Another exciting mystery begins for Frank and Joe Hardy when they help a stranger who has had an accident with his car. The man introduces himself as John Mead, owner of a nearby estate. After he continues on his way, Frank finds an odd-looking house key which belongs to Mead. But when the Hardys try to return it, they learn that John Mead died five years ago! They are even more amazed when they find that the intricately carved doors in the dead man's deserted mansion have no visible knobs or keylocks.
Reading level: Children Ages 9-12 Thirty large, ready-to-color illustrations, all adapted from traditional African designs, reflect the continent's rich artistic and cultural heritage. Carefully rendered from authentic artifacts are a Moorish textile pattern, an Ashanti carved door panel, an antelope-shaped wooden headdress from Mali, an Ethiopian cross, and other motifs.
Here is a virtual encyclopedia of cabinet door and drawer styles and instruction for designing, constructing, and installing them. Slab, MDF, simulated and true raised panel, frame and panel, arched frame and panel, mitered panel, cope and stick, glass, and tambour: all of these types of cabinet doors—and the drawers to match—are illustrated and explained with step-by-step construction notes and measurements.
Everything bad that happens to Noah's parents turns out to be good in this delightful story about opposites. "The plot is highly imaginative, with cameo appearances by Tolstoy (the pet frog), Albert Einstein (the teacher), and Elvis Presley (the pet parrot). Alison Lang's illustrations are equally entertaining. Each panel is a world in itself, a world that revolves around young Noah and his personal perspective on good and bad. Highly recommended." Canadian Book Review Annual
