Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Maggie Mae, Detective Extraordinaire

Kids enjoy reading about detectives and mysteries and there are lots of series like that for older kids. But younger ones don't have many in that genre to choose from.  This book is for readers from four to eight years old and helps to fill in that gap. Of course most children at the beginning of that age group will have the story read to them and it will be a satisfying bedtime story.


Maggie Mae, Detective Extraordinaire By Margo L. Dill is apparently going to be a series. The subtitle of this book is, The Case of the Missing Cookies.

Maggie Mae's grandmother is baking cookies, her delicious snickerdoodles, for a bake sale. But some have disappeared and Maggie Mae  needs to help her grandmother by discovering who has stolen them.

Is the thief her brother? Her grandfather? The dog?

Maggie Mae takes notes and follows the clues until she solves the mystery.

I won't give away the secret, but at the end of the book Grandma leaves everyone happy by baking lots more of her yummy cookies.

The cute illustrations by Jack Foster add to the enjoyment kids will experience when they read, or listen to, the story.

And they'll be eagerly awaiting the next book about Maggie Mae.

7 comments:

penelope anne cole said...

Hi Janet, great review of a cute story. I enjoyed it, too, and reviewed it on my blog. Wishing Margo much luck with her sweet picture book. Blessings, Penny (www.penelopeannecole.com)

Donna McDine said...

Terrific review! Thanks for sharing. Margo's book is in my review stack too! Looking forward to reading it!

Magic Carpet of 16x Books said...

Janet, super review of Margo's book.
Congrats Margo - kids will LOVE this one!!
I wanted to add it to my Book Reviews on Pinterest, but without a cover they will not load it. If you email me privately, I can help you load a picture on Blogger.

Janet Ann Collins said...

Thank you, Margot.

Janet Ann Collins said...

Margot, I can't find your e-mail address.

Magic Carpet of 16x Books said...

It is mfinke@frontier.com

Margot

Janet Ann Collins said...

Thank you, Donna.