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Early Reading Detectives

Stories for children learning to read with mysteries and adventures galore!

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  • Nate the Great solves the mystery of the missing picture. The first in a classic children's mystery series!
    Book, 2004New York : Yearling, [2004] — E SHARMAT
  • Pedro forms a new club with his friends dedicated to solving mysteries--and the first two assignments are finding his mother's locket, and his father's cell phone.
    Book, 2017North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, 2017. — E MANUSHK
  • A stolen traveling bag . . . A mysterious black shadow on the wall . . . A thief next door . . . A disappearing cat . . . Don't worry, Aunt Eater is on the case.
    Book, 1989New York : Harper & Row, 1989. — E CUSHMAN
  • When eight-year-old sleuth Cam Jansen and her friend Eric go to a birthday party, she uses her photographic memory to solve the puzzle of the dinosaur count.
    Book, 2011New York : Penguin Young Readers, 2011. — E ADLER
  • Learn all about Mira and her life as royal detective!
    Book, 2020Los Angeles : Disney Press, 2020. — E PALADIN
  • Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, are famous for solving mysteries. Something unusual happens when tiles go missing. Hamster Holmes is stumped.
    Book, 2018New York : Simon Spotlight, [2018] — E SADAR
  • Ewe is the star of the show, but her jewel is missing. Dog detectives Lew and Drew are on the case!
    Book, 2024St. Catharines, Ontario ; New York, NY : Crabtree Publishing, [2024] — E THOMPSO
  • Last night the rain poured down. Today the stream is empty! Where did the water go? It's a good thing mouse detectives Dot and Jabber are on the case!
    Book, 2016Boston : Green Light Readers/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. — E WALSH
  • Detective Murilla Gorilla helps Parrot search for a parasol that has gone missing from his parasol stand.
    Book, 2013[Vancouver, B.C.?] : Simply Read Books, 2013. — E LLOYD
  • Catch that thief! Someone is stealing electricity from homes around town. The detective thinks the thief is Pikachu! Ash knows Pikachu didn't do it. Can he and Goh catch the real culprit?
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2023. — E BARBO
  • Scooby and the gang are decorating the Mystery Machine for a parade. But when someone or something messes up their hard work, it's up to the gang to solve the mystery and fix the Mystery Machine in time for the big parade.
    Book, 2017Minneapolis, Minnesota : Spotlight, a division of ABDO, 2017. — E NAGLER
  • Frank and Bean

    the Stinky Feet Monster

    Michalak, Jamie,
    Frank has a book, a map, and a plan to find the Stinky Feet Monster. Bean has new boots, a new hat, and a drum, and is ready to rock. He doesn't believe in the Stinky Feet Monster, but as the two friends trek through the dark woods, they encounter…
    Book, 2023Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023. — E MICHALA
  • Little penguin has found something. But he's not sure what it possibly cound be. Luckily, penguins are great detectives--and he and his friends are on the case!
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — E DRISCOL
  • On a snowy day, Nancy and her friends are stuck playing inside--but the plot thickens when Lionel's comic book goes missing! Don't worry, Detective Nancy is on the case.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — E SAXON
  • The Dino Detectives are going to the beach, and Sarah the Triceratops has packed the car--but when they go to unpack all their toys are missing.
    Book, 2013North Mankato, Minn. : Stone Arch Books, [2013] — E YASUDA
  • In rhyming text, Princess Truly visits the science museum with her brother, solves the mystery of her missing snack, and uses her magic curls to take a trip to outer space with her pug, Sir Noodles.
    Book, 2023New York : Acorn/Scholastic Inc., 2023. — E GREENAW
  • Dolores Madrigal has the amazing ability to hear things that are very far away, from across the whole Encanto she calls home. But one morning when she wakes up, she doesn't hear something she usually does. But what?
    Book, 2024New York : Random House, 2024. — E MARTINE
  • Garden gnomes Gnomeo & Juliet work with renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.
    Book, 2018New York : Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2018. — E DINGEE