We've updated our website First Clues: Mysteries for Kids by adding three more mystery series.
Fourth grade investigative reporter Lindy Blues is featured in two early chapter mysteries by Dorian Cirrone. The first, The Missing Silver Dollar, was published early in 2006 with the second, The Big Scoop, published later in the year. It isn't known if additional books will be added in the future.
The author's website (www.doriancirrone.com) has excerpts from both books available as well as teacher's guides with discussion questions and school projects based on the stories. She's also adapted The Missing Silver Dollar into a theater script that can be acted out by students.
The Lindy Blues mysteries are appropriate for readers aged 7 to 10.
Samantha "Sam" is a mystery-solving sheepdog in the Sam: Dog Detective mysteries by Mary Labatt. In the first book of the series, The Ghost of Captain Briggs, Sam moves to a new town and is introduced to 10-year-old Jennie Levinsky, a neighbor who's hired to walk her. But Jennie discovers she can "hear" what Sam is thinking, and what Sam is usually thinking is how to find fame and fortune as a world-famous detective. Jennie's best friend Beth joins them on their adventures.
There are currently 8 books in this series which are appropriate for young sleuths aged 7 to 10.
The Third-Grade Detectives Mysteries by George E. Stanley feature third graders Noelle and Todd who investigate mysteries in school and around the town. In their first case, The Clue of the Left-Handed Envelope, Amber Lee Johnson is sent an anonymous secret admirer letter. But from whom? Their teacher, Mr. Merlin, an ex-spy, helps them by providing clues that the youngsters must solve in order to identify the sender.
There are 10 books in this early chapter mystery series that are appropriate for readers aged 6 to 8. The author, George E. Stanley, a professor of English at Cameron University, is also the author of several other series for children and young adults.
First Clue Mysteries is pleased to provide information on over 80 mystery series for children and young adults. Each series is conveniently listed under three different age categories (New Sleuth, ages 4 to 7; Future Sleuth, aged 7 to 10; and Sleuth in Training, ages 10 and older). If you have a favorite mystery series you'd like to see added to our site, please contact us.
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