Celebrate Mystery Books This Summer!

Below are a few of my favorites:

Picture Books:
The Web Files, by Margie Palatini
Ducktective Web and his partner try to quack the case of the pilfered peck of perfectly picked pickled peppers.


Mystery at Club the Sandwich, by Doug Cushman.
When Lola, famous singer at the Club Sandwich, loses her lucky marbles, elephant detective Nick Trunk, lover of peanut butter, takes the case.






Detective Larue: Letters from the Investigation, by Mark Teague.

Ike Larue and myself go way back. It is unfortunate how he is falsely accused of harming the neighbor's cats in this story, but don't miss the chance to see if he can clear his name.

Fiction:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A novel in Pictures and Words, by Brian Selznick.
Don't let the over 500 pages frighten you; over 250 of them are illustrated! The beautiful and myserious pictures help tell the story of a 12 year old orphan boy living and repairing clocks within the walls of a paris train station in 1931. Mystery abounds with a mysterious toyseller, his godddaughter, and a mysterious mechanical man.


Mr Chickee's Funny Money, by Christopher Paul Curtis
Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russell's huge dog Zoopy solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it.


And don't forget to join the Summer reading program