Can You Crack the Case? Great Mystery Books for Kids Part 2!

Many of the mysteries that are highlighted here are a part of a series. Worcester doesn't own all of the titles listed in the series but we are more than happy to help you get them from another library!


Precious and The Mystery of the Missing Lion: A Precious Ramotswe Mystery for Young Readers (Book #3) written by Alexander McCall Smith and illustrated by Iain McIntosh

While filming a movie outside of her Aunt Bee’s house, a trained lion named Teddy escapes! Will Precious survive the African bush to track down Teddy and bring him back? Check out more Precious Ramotswe Mysteries here: 

*Precious Ramotswe's First Cases series:

Book 1: The Great Cake Mystery

Book 2: Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill

Book 3: The Mystery of the Missing Lion (Also available in eBook and audiobook formats)

Book 4: Precious and the Zebra Necklace

(Books 2 and 4 are currently unavailable in Worcester)


Fabio, The World’s Greatest Flamingo Detective: Mystery on the Ostrich Express (Book #2) written by Laura James and illustrated by Emily Fox

Fabio the Flamingo and his partner in crime Gilbert the giraffe, are taking a vacation on the Ostrich Express train when all of a sudden the conductor announces that a ruby necklace has gone missing! Who could have stolen it? Fabio and Gilbert are on the case!   

*Fabio, The World's Greatest Flamingo Detective series:

Book 1: The Case of the Missing Hippo

Book 2: Mystery on the Ostrich Express

Book 3: Peril at Lizard Lake

(Books 1 and 3 are currently unavailable in Worcester)


Princess Pink and the Land of Fake Believe: Little Red Quacking Hood (Book #2) written by Noah Z. Jones

Who is stealing Scaredy-Pants Wolf’s pies! Join Princess Pink, Moldylocks, and the rest of the gang to solve the mystery and save the bakery!

*Princess Pink and the Land of Fake Believe series:

(Books 1, 2, and 4 are currently unavailable in Worcester)

Book 1: Moldylocks and the Three Beards

Book 2: Little Red Quacking Hood

Book 3: The Three Little Pugs

Book 4: Jack and the Snackstalk


Vanished by Sheela Chari

Eleven year old Neela was given a veena, her grandmother’s precious stringed instrument from India. One day while Neela is caught in the rain walking home from school, she finds shelter in a church. She is wary about going anywhere without her veena but the church staff member Hal promises it will be safe in the little hall closet. Not so! When Neela leaves to go back home the veena is gone! Is it cursed? Will it ever reappear? 


Murder is Bad Manners: A Wells and Wong Mystery by Robin Stevens

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are in charge of their school’s detective society but the only case they’ve ever gotten to solve was finding a stolen tie. When Hazel unexpectedly stumbles upon the dead body of her science teacher Miss Bell, they are now suddenly in charge of solving a murder. A jolly good historical mystery!

*Murder is Most Unladylike (A Wells and Wong Mystery) series:

Book 1: Murder is Bad Manners (Also available in eBook)

Book 2: Poison is not Polite  (Also available in eBook)

Book 3: First Class Murder (Also available in eBook)



(*Books 6-9 are currently unavailable in Worcester)

Book 6: A Spoonful of Murder

Book 7: Death in the Spotlight

Book 8: Top Marks for Murder

Book 9: Death Sets Sail 



-Cara


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