Bibliography created by the Schaumburg Township District Library
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Bones and the Birthday Mystery by David A. Adler. In his latest case, young Jeffrey Bones tries to discover the whereabouts of his grandfather’s missing birthday present. |
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READER ADLER, D. |
Young Cam Jansen and the New Girl Mystery by David A. Adler. This time Cam Jansen relies on her hearing rather than her photographic memory to find a missing classmate. |
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READER ALLEN, L. |
Rollo and Tweedy and the Ghost at Dougal Castle by Laura Jean Allen. Lord Dougal asks the detective Tweedy and his assistant Rollo to solve the mystery of the ghost haunting Dougal Castle. |
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READER BERENSTAIN, S. |
The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Watermelon Money by Stan Berenstain. The Bear Detectives go to work when someone steals the money Farmer Ben has made from selling his delicious and popular watermelons. |
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READER BOLTON |
Ghost in the House by Elizabeth Bolton. When Peter gets blamed for all the things disappearing around the house, he starts looking for the real thief. |
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READER CUSHMAN, D. |
Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House by Doug Cushman. ”Daily Tombs” newspaper reporter Dirk Bones, who also happens to be a skeleton, investigates when a family of ghosts fears that they are being haunted. |
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READER HERMAN, G. |
The Race Car Monster by Gail Herman. Scooby and the gang are going to the racetrack for a day of fun and excitement. But they hear roaring! Then they see flashing teeth! Is there a monster lurking at the racetrack? |
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READER HOROWITZ, R. |
Breakout at the Bug Lab by Ruth Horowitz. When a giant cockroach named Max escapes from their mother’s bug laboratory, Leo and his brother receive help from a mysterious stranger who advises them to think like a bug in order to recapture the runaway roach. |
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READER PLATT, K. |
Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe by Kin Platt. Big Max, the world’s greatest detective, must travel to the land of Ah-Ah-Achoo to find the king’s missing pet giraffe. |
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READER RYLANT, C. |
The High-Rise Private Eyes: the Case of the Sleepy Sloth by Cynthia Rylant. While having a picnic on the docks, animal detectives Bunny and Jack meet a dog whose one and only lawn chair is missing, and they set out to solve the case. |
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READER WEINBERGER, K. |
CJ and the Mysterious Map by Kimberly Weinberger. Eager for adventure, CJ follows the directions of a map anonymously mailed to him. |
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FICTION BAUER, M. |
The Blue Ghost by Marion Dane Bauer. At her grandmother’s log cabin, nine-year-old Liz is led to make contact with children she believes may be her ancestors. |
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FICTION KLINE, S. |
Horrible Harry and the Locked Closet by Suzy Kline. Harry and his detective classmates try to find clues relating to a mysterious locket closet in Room 3B. |
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FICTION STANLEY, G. |
Code Word Kangaroo by George Edward Stanley. Eight-year-old secret agent Adam Sharp travels to Australia where, with the assistance of Alice Springs and a washed-up TV star, he tracks down the evil mastermind behind a plan to block all television stations except his own—The Happy Channel. |
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MYSTERY ADLER, D. |
Cam Jansen and the Snowy Day Mystery by David A. Adler. Using her photographic memory Cam Jansen joins Eric in solving the mystery of how some of the school computers were stolen. |
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MYSTERY BINNAMIN, V. |
The Case of the Anteater's Missing Lunch by Vivian Binnamin. Miss Whimsy's "Fantastic Fifteen" visit the zoo and discover what happened to the anteater's lunch. |
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MYSTERY BUNTING, E. |
Jane Martin, Dog Detective by Eve Bunting. A young girl solves three mysterious cases involving dogs. |
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MYSTERY CHRISTIAN, M. |
Pet Day Mystery by Mary Blount Christian. It's Pet Day at school and when two hamsters disappear Fuzz Face, a cat, is the prime suspect. |
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MYSTERY CLIFFORD, E. |
Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Bashful Beaver by Eth Clifford. Although Flatfoot Fox is fairly certain he knows who stole Bashful Beaver's buttons, the smartest detective in the world allows his assistant, Secretary Bird, to try to solve the case. |
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MYSTERY DOYLE, A. |
Stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Amateur detective Sherlock Holmes, the master of deductive reasoning, solves several mysteries with the aid of his friend, Dr. John Watson. |
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MYSTERY ERNST, K. |
Danger at the Zoo: a Kit Mystery by Kathleen Ernst. While working as a reporter during her summer vacation in 1935, Kit uncovers a mystery at the Cincinnati Zoo involving suspected break-ins at the monkey house. |
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MYSTERY HALE, B. |
Murder, My Tweet: from the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye by Bruce Hale. Detective Chet Gecko and his associate, Natalie Attired, take a case tailing what they think is a cheating boyfriend but are instead led to a school mystery that involves blackmail and robots. |
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MYSTERY HAYES, J. |
The Secret of Foghorn Island by Geoffrey Hayes. Otto and Uncle Tooth, detectives, investigate a series of shipwrecks, which brings them in touch with the dangerous Sid Rat. |
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MYSTERY JOOSSE, B. |
Dead Guys Talk: a Wild Willie Mystery by Barbara M. Joosse. In the dead middle of summer, the Scarface Detectives investigate their creepiest case yet when a mysterious client sends them to Oak Hill Cemetery, where Loonie Loraine is buried. |
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MYSTERY KEENE, C. |
The Secret in the Spooky Woods by Carolyn Keene. Rumor has it that the woods in River Heights Park are haunted! Nancy Drew, girl detective, knows she has some investigating to do when some girls from school, and even her own puppy, Chocolate Chip, start acting strangely. |
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MYSTERY LEVY, E. |
The Mystery of Too Many Elvises by Elizabeth Levy. Excited about the pet talent show at their school, Jill and Gwen begin to wonder if someone is trying to sabotage Fletcher’s appearance when things start to go wrong. |
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MYSTERY MCCALL SMITH, A. |
Max and Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery by Max McCall Smith. When a famous millionaire asks young detectives Max and Maddy Twist to investigate who is sabotaging an international balloon race for charity, they find themselves competing against world-renowned balloonists and one old nemesis. |
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MYSTERY NAPOLI, D. |
Sly the Sleuth and the Food Mysteries by Donna Jo Napoli. Sly uses her detective skills to help her friends solve the case of something fishy, something cooking, and something seedy. |
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MYSTERY NAPOLI, D. |
Sly the Sleuth and the Pet Mysteries by Donna Jo Napoli. Sly the Sleuth, also know as Sylvia, solves three mysteries for her friends and neighbors, all involving pets, through her detective agency, Sleuth for Hire. |
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MYSTERY NASH, S. |
Tuff Fluff: the Case of Duckie’s Missing Brain by Scott Nash. When Duckie, a terry cloth duck, loses his brain and can no longer tell stories to the other toys, Tuff Fluff, the private investigator, must solve the case. |
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MYSTERY RODDA, E. |
Dead End by Emily Rodda. The members of the Help-for-Hire gang are wrongly blamed for a crime wave in Raven Hill and they begin to disappear one at a time. Nick tries to solve this mystery. |
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MYSTERY ROY, R. |
The White Wolf by Ron Roy. While visiting their friend Wallis and her adopted daughter on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose investigate why three white wolf cubs were stolen, and by whom. |
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MYSTERY ROY, R. |
Who Broke Lincoln’s Thumb? by Ron Roy. When they discover that one of the thumbs has been broken off the statue in the Lincoln Memorial, KC and Marshall set out to learn what happened and restore the thumb before a ceremony honoring the sculptor. |
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MYSTERY RYLANT, C. |
The Case of the Baffled Bear by Cynthia Rylant. Bunny and Jack, animal detectives, take a break from playing cards to look for Bernard Bear’s missing messenger whistle. |
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MYSTERY SOBOL, D. |
Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case by Donald J. Sobol. Idaville’s secret weapon against lawbreakers, ten-year-old Encyclopedia Brown, assists the police force with ten insoluble cases. Solutions are at the back of the book. |
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MYSTERY WARNER, G. |
The Clue in the Corn Maze by Gertrude Chandler Warner. The Aldens find themselves right in the middle of an Iowa cornfield and a brand-new mystery! The farm where the children are visiting is famous for its wonderful corn maze, and every year visitors come to walk through the maze and enjoy the Corn King Days festival. But the maze is being vandalized at night, and the festival is in danger of being shut down. The Aldens try to catch the culprit and save the festival. |