Trouble Is My Beeswax

Trouble Is My Beeswax
Author:
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781599614724

Chet and his partner, Natalie Attired, investigate a cheating ring at Emerson Hicky Elementary School.

The Hamster of the Baskervilles

The Hamster of the Baskervilles
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2003-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547540175

“Fourth-grade gumshoe Chet Gecko takes on his most baffling case yet . . . Clever, good fun” from the author of The Big Nap and the Clark the Shark books” (Kirkus Reviews). Chet Gecko doesn’t believe in the supernatural. His idea of voodoo is his mom’s cockroach ripple ice cream. But when a teacher reports seeing a monster by the light of a full moon, it falls to Chet and his sleek-winged partner, Natalie Attired, to answer the burning question: Is this the work of a vicious, supernatural werehamster on the loose? Or just another science fair project gone wrong? “The zany text reads like a mixture of stand-up comedy, Raymond Chandler mysteries, old films, and a fourth grader on an overdose of sugar.”—School Library Journal The Chet Gecko Mysteries are . . . “Zesty and entertaining.”—The Bulletin “Fodder for budding criminologists and stand-up comedians . . . Sassy.”—School Library Journal “A choice series for reluctant readers.”—Booklist

Hiss Me Deadly

Hiss Me Deadly
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0152054820

Chet Gecko is hired by Principal Zero to investigate the disappearance of valuable items from Emerson Hicky Elementary--including Mama Gecko's pearls.

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2001-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547564147

Chet Gecko loves a good mystery. Almost more than he loves his fee—stinkbug pie. So when fellow fourth grader Shirley Chameleon asks him to find her missing brother, Billy, Chet expects the case to be as easy a pie. But Billy's disappearance is part of a larger plot, one that involves the Rat Sisters, a riddling junkyard dog, and a vicious Gila monster named Herman. If Chet doesn't solve the case fast, the entire school could be humiliated. Worst of all, Chet might not get his fee. And Chet's hungry. . . .

Something Funny Happened at the Library

Something Funny Happened at the Library
Author: Rob Reid
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2003
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780838908365

Offers strategies and resources for youth services librarians who want to introduce humor into their programs, featuring tricks of the humor trade, programming models, and select bibliographies of humor books.

Dial M for Mongoose

Dial M for Mongoose
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2009-12-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547422113

Chet Gecko’s investigations often show him the seamy underbelly of school life, but this case throws him for a loop. A deadly stink bomb is unleashed, a school building falls to rubble, money goes missing from the principal’s office, and that’s just a start. Chet’s endurance for trouble is tested, but so is his loyalty: Someone is trying to get his mongoose janitor pal Maureen DeBree fired. A true-blue P.I. doesn’t take that kind of monkey business lying down. Standing up, maybe. And stand up he will—to some very shifty school bullies. Chet keeps digging for the truth like a mole after an earthworm sandwich. Oh, foolish detective.

Farewell, My Lunchbag

Farewell, My Lunchbag
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2008
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 9781599614632

When fourth-grade private eye Chet Gecko is called to catch someone who is stealing food from the school cafeteria, he finds himself framed for the crime. Chet's tattered casebook is chock-full of the hilarious characters, wacky one-liners, and fast-paced mystery that have everyone else boggled. Can Chet Gecko solve the mystery?

Trouble is My Beeswax

Trouble is My Beeswax
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152167189

Chet and his partner, Natalie Attired, investigate a cheating ring at Emerson Hicky Elementary school.