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Seattle Picks: Mysteries for Kids

Mysteries dare us to discover the truth by following in the footsteps of villains or deciphering a difficult puzzle. In these books, it's a quick wit and a sharp mind that tracks down the next clue. (Updated June 2023)

The Seattle Public Library

40 items

  • BookNew York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — J ARNOLD
  • Poo-dunit?

    a Forest Floor Mystery

    Aronson, Katelyn
    Was it Coyote? Deer? Skunk? Mouse investigates their forest friends, determined to uncover the culprit who left the poo just outside their burrow.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press ; 2022. — E ARONSON
  • Chester joins forces with a ghost named Simon to solve the first in a series of mysteries, the case of the lost pug.
    Graphic Novel[Toronto] : Tundra, [2021] — J-GN ATKINSON
  • Missing dogs and stolen lunches are no match for Aven, a third-grader determined to unlock all the mysteries around her.
    BookNew York : Sterling Children's Books, [2021] — J/E BOWLING
  • When Bella attempts to start a neighborhood art project, she uncovers a plot to steal money from her community. Stopping the culprits will require some super sleuthing and help from unlikely places.
    BookNew York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — J BROADDU
  • Graphic NovelNew York : First Second, [2021] — J-GN CHANANI
  • BookToronto : Tundra Book Group, [2023] — J DELANEY
  • A strange item has washed up on Little Penguin’s iceberg. It’s up to Little Penguin and their friends to solve mystery of this interesting two-wheeled object.
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — ER DRISCOL
  • When her grandmother’s sewing supplies mysteriously disappear, Yasmin is on the case.
    BookNorth Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, [2023] — ER FARUQI
  • BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2023] — J FREEMAN
  • A girl wakes up to discover that the letter R has gone missing. She sets off to solve this mystery and fix the alphabet while navigating the chaos of a world without R’s.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022. — E FUNK
  • Jamila is new to town and dreading summer camp when she meets Shirley, a neighborhood girl with a talent for detection. As their friendship grows, they contend with mysteries large and small.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2020] — J-GN GOERZ
  • Cam lives among the robots in his family’s high-tech theme park but wishes for a normal life. When kids start disappearing at the park, it is up to Cam to solve the mystery before his family’s park is ruined.
    BookNew York : Random House Children's Books, [2022] — J HUNTER
  • Four young cousins investigate the mystery of a missing archaeologist working for a mining company in their First Nation community.
    BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : Second Story Press, [2019] — J HUTCHINSON