Flamenco to Mischief: A QUIX Book

By Robert Quackenbush

World-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard tracks down a stolen painting in Spain in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery.

While on holiday in sunny Spain to attend a flamenco festival, Miss Mallard, the world-famous ducktective, and her nephew Willard Widgeon of the Swiss police become involved with intrigue. A painting by Miss Mallard’s great friend, El Ducko, Spain’s wealthiest artist, is stolen. Miss Mallard goes undercover as a flamenco dancer to “quack” the case.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Feb 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9781534414259

Robert Quackenbush

Robert Quackenbush (1929–2021), the author and illustrator of more than two hundred books for young readers, was a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and also had a master’s degree in social studies and a PhD in childhood education. Quackenbush’s many books include the Henry the Duck series, Detective Mole, the Miss Mallard Mystery series, Pete Pack Rat, and the Sheriff Sally Gopher series. He was the three-time winner of the American Flag Institute Award for outstanding contributions to children’s literature and winner of an Edgar Allan Poe Special Award for best juvenile mystery. He lived in New York City with his wife, Margery, director of NAAP. Their now adult son, Piet, was the inspiration for many of the author’s books when he was growing up.

Book preview

Cover: Flamenco to Mischief, by Robert Quackenbush, illustrated by Robert Quackenbush

Fast * Fun * Reads

A Miss Mallard Mystery

Flamenco to Mischief

Robert Quackenbush

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.

Flamenco to Mischief, by Robert Quackenbush, illustrated by Robert Quackenbush, Aladdin

For Piet and Margie and now for Emma and Aidan

Cast of Characters

Miss Mallard: World-famous ducktective

Willard Widgeon: Miss Mallard’s nephew and a Swiss police inspector

El Ducko: Famous artist and guardian of ducks in need

Senora Gallina: El Ducko’s art agent

Carmen Pato: Senora Gallina’s assistant

Manuel Pato: Carmen’s father

Lupe Colorado: Manuel Pato’s nurse and friend

Scorpions: Notorious robbers

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