King and Kayla and the Case of the Mysterious Mouse
Written by Dori Hillestad Butler
Illustrated by Nancy Myers
Kayla and King are busy solving a mystery again in the third installment of this wonderful series for young readers.
King is playing ball with a puppy when his ball gets thrown over the fence. In trying to recover it, they find many other balls, but not King’s. He meets a cat who tells him “Mouse took it.” How could a mouse take a ball larger than itself? The girls list all the clues they know and all the things they don’t know. Then King figures out who Mouse is.
What’s great about this series is that there are enough illustrations to help move the story along and enhance a young reader’s ability to figure out the words. The story is exciting and complicated enough to make the reader think a bit. And the language is simple enough to be readable. Plus, it’s humorous.
Recommended for reading together, reading aloud, and independent reading.
Title: King and Kayla and the Case of the Mysterious Mouse - Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
- Illustrator: Nancy Myers
- Published: Peachtree Publishers, 2017
- Reviewer: Sue Poduska
- Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
- Grade Level: PreK to 3
- Genre: Early Reader, Mystery
- ISBN: 978-1-56145-879-0