Miss Mallard's Case Book: A QUIX Book

By Robert Quackenbush

Solve mysteries from all over the world and beyond with world-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard in this engaging Aladdin QUIX activity book with solutions to each case provided in the backmatter.

Miss Mallard, the world-famous ducktective, and her nephew Willard Widgeon of the Swiss police track down crooks from Hollywood to Prague and even on a spaceship in outer space. In each location, young readers can crack the case themselves then flip to the back of the book to check their theory!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Sep 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9781534415706

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

Miss Mallard’s Case Book: A Miss Mallard Mystery, by Robert Quackenbush. Fast * Fun * Reads.

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.

Miss Mallard’s Case Book: A Miss Mallard Mystery, by Robert Quackenbush. Aladdin. New York | London | Toronto | Sydney | New Delhi.

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

Mia Pintail: Movie star

Marsha: Mia Pintail’s costumer

Walter Scaup: Director of Mia Pintail’s movie

Baron Von Drake: Guest at Newduckstein Castle charity ball

Countess Von Goosander: Guest at Newduckstein Castle charity ball

Werner Wood Duck: Guest at Newduckstein Castle charity ball

Count Kisscula: Famous kisspire

Haley Dabbler: Local flower seller

Dr. Albert Eiderstein: Scientist and inventor

Dr. Kim Duck: Botanist

Uri Driver: Hotel guest

Dr. Whistler: Owner of Dr. Whistler’s House of Fun

Captain Scott Scoter: Spaceship captain

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