The Big Race Lace Case: A QUIX Book

By Paul DuBois Jacobs, Jennifer Swender and Karl West

Mack Rhino is a private detective—who just so happens to be a rhinoceros—in this silly, fun-to-read Aladdin QUIX chapter book that’s perfect for emerging readers!

Mack Rhino is a private eye who has just finished solving his 99th case. With his trusty sidekick, Redd Oxpeck by his side (or on his back) he’s about to embark on his 100th. There’s a big race in town, but all the runners are missing the laces to their sneakers! Who’s run off with the goods, and why?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Jan 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781534441149

Paul DuBois Jacobs

Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender are a husband and wife writing team, authors of many books for children, including the Animal Inn series, Count on the Subway, My Subway Ride, and My Taxi Ride. Paul has also cowritten four books with legendary folk musician, Pete Seeger, including Abiyoyo Returns and The Deaf Musicians. Paul and Jennifer have appeared at Lincoln Center, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Virginia Festival of the Book, as well as countless schools, libraries, and museums. They live in Massachusetts.

Book preview

Cover: The Big Race Lace Case, by Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender, illustrated by Karl West

Welcome to ALADDIN QUIX!

If you are looking for fast, fun-to-read stories with colorful characters, lots of kid-friendly humor, easy-to-follow action, entertaining story lines, and lively illustrations, then ALADDIN QUIX is for you!

But wait, there’s more!

If you’re also looking for stories with tables of contents; word lists; about-the-book questions; 64, 80, or 96 pages; short chapters; short paragraphs; and large fonts, then ALADDIN QUIX is definitely for you!

ALADDIN QUIX: The next step between ready to reads and longer, more challenging chapter books, for readers five to eight years old.

The Big Race Lace Case, by Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender, illustrated by Karl West, Aladdin

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Cast of Characters

Mack Rhino, Private Eye: a detective Redd Oxpeck: Mack’s trusted assistant Queenie Zee: Mack and Redd’s friend; owner of Queenie’s Cupcakes Ant Hill Gang: a group of sneaky ants Terry Berry: Mack and Redd’s friend; owner of Terry Berry’s Smoothie Shack Jackie Rabbit: a runner in the Big Race and a favorite to win Skunks McGee: a runner in the Big