Scared Silly

Jo-Beth and Mary Rose Mysteries #4

by Eth Clifford, George Hughes

A shoe museum?

When Mary Rose and Jo-Beth Onetree and their father see a sign for "The Walk-Your-Way-Around-the-World Museum," they just have to stop and go exploring. At first, everyone's disappointed. The Walk-Your-Way-Around-the-World Museum is full of boring old shoes. But then a six-foot rabbit shows up with a mystery: some priceless slippers have vanished!

Mary Rose and Jo-Beth's search for the shoes turns into one wild trip. Their "boring" museum is full of secret passages, upside-down rooms, and weird inventions!

Will Mary Rose and Jo-Beth ever find the lost shoes? Will they ever find their way out? Only one thing's for sure: this is the silliest old museum they've ever been to!

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Childrens, Juvenile

122 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Eth Clifford was born in New York City in 1915. She and her husband, David Rosenberg, started David-Stewart Publishing Company. Her first book for children was published in 1959 and since that time she wrote numerous books for children and young adults. She was also known as Eth (or Ethel) Clifford Rosenberg, and as published under the name Ruth Bonn Penn, and with her husband under David Clifford. Eth Clifford died in 2003

Reviews

[Emmannuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this book when I was in the fifth grade in the late nineties and just finally got around to reading it. I enjoyed it and I can see this being a nice movie for children what with the main character being two little girls.

Kinda gave that Alice in Wonderland feel what with Razendale but I enjoyed it. Scared Silly

[Catherine Mustread · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mary Rose, Jo-Beth and their father are involved in a mystery when they stop at a magician's house full of secret passageways and weird inventions.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok, I know, this is a bit below my reading level. Well, I work at a school library and like to read books from the library so I can tell students about them. This was a fun book that younger students would enjoy. I liked that it talks about being sensible and dependable but also touching on being spur of the moment and curious minded. Two sisters and their father find themselves in a place where ‘Where things are not what they seem.’

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

What starts out as a road trip to their grandmother's house to get a doll house turns into a mystery. Stopping to visit a shoe museum Mary Rose, Jo-Beth, and their father find themselves involved in the case of the missing antique shoes. A quirky, wacky tale with surprises at every twist and turn.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave it a 3 because if I had read it at the age it is intended for, I probably would have loved it. It was cute.

[Elisabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book ages ago when I was kid and have never forgotten it. I’m just now realizing it’s part of a series!

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remembered this book from my childhood, though it took over a year and the help of a Goodreads group to track it down. It was okay; not as good as I remembered. It’s a quick, silly read.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my childhood favorites, it's still totally cute and fun and creative. There is a lot of harping about how sensible Mary Rose is and how sensible Jo-Beth is not, but otherwise quite good.

[Lindsay]

eeeeeeh

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

i read this book about a year ago and really loved it. i thoght it was a wonderful tale with a wonderful twist.