Clever problem-solving Books

Cactus Coyote and other stories of animal escapades

Ages 6–10animalsadventure

Little Miss Sunshine and the Wicked Witch

Roger Hargreaves

Ages 4–8optimismcourage

Uncle Wiggily to the rescue

Howard Roger Garis

Ages 4–8adventurecourage

The bottle imp of Bright House

Tom Llewellyn

Ages 9–13wishes and consequencesfamily

Rats on the roof and other stories

James Marshall

Ages 5–10humoranimals

East African Folktales

Vincent Muli Wa Kituku, Vincent Mmuli Wa Kkitukku

Ages 4–8wisdomtradition

Atticus Claw on the Misty Moor

Jennifer Gray, Mark Ecob

Ages 7–11mysteryadventure

Little Lulu

John Stanley, Irving Tripp

Ages 6–12friendshipindependence

Soul Enchilada

David Macinnis Gill

Ages 12–16good versus evilagency and choice

Piggins and the Royal Wedding

Jane Yolen

Ages 5–9mysterydetective work

Bootsie Barker bites

Barbara Bottner

Ages 4–8bullyingcourage

The case of the case of mistaken identity

Mac Barnett

Ages 8–12mistaken identityhumor

Cover of Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)

Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–18mysterydeduction

Once Upon a Crime

Michael Buckley

Ages 8–12mysterydetective work

Princess Natasha #5: Can It

KOL

Ages 7–11spy adventurestudent exchange

The sword that cut the burning grass

Dorothy Hoobler

Ages 9–14mysteryhonor

Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle, J. M. Barrie, William Gillette, Arthur Whitaker

Ages 10–16mysterydetective work

Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception

Wendelin Van Draanen

Ages 9–13mysterydetective work

Artemis Fowl. The Lost Colony

Eoin Colfer

Ages 9–14friendshiployalty

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