The Case of the Missing Rodeo Flounder: A Full-Color Illustrated Storybook (Grandma's Wild-Caught Seafood Mysteries)

When the Culinary School Bus rolls into Destin, Florida, Pete, Shelly, and Grandma are ready for another adventure filled with wild-caught seafood, local people, and a little mystery.

Maddie has just caught something special: a beautiful flounder she hopes to enter in the Annual Destin Fishing Rodeo. But when she and her grandfather arrive at the weigh-in, the fish is gone.

The cooler is still there. The fishing gear is still there. But the flounder has disappeared.

Pete and Shelly join Maddie and her friends to search the busy harbor for clues. Then Grandma joins the investigation with three simple questions:

What do you know for certain?
What did somebody assume?
What did you see with your own eyes?

Following a trail of photographs, fishing gear, coolers, and eyewitness clues, the young investigators discover that solving a mystery isn't always about finding someone to blame. Sometimes the answer is hidden in what people saw, what they remembered, and what they assumed.

When the mystery is solved, the adventure continues from water to table. Pete, Shelly, Grandma, and the children gather around a community seafood table to learn more about flounder, wild-caught seafood, and the people who make coastal traditions part of everyday life.

Set along Florida's Emerald Coast, The Case of the Missing Rodeo Flounder brings together real places, real seafood, and a child-friendly mystery that encourages observation, teamwork, curiosity, and thoughtful problem-solving.

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Pete & Shelly’s Culinary School Bus: Grandma’s Wild-Caught Seafood Mysteries

Real Places. Real People. Real Seafood. Real Adventures.

A Full-Color Illustrated Storybook for young readers who enjoy mysteries, food adventures, coastal communities, and stories where every clue matters.