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    Cable Car to Catastrophe: A QUIX Book
    Cable Car to Catastrophe: A QUIX Book
    Cable Car to Catastrophe: A QUIX Book
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    Cable Car to Catastrophe: A QUIX Book

    By Robert Quackenbush

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    World-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard’s ski vacation is a bust when she finds herself on the tail of a bundled-up bandit in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery.

    When the police are baffled by an eerie robbery, Miss Mallard interrupts her ski vacation in the Alps to track down a burglar who has been stealing all the ski masks!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateSep 17, 2019
    ISBN9781534414167
    Cable Car to Catastrophe: A QUIX Book
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    Robert Quackenbush

    Robert Quackenbush (1929–2021), the author and illustrator of more than two hundred books for young readers, was a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and also had a master’s degree in social studies and a PhD in childhood education. Quackenbush’s many books include the Henry the Duck series, Detective Mole, the Miss Mallard Mystery series, Pete Pack Rat, and the Sheriff Sally Gopher series. He was the three-time winner of the American Flag Institute Award for outstanding contributions to children’s literature and winner of an Edgar Allan Poe Special Award for best juvenile mystery. He lived in New York City with his wife, Margery, director of NAAP. Their now adult son, Piet, was the inspiration for many of the author’s books when he was growing up.

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      I thought I would really like the "Miss Mallard" mysteries because I'm a Miss Marple/Poirot fan and enjoy most mysteries. However, this is the second or third Miss Mallard title I've read and I find them fairly boring; none of the characters have discernable personaliites, the illustrations are boring and oddly colored, there's no real character "voice" to Miss Mallard, etc. etc. I think I'm going to stop with this series now since it isn't very satisfying.

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    Cable Car to Catastrophe - Robert Quackenbush

    Cover: Cable Car to Catastrophe, by Robert Quackenbush, illustrated by Robert Quackenbush

    Welcome to ALADDIN QUIX!

    If you are looking for fast, fun-to-read stories with colorful characters, lots of kid-friendly humor, easy-to-follow action, entertaining story lines, and lively illustrations, then ALADDIN QUIX is for you!

    But wait, there’s more!

    If you’re also looking for stories with tables of contents; word lists; about-the-book questions; 64, 80, or 96 pages; short chapters; short paragraphs; and large fonts, then ALADDIN QUIX is definitely for you!

    ALADDIN QUIX: The next step between ready to reads and longer, more challenging chapter books, for readers five to eight years old.

    Cable Car to Catastrophe, by Robert Quackenbush, illustrated by Robert Quackenbush, Aladdin

    First for Piet and Margie,

    and now for Emma and Aidan

    Cast of Characters

    Miss Mallard: World-famous ducktective

    Inspector Willard Widgeon: Miss Mallard’s nephew and inspector for the Swiss police

    Madam Merganser: A famous opera star

    Tilly Pintail: Madam Merganser’s wardrobe

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