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The mystery of Meerkat Hill : a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers / Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrated by Iain McIntosh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2013Copyright date: ©2012Description: 89 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0345804465 (paperback)
  • 0345804589 (hardcover)
  • 0345806166 (Gibraltar library)
  • 9780345804464 (paperback)
  • 9780345804587 (hardcover)
  • 9780345806161 (Gibraltar library)
Uniform titles:
  • Precious and the mystery of Meerkat Hill
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Precious Ramotswe has two new friends at school and they have the funniest and most resourceful pet you can imagine. But they are upset that their family's most valuable possession, their cow, has gone missing. Precious has a plan to find the missing animal but she needs the help of another in her search. Will she succeed and what obstacles will she face on her path?"
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's First Chapter Book McCall S Alexande 2 Available 33111007253269
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's First Chapter Book McCall S Alexande 2 Available 33111007500974
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Precious wants to be a detective when she grows up. She is always practicing at being a detective by asking questions and finding out about other people's lives. There are two new students in her class, a girl called Teb and a boy called Pontsho. She learns that they are brother and sister, and--even more exciting--that Pontsho has a clever pet meerkat named Kosi.

One day, Teb and Pontsho's family's cow disappears. Precious helps them look for clues to find the cow. But getting the cow back home will require some quick thinking and help from an unexpected source.

"An Anchor Books original"--Title page verso.

"Originally published in Great Britain as Precious and the mystery of Meerkat Hill by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, in 2012"--Title page verso.

Includes reader's guide.

"Precious Ramotswe has two new friends at school and they have the funniest and most resourceful pet you can imagine. But they are upset that their family's most valuable possession, their cow, has gone missing. Precious has a plan to find the missing animal but she needs the help of another in her search. Will she succeed and what obstacles will she face on her path?"

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