Eth Clifford has created another early chapter book certain to satisfy young readers with its solvable mystery and humorous animal characters. Even Flatfoot Fox, the smartest detective in the world, is puzzled by this latest mystery. Who has stolen Bashful Beaver's beautiful bright blue buttons? The trail leads to Scatterbrain Squirrel and then to Mean-Tempered Turtle. Maybe this is one case Flatfoot Fox can't solve by himself. Certainly that's what Secretary Bird thinks and for a time he takes over as chief investigator. Could it be that two sleuths are better than one?
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3-This six-chapter, easy-to-read mystery full of tongue twisters will delight young readers. Bashful Beaver's "big black bag of beautiful bright blue buttons" has been stolen. Detective Flatfoot Fox starts to investigate, only to be interrupted by Secretary Bird, who wants to solve the case alone. He tracks down the clues, only to find that each suspect has also experienced a theft. Flatfoot Fox leads everyone to Rat-a-Tat Rat (the culprit) who has been "trading this for that." The amusing pen-and-ink drawings of the animated animals add to the humorous ambiance of the story.
Janet M. Bair, Trumbull Library, CT
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Janet M. Bair, Trumbull Library, CT
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 2-4. Flatfoot Fox and Secretary Bird, the Holmes-Watson duo of the animal kingdom, are back, this time trying to determine who's been taking the forest animals' fondest possessions and leaving odd gifts in their place. It doesn't take long for Flatfoot, self-styled "smartest detective in the whole world," to find the culprit--just long enough for readers to appreciate the assortment of characters, grasp the underlying humor, and have fun with the tongue-twisting alliterations sprinkled through the story. Lies' stippled and striped black-and-white illustrations capture the dry comedy of this entertaining chapter book to a T. Stephanie Zvirin
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