Chet Gecko’s Detective Handbook(and Cookbook) by Bruce Hale

Harcourt, 2005

Recommended readers- Ages 8-12

Cautions:

Publisher’s Description:

This nifty (and very handy) handbook features tips and techniques for detective work: how to shadow people, collect evidence, and conduct searches; photocopy-ready documents that every private eye needs–license, search warrants, forged sick-day notes from parents; a list of suspects and pointers on how to ID the crooks; a guide to detective lingo for all you shamuses; and tasty recipes for distinctively Chet Gecko-ish snacks, including Tick Tacos and Sweet Potato-Bug Pie (minus the bugs, of course).

KIWI Description:

This is more than your average cookbook; it has a handbook on how to become a private eye, plus recipes that all contain bugs (substitutions OK). Fourth-grade detective Chet Gecko teaches you how to grill a suspect and then bake Maggot Macaroni Cakes. “No case too small, no snack too big.”

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