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The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake - (Wilcox & Griswold Mysteries) by Robin Newman (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- When food goes missing on Ed's farm, Detectives Wilcox and Griswold do what it takes to track down the thieves.
- 7-8 Years
- 8.8" x 6.2" Hardcover
- 40 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Animals
- Series Name: Wilcox & Griswold Mysteries
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About the Book
Includes a recipe for carrot cake by Mollie Katzen.Book Synopsis
When food goes missing on Ed's farm, Detectives Wilcox and Griswold do what it takes to track down the thieves. In this case, Miss Rabbit's carrot cake has disappeared. Has it been stolen? Or eaten? Or both? Who dunnit?
Review Quotes
". . . [A] good pick for fans of Geoffrey Hayes's Otto and Uncle Tooth, Jennifer Lloyd's Murilla Gorilla, and other literary sleuths in the making."--Publishers Weekly
-- (3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM)"Giving a playful nod to the hard-boiled detective, Newman has written a highly entertaining mystery for young gumshoes."--Booklist
-- (3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM)"Readers ready for chapter books will solve the crime and then be surprised by the twist at the end. Here's hoping for more hard-boiled detecting from Wilcox and Griswold!"--starred, Kirkus Reviews
-- (3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM)"Sweet and charming, this title offers a simple mystery that provides just the right amount of whodunit mixed with humor and good friendship."--School Library Journal
-- (3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM)About the Author
Raised in New York and Paris, Robin Newman was a practicing attorney and legal editor, but she now prefers to write about witches, mice, pigs, and peacocks. She lives in New York with her husband, son, goldfish, and English cocker spaniel, who happens to have been born on the Fourth of July. Deborah Zemke puts words and pictures together in unexpected and lively ways. The author and illustrator of more than 20 children's books and a frequent contributor to Ranger Rick magazine, she lives in Columbia, MO.