The
Blossom
Culp series by Edgar recipient Richard Peck. I especially recommend
Ghosts
I Have Been, which involves the Titanic. Ages 9-12.
Encyclopedia
Brown series by Donald J. Sobel. Solve mysteries along with the original
grade-school detective. Ages 9-12.
The
Blossom
Culp series by Edgar recipient Richard Peck. I especially recommend
Ghosts
I Have Been, which involves the Titanic. Ages 9-12.
Several
of the original Nancy
Drew mysteries have been reprinted by Applewood Books with the original
cover art. These are better than the revised Grosset & Dunlap editions.
Freddy
the Detective by Walter R. Brooks. Freddy the pig investigates
thefts on the Bean farm. Ages 9-12.
Jake
Gander, Storyville Detective: The Case of the Greedy Granny by
George McClements. Jake's client? Red R. Hood. For preschoolers.
Elementary
school gumshoe Chet Gecko
in a series of mysteries by Edgar nominee Bruce Hale. My pick for most
inspired title: Farewell, My Lunchbag. Ages 8-12.
Nate the Great series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. Pancake-eating detective. Ages 7-9. (see also Sharmat's series with Nate's cousin Olivia Sharp)
Bud
Barkin, Private Eye by James Howe. Howie the dachshund tries to
write a whodunit. Ages 7-9.
Ace
Lacewing: Bug Detective by David Biedrzycki. Hard-boiled
P.I. Ace Lacewing ("bad bugs are my business") searches for the missing
Queenie Bee. Ages 8-10.
The Mystery of King Karfu by Doug Cushman. Wombat detective Sherlock Sleuth and sidekick Abbott Muggs hunt in Egypt for a missing stone chicken---the famed treasure of King Karfu. Ages 4-8.
Jack
Russell, Dog Detective series by Darrel and Sally Odgers. A detective
with a nose for crime--and a good sausage. Ages 7-11.
The
Diamond
Brothers series by Foyle's War creator Anthony Horowitz. Join
Tim, the world's most inept PI, and his brainy younger sibling Nick as
they investigate cases for their fledgling detective agency. Ages 9-12.
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