Emil and the Detectives

In Erich Kastner's classic children's mystery, Emil must deliver an envelope of his mother's hard-earned money to his grandmother in Berlin. After boarding the train, he pins the envelope inside the jacket of his blue Sunday suit and takes his seat across from a man in a bowler hat. Emil quickly falls asleep--and when he awakens, the money and the man have both disappeared!

Emil and a resourceful gang of detectives track the skulking thief. Gustav, a fourth-grader, learns of Emil's predicame...