School Library Journal, April 1995
This six-chapter, easy-to-read mystery full
of tongue twisters will delight young readers. Bashful Beaver’s
“big black bag of beautiful bright blue buttons” has
been stolen. Detective Flatfoot Fox starts to investigate, only
to be interrupted by Secretary Bird, who wants to solve the case
alone. He tracks down the clues, only to find that each suspect
has also experienced a theft. Flatfoot Fox leads everyone to
Rat-a-Tat Rat (the culprit), who has been “trading this
for that.” The amusing pen-and-ink drawings of the animated
animals add to the humorous ambience of the story.
Boston Globe
Flatfoot Fox and his sidekick, Secretary Bird,
star in a series of mysteries featuring a forest full of anthropomorphic
animals. This book finds the twosome trying to solve the disappearance
of some unusual items. Silliness and mild mystery, wrapped in
a snappy plot and dialogue, make for enjoyable, easy reading.
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