By Sarah Steinberg

"You can speculate - I'll investigate!" Siblings Nicki and Ricky are on a mission to solve nature’s puzzles, finding clues in the wilds of their own suburban neighborhood. Their neurodivergent strategies differ, but they do know if they keep their eyes open and work together, they’ll be able to figure out just about anything. Books 1-3, Baffling Birds, sends the siblings to the beach to investigate a wild mystery, into town to solve a puzzle posed by an unidentifiable gift, and to a living history museum to find a topic for a school presentation. Book 1: The Adventures of Nicki and Ricky – The Mystery of the Shell Tree While exploring a strip of beach near their house, the sleuths discover broken shells in the branches of a tree. Who – or what – could be responsible? Book 2: The Adventures of Nicki and Ricky – The Hummingbird Conundrum Nicki and Ricky must employ the Scientific Method to unpuzzle the purpose of a peculiar gift. Is it a lantern? A bug-catcher? Book 3: The Adventures of Nicki and Ricky – The Case of the Duck’s Teeth A museum trip inspires the sleuths to seek the living relatives of a specimen so strange they thought it had to be extinct!