Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! A is for Author . . . A famous writer is coming to Green Lawn! Dink rushes to the bookstore to meet his favorite author, Wallis Wallace, and get all his books signed. But the author never shows up! Where is Wallis Wallace? It’s up to Dink and his friends Josh and Ruth Rose to track him down.
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"The Absent Author, a transitional book illustrated by John Steven Gurney, tells the story of Dink and his friends as they try to solve the mystery of the missing author who goes missing after Dink invites him to town. This work includes black and white illustrations every few pages, and does a good job of separating the story into logical chapters. Also fun are clues that are given throughout the story, which will give more advanced readers a chance to solve the mystery before the characters do."
— Heather (4 out of 5 stars)
" this was the best out of all my book. When they where bbeimg gualable . and how mr. or shold i say ms.www was really a women and her broter took her place and he act like he was tooken "
— Averywhite, 2/19/2014" good elementary school book "
— JoNaSLUVA, 2/7/2014" This is the first book in the A-Z Mysteries. I read it with my youngest. Really fun mysteries for kids. I'm sure we'll read all the way to Z! "
— Penny, 1/19/2014" We enjoyed this book. Though I did have to edit some of it... There's a part that someone's pretend kidnapped. But I don't want to scare my child with all the details (no there weren't many...but still) about the pretend kidnap. But other than that, it was a nice little mystery. I plan on having us read more from the series. "
— TamTam, 1/18/2014" this is such an interesting book "
— Samriddhi, 1/10/2014" My kids loved this series! Great for young readers. "
— Kimberly, 12/14/2013" Guy read four of these books today, because he loves 'em so much...they are fun stories with good plot. Thumbs up. "
— Gina, 12/8/2013" This was fun and engaging, fairly readable. A good recommendation for parents wanting their children to move into fiction. After this, try some of the fatter mysteries: Bunnicula, Cam Jansen, Encyclopedia Brown. "
— Melissa, 11/19/2013" I like this book because it was cool how the author of the book was missing. "
— Olivia, 7/23/2013" This was my first chapter book read-a-loud this school year. We finished on a library day. When my students returned from the library, half of them had checked out A to Z mysteries. Needless to say, it was a raving hit! Class voted and we will be reading The Bald Bandit next. "
— Rowlak5, 6/22/2013Ron Roy is the author of the popular A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series, as well as several picture books. He lives in Connecticut.
David Pittu, a two-time Tony Award nominee, has narrated dozens of audiobooks, including Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, which earned two prestigious Audie Awards for best narration. He has also won three Earphones Awards. Well-known for his work in theater, he has appeared off-Broadway in LoveMusik and Is He Dead, for which he received his Tony nominations, as well as Parade, for which he earned a National Broadway Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He is also a writer, member, and director of the Atlantic Theater company.