num_pages: 40
description: Serendipity and positive thinking come into play as a family searches for a missing puzzle piece in Bob Grahams enchanting story with a sweet surprise ending.Oh lets do it! say Kitty and Katy and Mom when a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle mysteriously arrives in the mail. I have time on my hands agrees Dad. Starting in winter with the edges by autumn theyre almost done only to discover that one piece is missing. Mom is sure that it must have accidentally gone out with the trash so the Kellys pile into the car to comb through the local dump (shouldnt take long). There they uncover forgotten letters train tickets discarded newspapers and old photos yellow with age but finding the missing piece is starting to seem like wishful thinking. Lets wish then says Katy. As in all of Bob Grahams work the beauty here is in the details with visual perspectives that offer a birds-eye view or take us underfoot wordless sequences letting us in on a secret. Is it sheer luckor perhaps the power of hopethat creates an ending to the story?
language: English
title: Jigsaw: Mystery in the Mail
publisher: Candlewick Press