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DETECTIVE DUCK: THE CASE OF THE STRANGE SPLASH de Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver, and Dan Santat

The first book in a smart and funny new chapter book series from bestselling creators Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver, and Dan Santat.

DETECTIVE DUCK: THE CASE OF THE STRANGE SPLASH
(Detective Duck #1)
by Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver, and Dan Santat
Amulet/Abrams, October 2023

Willow Feathers McBeaver, aka Detective Duck, is a crime-solving (and very precocious) little duck. She and her animal pals live on Dogwood Pond, a beautiful pond in New England adjacent to Lazy Days, a human campground. Dogwood Pond has always been a pristine spot with clear water, abundant wildlife, and shady willow trees, but now it is encountering puzzling problems—mysteries that arise from human-caused disruptions in nature, such as water pollution, refuse, warming climate, and human encroachment.

Fortunately, Detective Duck is on the job, solving these puzzling mysteries before they get out of hand and destroy their habitat! Armed with her ever-present satchel for collecting clues, her logical mind, and endless curiosity, she boldly goes where no pond creature has before, determined to unravel the mysteries and solve any environmental problem that besets her beloved Dogwood Pond!

BOOK 2 coming FALL 2024

Henry Winkler is an Emmy Award–winning actor, writer, director, and producer who has created some of the most iconic TV roles, including Arthur “the Fonz” Fonzarelli on Happy Days and Gene Cousineau on Barry.

Lin Oliver is a children’s book writer and a writer and producer for both TV and film. She is currently the executive director of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). They both live in Los Angeles.

Dan Santat is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 100 books for children, including Are We There Yet, After the Fall, and The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, for which he won the Caldecott Medal. He lives in Southern California with his wife, two kids, and many, many pets.

THE MISFIT MYSTERIES #1: THE ROYAL HEIST de Lisa Yee, illustré par Dan Santat

With illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, The Misfit Mysteries is a whip-smart, hilarious new middle-grade series in which a former castle turned prison is now a boarding school for an elite band of crime-fighting underdogs.

THE MISFIT MYSTERIES #1: THE ROYAL HEIST
by Lisa Yee
illustrated by Dan Santat
Random House, January 2024
(via Writers House)

Olive Cobin-Zang has . . . issues. And they mostly aren’t her fault (no, really!). Though she tends to slip under the radar, problems still have a knack for finding her. So you can imagine her doubts when she’s abruptly dropped off at the strangest boarding school ever: a former castle, turned prison, now “reforming arts school” or RASCH (not “rash”).
But nothing could have prepared Olive for RASCH. There, she is lumped with a team of misfits and soon discovers the academy isn’t what it appears to be—and neither is she. In fact, RASCH is a cover for an elite group of underdogs who fight crime . . . and Olive arrived just in time.
Turns out RASCH is in danger of closing, unless this new class can stop the heist of a lifetime. And as Olive falls in love with this wacky school of crime-fighting do-gooders, she realizes it’s up to her and her new squad to save the only home that’s ever welcomed them.

Volume #2 will follow in Spring 2025.

Lisa Yee has published over twenty titles for young people, and has almost 2 million copies of her books in print. Her most recent work, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, was awarded the Newbery Honor, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Dan Santat is the Caldecott Medal–winning and New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of The Adventures of Beekle, and his artwork is also featured in numerous picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels, including Dav Pilkey’s Ricky Ricotta series. He is the creator of the Disney animated series, The Replacements.