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K-3
Illustrated by
Stephen Axelson.
After he goes up the hill, Jack famously falls...but is his crown lost or stolen? On the case is Joe Dumpty--Humpty's brother and the detective in this book's predecessor, What Really Happened to Humpty?. This rib-tickler abounds with punning dialogue-balloon commentary from the cartoonishly rendered Mother Gooseland suspects ("I don't know beans about this," says Jack of beanstalk fame).