Mazalchik

Funny stories for kids, with music they play

Every story is original, illustrated in its own art style, and written to make kids laugh. Every few pages the story stops for a short music moment your child plays on piano, keyboard, guitar, ukulele, recorder, harmonica, tongue drum, drums or darbuka, at their own level.

Picture books

Chapter books

The Upside-Down Detective

At night, while the whole harbor town sleeps, one fruit bat hangs upside down and solves mysteries. Someone is stealing figs — and the bats are getting the blame! Topsy and her cousin Pip, who sees with his ears, set off to investigate over the rooftops.

Ages 5–9Chapter book · 5 chapters22 min
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Who Stole Tuesday?

One morning in Neon City, Monday was followed straight by Wednesday. Detective Nova and her robot dog Bolty zoom off on a wild investigation through the glowing city — and discover the thief is closer than they ever imagined.

Ages 6–10Chapter book · 3 chapters20 min
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Octavia's Great Escape

Octavia, the cleverest octopus in the aquarium, hears the sea calling her every night. Tomorrow morning she is being shipped off to sit in a shopping-mall window — so tonight she is breaking out, with the least likely crew in the world: a scaredy-cat pufferfish, a "speedy" sea turtle, and a crab who only walks sideways.

Ages 5–10Chapter book · 4 chapters22 min

The Case of the Sneezing Wands

Every night at midnight, the wands at Wonky Owl Tower sneeze, and every homework page turns into a frog. Pippa Pepper, a first-year who can't even float a feather, opens her very first case file.

Ages 6–10Chapter book · 5 chapters25 min

Snickerlings!

Milo is the only kid in Buzzbury Village without a Snickerling — until he meets an electric hamster who's allergic to flowers. A big tournament, a rival with ice-cream hair, robots that slurp up Snickerlings, and one Terrible Dragon who is actually gravel.

Ages 5–10Chapter book · 5 chapters28 min
ACHOO!

Uncle Ziggy's Jumpinator

Maya and Gogo pressed the red button in Uncle Ziggy's basement — and now they're jumping from the fridge to a whale, to the Moon, to Mars and to Saturn. They have one hour to get home before Mom serves the chicken nuggets.

Ages 6–10Chapter book · 5 chapters30 min

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