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 Resources
and bibliography
 Books by Donald Sobol, Encyclopedia Brown, Two-Minute Mysteries and others.
Other Mini-Mystery Authors.
 Mini-mystery authors have made their mark in the field. Includes Hy Conrad,
Ken Weber, Jim Sukach, Donald Sobol, Lawrence Treat, Austin Ripley, Eric
Doubleday, and Dennis Shasha.
Order
Donald Sobol Books from Chapter-Indigo (CAN $)
MysteryNet's
Kids Mysteries42explore.com
: Mystery. Among other things this site links to places where students
can read and solve
mystery stories. Choose those that fit your curriculum needs.
The
Mystery Spot. A source of excellent science-based mysteries with notes
for teachers about
each one.
- Buchwald, Art. The Bollo Caper. G.P. Putnam & Sons, New
York, 1983.
- Fitzgerald, John D. The Great Brain. Yearling Books, New York,
1967.
- Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet The Spy. Yearling Books, New York,
1964.
- Gage, Wilson. The Ghost of Five Owl Farm. Archway Paperback,
New York, 1966.
- Hamilton, Virginia. The House of Dies Drear. Macmillan Publishing
Co., Inc., New York, 1968.
- Haycraft, Howard. The Boys 2nd Book of Great Detective Stories.
Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York, 1940.
- Hergé. The Adventures of Tintin. U.S.A. Atlantic, Little
Brown, Boston, 1953.
- Kherdian, David. The Mystery of the Diamonds in the Wood. Alfred
A. Knopf, New York, 1983.
- Levy, Elizabeth. Running Out of Time. Alfred A. Knopf, New
York, 1980.
- Levy, Elizabeth. The Shadow Nose. William Morrow & Co.,
New York, 1983.
- Manley, Sean and Lewis, Coco. Mistresses of Mystery. Lathrop,
Lee and Shepherd Co., New York, 1973.
- Terris, Susan. Octupus Pie. McGraw-Hill, Ryerson Ltd., Toronto,
1983.
- Challenging
Children With Mystery Stories, by Maureen Onofrio
An excellent guide to mystery story understanding and writing with
teaching cycle 3 (Grades 5-6) students in mind.
- Solving Mysteries in Stories and throughout the Curriculum, by Roberta Mazzucco
Detective fiction and the whole concept of solving mysteries can be a powerful tool in getting students interested in reading. This unit seeks to exploit children’s love of puzzles and mysteries as a way of enlivening the curriculum. Most students love mystery stories, and there is a wide variety of books to satisfy all reading levels. Beyond suggesting that detective fiction can help interest children in reading, the unit suggests an integrated unit in which the whole class is engaged in solving problems or “mysteries” in science, geography, math, etc.
- Differentiating Writing Across the Curriculum:
Multiple Genres, Multiple Ways
Learning Materials
Centre, Québec, Canada 2004
NEW! A complete set of materials
for students and teachers designed to encourage and help students write
in a variety of subject areas and genres, including the mystery genre.
Materials for teachers include a resource guide, many activity ideas
on how to incorporate the genre in different subject areas, reproducible
revision tools for each genre, reproducible graphics organizer for each
genre and more. Students use a self-contained colour-coded box for each
genre which contains a description card that explains the purpose, structures
and features of the genre, question cards related to writing in each
genre, a definition card and two student-written examples of the genre.
Contact LMC for ordering information
- Writing tips
General and "genre specific" tips, vocabulary and information
you can build on with the class. You might want to print some as hand-outs.
- About the Mystery Genre: genre-specific
background information.
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