Published by Welbeck Children’s Books
(an imprint of Hachette Children’s Group)
Detective duo Peggy and Stu are back for two more sleuthing adventures in Tangletree Mysteries: Peggy and Stu Play the Wrong Notes – and what fantastically fun-filled adventures they are. This is a full colour graphic novel series that young readers of 6+ are going to absolutely adore as they enter Tangletree Wood for fun, daring and mayhem in two different mysteries: Trumpet Trouble and Cake Crimes.
Peggy is keeping a secret … she is no ordinary dog, but a super sleuth who has her own office in Tangletree Woods so, when her owner brings her for a morning walk, she finds the opportunity to wander into the woods to visit her friends … and find some cases to solve.
Trumpet Trouble
Peggy discovers that Tangletree Town is having a Spring Dance, but a dance needs music – and musicians! When Peggy and Stu discover that musical genius, Joan’s trumpet will only pay horribly wrong notes, they find themselves with a case to solve as they chase the trumpet, which seems to have a life of its own, into town. Cue music, mayhem and mischief-makers! Can this detective duo solve the puzzling case and save the Spring Dance from the wrong notes?
Cake Crimes
Peggy is drawn into Tangletree Town by the delicious smell of cakes and buns and the discovery that the mayor’s statue is going to be unveiled. A new bakery has popped up in the town square which is drawing all the inhabitants for irresistible cakes and buns, but could there be more to the baker than meets the eye? When a sweet tooth becomes a tooth ache … and a pop-up dentist appears, can the super sleuths make the connection and solve the crime?
Each of the mysteries is about 60 pages in length which is perfect for newly-independent readers. I loved the Tangletree Gallery which introduces the characters readers will meet in the stories. The panelled illustrations are playful, energetic and vibrant – fantastically appealing and full of humour and personality. The stories are told through character speech interactions and sound effects to convey actions. The overall layout of the panels and the use of a font in mostly lower-case lettering makes this super-readable for younger readers to follow independently. But I think this is also a series that will appeal to older readers who enjoy graphic novels and mysteries.
A delightfully fun graphic novel which I have no doubt young readers will enjoy delving into again and again. I’m so glad there’s more adventures for this daring duo in Peggy & Stu Hear Something Strange.
Thank you to Antonia Wilkinson and Welbeck Children’s Books/Hachette Children’s Group for inviting me to be part of the Blog Tour for the second graphic novel in the Tangletree Mysteries series.
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