Tom and Ricky find that a "blue" mouse is a vital clue to solving a robbery at the Bike Shop.

Tom and Ricky find that a "blue" mouse is a vital clue to solving a robbery at the Bike Shop.

What makes a mouse house a home? With a problem to solve, an unexpected friendship, and a little mystery to unravel, Mouse House Tales offers twice the story of a picture book and all the warmth and charm of a modern classic. The book's two stories can be read all at once, or one at a time, making it a perfect fit for those who want a longer, "big kid" book but aren't yet ready for text-heavy chapter books. Whether read aloud or by an independent reader, kids will relate to the emotions and friendships that help Mouse turn her "sweet little house" into a warm and inviting home filled with fun, friends-and cheese!

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Once upon a time, in a world brimming with magic and wonder, there existed a seemingly ordinary garden. But within the boundaries of this unassuming patch of earth, an extraordinary adventure was about to unfold. It was a place where plants whispered secrets, flowers sang melodies, and mysteries flourished amidst the vibrant foliage. In this enchanted garden, an unlikely duo, Detective Mouse and his green-thumbed friend Blossom, embarked on a journey that would forever change their lives. Little did they know, their curious hearts and unwavering bond would lead them to discover a hidden realm where plants came to life and spoke, and where the harmony of nature danced in perfect synchrony. Join Detective Mouse and Blossom as they unravel plant-related mysteries, encounter mischievous garden gnomes, and strive to solve the riddle of a rare, elusive bloom. Together, they will embrace the magic of the garden, confront darkness, and learn the true meaning of unity and harmony. Get ready to enter "The Enchanted Garden Adventure" and let your imagination bloom in this captivating tale of friendship, discovery, and the power of nature's enchantment.

He is a cop who is bold, funny, and ambitious. He also has no idea what he's doing. Parking Officer Jon Rupret wants desperately to move up from handing out parking tickets. An impulsive act from his past throws him into a special drug investigation. Jon quickly realizes he is in way over his head when a dangerous and violent group threatens to flood the city with a new drug. If you love comedy and mystery, don't miss this laugh-out-loud funny read! "Move over inspector Clouseau, the world of crime fighting has another hilarious and bumbling yet serendipitously brilliant character" (Robert Gerard). KEYWORDS: comedy mystery, comedy thrillers, comedy suspense, african american murder mystery, african american suspense thrillers, african american comedy, african american thrillers and mysteries, detective fiction, crime fiction

Four American mystery writers have contributed new dimensions to the mystery form. Tony Hillerman's Navajos and their customs, Amanda Cross's (Carolyn Heilbrun's) academics and their feminist credentials (or lack thereof), James Lee Burke's Southern Louisiana Cajuns and his own fiercely moral take on Southern gothic fiction, and Walter Mosley's urban blacks and their culture have challenged the conventional mystery's focus. Using feminist and black critical theory, mythic and historical patterns, and literary genre theory, Samuel Coale examines these writers' works and investigates the compromises that each is forced to make when working within a recognizably popular literary form.

There once was a mouse called Noah with green eyes. He lived in a hole almost all the time. One day as he was thinking about going out, he saw a blue eye staring at him from outside his hole. At the same time all of this was happening, a mouse called Raffaella was passing by, and thinking she would like to explore a little, looked into the hole and saw a green eye. Noah had never seen a blue eye before and he imagined it belonged to a dragon, or something even worse. Raffaella had never seen a green eye before and she imagined it belonged to a murderer, or a traffic warden. Noah then thought that the blue eye belonged to a snake. Then Raffaella thought it was a cat's green eye that she saw. 'Who are you?' 'Who are you?' 'I'll tell you if you'll tell me first'. 'Why should I tell you first?' By using a creative layout with a real hole in each page, the reader enters the imaginative minds of two little mice and thinks of what kind of animal the other could be until the very end when, on the count of three, Noah comes out of his hole. This is a cleverly and beautifully designed book by world renowned and acclaimed graphic designer and teacher, Bob Gill. This book playfully stimulates a child's imagination.

This book aims to establish the position of the sidekick character in the crime and detective fiction literary genres. It re-evaluates the traditional view that the sidekick character in these genres is often overlooked as having a small, generic or singular role—either to act as the foil to the detective in order to accentuate their own abilities at solving crimes, or else to simply tell the story to the reader. Instead, essays in the collection explore the representations and functions of the detective’s sidekick across a range of forms and subgenres of crime fiction. By incorporating forms such as children’s detective fiction, comics and graphic novels and film and television alongside the more traditional fare of novels and short stories, this book aims to break down the boundaries that sometimes exist between these forms, using the sidekick as a defining thread to link them together into a wider conceptual argument that covers a broad range of crime narratives.