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    The Mystery of the Lion's Tail
    The Mystery of the Lion's Tail
    The Mystery of the Lion's Tail
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    The Mystery of the Lion's Tail

    By Harper Paris and Dan Crisp

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    Ethan and Ella search for lions on a safari in Kenya in the fifth book of Greetings from Somewhere, an exciting series about mystery, travel, and adventure.

    Ethan, Ella, and their parents travel to the Maasai Mara in Kenya where they stay in a cabin and venture out on safaris every day in search of The Big Five game animals—the African elephant, the Cape buffalo, the leopard, the rhinoceros, and, of course, the lion. The kids are so excited when they see four of the five animals within the first few days, but where are the lions? Both Ethan and Ella could swear they’ve seen a lion’s tail poking out from behind a tree, but they cannot seem to find the animal itself!

    Then, the twins talk to a boy and girl who live in the Maasai Mara. The locals give Ethan and Ella some clues about spotting lions. With a little help and some good detective work, the twins discover a whole lion family on their last day in Kenya!

    With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLittle Simon
    Release dateSep 23, 2014
    ISBN9781481414661
    The Mystery of the Lion's Tail
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    Harper Paris

    Harper Paris loves to travel. Her favorite cities in the world are Paris (like her name!) and New York City. She has collected many souvenirs on her travels, including a good-luck coin from Japan and a reindeer-horn pendant from Sweden. She also loves mysteries. When she was a kid, she read Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books after bedtime with a flashlight. She now lives with her family (including two cats and a bunny, who are not good travelers) in Ithaca, New York.

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      The Mystery of the Lion's Tail - Harper Paris

      CHAPTER 1

      Wake-Up Call

      Squaaawk!

      Ethan Briar woke up to a strange noise and glanced around, confused. Where was he? This wasn’t his room. The bed was covered with a gauzy gold canopy, not soccer-ball sheets. He didn’t recognize the tree growing in the middle of the room . . . or the lantern by his bed either.

      His gaze fell on the window. A giant bird perched on the sill opened its long, thin beak.

      Squaaawk!

      Ethan let out a yell. He’d never seen such an enormous bird before—at least not up close!

      What’s wrong? Andrew Briar called out from the other bed. He fumbled around for his glasses.

      Dad! There’s a pterodactyl in our window! Ethan exclaimed.

      Mr. Briar slipped on his glasses. Wow, it’s big! No wonder you thought it was from the age of the dinosaurs. I’m guessing it might be a hammer-headed stork. Or a sacred ibis. Wait. Let me look.

      Mr. Briar reached over to the tall pile of books on his nightstand. "Okay, here we go. Birds of Africa."

      Africa! Ethan nodded to himself, remembering. They were in a lodge in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, which was in Kenya. They had arrived last night with Ethan’s twin sister, Ella, and his mom, Josephine.

      The Maasai Mara was the latest stop on their trip around the world. Mrs. Briar was a travel writer for the Brookeston Times, which was their newspaper back home. Her job was to write articles about different interesting places like Venice, Italy; Paris, France; and Beijing, China. This week, she was planning to write about the Maasai Mara, which was home to tons of wild animals, such as giraffes, zebras, gazelles, lions, and more!

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