King & Kayla and the Case of Found Fred

King & Kayla and the Case of Found Fred
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1682630536

King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series. When King and Kayla meet Fred, a lost dog, they collect clues to him find his human family. Analytical Kayla notices that Fred knows basic commands but has no collar. This dog isn't a stray. Sensitive King notices that Fred smells like smoke and hamburgers. There's a campground nearby and there were fireworks just a few days ago. Can King and Kayla put the pieces together and find Fred's family? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.

King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Library Book

King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Library Book
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2023-02-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1682634388

King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series. Kayla needs to return her library books, but she can't find one of them. King knows that if they don't return all the books, they can't check out more—and that means no new stories. Analytical Kayla retraces her steps, with the assistance of their friend Jillian. Sensitive King smells a library book. Could it be lost in Dad's chair? Nope, that's a different book. In fact, it's a book that belongs to Jillian's little brother Adam. Can King and Kayla put the pieces together and find the lost library book? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.

King & Kayla and the Case of the Secret Code

King & Kayla and the Case of the Secret Code
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1682630161

King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series. King and Kayla receive a mysterious letter written in code. Mason received an almost identical letter. How can they crack the code? Kayla notices that there aren't any vowels in most of the words; you can't write words without vowels. When she compares her letter to Mason's, only one word is different. Sensitive King notices that the letter smells like Jillian. Why would Jillian write them letters in code? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.

King & Kayla and the Case of the Mysterious Mouse

King & Kayla and the Case of the Mysterious Mouse
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 168263017X

King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series. King and Kayla are playing fetch with Jillian and Thor. Jillian throws King's favorite ball too hard, and it goes over the fence and into the neighbor's yard. The ball she brings back isn't King's. Where is King's favorite ball? Analytical Kayla creates a list of possible explanations to investigate. Sensitive King puts aside his worries and questions the cat hiding under the porch, who claims a mouse did it. How could a mouse take King's ball? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.

Winter's Tail

Winter's Tail
Author: Juliana Hatkoff
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0545348307

Describes the rescue and rehabilitation of a young Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, named Winter, who received an artificial tail after being badly injured when caught in a crab trap.

King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth

King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1682631141

King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series. Kayla lost a tooth. She put it in the special pocket in her tooth fairy pillow and now her tooth is missing! If she can't find it, the tooth fairy won't come. Analytical Kayla retraces her steps, searches everywhere, and questions Mason, who rode home from school with her. Sensitive King wonders why Mason smells like a tooth. Could he have Kayla's lost tooth? Or should King take another look at the tooth fairy pillow? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.

King and Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth

King and Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2018-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781536447842

Kayla lost a tooth, but now it's missing! What does Kayla know? -Her tooth is not inside the tooth fairy pillow. It's not inside her backpack. It's not inside the car. What does King know?

King & Kayla and the Case of the Unhappy Neighbor

King & Kayla and the Case of the Unhappy Neighbor
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1682630560

King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series. Thor is in big trouble. Mr. Gary says he knocked over his trash cans, dug up his garden, and ate some of his vegetables. King and Kayla have to clear Thor's name and find the actual culprit. Analytical Kayla demonstrates that Thor isn't big enough to knock over heavy trash cans and he doesn't like vegetables. Sensitive King discovers evidence that someone else has been in Mr. Gary's yard—and it's not a dog. Who made Mr. Gary unhappy? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.

Do You Know the Monkey Man?

Do You Know the Monkey Man?
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1480467065

DIVDIVSamantha’s quest to answer her questions about her past sets in motion a chain of events that will change her life forever/divDIV For thirteen-year-old Samantha, life consists of too many unanswered questions. Why has her father not tried to contact her all these years? How could he have allowed her twin sister to drown in Clearwater Quarry when they were only toddlers? And how can Samantha’s mother expect her to accept some man she hardly knows as her new father? Samantha already has a father out there. Somewhere. A fateful decision sets into motion a chain of events and confrontations that will change Samantha’s and her family’s lives forever. As she sets out to find her father and discover what really happened the day her sister was presumed drowned, she uncovers painful secrets that threaten to destroy her family all over again. Readers will be drawn into Dori Butler’s dramatic, suspenseful, and sensitive story of one family’s crisis unwittingly brought on by an adolescent girl’s search for the truth./div/div

The Case of the Missing Family

The Case of the Missing Family
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807592463

Buddy has settled with his adopted family, but he's never given up on finding his beloved human, Kayla, and his first family. One night he sees men taking things out of Kayla's old house and loading them into a van. What's up? Though his friend Mouse advises against it, in the middle of the night Buddy decides to make a daring move, leaving everything he knows behind. Dori Butler's third case in The Buddy Files will entertain and satisfy the many fans of this brave, funny, and loyal dog.