Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery

Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599902176

When a famous millionaire asks young detectives Max and Maddy Twist to investigate who is sabotaging an international balloon race for charity, they find themselves competing against world-renowned balloonists--and one old nemesis. Reprint.

Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery

Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599902168

Asked by a Swiss banker to investigate a series of bank robberies committed by dogs, young detectives Max and Maddy Twist travel to Switzerland, where they discover that the man behind the robberies is none other than Professor Sardine. Reprint.

Akimbo and the Snakes

Akimbo and the Snakes
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2007-10-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599900343

On a trip to the snake park with his Uncle Peter, Akimbo has an adventure involving a deadly green mamba snake.

Akimbo and the Crocodile Man

Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2007-07-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599900335

Akimbo goes to the rescue of a zoologist who is injured on his father's game preserve.

Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats

Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2007-04-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599900548

Harriet helps her detective aunts, Thessalonika and Japonica, investigate cheating at the racetrack by disguising herself as a jockey. Reprint.

The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean

The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2007-10-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599900556

When she joins Aunt Japonica and Aunt Thessalonika on a trip to America, nine-year-old Harriet meets yet another relative--Aunt Formica, a cowgirl who is having trouble with some clever and mysterious cattle rustlers.

The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean

The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2007-04-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 159990053X

When her absent-minded inventor father suddenly remembers that he has five sisters, nine-year-old Harriet Bean, who has never heard of them before, determines to find her unknown aunts so that the unfinished family portrait can be completed. Reprint.

Akimbo and the Lions

Akimbo and the Lions
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2007-01-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599900327

When Akimbo and his park ranger father unintentionally capture a lion cub near an African game park when they are trying to trap a lion that has been attacking cattle on nearby farms, Akimbo wants to keep the cub. Reprint.

The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories

The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2007-08-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599901579

In three separate scrumptious stories, children help adults solve problems related to food, first by saving a restaurant from being shut down, second by untangling a mess in a spaghetti factory, and finally by selling donuts to raise funds for a stolen car. Simultaneous. 45,000 first printing.