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The crown affair : (from the files of a hard-boiled detective) / by Joe Dumpty as told to Jeanie Franz Ransom ; illustrated by Stephen Axelsen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2015]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1580895522 (reinforced for library use)
  • 9781580895521 (reinforced for library use) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Just before the Mother Gooseland Games, hard-boiled detective Joe Dumpty is called upon to solve the mystery of what made Jack and Jill fall down the hill--and who took Jack's prized crown after the fall.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook Folk Tales & Fairy Tales Ransom Jeanie F Available 33111007966969
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Full of puns and fractured fairy tale characters you know and love, this rollicking sequel to What REALLY Happened to Humpty? will engross you in yet another Joe Dumpty, Private Eye mystery.

Jack (Jill's other half) fell down the Hill and had his crown stolen. The Mother Gooseland Games are coming up, and that crown is the grand prize, so detective Dumpty is on the clock! It's up to P. I. Joe Dumpty to round up the usual suspects and track down the culprit before it's too late. He's hot on the case, but will he recover the crown in time?

Kids and adults alike will love this laugh-out-loud read-aloud.

Just before the Mother Gooseland Games, hard-boiled detective Joe Dumpty is called upon to solve the mystery of what made Jack and Jill fall down the hill--and who took Jack's prized crown after the fall.

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