What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

My father would like to find a series of books he read as a kid in the 60's or 70's. He says they may have been set in Norway (he wasn't sure), and one of them had the word "madcap" or something like it in the title. They were about some kids who solved mysteries. They were translated into English, of course. Thank you for your help.

Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist by Astrid Lindgren? There were three of these, and the first is from 1975. Sorry I don't know the name offhand in English.

(There's also a very popular series my kids were crazy about, but it's far too new, starting in 2002 - Lassemaja's detektivbyrå. I'm just mentioning it because if you search for scandinavian kids detectives, you will definitely find a bunch of those, and it's almost certainly not what you're after).

Thank you--I'll ask him.

The English versions of these are "Bill Bergson, Master Detective", "Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously ", and "Bill Bergson and the White Rose Rescue".

Thanks Sherri. Looking up other editions on the app on the tablet is painful, but I wanted to answer before I forgot the name in Swedish too!

Thank you, Sherri.

I asked, and it's not those. He says there was no central character; it was about a group of middle school-age children.

Madcap Mystery (1962) by Karin Anckarsvärd?
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories. Sweden -- Juvenile fiction.

Other books in this series with Michael and Cecilia include The Mysterious Schoolmaster and The Robber Ghost.

My dad says that's it! Thank you so much!

That's wonderful. So glad we could help.

I used the advanced search on www.worldcat.org - it's great for old children's books.

Keyword: mystery | Title: madcap | 1950-1985 | Juvenile | Fiction | Book | English

My dad's been reading and reading all three of these books. He's very happy. He's come across some scenes that he remembered from first reading them.