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In the LaboratoryDavis, Barbara
In the Laboratory
Check out this book and start thinking like a crime scene scientist.
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Ed Emberley’s Fingerprint Drawing Book Emberley, Ed
Ed Emberley’s Fingerprint Drawing Book
You can do more with fingerprints than solve crimes!
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The Case of the Monkey BurglarErickson, John
The Case of the Monkey Burglar
Hank (the cowdog) learns about a tool thief on the loose who uses a monkey to help him do his dirty work. Can Hank catch the pilfering primate?
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Top Secret : a Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing Janeczko, Paul
Top Secret : a Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing
Everything you need to know about making and breaking codes, and doing secret writing. Did you know that a substitution cipher
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The Wildlife Detectives : How Forensic Scientists Fight Crimes Against Nature Kallner, Donna Jackson
The Wildlife Detectives : How Forensic Scientists Fight Crimes Against Nature
Do you love animals? Do you know that there are detectives that work with animals? The wildlife detectives at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Oregon analyze clues to help catch people responsible for crimes against animals.
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Horrible Harry Cracks the Code Kline, Suzy
Horrible Harry Cracks the Code
The world’s second-best detective (Horrible Harry) tries to crack the secret code so he can win one of Mrs. Funderburke’s lunch prizes.
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Crime & Detection Lane, Brian
Crime & Detection
Be an Eyewitness to famous crimes and the evidence that brought the criminals to justice.
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Forensics Platt, Richard
Forensics
If you’re an aspiring forensic scientist, you will learn a lot about how evidence from a crime scene leads to solving the crime.
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Joey Fly, Private Eye in Creepy Crawly Crime Reynolds, Aaron
Joey Fly, Private Eye in Creepy Crawly Crime
Hardboiled insect detective Joey Fly and his assistant, a young scorpion named Sammy Stingtail, search for a missing diamond pencil box belonging to Delilah, a femme fatale swallowtail butterfly. Very punny, with great art too!
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Fingerprint Evidence Rollins, Barbara
Fingerprint Evidence
No clues at the crime scene? No problem! Even the tiniest details of a fingerprint can point the way to the criminal.
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Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case Sobol, Donald
Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case
Power up your brain, and solve these 10 cases alongside Encyclopedia.
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Batman’s Guide to Crime and Detection Teitelbaum, Michael
Batman’s Guide to Crime and Detection
Batman takes you behind-the-scenes in the world of law enforcement, and shows you how police catch the bad guys.
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