Kid Detectives

The Peculiar Affair of Cloudy Water

Adam Bushnell, John Haslam

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English

Wayland
14 May 2024

Crime & mystery fiction (Children's&YA); Educational: Sciences, general science

Series: Kid Detectives

Join a group of four kid detectives and help them find out about STEM while developing problem solving, observation and deduction, and investigation skills.

Our Kid Detectives Isla, Farah, Sam and Mohammad are planning a fishing trip at their favourite spot at the local river. But when they arrive, they notice how the usually crystal-clear river has turned cloudy. What could be causing the pollution of the river?

Join the Detective gang as they meet a scientist who will help them discover what's wrong with the river water and what is causing the pollution. Does it have something to do with that grumpy looking farmer? Find out in The Peculiar Affair of Cloudy Water!

Featured interactive elements:

Looking for clues in the illustrations

Spotting how the river has been affected by the pollution

Spotting what is causing the pollution

Gathering crucial information from information panels about pollution

Through interactive adventures that combine facts, brain-teasing puzzles and lively illustrations, these books impart STEM knowledge in an original way to inspire a love of the subject. The story in each book will have the reader solving puzzles, finding clues, cracking secret codes and uncovering mysteries.

Perfect for aspiring detectives aged 7+.

By: Adam Bushnell
Illustrated by: John Haslam
Imprint: Wayland
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9781526324887
ISBN 10: 1526324881
Series: Kid Detectives
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 14 May 2024
Recommended Age: From 7 to 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Adam Bushnell (Author) Adam is a former teacher who turned his hand to writing full time in 2007. He has written both adult teaching guides and children's fiction books and is often touring schools and libraries and running creative writing sessions. He lives in Durham. John Haslam (Illustrator) John Haslam has been working as an illustrator for most of his professional life. John worked in advertising for 10 years and worked on various projects including TV storyboards, to illustrating for all kinds of accounts from Pritt Stick (the Pritt Stick Man was his invention), to comic pages such as Danger Mouse, Disney and Transformers.