Harriet's invited to accompany her aunts Thessalonica and Japonica to America. She's terribly excited, knowing very well that with two expert detectives for aunts, this is going to be no ordinary trip. She soon discovers, to her enormous surprise, that they're actually on their way to see her sixth aunt, Formica! And as if this weren't surprising enough, she finds out that Aunt Formica is a cowgirl, and the reason for their visit is to help her catch some rustlers that have been stealing cattle from her ranch. Harriet and her three aunts must move like greased lightening if they're to get on the trail of the slippery cattle thieves. It's time to saddle-up and yee-ha!
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Grade 2–4—In this third title about the nine-year-old detective, Harriet Bean heads to America with Aunts Thessalonika and Japonica to help previously unknown Aunt Formica. Heading west, they reach her ranch in time to trail some cattle rustlers. As expected from this author, the story is a romp of quirky personalities and unlikely situations. Sticklers for realism may not see the humor, but the book should appeal to those who appreciate a light touch and fun language. Rankin's black-and-white full-page illustrations reflect the comic tone.—Pat Leach, Lincoln City Libraries, NE
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Alexander McCall Smith is professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He is also the author of over fifty books. These range from adult fiction to specialist titles, such as Forensic Aspects of Sleep, to a wide selection of children's books. In 1999 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency was published. This book quickly became a bestseller and was voted one of the 'International Books of the Year and the Millennium' by the Times Literary Supplement. In America the success of the series was instant with sales exceeding two million in the USA alone. Winner of three Author of the Year awards in 2004 (British Book Awards, Booksellers' Association and Waterstone's), Bloomsbury Publishing are very proud and excited to be re-publishing Alexander's key children's books.
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Alexander McCall Smith was born in what is now Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He is now Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He has written more than fifty books, including a number of specialist titles, but is best known for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has achieved bestseller status on four continents. In 2004 he was awarded British Book Awards Author of the Year and Booksellers Association Author of the Year. He lives in Scotland, where in his spare time he is a bassoonist in the RTO (Really Terrible Orchestra).
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Easy reading mystery a treat.,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean (Hardcover)
Harriet loves a good mystery, and together she and her aunts are always interested in a new case, so when she discovers lost cowgirl aunt named Formica, she already envisions an addition to their detective force. But cattle rustlers are Aunt Formica's problem - and it may take the entire team to solve the problem. A little under a hundred pages of action paired with black and white drawing by Laura Rankin make this easy reading mystery a treat.
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We have the whole series of three Harriet Bean books from A. McCall Smith. THey are very well written interesting stories, good to read alone of read-aloud for the whole family. Interesting and intelligent books for kids.
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Fun,
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This review is from: The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean (Paperback)
Of the three Harriet Bean books that I purchased for my grandchildren, this is the weakest tale. However, it was written in the charming style of Alexander McCall Smith and I highly recommend it for young readers.
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