Little Red, the Detective — Lois June Wickstrom

Little Red is Learning to be a Detective. And Grannie is Teaching her to Identify Plants.Grannie asks Little Red to bring her some cone flowers to make delicious tea. While Little Red is walking through the woods to Grannie's house, she meets a wolf who gives her a bunch of cone-shaped purple flowers. She thanks the wolf and then gets out her plant identification book. While she is comparing the flowers to the pictures in her book, the wolf trots along down the path.When Little Red arrives at Grannie's house, she senses things aren't right. Little Red must use her new detective skills to determine if Grannie is who she says she is. She already knows the flowers the wolf gave her weren't cone flowers. Red comes up with a plan to help save the day - all with a little help from science.