About the Book
When the rare Agave flower goes missing from Bearona’s botanic gardens, it’s up to super-sleuth Ivy and her grandpa Bearlock Holmes to crack the case. But with multiple suspects and a trail that’s starting to run cold, can they catch the culprit before the flower is lost forever?
The first book in a brand-new mystery fiction series, this interactive book features 15 puzzles that are woven into the action, so readers can feel immersed in the exciting detective plot.
Kristyna Litten studied Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. Her books include CHICKENS CAN’T SEE IN THE DARK, BLUE AND BERTIE and ORI’S STARS. Kristyna also creates artwork for book covers and magazines. She lives in Yorkshire.
Book Review
The illustrations are really good and I particularly like the map at the start of the book
The agave flower is missing and you need to help Ivy and Bearlock to find out what really happenned. To do this you have to solve the puzzles. There are some logic puzzles, but also mazes and finding things.
The illustrations are really good and I particularly like the map at the start of the book. I also learnt that bees break down nector into liquid sugars to make honey.
I would recommend this book for people who like a funny book with plot twists that also has puzzles and teaching about nature.
I think it would be good for age 6+.
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Reviewer Profile
- Name: Gerald
- Age: 5 years
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