The Perplexing Pineapple
Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta Series
Author: Ursula Dubosarsky
Author: Terry Denton
Book 1 in the Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta series
Pages: 84
Published: 2013
Age: 6+
Buenos Aires' Chief of Police, Coco Carlomagno, is sure his office high in the Obelisco is haunted. Every day at the same time he sees a floating pineapple and every day he hears a terrible noise. What could it mean? Who could it be? There's only one guinea pig Coco can turn to to help him in his hour of need: his logic-loving cousin Alberta. Can Alberta help him unravel the mysteries of the perplexing pineapple?
About the Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Perplexing Pineapple(2013)
- 2.The Looming Lamplight(2013)
- 3.The Missing Mongoose(2013)
- 4.The Dismal Daffodil(2014)
- 5.The Quivering Quavers(2014)
- 6.The Talkative Tombstone(2014)
Reading age: 6+ years
Alberta is the clever cousin of Coco Carlomagno, the well-respected (if somewhat easily startled) Buenos Aires Chief of Police. When Coco runs into an unusually difficult problem, he calls on Alberta to help him solve the mystery.
A delightfully funny detective series for readers aged 6+, filled with crime-fighting guinea pigs, mind-bending puzzles and hilarious illustrations. Fans of the Andrew Joyner's Boris series or Andy Griffiths' Flat Cat books will love this innovative series by two of Australia's best-loved children's authors.