The Puzzle Club Christmas Mystery [Hardcover]

Dandi Daley Mackall (Author), Mark Young (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Puzzle Club

The Christmas parade is cancelled because the money for it is missing. The town nativity set is gone. Michelle's father is missing. Can the Puzzle Club solve the mysteries before Christmas is spoiled? There's not a second to lose!.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2. A book with minimal plot and cartoon illustrations, seemingly adapted from an animated television show. The dialogue sounds like a Grade-B movie. Readers learn that a group of kids who call themselves the Puzzle Club solve mysteries, but little else. In this episode, a man is accused of stealing the town's parade money and Nativity scene. It turns out he's hiding in an abandoned house, found, of course, by the Puzzle Club. He had given the parade money to a carnival man for an unexplained reason, and then went into hiding when the man ran off with it. Because he missed Christmas, he took the town's creche and set it up in the abandoned house. But thanks to the Puzzle Club kids, he is found and reminded that "Jesus gives you a fresh start." All ends well. Why anyone would want this title is the real puzzle here.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 31 pages
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0570050243
• ISBN-13: 978-0570050247
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,456,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dandi won her first writing contest as a 10-year-old tomboy. Her 50 words on "Why I Want to Be Batboy for the Kansas City A's" won first place, but the team wouldn't let a girl be batboy. It was her first taste of rejection.
Since then, Dandi Daley Mackall has become an award-winning author of over 400 books for children of all ages, with sales of 4 million copies in 22 countries. Recent picture books with Sleeping Bear Press include Legend of Ohio, Rudy Rides the Rails: A Depression Era Story (Notable Book 2008 - Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People National Council of Social Studies & Children's Book Council; winner of the Angel Award, 2008; Winner of the "Award of Excellence" from Chicago Book Show 2007) and 2008 release, A Girl Named Dan (her own "batboy" story, and a lesson on Title IX), 2 Mom's Choice Awards & Amelia Bloom Award. Eva Underground, Harcourt young adult novel, nominated ALA Best Book 2007, starred Kirkus review, awarded a Top Teen Read by New York Public Library, finalist for Ohioana Award, was based on the author's experiences behind the Iron Curtain. Love Rules was awarded Romantic Times' Top Pick. Middle-grade fiction, Larger-than-Life Lara, Dutton/Penguin, which teaches how to write, while tackling the problem of bullying, is on the KY Bluegrass Award List 2007-8; William Allan White Award list, 2008-9; KS and KY Children's Choice lists. Her Winnie the Horse Gentler series has sold over half a million books and Starlight Animal Rescue is a Gold Medallion finalist. Dandi received the 2009 Helen Keating Ott Award for distinguished contribution toward promoting high moral and ethical values in children and young adult literature. She also received the Distinguished Alumna Award in 2008 from the University of Missouri. Dandi is a national speaker, keynoting at conferences and Young Author events, and has made dozens of appearances on TV, including ABC, NBC, and CBS. Visit Dandi at www.dandibooks.com, winniethehorsegentler.com, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85oaIUbJ8j8