Mysteries for 7-10 Years Olds

Janet Zarem compiled this list in November 1996 with the help of child_lit members.

ADLER, DAVID.  

	The Cam Jensen series.

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Anthologies 

	There are at least 7.

AVI. 

	Who Stole the Wizard of Oz?

BABBITT, NATALIE.  

	The Search for Delicious. 

	Kneeknock Rise. 

	Goody Hall.

	(These are mythic stories that include a mystery).

BALL, DUNCAN. 

	Emily Eyefinger. 

	Emily Eyefinger and the Lost Treasure. 

	Emily Eyefinger and the Secret Agent.

	(Yes, Emily has an eye at the end of her finger).

BELLAIRS, JOHN. 

	He wrote gothics, featuring magic and the supernatural; 

	but there is enough of a mystery element in them that 

	they are frequently recommended as mysteries. Among 

	other books, there are three series:  

	the Clock Series, the Johnny Dixon Series, and the 

	Anthony Monday Series. He died in 1991 and his 

	unfinished manuscripts are being completed by Brad

	Strickland.

BROOKS, WALTER.

BYARS, BETSY. 

	Tarolt Says Beware. The Dark Stairs (featuring girl 

	detective Herculeah Jones).

CHRISTIAN, MARY BLOUNT. 

	The Sebastian Supersleuth series. Sebastian is a dog.

CLIFFORD, ETH. 

	Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Eye. 

	Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Whooo. 

	Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Nosy Otter.

	Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library. 

	Just Tell Me When We're Dead. 

	Never Hit a Ghost With a Basball Bat. 

	Scared Silly (the last four feature sisters

	Jo-Beth and Mary Rose).

CONFORD, ELLEN. The Jenny Archer series.

COREN, ALAN.

CROSS, GILBERT. 

	Mystery at Loon Lake. 

	Terror train! (featuring brothers Jeff

	and Nguyen).

DANK, MILTON.

DEFELICE, CYNTHIA. 

	The Light on Hogback Hill.

ERICKSON, JOHN. 

	The Hank the Cowdog series. (there are at least 20).

FARLEY, WALTER. 

	The Black Stallion Mystery.

HAAS. E.A.  

	Incognito Mosquito.

HAHN, MARY DOWNING. 

	The Dead Man in Indian Creek. 

	Wait Till Helen Comes.

HALL, LYNN. 

	The Mystery of Pony Hollow. 

	The Mystery of the Caramel Cat. 

	The Mystery of the Lost and Found Hound. 

	The Mystery of the School House Dog.

HILGARTNER, BETH. 

	A Murder for Her Majesty (Tudor Historical fiction).

HIKDICK, E.W. 

	The McGurk series (At first these were clasic 

	whodonists. In the 1980's they became fantasies with 

	a strong mystery component).

HOWE, JAMES. 

	The Bunicula series:

		Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery.

		Howliday Inn. 

		The Celery Stalks at Midnight. 

		Nighty-Nightmare.

		Harold and Chester in The Fright Before 

		Christmas. 

		Harold and Chester in Scared Silly: A 

		Halloween Treat.

		Harold and Chester in Hot Fudge. 

		Harold and Chester in Creepy-Crawly Birthday. 

		Return to Howliday Inn (How has also written 

		the Sebastian Barth mysteries for older 

		children).

KEHRET, PEG.	

	(She writes suspense-adventure-mystery, and 

	occassionally supernatural, stories.) 

	Nightmare Mountain. 

	Night of Fear. 

	Terror at the Zoo.

	Horror at the Haunted House. 

	Frightmares:  Cat Burglar on the Prowl.

	Frightmares:  Bone Breath and the Vandals. 

	Frightmares:  Don't Go Near Mrs. Tallie. 

	Frightmares:  Desert Danger.  

	Frightmares:  The Ghost Followed Us Home. 

	Frightmares:  Race to Disaster. 

	Frightmares:  Screaming Eagles.

	Fightmares:  Backstage Fright.

KONIGSBERG, E.L. 

