Juvenile fiction, mystery, young reader detective story, light fantasy for kids. Nate the great, the protagonist of this highly entertaining series, takes solving. All formats available for pc, mac, ebook readers and other mobile devices. Detective dinosaur solves minicrimes in these beginnerreader books. Often, my kids will stop me halfway through a book to tell me their hypothesis. Murder most unladylike series chooses her top 10 detective novels. The top 10 detective novels, picked by robin stevens booktrust. Now she has her chance to be an honorary detective. The series was created by a connecticut schoolteacher turned. This book series has been the number one bestselling detective book series of the past twentyfive years.
Free shipping on due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Some mysteries may be more challenging for younger students, but teachers and parents can always provide hints when needed. Three times lucky by sheila turnage, the westing game by ellen raskin, escape from mr. These are just a few of our fave detective series that your kids might enjoy. As fans of louise penny just like many of you out there, she had to top our list with how the light gets in. The first book in the series carries the same title as the series. The babysitters club super mysteries series by ann m. Adams, alphabet detectives is a fun alphabet guessing game for preschoolers to learn. A children s book series is a set of fiction books, with a connected story line, written for children.
The series follows the four orphaned aiden children who decide to live in an abandoned boxcar in the forest. Best books for thirdgraders as kids age 8 and 9 get deeper into the world of chapter books, they begin to discover the genres that most appeal to them, from scifi, horror, and fantasy to mystery. You are a social detective provides an overview of key concepts that help to explore our own and others social thinking. Do you need a few books to get your young male reading, engaged, and interested. Leroy brown, aka encyclopedia brown, can solve any crime for just 25 cents a day plus expenses, and usually before dinner time. The spirits of the dead literally haunt her, begging to help. Doo doo doo doo doo doo paperback at walmart and save. Detective kim stone crime thriller series free book with 30. The jack russell dog detective series jack russell. Miltonbradley made a babysitters club mystery game in 1992.
A veteran thriller and mystery writer of over 20 books, cook shared his favorite mystery novels. Like the majority of james patterson novels, the michael bennett series are crime thrillers which take place, for the most part, in new york city. Mileena has always wanted to be a police officer, or as she says it, a police. The judy bolton mystery stories by margaret sutton. Popular detective series books goodreads share book. Created by childrens book author and illustrator e. Find bestsellers, new releases, award winners and our recommended books for kids at. I went to the alabama public schools at a time when my english teachers, all but one of. Nancy drew is a childrens mystery classic, most specifically a girls classic. Boys are plentiful in these series featuring smart, young male detectives. Each of these is the first novel in one of the great british police detective series.
Girl detective series jestresss forgotten books and stories. If you were a regular harriet the spy as a kid, dust off your trusty notebook, polish up the old magnifying glass, and get back in the game with the best mystery books for adults. Kristi, the author of the inca book series is a former professional of the united nations children s fund. The boxcar children books were first published back in 1942 and are pretty much considered classic mystery books for kids. The book was first published in 1924, as the boxcar children, then thoroughly revised and republished sans hyphen in 1942. Martin grades 25 more than 35 books complete this series, and young readers cant seem to get enough. The series focuses on michael bennett, a detective in the new york police department. Encyclopedia brown is a series of books featuring the adventures of boy detective leroy brown, nicknamed encyclopedia for his intelligence and range of knowledge. Its the future, the population police are on the look out for children not allowed.
Japanese childrens book is called the butt detective daily. Children s mystery book series featuring girl detectives. And if you know of any flashlight worthy series that would work well on this list, let flashlight worthy know and theyll let me know. Sobol, with the first book published in 1963 and the last novel published posthumously in 2012. Youll find a good mystery book series, whether youre in the mood for a murder mystery book series, cozy mystery book, or a fastpaced thriller. Margaret sutton was a real person and her character, an amateur detective, ages from book to book most series characters tend to stay the same age and even marries. Prime members enjoy free delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, tv shows, original audio series, and kindle books. These books were written about 50 years ago, but this young and savvy detective had quite a few fans in her day and is still a fave of girls today. Shop children s fiction mysteries detective stories books at alibris. Aided by her visions, anna manages to investigate and solve a number of mysterious crimes which have. Jack reacher where applicable, we provide you with both the publication order of the books written, as well as the chronological order of the books. Meanwhile, poor preacher has run afowl of the terrible dogboggarts.
