Kid Detectives: The Perilous Problem of the Howling Hurricane

Adam Bushnell

ISBN 10: 1526330318 / ISBN 13: 9781526330314

Published by Hachette Children's Group, GB, 2026

About this Item

Join a group of four kid detectives and help them find out about STEM while developing problem solving, observation and deduction, and investigation skills.Our Kid Detectives Isla, Farah, Sam and Mohammad are visiting the local TV studio when their favourite band arrives to promote their upcoming concert! The extreme weather prediction comes in at the same time - it looks like a hurricane is approaching. The studio is hesitant to run the story - but why? Join the Detective gang as they investigate the impact of hurricanes, climate change and work to ensure people are warned in time. Can the Kid Detectives save the day?Featured interactive elements:Looking for clues in the illustrationsTracking the path of a hurricaneSpotting the incorrect items in an emergency kitGathering crucial information from information panels about weather, meteorologists and climate changeThrough interactive adventures that combine facts, brain-teasing puzzles and lively illustrations, these books impart STEM knowledge in an original way to inspire a love of the subject. The story in each book will have the reader solving puzzles, finding clues, cracking secret codes and uncovering mysteries.Perfect for aspiring detectives aged 7+.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kid Detectives: The Perilous Problem of the Howling Hurricane
• Publisher: Hachette Children's Group, GB
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526330318
• ISBN 13: 9781526330314
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Haslam, John
• Condition: New
• Weight: 100 grams

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Synopsis

Join a group of four kid detectives and help them find out about STEM while developing problem solving, observation and deduction, and investigation skills.

Our Kid Detectives Isla, Farah, Sam and Mohammad are visiting the local TV studio when their favourite band arrives to promote their upcoming concert! The extreme weather prediction comes in at the same time - it looks like a hurricane is approaching. The studio is hesitant to run the story - but why?

Join the Detective gang as they investigate the impact of hurricanes, climate change and work to ensure people are warned in time. Can the Kid Detectives save the day?

Featured interactive elements:
Looking for clues in the illustrations
Tracking the path of a hurricane
Spotting the incorrect items in an emergency kit
Gathering crucial information from information panels about weather, meteorologists and climate change

Through interactive adventures that combine facts, brain-teasing puzzles and lively illustrations, these books impart STEM knowledge in an original way to inspire a love of the subject. The story in each book will have the reader solving puzzles, finding clues, cracking secret codes and uncovering mysteries.

Perfect for aspiring detectives aged 7+.

About the Authors

Adam is a former teacher who turned his hand to writing full time in 2007. He has written both adult teaching guides and children's fiction books and is often touring schools and libraries and running creative writing sessions. He lives in Durham.

John Haslam has been working as an illustrator for most of his professional life. John worked in advertising for 10 years and worked on various projects including TV storyboards, to illustrating for all kinds of accounts from Pritt Stick (the Pritt Stick Man was his invention), to comic pages such as Danger Mouse, Disney and Transformers.