The Case of the Mysterious Dognapper: Can You Solve the Mystery #4

Can You Solve the Mystery? #4

by M. Masters, Bruce Lansky (Creator)

Sketches provide the crucial clues for solving the mysteries of a stolen dog, a hidden medallion, and a kidnapped boy.

Genres: Mystery, Childrens, Short Stories, Detective

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Pseudonym used by different writers.

Reviews

[Remo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Otra serie clásica de mi infancia. Con siete u ocho casos por libro, leíamos una breve exposición sobre cada caso y se nos pedía averiguar por qué nuestros eficacísimos protagonistas llegaban a sus conclusiones. Uno de los alicientes de los libros era que las soluciones estaban escritas "reflejadas en un espejo" al final del libro, por lo que hacía falta un espejo para descifrarlas (también valía leer la página al contraluz).
En su día eran muy entretenidos. En la lectura de nostalgia que he hecho estos días veo que los casos son en su mayoría demasiado sencillos. Por ejemplo: en el caso del fraude del maratón, en el primer párrafo se nos dice que el atleta protagonista de la historia tiene un hermano gemelo. Ya en ese momento pensamos que no será tan obvio que el hermano le dé un relevo ilegal para ganar la carrera, pero eso es exactamente lo que ocurre y debemos descubrir.
Algo que sí considero que es una lección valiosísima es que a los largo de los cientos de casos resueltos los protagonistas nos enseñan a no fiarnos de la palabra o la autoridad de nadie, y a confiar en nuestras observaciones y nuestros métodos. Como Scooby Doo, que nos mostraba que siempre había una solución mundana a un aparente problema sobrenatural.
La redacción y el estilo son sorprendentemente buenos para la brevedad de las historias que contaban. Eran libros con los que se podía aprender a escribir y redactar. Para mi gusto, con todas sus carencias, es una grandísima serie.

[Jen Desmarais · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been reading these to my daughter (6.5yo) and we're both really enjoying them. The mysteries are complex enough that she has to really think about the answer, but most of them, she was able to get after some guidance.

[Yue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now that I am older reading these books I think the stories are quite silly (I didn't bothered reading the solutions of most of them) but when I was in Middle School this collection was my favorite. Since the rules of the school library was 2 books per person, I used to ask my friends to take 2 books for me, so I could take around 6 home. Such a good times XD These books are excellent for children, each mystery is short and there is a little drawing at the end of each story to find out how the mystery happened.

My teen-self would give these books a 5 stars.

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely set a inquisitcw kid loose on this series

[Rebecca]

After reading the Encyclopedia Brown books, I found this series. I flew through them. I loved the use of pictures that Hawkeye drew to solve the mystery. I actually liked these ones better than the Encyclopedia books, but it might be because I am a visual person.

[Partridge Public]

Masters, M.

[Kate Hastings]

For encyclopedia brown fans that are looking for a mystery that allows them to solve the mysteries

[Gabriel]

All of the books in this series were amazing, very good brain exercises for young people. Can't say much else, since it was ages ago that I read them.