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King & Kayla and the Case of the Mysterious Mouse

by Dori Hillestad Butler

Illustrator: Nancy Meyers

Ages: 6+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Peachtree

ISBN: 978-1-56145-879-0

Keywords: Mystery, Transitional book, friends, dogs

Colorful illustrations enhance this humorous mystery where two girls “think” they solve a case when their dogs have beat them to it.