Mariella Mystery Investigates the Huge Hair Scare

Mariella Mystery #3

by Kate Pankhurst

Early readers will be hooked on this mystery chapter book from page one! Mariella Mystery (age nine and a bit) knows that all good detectives write down important information about their investigations. She's smart as a whip, super sleuth-y, and able to solve most mysterious mysteries and perplexing problems in no time flat. Parents, teachers, and gift givers will In this top-secret journal, Mariella Mystery tackles the case of who is trying to sabotage the Puddleford baking contest with important clues and observations, helpful drawings, and handy tips for new detectives.

176 pages, Paperback

First published October 17, 2013

About the author

Kate Pankhurst is a British writer and illustrator, known for a series of children's picture books. She won second place in the 2002 Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration.

Reviews

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

While still a good book, this one was my least favourite so far (together with the Pampered Poodle book). This was mostly because of the whole whodunnit was so unclear (though also clear, if that makes sense) and also the whole OMG it might be aliens stuff. Don't get me wrong, aliens are interesting, but I had hoped that this book would have quickly dropped the whole maybe it is aliens shtick they had.

And now for the unclear, but yet clear thing. Because I already had big suspicions from a certain point, while Mariella and her Mystery Girls took ages to finally find it out. It just got annoying that they couldn't decide or didn't find it out until later. :\

Mariella was still a nice character and I really like her, though again, the whole Alien stuff she believed in was just highly silly. I know, she is 9, but she is also trying to be a detective, solving real cases.

The cloud thing and the hair changing stuff was fun. It was really great to see how everyone's hair changed from normal to some abstract piece of art. Too bad the illustrations are black and white, it would have been fun to see the hair in the various colours it was described.

The last part was just a bit silly and over-the-top. Also a reason why I didn't particularly like this book all the way.

All in all, I would still recommend the book, because it is still a good book, but it just had some things that were lacking.

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/

[Veronika Pizano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Na rozdiel od prvych dvoch dielov bola v tejto casti trochu nevysvetlitelna cast o tom, ako vobec moze fungovat hmla, ktora posobila na vlasy. Inak je to stale vyborna detektivna seria pre decka s dievcenskymi hrdinkami bez stereotypizacie.

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just read this book for some light reading. But a pretty good mystery.

[Eleanor Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book which is impossible to put down!

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

SUPER good.

[Harper Henry]

A hairdresser who is bald gets fired from the famous coco nuttllo and gets revenge

[AshleyS · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a hit. Nice format (with little break out parts that describe detective work) and illustrations. Some fun and some mystery. Very good fit for a 6 or 7 year old.

[Lisa :) · Rating 3 out of 5]

6,5/10 D Süßes Kinderbuch, habe dieses als Kind gerne gelesen