Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Bashful Beaver

Flatfoot Fox #4

by Eth Clifford, Brian Lies (Illustrator)

When Flatfoot Fox and his sidekick, Secretary Bird, investigate Bashful Beaver's report of a theft, they discover that many other robberies have occurred. By the author and illustrator of Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Whooo.

Genres: Picture Books, Mystery

46 pages, Hardcover

First published March 27, 1995

About the author

Eth Clifford was born in New York City in 1915. She and her husband, David Rosenberg, started David-Stewart Publishing Company. Her first book for children was published in 1959 and since that time she wrote numerous books for children and young adults. She was also known as Eth (or Ethel) Clifford Rosenberg, and as published under the name Ruth Bonn Penn, and with her husband under David Clifford. Eth Clifford died in 2003

Reviews

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an entertaining, short transitional story for those children who have grown beyond beginning readers, but can't quite tackle a middle grade novel yet. Flatfoot Fox has a partner, Secretary Bird, who wants to solve the mystery of the missing items on his own. I loved how the Secretary Bird had a bottle of ink tied to his leg (not mentioned in the text, only depicted in Brian Lies's marvelous illustrations); and when Secretary takes over the case, he wears the Fox's necktie, while Fox ties the ink bottle to his foreleg. Humorous and perfect for second and third grade readers.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids and I recently found the Flatfoot Fox series and, especially my 7 year old, love them! This one is entertaining with its tongue twister phrases that include a string of words that all start with the same letter. The smartest detective in the whole world is helping Bashful Beaver retrieve his lost big black bag of beautiful bright blue buttons, along with his friends’ items that go missing - mean-tempered turtle, scatterbrained squirrel, rinse-away raccoon, etc.

[Hillvan]

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