Freeman, Martha. Who is Stealing the 12 Days of Christmas? New York: Holiday House, 2003. 200 pages. (Mystery)Meet Alex Parakeet and Yasmeen Popp. Every December, their neighbors decorate their yards as the song, “The 12 Days of Christmas.” But this year, someone was trying to steal the decorations! Yasmeen and Alex decided to do some detective work after that. Alex’s mom is a detective, so Alex should be good at it, but he thinks it’s a waste of time. Alex has a cat, Luau, and he thinks his cat’s an ace detective because he was the first one to know about the stealing of the decorations. After Luau finished his morning ritual, he asked Alex for some food, jumped up on the windowsill, and looks out the window. He noticed that there were only five geese and not six. That’s how they figured out something was wrong. The next decoration that was missing was the partridge, which was actually a rubber ducky painted gold with a paper beak. The display was supposed to open that night! Do they go on with the show? Who is the perpetrator? Why is he or she stealing the 12 days of Christmas? Read Who is Stealing the 12 Days of Christmas? to find out.
I would really offer this book to anyone in the holiday spirit. This book is set around a Christmas carol, so it’s very holiday-themed. If you like the carol, "The 12 Days of Christmas", you will enjoy this book.
Reviewed by: SPC88
