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Nancy Drew Clue Book #1-4
Nancy Drew Clue Book Mystery Mayhem Collection Books 1-4 (Boxed Set): Pool Party Puzzler; Last Lemonade Standing; A Star Witness; Big Top Flop
Help Nancy and her friends solve mysteries with the first four books in an all-new, interactive Nancy Drew chapter book series, now available in a collectible boxed set! Each book encourages readers to jot down their own ideas and solutions to the case!
Join Nancy and her friends as they discover who’s causing a major pool party problem, investigate the case of a lost lemonade recipe, find the culprit behind a missing telescope, and track down the clown who switched out a ringmaster’s whistle with the first four books in the fun and engaging Nancy Drew Clue Book mystery series! This charming boxed set includes Pool Party Puzzler , Last Lemonade Standing , A Star Witness , and Big Top Flop .
Join Nancy and her friends as they discover who’s causing a major pool party problem, investigate the case of a lost lemonade recipe, find the culprit behind a missing telescope, and track down the clown who switched out a ringmaster’s whistle with the first four books in the fun and engaging Nancy Drew Clue Book mystery series! This charming boxed set includes Pool Party Puzzler , Last Lemonade Standing , A Star Witness , and Big Top Flop .
384 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2016
About the author
Carolyn Keene
1,080 books3,957 followersCarolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
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May 7, 2018
Cute little series:
First book has Nancy Drew and friends going to a stuck up girl's birthday party when in a toy snake ends up the pool. The suspects are the angry fast food workers, a disgruntled guest dress as a sea monster and Taffy who creates topiaries for the party, or is it none of the above. The book never does resolve a subplot about a lobster but overall cute.
Second book has Hannah, Nancy Drew's housekeeper giving Nancy and friends a secret lemonade recipe, but when it goes missing can the friends track it down. Suspects a competing lemonade stand, I mean lemonade experience; three members of a kids cooking show and the son of the ice scream salesman. In the end it is a little too obvious that George's new spy pen is going to play a role, but cute none the less.
Third book has the friends going to the planetarium when a valuable telescope is stole. Could it be the security guard who is acting suspiciously, a group of seniors, our a young woman hidden under a red scarf and who keeps checking a door out of the building?
Finally, George has been selected to be a junior ringmaster, but when she enters the ring her whistle doesn't work. Suspects include, Miles a jealous competitor for the ringmaster role, two prank pulling trapeze twins, and the adult ringmaster. The case is solved by Nancy's dog chocolate chip.
First book has Nancy Drew and friends going to a stuck up girl's birthday party when in a toy snake ends up the pool. The suspects are the angry fast food workers, a disgruntled guest dress as a sea monster and Taffy who creates topiaries for the party, or is it none of the above. The book never does resolve a subplot about a lobster but overall cute.
Second book has Hannah, Nancy Drew's housekeeper giving Nancy and friends a secret lemonade recipe, but when it goes missing can the friends track it down. Suspects a competing lemonade stand, I mean lemonade experience; three members of a kids cooking show and the son of the ice scream salesman. In the end it is a little too obvious that George's new spy pen is going to play a role, but cute none the less.
Third book has the friends going to the planetarium when a valuable telescope is stole. Could it be the security guard who is acting suspiciously, a group of seniors, our a young woman hidden under a red scarf and who keeps checking a door out of the building?
Finally, George has been selected to be a junior ringmaster, but when she enters the ring her whistle doesn't work. Suspects include, Miles a jealous competitor for the ringmaster role, two prank pulling trapeze twins, and the adult ringmaster. The case is solved by Nancy's dog chocolate chip.
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May 26, 2021
A very very very good book series!
March 5, 2024
I read this to preview for my daughters school library. I liked that the mysteries were easy enough to solve yourself and not scary. There were a lot of evolution fact lane in book #3.
September 5, 2024
Can I give this 5 starts for nostalgia? Introduced my 7-yo to Nancy Drew through these stories. I have loved Nancy Drew since I was a child reading my mom’s original hardcovers!
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