Barbara Johansen Newman

After helping her cousin Joanie find glasses, Bobbie convinces Joanie to let her wear them while they go to Sophie's Sweet Shoppe.

Tex Mex Rex and Sugar Lee Snughead, two big city kitties, find the road to stardom very rocky until they join forces.

Jeffrey Bones doesn't like math tests--especially when he forgets to study for them. Now his test is missing. Can he solve the mystery of the missing test and get an Excellent grade?

Detective Jeffrey Bones finds he does not need fancy equipment to solve the school-lunch mystery of Not Me Amy's missing cupcake.

Young Detective Jeffrey Bones investigates the disappearance of the plastic dinosaur his grandfather just bought for him in a museum gift shop.

When Sally's entry in the Best Pie Contest goes missing, young Detective Jeffrey Bones looks for clues.

Fourth-graders Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey combine their detective and scientific investigation skills to solve a variety of cases, involving a noisy garbage can, endangered frogs, a stuck truck, and a mysterious love letter. Includes a section of scientific experiments and activities.

Detective Jeffrey Bones helps a clown who performed at his friend's birthday party to find some lost clothing.

Now in fifth grade, Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey continue to combine their detective and scientific investigation skills to solve a variety of cases, involving a noisy laundry chute, a ruined flower show, and a ghost.

Professor Flugel builds a bird feeder, but instead of enjoying the birds, he finds himself trying to outwit Gray Squirrel, who keeps scaring the birds away, until he figures out a way to be friends.