E Base
The Eleventh Hour
By Graham Base
When the time to eat arrives at an elephant’s eleventh birthday, the birthday feast has disappeared. Can you guess the thief?
E Cushman
The Mystery of King Karfu
By Doug Cushman
The great detective Seymour Sleuth and his assistant Muggs journey to Egypt to search for a missing stone chicken, an important clue to the location of the Lost Treasure of King Karfu.
E Hurd
Art Dog
By Thacher Hurd
When the Mona Woofa is stolen from the Dogopolis Museum of Art, a mysterious character that calls himself Art Dog tracks down and captures the thieves.
E Jones
The 13th Clue
By Ann Jonas
A young girl follows thirteen clues to a surprise.
E Wexler
Everyday Mysteries
By Jerome Wexler
Use your detective skills to uncover what is photographed in this up-close photography book.
E Wisniewski
Tough Cookie
By David Wisniewski
When his friend Chips is snatched and chewed, Detective Tough Cookie sets out to stop Fingers.
E Zemach
The Judge: An Untrue Tale
By Harve Zemach
A judge must listen to several people’s description of the creature that is headed to town in this cumulative story. Caldecott Honor Book.
J 428.6 Cushman
Aunt Eater’s Mystery Vacation
By Doug Cushman
A mystery-loving anteater has a chance to solve several mysteries during her vacation at the Hotel Bathwater.
J 428.6 Cushman
Inspector Hopper
By Doug Cushman
Inspector Hopper and his perpetually hungry assistant McBugg solve three mysteries for their insect friends.
J 428.6 Rylant
The High Rise Private Eyes series
By Cynthia Rylant
"No mystery is too mysterious, no puzzle too puzzling, no crime too criminal, no trouble too troubling for ace detectives and very best friends Bunny Brown and Jack Jones."
J 428.6 Sharmat
Nate the Great series
By Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, solve mysteries by asking the right questions, getting all the facts, and narrowing down the suspects in this funny classic series.
J 428.6 Skofield
Detective Dinosaur: Lost and Found
by James Skofield
After Detective Dinosaur and Officer Pterodactyl find a missing baby wearing pink diapers and a home for Cadet Kitty, they lose and rediscover each other.
J Adler
Cam Jansen series
By David A. Adler Using Cam’s photographic memory and some smart thinking, Cam Jansen and her sidekick Eric Shelton track down crime in this chapter book series.
J Giff
Kidnap at the Catfish Café
By Patricia Reilly Giff
Assisted by her cat Max, sixth grader Minnie starts up her new detective agency by investigating a kidnapping and a thief who will steal anything, even a hot stove.
J Hearne
Who’s in the Hall?
By Betsy Hearne Three children, two baby-sitters, two dogs, a rat, and a janitor finally get together and put an end to some confusion.
J Nixon
Gus and Gertie and the Missing Pearl
By Joan Lowery Nixon
Arriving for a vacation on Holiday Island, penguins Gus and Gertie stumble into a hotel full of Bad Guys and have a beautiful, valuable deep-sea pearl stolen from them.
J Roy
A to Z Mysteries series
By Ron Roy
Dink Duncan, Josh and Ruth Rose solve mysteries in their small town in this wacky, popular series.
J Roy
Someone is Following Pip Ramsey
By Ron Roy
At the start of his family's vacation on the coast of Maine, nine-year-old Pip Ramsey buys an old Russian nesting doll at a yard sale and is soon certain that someone is extremely interested in getting the doll from him.
J Sobol
Encyclopedia Brown series
By Donald J. Sobol
Ten-year-old Leroy (nicknamed Encyclopedia) opens his own detective agency to solve several cases in each book of this series. Can you crack the case before looking up the answers in the back?
J Warner
The Adventures of Benny and Watch: The Magic Show Mystery
Created by Gertrude Chandler Warner
After seeing a magician perform, Benny enlists his dog Watch to help him put on his own magic show, but then both Watch and Benny's magic bag disappears.
