Tackle tricky cases in this solve-alongInvestigatorsadventure, along with everyone’s favorite sleuths Mango and Brash! Special agents Mango and Brash are back again, and this time they’ll be asking their readers for help in cracking the case! The gators have been given a brand new add-on for their V.E.S.T.s to help with gathering evidence and making sense of clues – the G.R.I.D. (Gator Reasoning, Inquiry, Deduction) – and with that powerful tool in hand, kids can follow along as they solve six brand-new mysteries! Featuring plenty of familiar faces from investigations past, as well as a few brand new suspects, Mango and Brash and YOU (the reader) will get to the bottom of cases big and small!
They run through the sewers and emerge in the bank bathroom. There they meet the bank teller who is holding an umbrella and says, “I brought the mayor to his safety deposit box, only to find it had been emptied . . . but not by the Mayor! InvestiGators, can you help us?” There are two clues in front of them.
Which should they follow?
They notice that the bank teller’s pockets are suspiciously full and make a distinct jingle when he moves. Question the bank teller!
On their way to the bank, Mango and Brash are stopped by a little boy who needs help rescuing his cat from a tree. Maybe this wasn’t the best disguise after all . . .
They find their way to the vault at where they encounter the head of bank security who says, “The mayor’s safety deposit box has been emptied . . . but not by the Mayor! InvestiGators, can you help us?” There are two clues in front of them. Which should they follow?
They look in the empty deposit box and see only a few cracker crumbs, and see more crumbs in a trail leading outside the vault. Follow those crumbs!
They notice a suspicious looking bank teller with an open umbrella that’s obscuring his face. But he’s indoors! And it isn’t raining! Question the bank teller!
The crumb trial leads to the lobby of the bank, where they discover CRACKERDILE munching on some crackers and preparing to make a deposit….both perfectly legal things for Crackerdile to do. Guess they were thrown off track!
The crumb trial leads to the lobby of the bank, where they discover CRACKERDILE munching on some crackers and preparing to make a deposit….both perfectly legal things for Crackerdile to do. Guess they were thrown off track!
When the Gators confront the bank teller, he drops his umbrella… revealing some telltale horns! It’s HOUDINO, that dastardly dinosaur in disguise! He’s stolen the mayor’s jewels, and all the cookies from the bank breakroom! How should they catch him?
