Max and Molly's Guide to Trouble: How to Catch a Criminal

by Dominic Barker, Hannah Shaw (Illustrations)

In this Guide to Trouble, Max and Molly will show you, clever 1. How to kick a ball into Mrs Quibble's garden. AGAIN.2. How to (politely) arrest Mrs Quibble for STEALING THE BALL.3. How to accidentally also-at-the-same-time catch a REAL-LIFE CRIMINAL!Don't miss the other forthcoming titles in the HOW TO BE A GENIUSHOW TO BUILD AN ABOMINABLE SNOWMANHOW TO STOP A VIKING INVASIONMax and Molly's Guide to How To Catch A Criminal by Dominic Barker and Hannah Shaw has been selected for the Read by Yourself category of Richard and Judy's Children's Book Club 2011.

Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2011

About the author

Dominic Barker was born in Southport in 1966. He graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in English and then spent two years as part of a comedy double act before deciding to become a teacher. He currently lives in Barcelona.

Reviews

[Asmaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Max and Molly are twin siblings with a slightly over active imagination. After kicking their ball over the fence into Mrs Quibble's garden (for the 217th time) and having it taken away, they create a plan of action to get their ball back. Whilst attempting to arrest Mrs Quibble for 'stealing' their ball, they manage to catch a real criminal instead.


This book is suitable for children aged 7-9 who are independent readers. The use of different fonts and variation in text size makes the reader take note of and emphasise the words that stand out on the page. This book could also be used as a whole class story and be used as an introduction text to imaginative writing (eg. Writing a recipe for your own cereal, making up a game with a set of rules). There are also two recipes included at the back of the book for 'Black Widow Crunchies', with one variation for friends and another not so nice one for enemies.

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good modern children's tale. Just the kind of mischief you don't mind your kids reading, but hope they never try at home!