The Case of the Missing Action Figure & Other Mysteries

Broken into three short stories of poetry and petty crime, this charming chapter book will have young readers in search of a rhyme in no time. Book 1 in the Marty Frye series!

Marty Frye is not your ordinary sleuth. Marty Frye is a poet detective—he makes up rhymes as he solves small crimes. When his friend Emma's diary is missing, Marty is on the case. When Katie's flour is nowhere to be found, Marty tracks it down. And when the brand-new Action Chuck figures mysteriously vanish from the toy store, Marty unravels the mystery. Will there ever be a case too hard for Marty to solve? Or a word too impossible to rhyme?

A poet detective saves the day in this first book in the illustrated Marty Frye, Private Eye series.

A Christy Ottaviano book

Titles in the Marty Frye, Private Eye series:

Marty Frye, Private Eye: The Case of the Missing Action Figure

Marty Frye, Private Eye: The Case of the Stolen Poodle

More from Janet Tashjian:

The Einstein the Class Hamster series:

Einstein the Class Hamster

Einstein the Class Hamster and the Very Real Game Show

Einstein the Class Hamster Saves the Library

The Sticker Girl series:

Sticker Girl

Sticker Girl Rules the School

The My Life series:

My Life as a Book

My Life as a Stuntboy

My Life as a Cartoonist

My Life as a Joke

My Life as a Gamer

My Life as a Ninja

My Life as a Youtuber

More from Laurie Keller:

The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut:

Arnie, the Doughnut

Invasion of the Ufonuts

The Spinny Icky Showdown

The Scrambled States of America:

The Scrambled States of America

The Scrambled States of America Talent Show

Do Unto Otters

Open Wide

Grandpa Gazillion's Number Yard

Birdy's Smile Book

Toys!

Fooled You!