The Casebooks of Sherlock Holmes The Cherry in the Cake: And Other Mysteries

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Help world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes crack four new mysteries by investigating Sherlock's case notes. The game is afoot and the world's greatest detective needs your help. With Watson away, Holmes has four tricky cases and he needs your powers of deduction to unravel the mysteries. Explore Victorian England with Sherlock Holmes and investigate the theft of a priceless jewel in The Cherry in the Cake, solve the mysterious death of the Earl of Monthaven in The Adventure of the Cursed Cartouche, go on a ghost hunt in The Terror of Traymar House and delve into the magic of London in The Adventure of the Vanishing Lord. W ill you assist Sherlock Holmes? The answer is surely elementary.

Sally Morgan is an Indigenous writer and artist who was born in Perth in 1951. She belongs to the Palkyu people of the eastern Pilbara in Western Australia. Sally is best known for her award winning book, My Place, which charts the history of her family. Sally is now specialising in writing and illustrating books for children and young people. Her personal interests are reading, taking her dogs for a walk and gardening. Born in Tenterfield, northern New South Wales, Bronwyn Bancroft is a descendant of the Djanbun clan of the Bundjalung nation. Bronwyn is a leading Indigenous artist, illustrator and art administrator whose work is held at the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Australian Museum. Brownyn has illustrated several award-winning books for children and she has a long history of involvement in community activism.

World famous detective Sherlock Holmes has four devilish mysteries to solve... and he needs your help! Budding young sleuths will love pitting their wits against some of the most cunning criminals of the Victorian age as they set to work on four cracking mysteries by working their way through Sherlock's intriguing case notes. Sally Morgan, who has written more than 20 well-loved books for children, has created an exciting and imaginative concept with these brilliant mysteries which explore Victorian England and encourage children to use their own deductive and detection skills to solve the cases. There are hours of fun and mental stimulation as you study witness statements, look for hidden clues, spot the differences to seek out the truth, and study documents that could hold vital evidence to solve the puzzling mysteries. With Watson away, Holmes has four tricky cases and he needs help to track down a kidnapper in The Pound of the Baskervilles, investigate an art theft in The Forger and the Fake, unravel a mystery in The Adventure of the Poisoned Apprentice and solve a gruesome riddle in The Adventure of the Found Finger. So don your deerstalkers, get your brains in gear and the answers could well be elementary! * Lancashire Evening Post * The world's most famous detective needs your help... yes, yours! Watson is away and Sherlock Holmes needs an assistant to unravel four tricky mysteries. Travel back to Victorian England with Sherlock Holmes and investigate the theft of a priceless jewel in The Cherry in the Cake, solve the mysterious death of the Earl of Monthaven in The Adventure of the Cursed Cartouche, go on a ghost hunt in The Terror of Traymar House and delve into the magic of London in The Adventure of the Vanishing Lord. This is an engrossing book that draws the reader in by offering a series of questions and clues - the evidence is there and the solutions can be worked out. With fascinating illustrations and eye-catching presentation, this is a book that will really refine those detecting skills. * Parents in Touch * There's a mystery to solve, and it's time for you to take on the persona of the World's Greatest Detective! Gathering together all your brainpower, there's a huge casebook of mysteries ready for you to cast your detective eye over. Sally Morgan's brilliant "The Casebooks of Sherlock Holmes" series is a brilliant homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's peerless character. In a kid-friendly treatment of the character, this compendium of mysteries can be solved by gathering clues throughout the book and piecing together a case. "The Cherry in the Cake", "The Cursed Cartouche" and "The Terror of Traymar House" are three distinctly different cases that you (and the great detective) can pit your wits against. We're always looking for folk who adapt and adopt Conan Doyle's characters in new and interesting ways, and this is one of the best treatments we've seen so far. * Read it Daddy *