J Dowell
Dovey Coe
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
When accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a strong-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother.
J Hale
The Mystery of Mr. Nice: A Chet Gecko Mystery
By Bruce Hale
When the principal of his school begins acting nice to him, Chet Gecko realizes that he is an imposter and so sets out to find the real one.
J Hamilton
The House of Dies Drear
By Virginia Hamilton
A family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events and discoveries of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.
J Howe
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery
By Deborah and James Howe
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.
J Hurwitz
Ali Baba Bernstein, Lost and Found
By Johanna Hurwitz
Throughout a series of adventures, ten-year-old David "Ali Baba" Bernstein spends most of his time thinking about becoming a detective and getting a dog.
J Joose
Alien Brain Fryout
and other Wild Willie mysteries
By Barbara M. Joose
Willie and friends face ghosts, bullies, and mysterious next-door neighbors in this series.
J Lennon
There’s A Kangaroo in My Soup!
By Joan Lennon When Cynthia the boisterous kangaroo runs away from the circus, she hides out at quiet Kevin's house and helps him solve the mystery surrounding his parents' inventions.
J Levin
Shadow-Catcher
By Betty Levin
Although he often fancied himself a detective, Jonathan must become a real sleuth when he attempts to solve a mystery while accompanying his grandfather, a Civil War veteran and traveling photographer in Maine.
J Raskin
The Westing Game
By Ellen Raskin
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
Newberry Award Winner.
J Scheffler
The Man with the Black Glove
By Ursel Scheffler
Martin Pitman and his sidekick Pauline solve the case of an old lady's missing wallet and identify the man who has been attacking security guards.
J Van Draanen
Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy
and other Sammy Keyes mysteries
By Wendelin Van Draanen
Samantha, or Sammy, chases down crime and runs into a lot of trouble while secretly living with her Grandmother in a senior community in this detective series.
J Warner
The Boxcar Children Mysteries series
By Gertrude Chandler Warner
No matter where they travel, the Alden family, Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, always finds a mystery to be solved!
J Wright
The Dollhouse Murders
By Betty Ren Wright
A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she last left them lead Amy and her mentally challenged sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago.
J Yep
The Case of the Firecrackers
By Laurence Yep
When a prop gun used during the making of a television show turns out to have real bullets, twelve-year-old Lily Lew and Auntie, her movie actress great-aunt, comb San Francisco's Chinatown in search of the culprit responsible for loading the gun.
J Yolen
The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History
By Jane Yolen
A young girl relates the facts that are known about the true-life, unexplained disappearance of the crew on the ship Mary Celeste in 1872, and challenges the reader to solve the mystery.
J 001.94 Simon
Strange Mysteries from Around the World
by Seymour Simon
Describes ten strange natural phenomena and possible explanations for them, including the day it rained frogs, an atomic explosion that occurred forty years before the atom bomb, and an eerie crystal skull.
J 152.14 Jennings
101 Amazing Optical Illusions
By Terry J. Jennings
Provides simple instructions for creating a variety of visual tricks.
J 363.2 Jackson
The Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead
By Donna Jackson
Explores the world of forensic anthropology and its applications in solving crimes.
J 363.25 Beak
Crafty Detectives
By Nick Huckleberry Beak
Describes what you need to know to be a detective, discussing how to collect information, send messages, and use disguises.
J 398 Shannon
More Stories to Solve: Fifteen Folktales from Around the World
By George Shannon
Brief folktales in which there is a mystery or problem that the reader is invited to solve before the resolution is presented.
J 398 Shannon
True Lies: Eighteen Tales for You to Judge
By George Shannon
Presents a collection of eighteen brief folktales in which the reader is asked to explain how the folk character lied and told the truth at the same time.
J 796.1 Hort
Treasure Hunts! Treasure Hunts!
By Lenny Hort
Provides instructions for setting up and carrying out a variety of treasure hunts and scavenger hunt games and includes treasure-related facts and puzzles.