This children’s book is actually a small compilation of four stories with the main feature entitled ‘Emil and the Detectives’. There is one short piece that could be used as a classroom experiment. This children’s book is a part of Disney’s World of Adventure Series. ‘Emil and the Detectives’ is a short story of a young boy going on a trip to visit family in a neighboring town in England. Emil is traveling alone and a man in a strange get up waits till Emil is asleep and he steals Emil’s money. When Emil awakes and when he gets off the train at this stop he notices that his money is gone. Emil searches for help while he is following the man whom he knows has taken his money, but the cops are no help so he finds the man in a restaurant when one kid, who is a member of the detectives decides to help Emil. Emil needs to let his cousin know that he will be late and his when one of the detectives shares this the cousin told one of the detectives that she is going help them. Emil and detectives keep watch on this gang and inevitably gets involved somehow, and they have make some decisions to stay safe. Emil follows and obeys his captors, but in the end one must follow the law of the land for hopefully things will work out for Emil and others.
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