The Missing Sock
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Chapter Book · Ages 5–8 · 2026

The Missing Sock

Written by Christine Platt · Illustrated by Alea Marley

Book #4 in the Frankie and Friends series

A young reporter and her team of toys investigate a mystery in the laundry.

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80 pages· ~570L· AR ~3.5
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Bookroo's summary

Frankie wants to be a journalist like her mama. When Mama explains investigative reporting, Frankie and her newsroom of toys, including Dan the teddy bear, King Tut, Queen Cleopatra and Nina Simone the cat, launch their own investigation into a sock that has gone missing from the laundry.

From the publisher

Aspiring journalist Frankie and her lively team of toys are doing a new type of story--an investigative report on the laundry's missing sock! Frankie's mama is just about the best journalist in the world, and Frankie can't wait to be a reporter like her one day. When a top secret package arrives at the news station, Mama explains it's info for a special kind of story--an investigative report. She tells Frankie it's like being a detective, looking for clues to find out important facts and secrets. The Frankie and Friends Newsroom, including Dan the teddy bear, bossy King Tut and Queen Cleopatra, and Nina Simone the cat, decide to do their own investigative report: the mystery of the missing polka-dot sock! Why did two socks go into the laundry while only one came out? Following Frankie's methods and prepared with new journalistic vocabulary words, young reporters can dig into their own fact-finding reports after the latest adventure in this engaging series.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
80
Reading age
5–8
Audience
Transitional Reader
Lexile
~570L
AR book level
~3.5
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Book details

Reading levels
F&P level
~O
Publication
Published
June 23, 2026
Publisher
Candlewick
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781536222128

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