A collection of story puzzles, with clues to help solve them. After each of these puzzles there are five pieces of evidence, including witness testimonies, autopsy and crime scene reports, and car and house searches. By examining this evidence the reader can solve the crime. Solutions are included.
"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Aladdin" and "Sinbad the Sailor": these are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to captivate her husband, King Shahryar...and to save her own life. Each one is more fantastic than the last, filled with demons and dervishes, caliphs and genies, men transformed into dogs and ...
This volume contains 25 short detective stories for young readers, each no longer than four pages and packed with clues and evidence. Join detective Dr J.L. Quicksolve and his son Junior in solving murders, thefts, and other dastardly crimes.
Presents details of 100 wacky, true lawsuits. Cases include the man who sued because his belly button was moved off-centre during surgery and the psychic who claimed she lost all her powers after a brainscan.
Set in a richly rendered 15th century Paris, Victor Hugo's powerful drama focuses on a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda, the two men (one an obsessed and manipulative priest) who love her and the pitiful hunchback Quasimodo who tries to save her. With this spellbinding version, kids can enjoy all the excitement of Hugo's masterful story.With ...
Join Professor Quicksolve in solving more than 40 devious crimes. Visit the crime scenes and watch Dr Quicksolve find out whodunit, and then examine all the evidence and work out how he cracked it. All the clues needed to solve the crimes are found within each mini-mystery story.
One of the most beloved classics in children's literature, Kipling's masterpiece follows Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves and his animal friends as they fight for survival in the Indian jungle. Young readers will love the wise bear Baloo and Bagheera the black panther; shiver at the vicious tiger Shere Khan; laugh at the silly monkeys; and feel ...
This is a collection of 15 court cases about murders and crimes for the reader to solve, that hark back to old-fashioned who-dunits. There are no special police knowledge tests or car chases, just plain logic and imagination.
Match wits with Dr Jeffrey Lynn Quicksolve and his craft son Junior as you race them to nab shoplifters, trap show-offs and liars, and catch murderers, burglars and bank robbers. All the clues you need are hidden in the 38 short stories about the crimes. There are ten pages of solutions.
Packed into 40 illustrated mini mysteries - each only one or two pages long - are dastardly motives, heinous crimes and clues to solving them, which will have kids using their powers of deduction and creative thinking.
Best known for his books Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson also wrote some of the most beloved children's poems in the world. Most of them appeared in a classic book called A Child's Garden Of Verses, and now you will find 32 of them here, gloriously illustrated in full colour. ...
How many ways can dad show his love? He can lift his son high in the air, gather him close for a ride down the slide, make funny faces to ward away tears and fly him around "like an airplane that swoops." Together, they'll roll in the leaves, go on the swings and roar like lions. Best of all, the verse offers fathers plenty of opportunities to ...
This text contains 90 puzzles, all designed to make the reader think laterally in order to find the answers. Puzzles involve solving murder mysteries, finding hidden treasure, playing the stock market and capturing wartime spies. Puzzles range from very easy to difficult.
This volume contains 25 short detective mysteries for young readers, each no longer than four pages and packed with clues and evidence. Join Detective Dr J.L. Quicksolve and his son Junior in solving murders, thefts and other dastardly crimes.
These are mini mysteries to be solved. The reader is pitted against a detective who is trying to solve murders all over the world. At the end of each story there are three questions that need to be answered to beat the detective. Along with the questions are all the clues that the detective has.
Welcome the newest addition to John Cech's widely-praised "Classic Fairy Tale Collection". Every day, twelve princesses mysteriously wear out twelve new pairs of shoes - and neither the king, nor a series of hopeful suitors, can figure out how. Then a simple soldier, with a little magic on his side, gives it a try. Will he succeed where others ...
Mischievous, lazy, and full of tricks, the puppet Pinocchio causes trouble for his creator, Geppetto, almost as soon as he is created. Yet, more than anything, this naughty and playful creature wants to become a real boy. To make his dreams come true, he must prove himself worthy. Come along on Pinocchio's amazing journey as he learns - the hard ...
This book is intended for ages 5 to 8 years. Eventually the animals get bored with their confinement, but they console themselves with the fact that the lion has not been tempted to eat the rabbit. When Noah finally opens the door and all the animals can leave, they rejoice in the fact that God saved them. And this is the message of the book: God ...
Join junior detectives Greg Rydell and Carrie Ingram as they bust crimes and collar thieves. This book contains 25 whodunnit cases, requiring the reader to pick up the clues, discover the facts, and work out who the culprit is. Learn how to take fingerprints, make invisible ink, and more.
First-time grandmother Molly McCool can't remember the old nursery rhymes and she never did like rocking chairs. Why, she can't even bake a decent cookie! But it's never too late to relearn old tricks, so Molly enrolls in Grandma University to brush up on her skills. Here, Molly and her classmates are instructed in the grandmotherly arts of ...
Join Dr Quicksolve in matching your wits against kidnappers, safecrackers, thieves and murderers. This puzzlebook contains more than 40 devious crimes for the reader to solve, in the form of a two-page mystery story. All the mysteries feature a key clue and full solutions are provided.
Accompany Thomas Stanwick as he hears about a crime, arrives on the scene, interviews the authorities and witnesses, examines the body, surveys the surroundings, and announces which suspect to arrest--all under five minutes. You'll be right there with him at dozens of different crime scenes, and if it takes you less than five minutes to bust the ...
Feeling taller than his big brother, his house, and the giraffes at the zoo, a little boy spends the day on his daddy's shoulders as they go for a walk around their neighborhood. Full color.
Hundreds of zany jokes for children. A collection of stories, jokes, knock-knocks and riddles about food, animals, ghosts and just about any other topics you can think of, peppered with outrageous drawings.
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