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Gordon. (Fictitious character from Nilsson). Juvenile fiction.
Gordon. (Fictitious character from Nilsson). Fiction.
Toads. Juvenile fiction.
Forest animals. Juvenile fiction.
Police. Juvenile fiction.
Toads. Fiction.
Forest animals. Fiction.
Police. Fiction.
Detective Gordon has retired from the position of chief detective, but the elderly toad still lives at the police station, and he remains enthusiastic about learning new things, sharing his reflections with Buffy, his successor, and training youngsters to become police officers. When a squawking crow flies through the forest warning, "Beware the terrible monsters," the worried animals gather inside the police station for safety. Buffy, the plucky mouse who is now in charge of policing the forest, bravely goes forth to investigate. Armed with Detective Gordon's sage advice, she befriends the scary-looking new arrivals. From the first chapter (enticingly titled "Nothing terrible has happened. Yet.") to the last, in which the detectives review their case, eat little cakes, and fall asleep, this book is enjoyable for reading aloud to young children and accessible to transitional chapter-book readers. Nilsson excels at writing imaginative, gently amusing adventures, laced with unpretentious bits of wisdom. Spee's enchanting illustrations capture the tone of the text. First published in Sweden, this is the fifth and final volume in the Detective Gordon series.
Kirkus ReviewsThere are scoundrels on the loose in Chief Detective Buffy's police district!Former Detective Gordon (a toad) has passed on his title to his former assistant Buffy (a mouse). When forest resident Badger hears "brumbling and scrorching" in the night and goes out to find his trash can destroyed, Detective Buffy is on the case. Meanwhile, Gordon, who still lives at the police headquarters with Buffy, is looking after a young squirrel named Helmer who wants to join the police when he grows up. While investigating, Buffy is injured. Gordon and the other forest animals rescue her, and everyone stays at police headquarters for the nightâ¦but little Helmer goes investigating on his own and makes a surprising friend. Beloved, award-winning Swedish author Nilsson passed away in 2021, making this (likely) the final adventure for Detective Buffy and former Detective Gordon. A little more fantastical than its four predecessors, this volume is just as charming, gentle, wry, and entertaining as the rest of the series and anything that was created by A.A. Milne or Kenneth Grahame. Spee's squiggly colored-pencil drawings again bring everything to life.Sadly the last but a fine addition to a fine series. (map of Buffy's police district) (Mystery. 6-10)
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Kirkus Reviews
Illustrated in full color and packed with character and humor, this is a new whodunnit mystery in the award-winning Detective Gordon series, fun to read alone or aloud.
A Case with a Bang is the final book in the series of funny detective stories for early readers set in a friendly forest in which two determinedly fair policeretired-toad Gordon and the indefatigable mouse Buffysolve the mystery and stop regularly to eat cake.
Night brings a humming, scraping sound in the woods. Someone has wrecked the badger's trash can. Later, three large creatures are spotted up on the mountain.
Detective Buffy discovers this seemingly small case really is a dangerous mysteryshe comes back from her first investigation flat as a gingerbread, rolled over by something huge and terrifying.
Back at the station, retired Detective Gordon is training a new young police assistant, and the cakes have run out in the forest bakery!
While all the animals cower at the police station, Buffy remembers Gordons stories about trolls. Is it possible they do exist? Taking Gordons advice about how everyone thinks differently, she finds a way to communicate with the giant creaturesperhaps not so terrifying after all.
The book leaves readers with a memorable Gordon message: Everyone thinks differently, strangers are welcome, cakes for everybody!
This final installment in the award-winning Detective Gordon series is a multi-layered philosophical story about good detective work involving all, kindness to newcomers and doing the right thing.
Winner of multiple awards and accolades, Detective Gordon is a mystery series with depthperfect for reading alone for emerging readers, wonderful for reading aloud together as a chapter book.
Ulf Nilsson was a celebrated Swedish childrens writer, who wrote more than 100 books for all ages. He is the winner of numerous awards including the August Prize, the Astrid Lindgren Prize and the Swedish Academys Childrens Book Prize. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages and made into feature films, opera, radio, plays and other forms even postage stamps.
Gitte Spee is a renowned artist from the academy of fine art and design in the Netherlands and St Martins School of Art in London. A leading childrens book illustrator, she has also written numerous books, published and translated around the world.
Translated from the Swedish edition by Julia Marshall.
Read all the Detective Gordon series:
Detective Gordon: The First Case
Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case
Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case
Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy
Praise for Detective Gordon: A Case with a Bang
"[J]ust as charming, gentle, wry, and entertaining as the rest of the series and anything that was created by A.A. Milne or Kenneth Grahame."Kirkus Reviews
"Nilsson excels at writing imaginative, gently amusing adventures, laced with unpretentious bits of wisdom."Booklist
"A warm-hearted tale that readers will want to immerse themselves in. Instant classics, this series would make for perfect classroom read-alouds and a just-right match for chapter book readers."School Library Journal
"Simple, colorful illustrations are adorable, the creatures and their evident emotions are captivating.Youth Services Book Review
"Full of humour, wit and a dash of philosophical whimsy. . . once you've read one you'll want to devour them all!"Readings, Australia
Praise for Detective Gordon: The First Case
"KLA-DUNK! Another winner."starred, Kirkus Reviews
"A must-have for chapter book collections."starred, School Library Journal
"Full of warm humour and wisdom...with a feather-light touch."Best Books of 2015, Horn Book
"A wonderful choice for independent reading."starred, Booklist