These mysteries are both fun and informative for young readers, introducing them to the wonders of science with the help of some cute little critters. Meet Dot & Jabber, a pair of teeny mouse detectives who solve a different mystery in each of the books from this adorable series. The Dot & Jabber series by Ellen Stoll Walsh He looks every bit the detective as one can as a pigeon-he’s got a fedora on so you know he means business. It reads like a crime noir comic, the story of a plumed private investigator who’s come out of retirement to pursue a birdnapping case. Well, this picture book certainly isn’t helping my theory that all pigeons are tiny cooing spies. With the help of some observant cows and his own canine spidey-sense, he’ll sniff out the culprit, doggone it! Pigeon P.I. In this remix of the classic tale, Detective Doggedly is trying to catch the huffing, puffing, house-blowing wolf before he eats the three little pigs for dinner. Then disaster strikes amidst the festivities: someone has eaten the lavish birthday feast! Horace must figure out who the culprit is in the eleventh hour-which of his friends has dunnit?! Where’s the Big Bad Wolf ? by Eileen Christelow In this beautifully illustrated picture book-seriously, the detail in these drawings is stunning-Horace the elephant throws himself an extravagant costume party to celebrate his eleventh birthday.

The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base This one is for the really little humans so it’s sort of in a league of its own! The books in the Babylit Sounds Primer series all use simple word pairings to introduce young minds to classic works of literature, like this one about the famed quirky detective of London’s Baker Street. So, funny story-a lot of mystery books for kids like to riff off the Sherlock thing. Picture Mystery Books For Kids (infants, toddlers, preschool, Kindergarten) Sherlock Holmes in the Hound of the Baskervilles (A Babylit Sounds Primer) by Jennifer Adams, Illustrated by Allison Oliver

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