Originally published by Scholastic in 2002.

James "Gum" Shoo and his friends are on a trip to the River City Natural History Museum, where they discover that a small dinosaur model and some chickens have both gone missing--and the four sixth-grade detectives promptly set out to discover who is behind the theft.

Danika is just as surprised as her audience when her magic trick works and Bigs' favorite toy disappears, prompting Jigsaw and Mila to investigate.

Danika is just as surprised as her audience when her magic trick works and Bigs' favorite toy disappears, prompting Jigsaw and Mila to investigate.

AHOY MATEYS! The first day of first grade is FUN for a boy accompanied by a band of pirates.

It's time for recess, and the schoolyard is teeming with young pirates ready for action.

Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early illustrated chapter books from James Preller have it all. Got a mystery to solve? Jigsaw Jones is on the case. Eddie Becker has the idea of a lifetime, and creates plans for what he promises is going to be a million-dollar invention. Then the plans get stolen. Worst of all, after Jigsaw does some digging, he suspects the principal may be the thief! Now Jigsaw has to invent a gadget of his own to find out the truth. James Preller's wry, witty, Jigsaw Jones books are once again available to inspire the next generation of young readers, featuring both new titles and classroom classics! This title has Common Core connections.