Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe

by Kin Platt

Book Overview

Featuring a perennially popular I Can Read character first introduced in 1965, Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe is a humorous adventure that will delight beginning readers.

Jake the giraffe is missing, and Big Max is on the case But is this mystery too big for even the world's greatest detective?

Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060099208
• ISBN13: 9780060099206
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

good story

My eight yr old has been struggling with reading. This held her attention to where she read it without me.

Great book...great series!

I highly recommend this series of books for parents looking for enjoyable books for their children. My two boys love this series and read the books constantly. It is rare to find books that keep them wanting more. This series has done it! Thanks!

A pair of keepers

In 1965, Kin Platt's "Big Max," illustrated by Robert Lopshire, was published. It was a simple text, happily illustrated, the type of book a child will enjoy having read again and again. Four decades later "Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe," illustrated by Lynne Cravath sees poshumous print. Oh, the titles are similar enough. Switch the elephant for the giraffe. Happily, Big Max still travels by umbrella, keeps his clues guarded, and saves the day without accepting pay. Perhaps he is independently wealthy. Anyhow, Cravath's illustrations, while her own, nicely complement those of Lopshire. Both titles deserve a place in school, public, and personal libraries. Both are keepers.