The Mystery of Meerkat Hill: A Precious Ramotswe Mystery for Young Readers
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by Adjoa Andoh
3.5/5
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Precious wants to be a detective when she grows up. She is always practicing at being a detective by asking questions and finding out about other people's lives. There are two new students in her class, a girl called Teb and a boy called Pontsho. She learns that they are brother and sister, and-even more exciting-that Pontsho has a clever pet meerkat named Kosi.
One day, Teb and Pontsho's family's cow disappears. Precious helps them look for clues to find the cow. But getting the cow back home will require some quick thinking and help from an unexpected source.
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the award-winning series The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and he now devotes his time to the writing of fiction, including the 44 Scotland Street and the Isabel Dalhousie series. He is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, and his work has been translated into forty-six languages. Before becoming a full-time writer he was for many years Professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh.
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Reviews for The Mystery of Meerkat Hill
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Engaging chapter book about Precious, little girl from Botswana, who wants to be a detective and helps clear a classmate when he is accused of stealing food. I would recommend this book to students interested in a realistic story with a kind, smart main character who lives in a different cultural environment.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I do not often read YA or children's books, but made an exception for this glance at a young Precious Ramotswe. I was not disappointed.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Narrated by Adjoa Andoh. How did the #1 Ladies Detective Agency get its start? Way back when Precious looked into who was stealing pastries from the kids at her school. Kids won't know anything about the adult mystery series but fans of the series will be tickled to hand this to the young'uns in their lives. Andoh's accent work sounds authentic and her delivery is lilting. Add this to the family road trip collection.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I would peg this at 7-9 yr olds, and if reading aloud, 5-8 yr olds.
Very sweet mystery for Precious Ramotswe. Her first as a young child. Something that kids can relate to as well as something that all of McCall Smith books do: teach a simple lesson. Only an hour as an audio book. I would like to see the actual book, as I hear there are some lovely drawings to go with it. I might pick this up for the middle niece for xmas. Or the nephs when they hit about 6. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cover to Cover December 2012 selection. This was good but not great and probably most of interest to fans of the adult series. Oddly the book and audio did not have exactly the same text and I preferred what was on the audio.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Precious Ramotswe has a quiet, careful way of thinking through problems, and this serves her well in her very first detective case: someone is stealing sweets out her school's classroom, and some classmates have accused a friend of Precious' even though they have no proof!A sweet, gentle story, that emphasizes kindness and honesty, Precious uses cleverness to prove that her friend is not the thief. A good story, I'll be using this for my 3rd-5th grade book club this summer. We'll have plenty to talk about (thanks to the discussion questions included in the back), and I'd like to do drawings based on the illustrations in the book, which look like woodcuts and are in black and red. Should be fun!Recommended. (Ages 7-10)