Book Talk Tuesday: The Milo & Jazz Mysteries by Lewis B. Montgomery
There are many different mystery series for children, some are naturally better than others. Here are a few of the many available series: The A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy Jigsaw Jones Mysteries by James Preller Encyclopedia Brown mysteries by Donald Sobol The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner Young Cam Jansen by David A. Adler Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat But today I'm highlighting my favorite mystery series for younger readers, The Milo & Jazz Mysteries by Lewis B. Montgomery. Not only are these books well written, but the plotting is clear and crisp. The stories are not elaborate and full of complications like many mysteries for older readers. This series makes a good introduction to the mystery genre. These mysteries focus on the real world and the sorts of mysteries that most of us meet up with in our daily lives. Each mystery also focuses on different skills that detectives need to develop to be really g...