Who Did That? A Whodunit for Children

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Pub Date Aug 14 2018 | Archive Date Dec 17 2018
Chouette Publishing | CrackBoom! Books

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Description

Wonderfully illustrated by the Dutch animators behind the Oscar nominated short A Single Life, this story of mysterious mischief is a humorous whodunit that addresses the issues of difference and respect for others. Senseless vandalism has hit the quiet village and the evidence is scattered everywhere: a seesaw cut in half, fishing rods split in two, knocked down lampposts. The townsfolk are all wondering, who did that? The policeman in charge of solving the mystery quickly realizes that the baffling culprit seems to love gnawing …

Wonderfully illustrated by the Dutch animators behind the Oscar nominated short A Single Life, this story of mysterious mischief is a humorous whodunit that addresses the issues of difference and...


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Advance Praise

FROM KIRKUS REVIEWS:
A community investigates petty vandalism. "The ruckus began with a broken seesaw. It was cut in half." And thus, the game is afoot as the multicultural citizens of an unnamed town discover ever more items destroyed with nary a motive in sight. Hockey sticks, fishing rods, even street signs aren't safe from the mysterious vandal. Could it be the hairdresser and his scissors? Or knight Melvin and his sword? Or the lumberjack and his axe? The lumberjack provides the first clue, as he tells the boat captain, "Your mast seems to have been gnawed!" Aha! It's the fluffy beaver, caught just as it's about to topple a local wind turbine. Little readers will delight in the increasingly absurd mischiefs. The color palette leans on reds, oranges, and browns that color peculiarly shaped people with flat-topped heads and oval bottoms, giving the book a distinctive look. The mystery is sweetly resolved (the beaver doesn't do any hard time) and holds a convenient lesson about awareness and empathy baked in. The creative team is a Dutch collective. A lovely, silly mystery. (Picture book. 2-4)

FROM KIRKUS REVIEWS:
A community investigates petty vandalism. "The ruckus began with a broken seesaw. It was cut in half." And thus, the game is afoot as the multicultural citizens of an unnamed town...


Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9782924786383
PRICE $15.95 (USD)
PAGES 32

Average rating from 28 members


Featured Reviews

Very cute, adorable to read with kids. And the illustration of the beaver on the moped ist just soooo cute.

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This was an adorable story with a great message. The illustrations were cute and extremely kid-friendly.

Because the message of how to be a good citizen is so important, this would be a good book for early to mid-elementary age students, even though the story is a bit simplistic. However, I think this would be a perfect story for preschoolers and early readers. The pictures are cute, and the story is short, so it could definitely hold the attention of young listeners. With so few words on a page, this would also be less intimidating for early readers.

I also like the message that a young girl was the one to solve the problem. This shows kids that they can be helpful and do good things for their community; they don't always have to rely on adults. Overall, this would be a great book for a unit on character and/or community in a classroom or homeschool setting.

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This is a cute enough story, though the answer that a Beaver was who was gnawing through everything was telegraphed early on. So the big reveal was not all that surprising.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4513" src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-10.39.21-PM.png" alt="Who did that" />

The best part of the book, however, comes when they try to stop the beaver by force, and imprisonment, rather than, as this little girl in the picture below, asking him or her to stop chewing everything up.

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Yes, asking.Diplomacy. Communications. All good morals to the story.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

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