The jaguar's jewel

Dink and his friends use their detective skills to locate a giant emerald missing from a statue delivered to Uncle Warren's museum in New York City.

Main Author: Roy, Ron, 1940-
Other Authors: Gurney, John Steven, 1962- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, 2000.
Series: A to Z Mysteries
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Summary: Dink and his friends use their detective skills to locate a giant emerald missing from a statue delivered to Uncle Warren's museum in New York City.
Item Description: "A Stepping Stone book."
Physical Description: 86 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Audience: "Grades 2-4"--cover p. [4].
ISBN: 0679994580 (GLB)
9780679894582 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Ron Roy was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 29, 1940. After high school, he joined the Navy for two years. He received a Bachelor's degree in literature from the University of Connecticut and a Masters degree in teaching from the University of Hartford. He was an elementary school teacher for numerous years.

His first children's book, A Thousand Pails of Water, was published in 1978. Soon afterwards, he stopped teaching and became a full-time writer, but he still visits schools around the country. He is the author of the A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series.

(Bowker Author Biography)