
Detective Beans
And the Case of the Missing Hat
Andrews McMeel Publishing · Print & ebook · October 15, 2024
Meet Detective Beans, the best kitten detective in town, equipped with his tie, brown trench coat, and—GASP.
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- Who it’s for
- A playful graphic mystery pairs feline capers with warm-hearted humor and a young sleuth’s search.
- Themes
- Solving a mystery, Friendship, Persistence
- Pacing
- Fast
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Meet Detective Beans, the best kitten detective in town, equipped with his tie, brown trench coat, and—GASP. It’s gone! His detective hat is missing! Discover the charming, whimsical, and mysterious world of Detective Beans in this new graphic novel series for middle grade readers. Meet Detective Beans (just Beans for short), a young cat sleuth dedicated to doing whatever it takes to solve the case.
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After a night of mystery movies with his best friend, Biscuit, Detective Beans wakes up to find his detective hat is missing. There’s only one thing to do: hit the streets of Cat Town and find that missing hat! Cat Town is full of suspects, from the neighborhood bird to a magician in the park, and each twist and turn in this journey leads to an interesting new encounter — and to solving a much bigger case than Beans could have imagined. Brilliantly written and illustrated by New Zealand comic artist Li Chen, creator of the internationally popular ExtraOrdinary Comics, Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat is filled with charming cat capers, warm-hearted humor, and detective stories, all in the form of a graphic novel that will entertain comics fans and readers ages 8-10 everywhere.
Cat-Sized Casework
A playful graphic mystery pairs feline capers with warm-hearted humor and a young sleuth’s search.
Come here for
- Cat capers, comic mystery, and warm-hearted humor
- A whiskered detective with a flair for the case
Expect
- A missing hat and a trail of Cat Town suspects
- Whimsical encounters that lead to a bigger case
Where it sits
| Mystery Comics | 95% |
|---|---|
| Cat Stories | 46% |
| Funny Comics | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Cat Stories
- Funny Comics
- Mystery Comics
- Authors
- Li Chen
- Publisher
- Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Published
- October 15, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Solving a mystery · Friendship · Persistence
- Reading lane
- Cat Stories