Mystery

MysteryNet’s Kids Mysteries

You will want to visit Mysteries by Kids which has short, award winning mysteries written by students.

http://kids.mysterynet.com/writing/

ThinkQuest - Mystery

This link explains what a mystery is. It gives you two mysteries to solve and then two mystery starters to write. It also lists famous writers of childrens' mysteries.

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5109/

Children’s Mystery Stories

This site lists the authors and the mystery books they wrote. It also gives information about the author and his or her books.

http://members.aol.com/MG4273/children.htm

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site - Mystery

For teachers. This site has a interesting chart for students to fill out as they read their mysteries as well as brief reviews of the latest mystery books.

http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/mysteries.html

Mystery Stories to Begin On

A list of mysteries for cycle 1 and 2

http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/emysterybib.html

The Two Minute Mystery Solve it Club

There are 14 short mysteries.

http://www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/schools/olp/2mmsolve/previous.htm

Webquests to go with mysteries.

Be a Web Site Sleuth

A webquest for Cycle 1. Students become detectives where they investigate four websites on great authors.

http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqwagner/webqswagner.html

Be a Forest Animal Web-Site Detective

A webquest for Kindergarten. Students after listening to the book "The Mitten" investigate four animals.

http://olp.swlauriersb.qc.ca/webquest/webdetective/index.html