In episode 202 of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast:
The enduring appeal of mystery stories for kids
Allison and Megan explore all the reasons that young readers love mystery stories, why they’re addictive, and how to find age-appropriate reads.
Books we mention
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Bookmail and TBR pile
‘Quarks, Sparks and Quantum Mysteries’ by Lisa Harvey Smith. Illustrated by Aidan Ryan
‘Graphic Novel Builder: The Illustrated Guide to Making Your Own Comics’ by Edward Ross
‘Something Terrible’ (series) by Sally Barton and Christopher Nielsen
‘The Girl and the Mermaid’ by Hollie Hughes and Sarah Massini
Other
Teacher Librarian Professional Learning Community Conference (Canberra)
Team YKNR at Sydney Writers’ Festival
The enduring appeal of mystery stories for kids
Episode 47: Mystery Books For Tweens
Popular in Megan’s library
Detective Beans (series) by Li Chen
‘A Clue for Clara’ by Lian Tanner
Investigators (series) by John Patrick Green
‘The Adventures of Catvinkle’ by Elliot Perlman
Rockstar Detectives (series) by Adam Hills
‘The Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone’ by Jaclyn Moriarty
Friday Barnes (series) by R. A. Spratt
Other recommendations
Junior fiction
PD McPem’s Agency for Mysterious Mysteries (series) by Anna Battese, illustrated by Ruth Mary Smith
(Interview: 10 mins with Anna Battese)
The Wolves of Greycoat Hall (series) by Lucinda Gifford
Sherlock Bones (series) by Renee Treml
Freddie Spector Fact Collector (series) by Ashleigh Barton, illustrated by Peter Cheong
‘The Unlikely Heroes Club’ by Kate Foster
Ducky The Spy (series) by Sean E Avery
Middle grade
Solve It Your Way (series) by Rachel Jackson
(Interview: 10 mins with Rachel Jackson)
‘The Midwatch’ by Judith Rossell
‘Copycat’ by Kelli Ann Hawkins
‘Silverborn: The Mystery Of Morrigan Crow’ by Jessica Townsend
History Hunter (series) by Mark Greenwood
‘How to Sail to Somewhere’ by Ashleigh Barton
‘Murder! By Narwhal’ by Alex T Smith
‘Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment’ by Levi Pinfold
‘Azaria: A True History’ by Maree Coote
‘Willow Bright’s Secret Plot’ by A. L. Tait
‘The First Summer of Callie McGee’ by A. L. Tait
Always popular
Murder Most Unladylike (series) by Robin Stevens
Enola Holmes (series) by Nancy Springer
YA
Eleanor Jones (series) by Amy Doak
‘Tracks of the Missing’ by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
‘Into The Wild’ by Hayley Lawrence
‘The Lovely and the Lost’ by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
‘My Family and Other Suspects’ by Kate Emery
‘Medici Heist’ by Caitlin Scheiderhan
‘Into The Mouth of the Wolf’ by Erin Gough
‘We Saw What You Started’ by Carla Salmon
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Friday First Chapters #5: Ashleigh Barton reads ‘How To Sail To Somewhere’
Friday First Chapters #6: A. L. Tait reads ‘Willow Bright’s Secret Plot’
First Chapters #13 (summer): Amy Doak reads ‘Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep A Secret’
First Chapters #5 (summer): A. L. Tait reads ‘The First Summer of Callie McGee’
First Chapters #2 (summer): Judith Rossell reads ‘The Midwatch’
Our books
The Mapmaker Chronicles series by A. L. Tait
The Ateban Cipher (duology) by A. L. Tait
The Maven & Reeve Mysteries by A. L. Tait
The First Summer of Callie McGee by A. L. Tait
Willow Bright’s Secret Plot by A. L. Tait
Danger Road by A. L. Tait
The Beehive by Megan Daley
Teacher, Teacher (anthology), edited by Megan Daley
Raising Readers by Megan Daley
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