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    The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case
    Audiobook55 minutes

    The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case

    Written by Alexander McCall Smith

    Narrated by Adjoa Andoh

    3.5/5

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    THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY - Young Readers

    Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective.  In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humor-not to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.
     
    Have you ever said to yourself, Wouldn't it be nice to be a detective?
     
    This is the story of an African girl who says just that. Her name is Precious.
     
    When a piece of cake goes missing from her classroom, a traditionally built young boy is tagged as the culprit. Precious, however, is not convinced. She sets out to find the real thief. Along the way she learns that your first guess isn't always right. She also learns how to be a detective.


    From the Trade Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 3, 2012
    ISBN9780449011416
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    The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case
    Author

    Alexander McCall Smith

    Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the award-winning series The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and he now devotes his time to the writing of fiction, including the 44 Scotland Street and the Isabel Dalhousie series. He is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, and his work has been translated into forty-six languages. Before becoming a full-time writer he was for many years Professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh.

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    • 3/5
      As a big fan of McCall Smith's writing, it pains me to say this is obviously one of his earlier works and could have used a much firmer editorial hand. I found myself distracted by the lame dialogue peppered with "he said,' and "she said," such elementary writing errors. The narration was skillfully done, with marvnelous vocal dexterity, but for all that is good and decent in literature, please do ot interrupt the flow of the story by announcing every chapter number.

      Overall, I found it to be maddening, which is why i am writing this review at 2am rather than happily drifting off to sleep while visions of Africa dance in my head.
    • 3/5
      Narrated by Adjoa Andoh. How did the #1 Ladies Detective Agency get its start? Way back when Precious looked into who was stealing pastries from the kids at her school. Kids won't know anything about the adult mystery series but fans of the series will be tickled to hand this to the young'uns in their lives. Andoh's accent work sounds authentic and her delivery is lilting. Add this to the family road trip collection.
    • 4/5
      Engaging chapter book about Precious, little girl from Botswana, who wants to be a detective and helps clear a classmate when he is accused of stealing food. I would recommend this book to students interested in a realistic story with a kind, smart main character who lives in a different cultural environment.
    • 3/5
      I do not often read YA or children's books, but made an exception for this glance at a young Precious Ramotswe. I was not disappointed.
    • 4/5
      I would peg this at 7-9 yr olds, and if reading aloud, 5-8 yr olds.

      Very sweet mystery for Precious Ramotswe. Her first as a young child. Something that kids can relate to as well as something that all of McCall Smith books do: teach a simple lesson. Only an hour as an audio book. I would like to see the actual book, as I hear there are some lovely drawings to go with it. I might pick this up for the middle niece for xmas. Or the nephs when they hit about 6.
    • 3/5
      Cover to Cover December 2012 selection. This was good but not great and probably most of interest to fans of the adult series. Oddly the book and audio did not have exactly the same text and I preferred what was on the audio.
    • 5/5
      Precious Ramotswe has a quiet, careful way of thinking through problems, and this serves her well in her very first detective case: someone is stealing sweets out her school's classroom, and some classmates have accused a friend of Precious' even though they have no proof!A sweet, gentle story, that emphasizes kindness and honesty, Precious uses cleverness to prove that her friend is not the thief. A good story, I'll be using this for my 3rd-5th grade book club this summer. We'll have plenty to talk about (thanks to the discussion questions included in the back), and I'd like to do drawings based on the illustrations in the book, which look like woodcuts and are in black and red. Should be fun!Recommended. (Ages 7-10)