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Missing garbage scraps, a red sweater found in the woods, and a trapped puppy lead three children, staying with their grandparents, to think someone is in need.Tags
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This one is the second in a series, the first of which I read as a kid and LOVED. I only recently discovered that it was part of a series, so obviously I need to track down the others. The second one is just as fun as the first one, I'm happy to report: Three siblings visiting their grandparents for the summer busy themselves with solving mysteries. A simple but still interesting story with 'vintage' yet still relevant characters. A great series for beginning readers by the writer who gave us Amelia Bedelia.
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Author Information
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Peggy Parish was born in Manning, South Carolina on July 14, 1927. She attended the University of South Carolina and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. While visiting her brother in Kentucky, Parish was persuaded to enter the teaching profession. After teaching creative dancing to young children, she moved to Oklahoma and taught third show more grade in the Panhandle, in addition to teaching dance and producing community shows. Parish's first book, My Golden Book of Manners, was published in 1961, followed by Let's Be Indians in 1962. A parent of one of the students, who was an editor of adult books, found out she was trying to break into the writing field and introduced her to an editor at Harper who helped improve her skills as a storyteller. This, of course, led to her biggest breakthrough, the creation of Amelia Bedelia in 1963. Parish eventually wrote 11 more Amelia Bedelia books as well as a number of mystery novels, and arts and crafts books. Among these other titles are Haunted House, Dinosaur Time, The Chimp That Went to School and Let's Celebrate: Holiday Decorations You Can Make. In addition to writing books, Parish did television pieces on preschool education and children's books, wrote book review columns and led a number of in-service training workshops for teachers. Parish died of an aneurysm on November 19, 1988. Her nephew, Herman Parish, continues to recreate new titles in the Amelia Bedelia series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Clues in the Woods
- Original title
- Clues in the Woods
- Original publication date
- 1968-04-15
- People/Characters
- Liza Roberts; Bill Roberts; Jed Roberts
- Dedication
- For Virginia Parish, with love
- First words
- "My," said Grandpa, "here it is already August!"
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And with wild whoops the three children raced to the house.
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.66)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 5
