Synopses & Reviews
When a shipment of imported Italian muffins goes missing, Irving and Muktuk become the key suspects. Everyone knows their weakness for muffins and immediately think they are responsible!
Irving and Muktuk realize that in order to clear their smirched names, they have to find the culprit themselves. They disguise themselves, sniff out some clues, interview possible witnesses, and try to find the thief. As with all good mysteries, the clues lead to a surprise ending.
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'\"The Pinkwaters have their mother wit at full tilt, never talking down to their audience...dryly humorous to the point of combustion.\"'
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'\"Kids will love the cartoon drawings rendered in felt-tip marker and ink...This story is great for independent mid-level readers and as a read-aloud.\"'
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"The Pinkwaters have their mother wit at full tilt, never talking down to their audience...dryly humorous to the point of combustion." Kirkus Reviews
"Kids will love the cartoon drawings rendered in felt-tip marker and ink...This story is great for independent mid-level readers and as a read-aloud." School Library Journal
Synopsis
When a shipment of imported Italian muffins goes missing, Irving and Muktuk become the key suspects. Everyone knows their weakness for muffins and immediately think they are responsible!
Irving and Muktuk realize that in order to clear their smirched names, they have to find the culprit themselves. They disguise themselves, sniff out some clues, interview possible witnesses, and try to find the thief. As with all good mysteries, the clues lead to a surprise ending.
About the Author
Daniel Pinkwater is crazy about writing, and has been trying to learn how to do it for fifty years. He has written about a hundred books, all but two or three of them good. People who own radios may know Daniel Pinkwater as a popular commentator and childrenand#8217;s book reviewer on National Public Radio. At one time, he lived in Los Angeles, went to a fancy private school with the children of movie stars, and ate in The Hat numerous times. He lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New Yorkand#8217;s Hudson River Valley.
Kids Q&A
Read the Kids' Q&A with Daniel Pinkwater