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Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House Audiobook Summary

An exciting, gently spooky, and fun detective adventure!

You’ll join School Library Journal is welcoming this Level One I Can Read “to the primer shelves both at Halloween time and throughout the year.”

Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.

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Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House Audiobook Narrator

Sean Schemmel is the narrator of Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House audiobook that was written by Doug Cushman

Doug Cushman is the creator of many favorite mystery stories for young readers featuring such memorable heroes as the intrepid Aunt Eater, the grasshopper gumshoe Inspector Hopper, and the ace reporter Dirk Bones. He has also illustrated many books written by other authors, including Jack Prelutsky’s What a Day It Was at School! He lives in Paris, France.

About the Author(s) of Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House

Doug Cushman is the author of Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House

Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House Full Details

Narrator Sean Schemmel
Length 6 minutes
Author Doug Cushman
Category
Publisher HarperCollins
Release date August 16, 2011
ISBN 9780062124739

Subjects

The publisher of the Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House is HarperCollins. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories

Additional info

The publisher of the Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House is HarperCollins. The imprint is HarperCollins. It is supplied by HarperCollins. The ISBN-13 is 9780062124739.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Deana

December 10, 2013

Abbi loved it when he solved the mystery...she says she "loves that little skeleton."

Karen

July 18, 2009

This is a new addition to our school library. I needed some new Easy Readers. I like that the main character, Dirk Bones, is a skeleton. It reminds me of Skulduggery Pleasant which is for middle grade readers. I like how the plot is simple yet engages readers to figure out the mystery. And the chara

S.j.reads

February 15, 2012

Enjoyable beginning reader book. I didn't have my beginning reader read it yet, but I enjoyed the story so I think he will too.

Amy

March 04, 2009

Dirk Bones gets a call that ghosts are afraid of ghosts in the town of Ghostly and he checks it out for the newspaper that he writes for: The Ghostly Tombs.

Cosette

January 15, 2015

This book scared me. Not sure how well I'll sleep tonight. There are typewriters out there?!?

Alex

November 09, 2008

Leon loves this - we can never read this one if we don't read it 3 times. I think it's the 'spooky' theme, and the fact that it's not really scary.

Travis

March 08, 2011

I read this a few months back and had to read to him. This time he was able to read it w/ just a little struggle. It is a bit long though so we read a few pages at a time

Jon

October 22, 2016

Dirk Bones is the intrepid reporter of the for The Ghostly Tombs. What do you do when ghost call you and tell you that they are being haunted? Great Halloween book!

Audree

October 07, 2014

Andy was engaged whole time. Asked good questions and made good predictions.

Michael

December 14, 2012

this book would be a gread read aloud! very adventurous and interesting. Young kids would love this book. The illustrations and story were both great.

Karen

November 26, 2018

My son likes these so much he is already looking to read another series from the same author. This series has been the biggest motivator for him to read, so far!

Jennifer

July 01, 2018

This book is fun for kids that enjoy mystery books. Finding clues, investigating people, and figuring out what is going one is what Dirk Bones, the journalist does.

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