BOOK REVIEW - "BASIL OF BAKER STREET" (THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE BOOK 1) BY EVE TITUS

 

When I saw the release of Disney's movie "The Great Mouse Detective" in '85, I saw a story that interested me. I didn't realize that this book was of the series "The Great Mouse Detective", and that the first story was written by Eve Titus the year before I was born. 

So, I finally watched the movie 40 years after it came out, and read "Basil of Baker Street," which had been around for 68 years. I enjoyed both. Several of the plot points of this story appeared in the movie, such as the main characters masquerading as a boat captain and his mate.

I would recommend this to children, regardless of whether the childhood is the first one or not. By the way, the first five books were written by Eve Titus between 1958 and 1982, and Cathy Hapka revived it with three new stories from 2018-2020.