Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?: And Other Notorious Nursery Tale Mysteries

Break-in at the Three Bears family home? It could only be one dame. Wicked witch gone missing from her candied cottage? Hansel and Gretel claim it was self-defense. Did Humpty Dumpty really just fall off that wall, or was he pushed? Here are five fairy-tale stories with a twist, all told from the point of view of a streetwise police officer called Binky, who just happens to be a toad in a suit and a fedora. When Snow White doesn't make it to the beauty pageant, Officer Binky is the first to find the apple core lying by her bed. When an awful giant mysteriously crashes to the ground, upsetting the whole town, Binky discovers exactly who is responsible. Author David Levinthal and illustrator John Nickle retell these classic stories in the style of a 1940s noir detective novel--for kids

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Published: 09/25/2012
ISBN: 9780375841958
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.10w x 0.30d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/16/2012 pg. 168
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2012
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2012 pg. 68
School Library Journal 09/01/2012 pg. 118
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2012
Booklist 09/15/2012 pg. 73
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 154177 / Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? and Other Notorious Nursery Tale Mysteries
Reading Level: 3.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5