	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

LEVY, ELIZABETH. 

	The Something Queer series (8 or 9 by now, originally

	published by Dell, but now by Hyperion).  

	The Magic Mystery series:  

		The Case of the Gobbling Squash. 

		The Case of the Mind-Reading Mummies. 

		The Case of the Tattletale Hearts. 

		The Case of the Dummy with Cold Eyes.  

	The Same and Robert Bramford series are slightly spooky

	stories with an element of mystery:

 		Frankenstein Moved in on the Fourth Floor. 

		Dracula is a Pain in the Nect.

		Gorgonzola Zombies in the Park.

MACCARONE, GRACE. 

	The Haunting of Grade Three.

MONSELL, MARY ELISE. 

	Mr. Pin:  The Chocolate Files. 

	Mr. Pin:  The Mysterious Cases of Mr. Pin.  

	Mr. Pin:  The Spy Who Came from the Pole 

	(Mr. Pin is a penguin).

MYERS, WALTER DEAN. 

	Smithy Blue, Ace Crime Detective.

NAMIOKA, LENSEY. 

	The Samurai series of four books; two are currently in

	print, and Blue Heron Publishing hopes to bring two 

	more back into print

	Valley of the Broken Cherry Trees. 

	Village of the Vampire Cat.

NEWMAN, ROBERT. 

	The Case of the Baken Street Irregulars.

	The Case of the Vanishing Corpse. 

	The Case of the Somerville Secret. 

	The Case of the Threatened Ring.

OSBORNE, MARY POPE. 

	The Spider Kane series.

PARISH, PEGGY. 

	The Jed, Bill and Liza Roberts series:  

		Pirate Island Adventures. 

		Clues in the Woods. 

		Haunted House. 

		Hermit Dan. 

		The Ghosts of Cougar Island. 

		Key to the Treasure.

PAULSEN, GARY. 

	Some of the Culpepper Adventure (Dunc and Amos) series.

PECK, RICHARD. 

	Voices After Midnight (a time-travel mystery).

ROBERTS, WILLO DAVIS. 

	Megan's Island. 

	The View from the Cherry Tree. 

	What Could Go Wrong? 

	The Monsters in the Closet. 

	The Minden Curse. 

	More Minden Curses.

SHAW, MURRAY, 

	Match Wits With Sherlock Holmes.

SIMON, SEYMOUR. 

	The Einstein Anderson series (at least 7).

SYNDER, ZILPHA KEATLEY. 

	The Castle Court Kids series (adventure and mystery):

 		The Diamond War. 

		The Box and the Bone. 

		Ghost Invasion. 

		Secret Weapons.

SOBOL, DANIEL. 

	The Encyclopedia Brown series (at least 30). 

	Two-Minute Mysteries. 

	More Two-Minute Mysteries.

STRAY, P.J.  

	The Passport Mysteries (from Silver Burdett):  

		Secrets in the Mayan Ruins. 

		The Mystery of the Sea Dog's Treasure. 

		Lost in Merlin's Castle.

		The Three Investigators Mystery series from 

		Random House (at least 30).

TITUS, EVE. 	Basil of Baker Street. 

		Basil and the Lost Colony. 

		Basil and the Lost Pygmy Cats. 

		Basil in Mexico. 

		Basil in the Wild West (Basil is a mouse).

VIVELO, JACKIE. 

		Super Sleuth. 

		Beaugle in Trouble, Super Sleuth II. 

		Chills Run Down My Spine.

WALLACE, BARBARA. 

		Peppermints in the Parlor. 

		The Twins in the Tavern.

WALLACE, BILL. 

		Blackwater Swamp. 

		Danger in Quicksand Swamp. 

		Journey Into Terror.

WARNER, GERTRUDE. 

		The Boxcar Children series (at least 60).

WRIGHT, BETTY REN. 

		The Dollhouse Murders. 

		The Scariest Night. 

		The Midnight Mystery.

YEP, LAURENCE. 

		The Case of the Goblin Pearls (due 3/97).