books, 1991
E Wie (Picture)
Frogs rise on their lily pad and float through the air and explore the
nearby house while their inhabitants sleep.
- Wisniewski, David
Tough
Cookie
Harper Collins, 1999
E Wis (Grades 1-3)
When his friend Chips is snatched and chewed, Tough Cookie sets out from
the bottom of the jar to stop fingers. A spoof of a hard boiled
detective story.
- Young, Ed
Seven
Blind Mice
Penguin, 2992
E You (Picture)
In this retelling of the Indian fable, seven blind mice discover
different parts of an elephant and argue about its appearance.
Middle Reader Fiction
(Grades 3-5)
- American Girl History Mysteries
Search the MORE catalog under History
Mysteries (title)
Various authors write featuring girls from different periods in American
history solving mysteries. Each story is followed by a section of
interesting facts about the time period.
- Coman, Carolyn
The
Big House
Front Street, 2004
+ Coo
A comic mystery in which Ivy and Ray's parents are sent to jail, and
left in the custody of their parents accuser's, they decide to look for
evidence that will "spring" their parents .
- Cooper, Susan
Boggart
and the Monster
Simon and Schuster, 1997
+ Coo
The invisible and mischievous spirit living in the Scottish Caste Keep
sets out to help save Nessie the Loch Ness Monster and one of its few
remaining cousins.
- Fitzhugh, Louise
Harriet
the Spy
Harper Row, 1964
+ PB Fit
Eleven year old Harriet keeps notes on her classmates and neighbors in a
secret notebook. When some of them find out, they are so upset they shun
he and Harriet must find a way to win them back.
- Hale, Bruce
The
Malted Falcon: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko
Harcourt, 2003
+ Hal
Join 4th grade detective Chet Gecko and his sidekick, mockingbird
Natalie Attired . Full of puns.
- King-Smith, Dick
The
Water Horse
Random House, 2000
+ Kin
In 1930, on the coast of Scotland , eight year old Kirstie finds a large
egg, which hatches into an unusual sea creature that finally grows too
big to live anywhere by Loch Ness.
- Koningsburg, E.L.
From
the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Simon and Schuster, 1976
+ PB Kon
Twelve year old Claudia and her younger brother Jaime run away from home
to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and right in to a mystery.
- Nilson, Anna
The
Great Art Scandal
Houghton Mifflin, 2003
+ 759.06 Nil
In comic book form, introduces 20th century art through 32 paintings by
16 artist within which are hidden details taken from the work of such
masters as Currie, Seurat, Hockney and Lichtenstein.
- Preller, James
The
Case of the Mummy Mystery
Scholastic, 999
+ PB Pre
Jones and his partner, Mila, have an erie case to wrap up when a mummy
is spotted at the class Halloween Party.
- Scieszka, Jon
Me
Oh Maya
Viking Books, 2003
+ Sci
Fred and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring ball
court in Chichen Itza Mexico. It's 1,000 AD, and they must play for
their lives against the Mayan High Priest who cheats.
- Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
The
Egypt Game
Antheneum, 1967
+ Sny
A group of children entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own
Egypt games , and are visited by a select oracle, befriend a professor,
and become involved in a murder.
- Sobol, Donald
Encyclopedia
Brown, Boy Detective
Penguin, 1964
+ Sob
Fifth grader 'Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves 10 mysteries by
putting the solutions at the back of the book, and challenging the
reader to do the same.
- Van Draanen, Wendelin
Shredderman,
Secret Identity
Knopf, 2004
+ Van
Fifth grader Nolan Byrd , tired of being called names by the class
bully, changes his secret identity to Shredderman.
Young Adult Books
Forensics
- Allison, Jennifer
Gilda
Joyce, Psychic Investigator
Penguin, 2004
+ All
Intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of a
distant cousin and his 13 year old daughter. There she uses her psychic
abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansions
boarded up tower.
