Albert's Halloween: The Case of the Stolen Pumpkins (with audio recording)

by Leslie Tryon, Leslie Tryon (Illustrator)

Overview

Someone has stolen eighteen pumpkins from Patsy Pig's Pleasant Valley Pumpkin Patch! Chief Detective Albert and his pals (see below) are hot on the trail of the Pumpkin Thief -- but they need your help, or there may be no jack-o'-lanterns this Halloween! Follow along as theygo from clue to clue until they finally apprehend a surprising suspect -- and learn how much they didn't see along the way!
Illustrated in the same captivating style that has made Albert and his friends beloved by so many readers, Leslie Tryon takes the Pleasant Valley gang on a new adventure as they try to unravel the spookiest Halloween mystery ever!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481419024
Publisher:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	06/03/2014
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
Lexile:	AD760L (what's this?)
File size:	49 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Leslie Tryon is the author of the Albert books and several others for young readers. She is also the illustrator of Alma Flor Ada's Dear Peter Rabbit and With Love, Little Red Hen. She lives in Carmel Valley, California.

Editorial Reviews

When 18 pumpkins go missing from Patsy Pig's Pleasant Valley Pumpkin Patch, it is up to detectives Miss Maple, Shamrock Homes, Sam Slade, and Chief Inspector Albertþa pig, a monkey, a raccoon, and a duck, respectivelyþto find the wayward squash, in this entertaining mystery from Tryon (Albert's Ballgame, 1996, etc.). A note at the scene of the crime sends the good guys on a nocturnal treasure hunt, to the library, the playground, a lightning-blasted tree, and a ratty custodian's storeroom; every time they find a pumpkin and a note. On each of the notes a couple of words or numbers are outlined, as if they were pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. When the puzzle pieces are assembled by the detectives, readers (who don't have to carve up their copies to get the final clue) are led back through the book to find all the pumpkinsþin plain sight, but cunningly absorbed into the background. The story itself is forgettable, but who can pass up a treasure hunt? Few readers will. (Picture book. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews