The Case of the Missing Banana

by Matthew Ryan

Someone has stolen Patrick's banana! But with the help of his friends Kevin and Arty, he's set out to track down his missing fruit (and the cowardly thief who took it).

It's up to Kevin and Arty to play detective to find out where the banana might be. Maybe it was taken while Patrick was playing soccer? Or while Patrick was reading a book? Perhaps it happened when Patrick went in to the kitchen and ate a banana.

Wait a minute...

Genres: Childrens

37 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 6, 2011

Reviews

[Brad · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is pretty bad. It's all about a banana that is missing because one of the boringly named pseudo-monsters forgot something important about the banana He ate it. Wow!.

The stagnant, computer generated art, the monsters -- Kevin, Patrick and Arty -- the clunky attempts to suck answers out of little readers / listeners (my Scoutie answered no to the required yeses, so I jazzed up the story from then on. My second star ★ is really all about my creativity rather than Ryan's. Sorry author guy :P), the mind blowing plot, it all amounts to a book that should be nothing but free. Thank Jobs it is.

The Case of the Missing Banana is well worth the 5 seconds of download time, and not much else.

[Taylor Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the book The Case of the Missing Banana the author invites the reader in to help solve the mystery. There are two friends helping their other friend look for his missing banana, but in order to fully investigate the problem they need the readers help. The book goes through a variety of places the banana could have gone missing and asks questions along the way to help detect where it might have ended up. The main theme this book emphasizes is that the reader should help draw conclusions to resolve a problem. The book does an excellent job at making the reader just as involved in the book as the characters inside the story. The book really tries to leave open-ended questions in order for the readers to answer and begin to infer where the banana might have gone missing. As a child, I always enjoyed books that left the questions up to the reader to answer much like the television show Dora the Explorer does for her audience. I would rate this book a five star for its ability to be interactive with a younger audience. I would recommend reading this book to younger children who are starting to learn problem and resolution methods. This books helps it readers understand how each step effects the next one helping readers connect the dots between the problem and the resolution.

[Jamala Alkeshi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story was very captivating as a childs book. I really liked how they first introduced the characters and shared some facts about them. So that when you read it you feel like you are getting to know the characters. I also like how the story is very simple yet fun to read. It seems random that patrick is looking for his banana but it turns out to be a really sweet ending, that he actually ate his banana. Something unique that I really liked about this story is that it involves the reader by asking them for questions and for help. Overall I really enjoyed it, it is something I would use for my future classroom.

[Terri · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a free book in the I-tunes store, so I downloaded it to read to my 2 and 3 year old great-nephews. The story is very simplistic so I was a bit surprised - in this world of high tech, fast action, cartoons- that they both absolutely loved this story! The pictures are fun and the idea of helping their friend Patrick and allowing the audience to help too struck a chord with them. They want me to read it over and over. It was a definite hit with this age group!

[Hannah Reed · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very short children's story, and while there really isn't much to the actual plot of this book the art is pretty and I reckon children would enjoy the characters. All that said if this wasn't free it wouldn't be worth downloading.

[Leila Melody · Rating 3 out of 5]

There isn't much of a plot, but the monsters are cute and very young children would probably enjoy it.

[Kelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think it is a great book to have on my Ipad for my 3 year old nephew. It at least had pictures and I was able to down load it for free.

[Eman AJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked it, I thought it was a bit funny!

[Cynthia]

My son is not two yet and he loves this series of books. Fun :)

[Elodie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute !

[Michelle Dantes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Where is the banana? Did someone steal it? Did it get lost? This book is a fun and interactive way to teach young children detective skills. It is the story of three friends who set out to find one of their missing bananas. The book needs help from its reader to complete the mission.
This book is a simple and easy read that is ideal for younger children. It uses full page illustrations that are simple and easy to recognize for young children. It promotes fun and activity. Would definitely be fun to use in a group!