Pines and Plains Libraries

Two original short stories, plus puzzles, interviews with characters, and other writings that unlock secrets of the Artemis Fowl books, which feature a twelve-year-old evil genius and his dealings with fairies and other magical beings. LEPrecon -- Fairy code -- Gnommish alphabet -- The People: a spotters guide -- Interviews -- Artemis Fowl's report card -- Fairy quiz -- Haven to Earth: fairy transport locations -- Foaly's inventions -- Crossword --...

The reader follows Waldo as he hikes around the world and must try to find him in the illustrations of some of the crowded places he visits.

Mystery brain-teasers for readers to solve.

The town's ten-year-old walking encyclopedia again solves ten neighborhood mysteries. The final solutions to the cases are at the back of the book, giving readers a chance to compare their sleuthing skill to that of Encyclopedia Brown.

Little Sherlock and Doc Watson notice that their school has a light on in the middle of the night, and they suspect something fishy is going on in the classroom. Includes puzzles for the reader to solve.

Little Sherlock and his friends find a mysterious locked chest buried in the school playground. Includes puzzles for the reader to solve.

Visual clues provide answers to the mysterious interrelationship of a series of brief stories.

The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime.

The reader is asked to help a clown pick the correct colors to paint a fire engine, truck, and steam shovel.

Fifteen brief folktales in which there is a mystery or problem that the reader is invited to solve before the resolution is presented.