The Missing Mongoose: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 3
By (Author) Ursula Dubosarsky
By (author) Terry Denton
3
A&U Children's
A&U Children
29th June 2013
Australia
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
A823.00
Paperback
84
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
110g
Ursula Dubosarsky is the Australian Children's Laureate for 2020 - 2021.
It's a national emergency! A rare and extremely valuable mongoose is missing and the legendary Buenos Aires zoo is in chaos. But with rabbits in the Tigers' Taj Mahal and hippos in Panda's Palace, the zoo is a very confusing place. Coco may be the Chief of Police, but solving crimes can be very stressful. Only the calming presence of his brainy cousin Alberta can help. Can Alberta and Coco follow the clues and deduce the whereabouts of the missing mongoose
Ursula Dubosarsky is regarded as one of the most talented writers in Australia today. Her work ranges from multi-award-winning novels for older readers like Abyssinia, Theodora's Gift, The Red Shoe and the 2012 CBCA shortlisted The Golden Day to her highly acclaimed and hilarious picture books with Andrew Joyner such as The Terrible Plop. Ursula has also collaborated with Tohby Riddle in their award-winning series that takes an entertaining journey through English language, The Word Spy and Return of the Word Spy. Terry Denton has written and illustrated many popular books, including Gasp! the breathtaking adventures of a fish left home alone, the madly inventive Storymaze series and his books for younger children about Wombat and Fox.