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Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.Tags
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While a cute series and concept, these books are riddled with child neglect and endangerment… often times the parents are absent and allow the children to travel with strangers or spend the night in questionable places. Fun to read but not the best example of parenting…
This is a super cute mystery series...it's perfect for beginner sleuths! It's sort of a modern day Nancy Drew meets Goosebumps...... but, unlike Goosebumps, the possible monsters never turn out to be real.... the jr detectives always figure out the logical truth...like the Scooby Doo gang.... so, it's a good option for children who find real monsters too scary.
There are some highly unrealistic elements, and inaccurate info in some of them.... so, I'd recommend parents read through first and make sure there's nothing thats important enough to them personally to correct. There's also some odd carelessness from the adults in the series....ie; allowing the children to go off with strangers, etc......so, parents may want to reiterate show more stranger danger.
Overall, the series is cute, entertaining, and should keep kiddos interested. show less
There are some highly unrealistic elements, and inaccurate info in some of them.... so, I'd recommend parents read through first and make sure there's nothing thats important enough to them personally to correct. There's also some odd carelessness from the adults in the series....ie; allowing the children to go off with strangers, etc......so, parents may want to reiterate show more stranger danger.
Overall, the series is cute, entertaining, and should keep kiddos interested. show less
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Age App: 3-4th grade
Summary: Three children go to one child's Uncles house to watch a racehorse. Mysteries surround their trip, beginning with a missing horse, and ending with Whirlaway losing the race. The children solve the mystery of the switched horses and save the day! The thief (neighbor) goes to jail and the children have a good end to their visit.
Age App: 3-4th grade
Summary: Three children go to one child's Uncles house to watch a racehorse. Mysteries surround their trip, beginning with a missing horse, and ending with Whirlaway losing the race. The children solve the mystery of the switched horses and save the day! The thief (neighbor) goes to jail and the children have a good end to their visit.
A racehorse disappears just before the race, then shows up too late and too slow. What's going on?
Awesome.
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Ron Roy was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 29, 1940. After high school, he joined the Navy for two years. He received a Bachelor's degree in literature from the University of Connecticut and a Masters degree in teaching from the University of Hartford. He was an elementary school teacher for numerous years. His first children's book, A show more Thousand Pails of Water, was published in 1978. Soon afterwards, he stopped teaching and became a full-time writer, but he still visits schools around the country. He is the author of the A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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