Detective and Mystery Stories for Curious Kids: A Collection of Interesting Stories for Young Sleuths with Solve-it-Yourself Mysteries

Wonderful gift.

I bought it for my 8 year old grandson and he completed it in a single sitting. The print is bold and the illustrations are attractive

My son was 8 when he read this. He enjoyed it and liked it enough to talk about it.

My son and I read this book together and he love the mini adventures from one chapter to the next.

Recomendado.

He loves to read and enjoyed this book thoroughly. Great book good price.

I bought this for my 7 year old grandson. He loved it!

I thought this was a book of mystery puzzles for kids to solve. Most of the book is short stories about Samuel Sleuth, a middle school aged detective. It's written in a "Sam Spade-ish" voice of a bygone era, which I didn't think would connect particularly well with the child I purchased it for, as she has no context for it.I skipped to the end of the book to read the solve-it-yourself mysteries. The first one had a massive typo- referring to a suspect as Mr. Lee, then having a paragraph referring to this character using female pronouns, and then reverting to male pronouns a paragraph or two later. Furthermore, the explanation of "whodunit" was very straightforward. No clever twists or little details that needed to be attended to- just a kind of plodding explanation of who did it based on very obvious clues. The third "you solve it mystery" was also riddled with mistakes. Two of the three "suspects" show concern about the missing Guinea pig and one of the suspects is described as "cool and collected" and was also seen leaving the classroom during recess. In the reveal, these details are attributed to a different suspect entirely. Shoddy writing and poor editing in this section, and ultimately why I returned the book. I think all the high ratings must be from friends of the author.

My son hates World Book Day, but came out of school smiling, saying that he was reading this book independently and he loved it. He took a couple of accessories into school, a hat and a magnifying glass, and we had gone through the solve it yourself mysteries the night before, using various plushies as the suspects, and torn up paper with drawings on for the items found at the scene. Really nice to see the excitement in his face, as he was piecing the clues together.

I can't agree with the logic behind the answers but it's a bit of fun.

My 8 year old son love this little book. A good read.

Short, insubstantial, incoherent solve it yourself mysteries. Just not worth the money.