The Bobbsey Twins' Mystery at School Quotes

“The Bobbsey twins are wonderful for 6+. Burt, Nan, Flossie and Freddie solve a mystery at school when the principle Mr. Tetlow opens a school museum with...

“Bert and Nan and younger brother and sister Freddie and Flossie and their parents are travelling home on the train, discussing the next school term, when a circus train in front of them hits trouble.”

“The result is animals from the circus are wandering around the train tracks. Fortunately nobody is hurt but the animals need rounding up so the Bobbseys keep out of the way until that is sorted out.”

“However, the circus train blocks the track so they decide to walk the short distance to their home but they discover that their black cat Snoop is missing along with a silver cup that was jolted out of their luggage in the sudden stop.”

“However, they do find that they have a new companion in a white shaggy dog who will not leave them.”

“They try to discover its owner without success so in the end it goes home with them and it is then that they discover that the dog can perform tricks so they suspect that it belongs to someone at the circus.”

“But as nobody claims the dog, they keep it and decide to call it Snap.”

“And Snap features throughout the story from then on, enjoying, and joining in, the high jinks that the Bobbsey twins get up to and that includes ice skating, sledging, enjoying a Halloween party and dramatically fighting a fire at the family boathouse.”

“And at school the twins battle with the school bully, one Danny Rugg. He is determined to cause the twins trouble and they are constantly confronting him. ”

“Eventually, after plenty of fun and plenty of school rivalry, everything turns out fine; Snoop is discovered, the silver cup turns up, Snap is allowed to stay with the Bobbseys and life at Lakeport returns to normal once more.”