Barbara Davoll

The Upstairs Connection (Molehole Mysteries)

Kirsten Simkiss

I remember really loving this book as a kid. Now, as an adult, it holds up decently. The illustrations are good, the story is about keeping the environment clean, and respecting nature. All good things!

That being said, it does end with a bible quote. If you're not Christian, I understand the can be a turn off for some people. 

It also deals with some topics that surprised me would be in a children's book. For example, to mark where the polluting pipe is, they pose a dead beaver around it. When you're reading from the perspective of an animal, the beavers are essentially people. These kids just positioned a dead body around a pipe so the police would find the source of the problem. I'm not sure how many ten year olds you want reading about how best to use a corpse. Just saying. They also deal with sick people that other people avoid out of fear of getting it. These are just a couple of the concepts that stood out to me as surprising in a children's book.

The Upstairs Connection (Molehole Mysteries)

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