When Gus and Gertie arrive on Holiday Island, they find a haven of seagoing scallywags, riffraff, and ruffians. It isn't long before Gertie's precious deep-sea pearl is stolen--but who's to blame? The culprit is revealed by clues cleverly hidden in Gus's hastily taken snapshots. Can readers crack the case before it's too late? Joan Lowery Nixon's mysterious high jinks and Diane deGroat's rowdy cast of characters create a fast-paced whodunit for newly independent readers.
Publishers Weekly Spirited alliteration and humorous illustrations propel this fast-paced beginning-reader whodunit. When Gus and Gertie, a pair of traveling penguins, hop off the ferryboat for their island vacation at the elegant Hotel de View, a sudden rain forces them into the nearby Otel, Home of the Bad Guys Club. Inside, rascally rowdies, wretched wharf rats, riffraff, and ruffians shouted and argued, pushed and shoved, and created a horrible hullabaloo. To show them we're friendly, Gus begins snapping Polaroids of the proceedings. DeGroat's watercolors not only capture the juxtaposition of the conservative couple and the scummiest swarm of seagoing scallywags, but after the disappearance of Gertie's beautiful, valuable deep-sea pearl necklace, her clever renderings of Gus's photos provide a trail to the thief. Although the scallywags ultimately help in the pursuit of the culprit, Gus and Gertie's wholehearted embrace of the bad guys (who after all collaborated in lifting her jewel) is abrupt. Still, one can hardly blame the couple: the Bad Guys look like much more fun than obtuse Gus and Gertie. Ages 6-9. (Sept.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|

Gus & Gertie and the Missing Pearl Le

Gus and Gertie and the missing pearl

by Joan Lowery Nixon; illustrated by Diane deGroat

North-South Books, Incorporated

Cheshire Studio Books

Chronicle Books

United States, United States of America

Xlibrary FIRST edition., 2000

New York, c2000

August 1, 2000

PS, 2000

subject: Penguins; Vacations; Animals; Mystery and detective stories; Penguins; Vacations; Animals; Detective and mystery stories

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topic: Penguins; Vacations; Animals; Mystery and detective stories; Penguins; Vacations; Animals; Detective and mystery stories

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Bookmarks:
1. (p8) CHAPTER 1
2. (p16) CHAPTER 2
3. (p24) CHAPTER 3
4. (p32) CHAPTER 4
5. (p40) CHAPTER 5
6. (p46) CHAPTER 6

theme: Penguins; Vacations; Animals; Mystery and detective stories; Penguins; Vacations; Animals; Detective and mystery stories

Arriving for a vacation on Holiday Island, penguins Gus and Gertie stumble into a hotel full of Bad Guys and have a beautiful, valuable deep-sea pearl stolen from them.

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