Puzzling Mystery for Kids

Who says mystery reads are only for adults? This is the perfect opportunity for kids to step into the detective role and help solve these strange mysteries. 

There’s nothing like a good mystery that can be felt right in the gut. Brimming with plucky protagonists, nail-biting mysteries, and wicked villains – these stories serve up mysteries in a child-friendly way with plenty of humour. 

Here are our picks for children’s thrillers that are guaranteed to give you goosebumps and make you laugh-out-loud. 

• From the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, considered to be a true American fairy tale and sinpred the hugely popular 1939 musical starring Judy Garland – The Daring Twins by L. Frank Baum 

• Based on the fashion icon, world adventurer, and every child’s best friend since the 1950s, the Barbie Doll – Barbie – Sisters Mystery Club 1 – The Beach Bandit by Mattel 

• From the author that transcended the apparent limitations of his origin to become one of America’s most beloved writers – Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain

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First published in 1922, The Blue Envelope is a mysterious adventure from popular children’s author Roy J. Snell.

Set in Alaska, young cousins Lucille and Marian are spending the winter here working as a schoolteacher and an artist respectively. However, when a mysterious and important letter arrives, the girls have an adventure ahead of them as they must ensure it gets to the right person and doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. Full of danger and adventure, this is a thrilling tale which will charm all age groups.

The Daring Twins is a mystery novel by L. Frank Baum, first published in 1911. The story follows the adventures of twins Phil and Phoebe Daring, the eldest of five children in a once wealthy family.

Following the failure of their father’s business and his subsequent death, the children are now penniless and find themselves living with their elderly grandfather. To help make ends meet Phil finds work in a bank – where he is wrongfully accused of stealing, and it is up to the plucky Phoebe to prove his innocence.

Come on an amazing adventure with Barbie and all her friends! Solve mysteries with secret doors, sea monsters and messages in a bottle. 

One morning, on what seems like an ordinary beach day, Barbie, Skipper, Stacie, Chelsea, and their loyal puppies are faced with a major mystery – Raquelle’s missing jewelry! 

Is it a thief, a seagull or something else entirely? Luckily the super sleuthing sisters are on the case, as no secret is safe from the Sisters Mystery Club! 

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn attempt to solve a mysterious murder that takes them onboard a steamboat back to Arkansas, and gets them tangled up with diamond thieves and the ghost of a missing burglar.

In this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time Tom and Huck find themselves with Uncle Silas and his family again (see The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn). Like the two preceding novels, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn. Mark Twain was greatly inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s writings and Tom and Huck’s relationship is by many compared to that of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is the fourth book in the series of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894).

A mysterious airplane lands in the airport in the central part of Denmark. A break-in shakes a nearby castle.

The Rocket Brothers Christopher Dam and his older brother Jonathan find themselves involved in an international criminal smuggler case – and as if that wasn’t enough Christopher discovers that he can talk to ghosts.

On a school trip to London, he ends up far too close to the headquarters of the thieves, and suddenly he must give all he has to help the police stop the thief from Baker Street. 

Join the Cutie Mark Crusaders in the third book of the Ponyville Mysteries series as they solve the mystery of the Rusty Horseshoe!  

Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Bell have been spending a lot of time with their new friend at the spooky house on Horseshoe Hill. One night, Scootaloo actually sees the ghostly Olden Pony. Scotaloo worries that every pony will think she’s just a scaredy-pony, but she’s too frightened to sleep. She needs the help of her friends to figure out the mystery of the Olden Pony and her Rusty Horseshoe! 

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