The Milo & Jazz Mysteries for Kids Series to be Adapted for Television

In a press release, Creating4Kids announced it had secured the television production rights to The Milo & Jazz Mysteries, a series of books for children. Mystery author Rick Copp will adapt the series into 26 half-hour episodes.

"We had been searching for a mystery franchise to develop for the screen and this fits the bill perfectly," said Creating4Kids' president Christopher Keenan, adding that the books "possess a wonderful blend of mystery and comedy and showcase the adventures of two contemporary, likeable and wholly relatable protagonists."

The Milo & Jazz mysteries, written by Mara Rockliff under the pen name of Lewis B. Montgomery, feature two suburban kids who solve crimes in their neighbohood, using techniques they learn from studying the world-famous private eye and master detective Dash Marlowe. We've had the pleasure of reviewing all five books in the series to date, saying of the most recent, The Case of the July 4th Jinx, "There's a lot of humor coupled with a fair amount of misdirection here and the identity of the culprit may even come as a surprise to parents, who choose to read the book with their children." (All our reviews are linked from the First Clues: Milo & Jazz Mysteries page.)