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Museum Mystery Squad and the Case of the Vanishing Viking

Mike Nicholson
Mike Phillips

£6.99

Also available as: eBook

Range: Young Kelpies Paperback 160 pages 50 b/w illustrations 197 x 158 mm ISBN: 9781782503651 Publication date: 22nd November 2018

Case File
The Case of the Vanishing Viking

Report:
A large Viking figure has disappeared from the museum. No one saw it go.

Problem:
How was it sneaked out? And why steal a worthless model when there’s real Viking treasure nearby?

Solutions:
Search for clues (before they disappear…)
Ask some questions (or axe some questions! Haha!)
Look for suspects (maybe it was Loki = Norse god of mischief!)

Answer:
??? This case is sending us berserk!

On the Case:
Nabster, Kennedy and Laurie + Colin (the hamster!)

Reviews

Praise for the Museum Mystery Squad series:

'Nicholson slips in fact boxes and a miniquiz as well as some red herrings to confuse matters. Phillips adds coded messages, screen shots, and diary pages to cartoon views of the squad in action... deduction and slick detective work save the day.'
-- Kirkus Reviews

'All of the books in this series are fast-moving, filled with interesting facts that should spur readers on to their own explorations, well-written, fun and wonderfully illustrated with black and white drawings by Mike Phillips.'
-- Youth Services Book Review

'... there is a clear desire to celebrate museums as spaces of imagination and learning. There is a very interesting interplay between text and image in the book, as the story is interposed by numerous illustrations, graphs and quizzes that visually make the book very visually stimulating.'
-- Armadillo

Museum Mystery Squad and the Case of the Vanishing Viking

Author

Mike Nicholson is a prize-winning author of humorous children’s books. His first novel, Catscape, was published after winning the Kelpies Prize for new Scottish children’s fiction. His books include the Museum Mystery Squad series and the Thistle Street picture books. Mike lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Illustrator

Mike Phillips (1961-2024) was the illustrator of many children’s books series including the Museum Mystery Squad, Fact-tastic Stories from Scotland’s History, Horrible Histories: Gruesome Guides and Horrible Geography.

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