A Pied Piper Book

A collection of detective stories in which the reader determines the culprit. Solutions to the mysteries are included.

Paul and Rosa were not looking forward to their holiday on a lonely farm by the sea without their parents - though there was that old stone fort to explore. But when they follow the enormous ginger cat up the steep steps to Ballig Fort, neither of them is prepared for the exciting secret world they uncover. Before long, the children are involved in a battle to save and care for a whole zoo of wild creatures, including sea-birds damaged by oil, a jackdaw called Bertie and a friendly black labrador!

Gifts from Gwyn's grandmother on his tenth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister's mysterious disappearance four years before.

Louis gets what he thinks is a tadpole for his birthday from his Uncle in Scotland. Hijinks ensue.

Harrie and her brother Ian, after being awakened by the unaccustomed sound of an airplane flying at night, become convinced that smugglers are operating from the airfield near their English farm home.

Annie searches the neighborhood for her red mitten, the fifth she's lost this winter.

A boy and his dog suffer through several adventures while searching for a pet frog that escaped during the night.

A shout comes echoing up the stairway. "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses from his sleep. "Ain't I already been whipped twice today? Gaw! What's the prince done now?" It was forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the throne. Jemmy had been plucked from the streets to serve as whipping boy to the arrogant and spiteful Prince Brat. Dreaming of running away, Jemmy finds himself trapped in Prince Brat's own dream at once brash and perilous. In this briskly told tale of high adventure, taut with suspense and rich with colorful characters, the whipping boy and Prince Brat must at last confront each other. Award-winning author Sid Fleischman again blends the broadly comic with the deeply compassionate in this memorable novel.

Convinced there is something making noise in the attic at night, a brave little girl sneaks up the stairs, lasso in hand, to capture whatever it is.

After discovering a body in the woods adjacent to an unused airfield, three children become suspicious that rustlers working in the area may be local people.