In 1957, Harper published its first I Can Read title, Little Bear, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Large type, simple vocabulary, chapter-like divisions, and decorative pictures made Little Bear perfect for......

Someone has stolen the great gray beast. The King calls in Big Max, the world\"s greatest detective. But the clues are very puzzling. Could this be too big a mystery even for Big Max?...

Silly Tilly Mole can\"t remember why today is special. Is it because it\"s snowing and the wind is swirling colored snowflakes all around her? Or maybe it\"s the bright red something special in her mailbox that makes this a special......

Help Baby Penny is lost This sounds like a job for Detective Dinosaur and Officer Pterodactyl The prehistoric police pair from Detective Dinosaur is back on the beat with new cases to crack. But what will happen when Dective Dinosaur loses his way in......

First, Detective Dinosaur solves the mystery of the missing hat. Then he cracks the case of the squeaky shoe. Then he goes onto night patrol and spots a scary shadow in a dark alley. Can it be a monster? Help Detective Dinosaur follows the clues and......

When little \"scaredy cat\" Annie disappears, it\"s another baffling case for detectives Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, and Snitch. One of the funniest of the author\"s easy-to-read stories about the youthful \"private eyes....

Who ate Mrs. Meech\"s blueberry pie? Mrs. Meech calls on private eyes Wizard, Skinny, Tubby, and Snitch to help her find out When this book was first published, The Horn Book praised its real humor, suspense, and definite characterization, which......

Wizard\"s private eyes don\"t want any girls in their clubhouse. But a funny little man double-crosses the boys with a message in code. Then Marigold and her girlfriends get to show just how much the private eyes really need them....

Do you believe in ghosts? Some people do... These spooky - and funny - tales about singing ghosts, toast-eating ghosts, and ghosts no one even guesses are sure to send shivers up and down your spine. Why not retell them to your friends and see if you......