For the next couple of months I am trying to throw out some great Christmas shopping ideas for those of you with children who love mysteries. We started out with a review of one of my favorite children’s mystery series, Nate the Great. Now I would like to pass along some more books for you to consider, many of these are for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade readers, some are for older children:
The Boxcar Children, by Gertrude Chandler
Enid Blyton's Famous Five-action/mysteries from England
The Westing Game-by Ellen Raskin The Tatooed Potato and Other Clues by Ellen Raskin
Encyclopedia Brown's Case Files
The Bobbsey Twins
The Wishbone Mysteries
Clue Jr. Mysteries
Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Notebooks-for younger fans, and the regular Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books for older ones (these seem to be a particular favorite)
Cam Jansen mysteries
Jigsaw Jones(this is the current favorite of my 8 year old daughter)
Shirley Holmes
The Baker Street Mysteries
Scooby-Doo (now available in chapter books as well as those for younger children) This is a personal favorite
Shelby Woo
Doug Mysteries
Trixie Belden
Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Three Investigators
Basil of Baker Street
There are also versions of Sherlock Holmes stories for children And if your reader is older and/or advanced, Agatha Christie is usually a good and safe bet
The Accidental Detectives
Babysitter Club Mysteries
Barbie mysteries (these are chapter books we stumbled across through a book club), such as The Clue in the Haunted Library and The Turquoise Trail Mystery
Carmen San Diego
The New Adventures of Mary Kate & Ashley
Plight of the Children by Sharolett Koenig, Koenisha Publications(young adult) http://www.koenisha.com
Another brand new one-The Case of the Lonely Grave by Albert Bell, check it out at his website: http://www.albertbell.com
Miss President and the Trail of Clues by Robyn Leslie (this is a brand new author of Young Adult mysteries available at http://www.publishamerica.com/bookstore....
Most of these can be found at Amazon, used bookstores, or your local library. Also check out the links section for fun mystery links for kids
Lorie Ham author of MURDER IN FOUR PART HARMONY http://www.angelfire.com/la2/lorieham/
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