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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)

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  • Book, 2022New 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.
    Book, 2022Somerville, 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, 2021[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.
    Book, 2021New 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.
    Book, 2022New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — J BROADDU
  • Graphic Novel, 2021New York : First Second, [2021] — J-GN CHANANI
  • Book, 2023Toronto : 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.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — ER DRISCOL
  • When her grandmother’s sewing supplies mysteriously disappear, Yasmin is on the case.
    Book, 2023North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, [2023] — ER FARUQI
  • Book, 2023New 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.
    Book, 2022New 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 Novel, 2020New 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.
    Book, 2022New 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.
    Book, 2019Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Second Story Press, [2019] — J HUTCHINSON