Available Formats
Dig to Disaster: A Miss Mallard Mystery
By (Author) Robert Quackenbush
Illustrated by Robert Quackenbush
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
1st May 2018
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Birds
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes
FIC
Paperback
80
Width 130mm, Height 194mm, Spine 8mm
61g
World-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard must discover who is terrorizing an archaeological expedition in this mystery that launches QUIX, a new line of fun-to-read short chapter books that are perfect for emerging readers.
A terrifying headless demon threatens an archaeological expedition in the jungles of South America in this Miss Mallard Mystery. Bestselling author Robert Quackenbushs super-sleuth, Miss Mallard, is on the case to find the true villain!
Robert Quackenbush (19292021),the author and illustrator of more than two hundred books for young readers, was a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and also hada masters degree in social studies and a PhD in childhood education. Quackenbushs many books include theHenrythe Duck series,Detective Mole,the Miss Mallard Mystery series,Pete Pack Rat, andthe Sheriff Sally Gopher series.He was the three-time winner of the American Flag Institute Award for outstanding contributions to childrens literature and winner of an Edgar Allan Poe Special Award for best juvenile mystery.He livedin New York City with his wife, Margery, director of NAAP. Their now adult son, Piet, was the inspiration for many of the authors books when he was growing up.