Ron Roy

When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit Washington, D.C., just before Christmas, they are inadvertently caught up in a kidnapping plot that was intended for the president's dog, but also involves the president's stepdaughter and her friend Marshall.

Blind luck protects three little ducks when they venture out of the barnyard.

Text and photographs portray the appearance and function of eighteen types of hats, including a top hat, jockey's cap, and football helmet.

When Mike realizes that his diabetic brother, Buddy, is lost and doesn't have his medication with him, he begins a desperate race with time to find Buddy before it's too late.

When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit Washington, D.C., just before Christmas, they are inadvertently caught up in a kidnapping plot that was intended for the president's dog, but also involves the president's stepdaughter and her friend Marshall.

Dink and his friends meet an exchange student, Sammi, who is actually the prince of an island country, hiding from those enemies who have kidnapped his parents and who may be after him as well.

The absent author: Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace. The bald bandit: Third-grader Dink and his detective friends hope to receive a big reward by finding the person whose video recorder picked up a picture of the local bank robber. The canary caper: Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town.

The school skeleton: At Green Lawn Elementary, the entire school becomes involved in a mystery when Mr. Bones, the skeleton in the nurse's office, disappears. The talking T. Rex: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the theft of a great deal of money from the belly of a nearly life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex model that their friend, Jud Wheat, is using to raise money for a dinosaur museum. The unwilling umpire: When the umpire at the baseball game...

The orange outlaw: While visiting Dink's uncle in New York City, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting. The panda puzzle: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the kidnapping of the new baby panda at the petting zoo. The quicksand question: When someone steals the money the town has been collecting to help the ducks, Josh and his friends try to find the thief. The runaway racehorse: Dink,...