The series starts with one of these children, the thirdborn, hidden away for safety. Find the books you want all in one place and at prices youll love. This is book number 9 in the inspector armand gamache series and definitely our favorite of all of them there are 12. May 31, 2017 oshiri tantei, which translates to the butt detective is a popular children s book series in japan that was first published in 2012. The series of 29 children s novels was written one cowritten by donald j. The books are very popular and have been printed all over the world. Browse new releases, best selling titles or classics, with free delivery on eligible orders.
Large selection and many more categories to choose from. Juvenile fiction, mystery, young reader detective story, light fantasy for kids karen romano young 4. Trixie belden series by julie campbell tatham and kathryn kenny grades 35 these books were written about 50 years ago, but this young and savvy detective had quite a few fans in her. Nineteenyearold anna, living at the end of the nineteenth century in the town of zatonsk, unexpectedly discovers that she possesses supernatural powers. Heres a list of ten mystery books for children, old and new, that either. Inspector jacques is a french bulldog with attitude, and a fangresistant collar, as jack discovers. William dougherty, john almquist, richard sklar, james duncan lawrence, thomas mulvey and richard mckenna. Best detective series for children if you love detective book for kid, these should be on your list. Shop for children s books by age, series, author, subject and format. Jun 12, 2017 detective jeanette kihlberg has the requisite messy personal life and cynical worldview for noir stories, and the crimes she finds herself investigating, involving mutilated, mummified children, explode into a horrifying and exhilarating exploration of generational violence, another classic noir theme. Members of the babysitters club must juggle school, their jobs, and mysteries that happen in the fictional town of stoneybrook, connecticut. Weve put together a mystery book series list to dive into.
An engrossing victorian mystery series, anne perrys charlotte and thomas pitt novels take readers back in time to hunt down murders, uncover mysteries, and solve crime alongside married duo commander thomas pitt and his wife, charlotte. The best classic children s books from the 1950s, part of a series of the best children s books from the 20th century. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Warren series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
Shop for books at and browse categories like young adult books, children s books, mystery books, adult coloring books and cook books. Lee child, and then in order of the character or series ie. The sisters grimm series by michael buckley and illustrated by peter ferguson grades 35 sisters sabrina and daphne are descendants of the brothers grimm. When authors began writing mystery stories specifically for children, they discovered that kids were drawn to book that showed other children and young people as the heroes of the stories with little help from adults.
In her first outing the socially adept miss drew, whilst running errands for her father meets a series of people who are connected to a man who has recently passed away and there is some contention over the will. Book lists feature 10 books from every decade of the last century. Of course there are a lot of authors and a lot of books out there so this isnt. Childrens fiction mysteries detective stories books alibris.
Warren book series by lisa gardner includes books alone, hide, the neighbor, and several more. The judy bolton series is quite different from others in the genre. Bailey weggins is a true crime writer for magazines in a book series debuted 2004, by magazine editor kate white. Apr 09, 2018 these series are definitely for older readers but the topic is so intriguing there is a reason why many schools select it as required or encouraged reading. With aleksandra nikiforova, dmitriy frid, sergey druzyak, irina sidorova. They are not necessarily the best of their respective series, but they are all very good. There are fourteen books in total that comprise this mystery series. Listen to the complete detective kim stone crime thriller series book series. Daisy wellsis an english boarding school girl during the 1930s in a book series by robin stevens is the president of the wells and wong detective society she established with her friend hazel wong.
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