A collection of five detective stories with an all-insect cast. Follow brilliant Inspector Mantis, his faithful sidekick Doctor Hopper, and a bevy of buggy bandits as they tangle in a web of diabolical cases.
Going forth from his little cottage at 221B Flea Street, Inspector Mantis, accompanied by his trusted colleague Doctor Hopper, solves "The Case of the Missing Butterfly," "The Case of the Caterpillar's Head," and three other antennae-bending mysteries puzzling the populace of Victorian Bugland.
Praise for Trouble in Bugland and Double Trouble in Bugland
"Do not miss!"-Chicago Tribune
"In Trouble in Bugland, William Kotzwinkle delivers five fanciful short detective stories for children eight years old and up. . . . You don't have to be a bookworm to like Trouble in Bugland. All you need is a taste for fantasy and good humor."-Boston Herald
"Excitement and humor! Children who know Conan Doyle's Holmes will most enjoy Trouble in Bugland. But even those who don't are likely to appreciate the book's sly mock seriousness and flights of rhetoric and imagination."-New York Times Book Review
"Kotzwinkle and Servello have created a little gem that should appeal to children of all ages. Bravo, Joe and Bill!"-Philadelphia Inquirer
"A first rate presentation!"-Detroit News
"The bizarrely fertile imagination of William Kotzwinkle takes off again in this collection. . . . These stories reflect Kotzwinkle's devilishly sly play upon the Holmes canon and its accompanying idiosyncrasies."-ALA Booklist
"Clever and suspenseful!"-School Library Journal
"Sherlock Holmes fans of all ages-and entomology nuts-must read Trouble in Bugland, a hilarious homage to Arthur Conan Doyle. Illustrator Joe Servello's handsome pictures in color and black and white are a grand accompaniment to Kotzwinkle's clever and playful stories."-Newsday
"This amusing collection of five short mysteries is a delightful takeoff. . . . Joe Servello's colorful, detailed, and abundant drawings of the many legged critters do much to enhance the Victorian atmosphere of the tales."-Christian Science Monitor