- Esherick, Joan
Criminal
Psychology and Personality Profiling
Mason Crest Publishers, 2005
YA 614.5 Esh
Presents an introduction to forensic science, explaining how
investigators use case studies from history, FBI profiles and behavioral
science to recover information and solve crimes and other mysteries.
- Hiaasen, Carl
Flush
Knopf, 2005
+ Hia
Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen Casino Boat is
flushing raw sewage into the harbor, which has made taking a dip at the
local beach like swimming in a toilet. Noah and his sister Abbey try to
help him out.
- Karbo, Karen
Minerva
Clark Gets a Clue
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005
YA Kar
A 13 year old girl in Portland Oregon loses all self doubt when she is
zapped by lightening and uses her new found courage to solve a murder
mystery.
- McNamee, Graham
Acceleration
Random House, 2005
YA McN
Stuck working in the Transit Authority for the summer, 17 year old
Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.
- Peretti, Frank
The
Hangman's Curse
Tommy Nelson, 2003
YA Per
When several students at Baker high School are stricken by an alleged
curse of the school's ghost, Elijah and Elisha Springfield and their
parents, undercover investigators, are sent to uncover the truth behind
the events.
- Roach, Mary
Stiff:
the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
W.W. Norton, 2003
611 Roa
Explores how human cadavers have been used throughout history,
discussing how the use of dead bodies has benefited every aspect of
human existence.
ESP
- Abadie, M.J.
Tarot
for Teens
Bindu Books, 2002
YA 133.32424 Aba
Everything anyone wanted to know about tarot cards in an appealing
format for teens.
- Otomo, Ktsuhiro
Akira.
Book One
Dark Horse Comics, 2001
749.5952 Oto
In neo Tokyo, a city whose Precursor was destroyed by a mysterious
explosion, a streetwise teenager name Tetsuo begins to develop
paranormal abilities, making him the target of a secret agency that
wants to prevent another leveling blast and fears a terrifying end for a
youth called Akira.
- Paranormal
Phenomena: Opposing Viewpoints
San Diego, 1997
YA 133 Par
Presents opposing viewpoints on the reality of UFO's, life after death,
ESP and other paranormal phenomena.
- Roach, Mary
Spook,
Science Tackles the Afterlife
Norton and Co., 2005
129 Roa
Roach looks to science for answers to the question of life after death.
Maps, Treasures and Pirates
- Anderson, Janet
The
Last Treasure
Penguin, 2003
YA And
Ellsworth leaves his father to visit the relatives he has never met and
eventually joins forces with Jess, his distant cousin, to uncover family
secrets and search for their ancestor's hidden treasure.
- Hart, Lenore
The
Treasure of Savage Island
Penguin, 2005
YA Har
After Rafe, a runaway slave, stows away on a ship that wrecks off an
island near the Eastern shore, 13 year old Molly helps save him and the
two of them share an adventure involving pirates, spies and lost
treasure.
- Treasure
Island
Acclaim Books, 1997
YA PB Tre
While going through the belongings of a deceased guest who owed them
money, the mistress of an inn and her son find a treasure map which
leads them to a pirate's fortune.
- Rees, Celia
Pirates!
: the true and remarkable adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy
Kington, female pirates
St. Martin's Press, 2005
YA Ree
In 1722 after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican
plantation where she is to married off, 16 year old Nancy Kingston
escapes with her slave friend Minerva Sharpe, and together they become
pirates traveling the world in search of treasure.
- Sachar, Louis
Holes
Random House 2002
+ PB Sac
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune, which they attribute to
a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish
correctional camp in Texas desert where he finds his first real friend,
a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
- Tolkien, J.R.R.
Hobbit
Houghton Mifflin, 2001
YA PB Tol
The adventure of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, in a land inhabited by
dwarves, elves, dragons, goblins and humans. He sets off to recover a
stolen treasure for a dragon hidden in The Lonely Mountain.
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