Children‘s / 9+
CONCEPT: Interactive mystery series for kids, combining an atmospheric and authentic story with four-color, full-page puzzle pictures at the end of each chapter. To guess along – a fast-paced adventure!
Coming up:
Spring 2023: Theft on the Dike (Vol. 3) Spring 2024: Volume 4
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Children‘s / 9+
WHAT HAPPENS IN VOLUME 1: Watching the sunset from the harbor or strolling along the dike and searching the beach for treasures from the sea Jan and Rocco can't imagine anything better. Together with Rocco's grandpa Hannes, they regularly bring their finds to the Klabauterbude, their secret hiding place in Grandpa Hannes' workshop. When the two friends, together with Nele, one day come across a mysterious box in the drift line, suddenly a completely different wind blows in Breeksiel! Three dangerous crooks appear in the small coastal village, who want to get their hands on the box and seem to stop at nothing. Ose, Bernhard and Tolek carry weapons and are anything but harmless! What is the story behind this mysterious find? Then, the three amateur detectives learn about the legend of the whalers: In former times the captured gold was stowed away in such boxes on the whalers' ships. The nasty guys know this too – a race across Breeksiel and against time takes place, in which the children are even held captive. But Jan, Rocco and Nele can arrest the crooks and solve the riddle of the whaler's gold in the box. This must be celebrated with a homemade Dyke Pizza before the next case awaits the Coast Crew!
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Ocke Bandixen / Nathalie Kranich COAST CREW 01 – Whaler‘s Gold An interactive Crime adventure with fiddly Quiz Illustrations
colourful illustrations throughout (30%) no. 1126, 192 pages, 9+ January 2022
Children‘s / 9+
On the rugged North Sea coast, just behind the dike, lies the sleepy little village of Breeksiel. Apart from a few tourists and seagulls, hardly anyone strays there. But appearances are deceptive: the sea washes great secrets, old legends, and real crooks into the small coastal town. Solve exciting cases together with Jan, Rocco and Nele and help the three hobby detectives in their investigations!
WHAT HAPPENS IN VOLUME 2: Great excitement in Breeksiel: a series of burglaries keeps the small village on its toes. The thieves are after antique tile paintings, but they only steal individual parts of the valuable works of art. At the same time, Jan, Rocco and Nele discover mysterious messages with the words Spider - SOS in the pepper mills sold in Jan's parents' gift store. They follow the trail to a wholesaler who has recently entered into a deal with shady businessmen from Holland. When these guys also show up in Breeksiel, the case becomes more and more exciting, because suddenly the police arrest a good friend of the Coast Crew and accuse him of animal smuggling. Jan, Rocco and Nele have to take the investigation into their own hands! The clues eventually lead to an event, where it comes to a big showdown: with a trick, the kids are able to convict the two crooks. The burglaries turn out to be false leads and the rotten guys are put out of business thanks to the Coast Crew!
Ocke Bandixen / Nathalie Kranich COAST CREW 02 – Trail of Smugglers An interactive Crime adventure with fiddly Quiz Illustrations
colourful illustrations throughout (30%) no. 1127, 176 pages, 9+ July 2022
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