The Mystery Squad

Just like Encyclopedia Brown and Chip Mitchell, the Myster Squad is a series of books that I used to read when I was a kid. The concept is the same. A group of kids have gotten their hands into some criminal case, and used the clues available to solve the case. The clues are presented to the reader, who is challenged to see if he can solve the case, with the solutions provided at the end of the book.

What I like about these mystery solving books is that they make the reader think. They give the clues in the story, but have a short pause to allow the reader to review the case, and see if he can join the dots to make out the picture. So these are actually great books for letting children work their brains, instead of doing sums after sums in their assessment books.

A list of the books in the series