Detective Duck: the Mystery at Emerald Pond (detective Duck #3)
Amulet Books · Hardcover · September 30, 2025
From New York Times bestselling creators—Emmy Award–winning actor Henry Winkler, children’s book author Lin Oliver, and Caldecott Medal–winning author-illustrator Dan Santat—comes a hilarious, full-color chapter book adventure.
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- Who it’s for
- Detective Duck investigates Maxwell’s disappearance as the Pond Squad works to clean up Emerald Pond.
- Themes
- Animal mystery, Teamwork, Habitat conservation
- Genres
- Mysteries & Detective Stories, Ducks & Geese, Chapter Books
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From New York Times bestselling creators—Emmy Award–winning actor Henry Winkler, children’s book author Lin Oliver, and Caldecott Medal–winning author-illustrator Dan Santat—comes a hilarious, full-color chapter book adventure. When the Pond Squad is invited to participate in the Emerald Pond Games, they can’t wait to compete. Playing sports, making new friends, and spending time with Maxwell—Emerald Pond’s cool mallard duck—sounds like a perfect afternoon to Willow.
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But when Maxwell mysteriously disappears in the middle of a game, the animals know something’s wrong. With all the strange plastic items floating around the pond, Willow is sure Maxwell is in danger. Fortunately, Detective Duck is on the job, solving these puzzling mysteries before they get out of hand and destroy another habitat! The Pond Squad will have to work together to clean up their environment and rescue Maxwell in this charming new mystery. Quacking good fun from the Detective Duck series: - Detective Duck: The Case of the Strange Splash (#1) - Detective Duck: The Case of the Missing Tadpole (#2) - Detective Duck: The Mystery at Emerald Pond (#3)
Emerald Pond Mystery
Detective Duck investigates Maxwell’s disappearance as the Pond Squad works to clean up Emerald Pond.
Come here for
- A missing mallard mystery at the Emerald Pond Games
- Plastic items floating around the pond
Expect
- A mystery involving strange plastic items
- The Pond Squad working together to rescue Maxwell
Where it sits
| Mysteries & Detective Stories | 82% |
|---|---|
| Ducks & Geese | 64% |
| Chapter Books | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ducks & Geese
- Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Environment & Conservation
- Chapter Books
- Authors
- Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver
- Publisher
- Amulet Books
- Published
- September 30, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Animal mystery · Teamwork · Habitat conservation
- Reading lane
- Ducks & Geese
Book 3 in the detective Duck series.