Penelope Northrop Broberg

Sleuthy Gumshoe Penelope Northrop Broberg

Sleuthy Gumshoe: The Remarkable Detective is a mystery book of four stories. This is part two of a two-book series. The main character in each story is Sleuthy Gumshoe. Sleuthy is called upon by a child to find a lost pet. Both Sleuthy and the child embark on a fact-finding mission. There are simple reasoning techniques used by Sleuthy to engage the child's help in solving the case. In the end, both the child and Sleuthy solve the case together, and the pet is found safe and happy.

The pets in this book are a rabbit, a rooster, a mouse, and a turtle.

Each story is filled with humor and vivid word imagery. Each story has a "color me page." This page was included so that the child being read to or the child reading it can actively participate in the story.

The book is generally geared to four through ten-year-olds.