Squirrel’s precious nuts are being stolen and chief of police and chief of the forest, Detective Gordon (a very fat toad), is on the case, but he is not good at climbing trees or scouting out spiders. He would rather stay indoors eating chocolate cakes, drinking tea, stamping important papers, and philosophizing by a warm fire. He hires a small, fast, and clever young mouse named Buffy to be his assistant. Together they brilliantly solve the case. First in the Detective Gordon series, this sweet, full-color illustrated chapter book is a perfect read-aloud. An intricate Map of Detective Gordon’s Police District is included. mjw |
Title: Detective Gordon: The First Case
Author: Ulf Nilsson
Illustrator: Gitte Spee
Publisher: Gecko Press, New Zealand
Copyright: 2015
Original Language: Swedish
Translator: Julia Marshall
Original Title: Kommissarie Gordon: Det forsta fallet
Original Publisher: Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm, Sweden
Original Copyright: 2012
ISBN: 978-1-927271-49-0
Hardcover pages: 96
Age range: 6-9
Genre: Fiction, Chapter book
Author’s ethnicity: Swedish
Author’s residence: Sweden
Illustrator’s ethnicity: Indonesian
Illustrator’s residence: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Subjects: Crime, Detectives, Mice, Mystery, Theft, Squirrels, Toads |