Sherlock Chick's First Case

Sherlock Chick's Peekaboo Mystery is a delightful tale! We stumbled upon this story at a Half Price Books and my then three year old boy loved it so much we must have read it a thousand times. He still loves it! I enjoy Quackenbush's illustrations and am so sad this book is out of print as it is one I would love to give to anyone who is expecting a baby. This is a perfect book to read to babies through age three or four.

About 12 years ago, my daughter who is now 15 years old, received this book from my mother through a book club. It very quickly became her very favorite book, and needed (yes, needed) to be read to her at least 5 times a day. I read this book to her so many times that I memorized each page. The story was so cute, and because of many lines of dialogue, I read the book using different voices.One day while I was reading this book to her, she started "reading" the book aloud with me, then took over completely. As she turned the pages reading each one, it appeared that my 3 year old had learned to read. Not so of course. She got a big kick out of showing her grandma that she could read.The book was lost in our move to a new house, and I have not been able to find a replacement yet. But I am determined.I highly recommend this book to anyone with a young child. Although I know how to correctly say the main charactor's name, he will forever be known as "Sherlock Schick" to me, since this is how my daughter pronounced it.