InvestiGators

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What to expect

Laugh yourself silly with the InvestiGators! Join Mango and Brash in this fully immersive listening experience. With fun sound effects and snappy music, it's read by a fantastic full cast, including the author, John Patrick Green. Perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

'Fast, fabulous, and fantastically funny' – Jamie Smart, creator of Bunny vs Monkey.

Mango and Brash are alligators – who investigate! In their first adventure the crime fighting duo need to go undercover . . . in a bakery?

Armed with a moustache and a rolling pin, the Investigators are on a mission to discover who has kidnapped top chef Gustavo, and stop his recipes from getting into the wrong hands! This case isn’t going to be a piece of cake.

The InvestiGators series is a hit with listeners of all ages and covers positive themes like:

  • Fun teamwork
  • Friendship
  • Pesky problem–solving


Adapted from the hilarious comic book adventures. Listen out for the sounds of the Batter Down bakery, S.U.I.T. Headquarters, Crackerdile's Lair, and the Robotics Lab at the Science Factory! Check out the next audiobook in the series with InvestiGators: Take the Plunge!

Critics Review

Has heaping helpings of surreal alligator action and wordplay gags to keep new readers bent on solving the mystery.
The New York Times
A hilarious ride with great wordplay, bright illustrations and plenty of twists and turns – lots to keep young readers engaged. Keen illustrators will also enjoy Green’s bonus drawing tips to create their own InvestiGators.
The Scotsman
In high-intensity colors, straightforward panel artwork by Green (Hippopot­a­mister) offers plenty of slapstick gags to Brash and Mango’s tale. Fast-paced fun for the bad pun and dorky joke crowd.
Publisher's Weekly
Like the heroes of Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man or Captain Underpants, the Investigators are bound to resonate with kids.
School Library Journal: XpressReviews
With its rampant good-natured goofiness and its unrelenting fizz and pep, this feels like a sugar rush manifested as a graphic novel. Silly and inventive fast-paced fun.
Kirkus
If your young reader is looking for something to fill a Dogman-shaped hole in their personal libraries, let alligator investigators Mango and Brash step in. With a detailed comic-strip format, lots of toilet humour and zany plot lines, you will be pestered for the sequel before it's published.
Sunday Business Post (Ireland)
Brimming over with glorious puns, lashings of toilet humour, and plenty of references to pop culture, Green’s high-energy, snap, crackle and pop story will have youngsters snorting and sniggering.
Lancashire Post
This book will appeal to all but you can easily see how it could be a stepping stone for those who struggle to engage with reading and it may just help them light their reading fire.
https://comicsinclass.school.blog/reviews-from-the-teachers-desk/
My six year old nephew would not put this book down.
Toppsta review
pun-heavy whodunnit graphic novel which is just as clearly laid out, colourful and silly as Dav Pilkey’s phenomenally successful series. Mango and Brash are an excellent detective duo that readers will definitely want to see more from…
BookTrust
Simply bursting with youthful energy, crazy comedy, vibrant artwork and breathtaking creativity, InvestiGators is a visual and verbal delight… and guaranteed to please even the most reluctant reader!
Lancashire Evening Post
Absolutely hilarious and fantastic book. Investigators has become a good new series to look out for and we simply can't wait to continue the story. My son and I went through the whole book in one sitting. Mango was my son’s favourite as he was extremely funny. The book has great design and vibrant colourful pictures. The puns and jokes are spot on
Toppsta review
It’s like a cartoon you can read, the illustrations are so good it’s like you’re watching them and not reading them at all.
The Reading Agency
My son loves this graphic novel and finds it hilarious
Mini Travellers Blog

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