Emil and the Detectives - Emil, Bk 1 Author:Erich Kastner Emil must deliver an envelope of his mother's hard-earned money to his grandmother in Berlin. After boarding the train, he pins the envelope inside the jacket of his blue Sunday suit and takes his seat across from a man in a bowler hat. Emil quickly falls asleep -- and when he awakens, the money and the man have both disappeared! — Emil and a... more » resourceful gang of detectives track the skulking thief. Gustav, a fourth-grader, learns of Emil's predicament and uses his automobile horn to mobilize his many friends -- among them a brainy boy called the Professor; a loyal secretary, Tittle Dienstag; and Emil's saucy bicycle-riding cousin, Pony Hutchen. The joyous romp reaches a crescendo when over one hundred bustling children wait outside the Hotel Kreid at eight in the morning for the thief to appear.« less