Detectives for children - a review of books. Children's detective books

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The mystery is always interesting, and if someone did something bad, and the detective found traces of it - especially. Classic detective stories have long been children's literature. But there are also special ones for children.

The reader loves detective stories, regardless of age. A mystery is always interesting, and even if someone did something bad, and the detective found his traces! - especially.

Classic detective stories have long been children's literature. Remembering my childhood, I dragged the entire “Foreign Detective Library” from my parents’ bookcase, book by book. My parents did not mind, and I was not a particularly impressionable child ...

But while reading The Sign of Four by Conan Doyle (better known for the classic film adaptation of The Treasure of Agra), I imagined for a long time the scene in which a crocodile in the Ganges River bites off the hero’s leg. 12 knife wounds from the villain - the kidnapper of 3 summer girl- Agatha Christie's Orient Express could deliver a sleepless night. And the plot of the Cellars of the Majestic Hotel, one of best novels Simenon about Commissar Maigret (the heroine deceived into marrying a rich American, lying about her pregnancy), simply remained not understood.

You can laugh at 12+ markings as much as you like, but not every child (and even a teenager) is suitable for a classic detective genre. Not even in detective stories - and in the old good fairy tales parents sometimes have to make banknotes. (My niece refuses to go to sleep without another chapter of The Magician emerald city”- the sister reads aloud for the 10th time already, - but the scene with the unfortunate cat, which the evil sorceress smashes to smithereens against a tree, has to be skipped, otherwise tears).

And you always want secrets and mysteries - at the age of 5, and at 9, and at 12, and at 12+.

For this, there is a huge direction of children's literature - detective stories for children. About some of these books Russian authors and there will be talk. It should be said that the term “for independent reading” and not for reading aloud is suitable for all of them. You can not be afraid to leave your child alone with such a book: there are no cruelties in them, the plots are fascinating, and the mystery always loses its sharpness in the presence of mom or dad.

Roman Leibov "Divide by a hundred"

It is difficult to assume that one of the "bison of Runet" and the master Russian literature Wrote a very children's book. It is not entirely childish either - an adult reader will find in it a lot of allusions and humor, understandable only to an experienced reader.

But this is the "second plan". And for those who are just starting their independent acquaintance with literature, “Divide by a Hundred” is a fascinating story about how four friends decided to catch a real spy. The case takes place in last days summer holidays, so you need to act quickly - in a few days to school. Everything is fair: there will be suspects, and an incomprehensible treasure in the ruins of the monastery dungeons, and even a spy. And, of course, some of the heroes will grow exotic flowers, and some will play the violin.

It is advisable to “divide by a hundred” everything - that is, not to be taken too seriously.

(290 rubles)

Flavia de Luce has everything that a young aristocrat is supposed to have: a huge, slightly neglected estate, an eccentric father and two older sisters who mock her in every possible way. Flavia also has an unconventional hobby for an aristocrat - she is passionate about chemistry and at her 11 years old is ready to spend days and nights in the laboratory. Having accidentally stumbled upon the corpse of a stranger in the garden, the girl begins her own investigation - in parallel with the police.

Canadian writer and journalist Alan Bradley, author of books about Flavia de Luce, stood at the origins of The Casebook of Saskatoon, whose main activity was the study of the personality of Sherlock Holmes and books about him. In collaboration with William Serjeant, he published the book "Miss Holmes of Baker Street", which put forward the idea that the famous detective was actually a woman. Perhaps this hypothesis influenced the fact that it was the girl who became the main character of Bradley's detective novels.

The author did not make an adult out of his heroine, enclosed in the body of a child. Despite her extraordinary mind, Flavia remains a girl who can burst into tears of annoyance or fall asleep from fatigue at a time when it is necessary to gather her will into a fist and fight for her life.

In 2011, two more books about Flavia de Luce were published: "The weed that wrapped around the executioner's bag" and "Smoked herring without mustard."

"The Last Black Cat", Eugenios Trivizas

Where could I buy: Book.ru (482 rubles)

In the 1960s, at the initiative of the Czech Zdenek Karel Slaba, ten writers decided to create one book together. Each of them came up with a chapter for the mosaic novel, which was created by the Soviet writer Sergei Baruzdin. However, the book was adapted into Russian by another writer, Sergei Task. He did not limit himself to translating the text: he significantly reworked the plot and focused on detective intrigue. As a result, the orange cat turned into a red cat.

Before the eyes of the boy David, the characters of the paintings that his mother painted come to life. Among them is the sad woman Beauty. Her daughter disappeared, and now David has to find the girl, and at the same time his own father, who also disappeared under very mysterious circumstances. However, do not forget that "The Secret of the Red Cat" is a fabulous detective story, so the investigation is underway in it. non-traditional methods. The paradox of what is happening is exacerbated by the scattered verses of Edward Lear, the master of absurd limericks, scattered throughout the text.

The detective story "The Secret of the Red Cat" was published in Russia in 1992, but this is the first time it has been published in such a bright design. Children, for sure, will spend hours looking at the illustrations made by the artist Anastasia Vasilyeva, who, among others, worked on the cartoon "The Tale of Fedot the Archer, a daring young man."

What could be more interesting than searching for a treasure? It is this difficult task that Dasha and her new neighbor Stas decide to do during the holidays, having accidentally discovered a secret message in an old wardrobe. Where only curiosity does not lead the guys! And to the old school in a small provincial town, and to the capital's antique shop, and to the hospital, but gradually the friends find out that not only they are interested in the treasure. The guys appear dangerous competitors! How to circle them around your finger and be the first to find family treasures?