Jesse Steam Mysteries: The Clue in the Painted Pattern
Table of Contents Cast of Characters Meet Jesse Mr Stubbs The Gang 4 Town Map Find Your Way Around Deanville 6 Chapter 1 A Giant Trunk Some Special Tools and One Conniving Cat 8 Chapter 2 Kimmy Kat Black Hops in the Back 14 Chapter 3 Bags and Trunks Poison Ivy and a Mysterious Sound 20 Chapter 4 A Mysterious Sound a Big Spooky Shadow and a Startling Surprise 28 Chapter 5 Seashells and Shark's Teeth 100 Miles From the Ocean 32 Chapter 6 Trophies Medals Stones and That Fascinating Rock 40 Chapter 7 Professor Peach Ponders the Painted Pattern 46 Chapter 8 I Can Dig it He Can Dig it She Can Dig it We Can Dig it 54 Jesse’s Word List 62 Makerspace Activity Try It Out 64
Cast of Characters Jesse Steam Amateur sleuth and all-around neat kid Jesse loves riding her bike solving mysteries and most of all Mr Stubbs Jesse is never without her messenger bag and the cool stuff it holds Mr Stubbs A cat with an attitude he’s the coolest tabby cat in Deanville Stubbs was a stray cat who strayed right into Jesse’s heart Can you fi gure out how he got his name Professor Peach A retired university professor Professor Peach knows tons of cool stuff and is somewhat of a legend in Deanville He has college degrees in Science Technology Engineering Art and Math Emmett Professor Peach’s ever-present pet white lab rat He loves cheese balls and wherever you fi nd The Professor you’re sure to fi nd Emmett even though he might be diffi cult to spot Clark Lewis Jesse’s next-door neighbor and sometimes formidable adversary Clark Johnson and his slippery slimy gross-looking pet frog Lewis Yuck 4
Dorky Dougy Clark Johnson’s three-year-old tag-along baby brother Dougy is never without his stuff ed alligator a rubber knife and something really goofy to say like eleventy-seven Kimmy Kat Black Holder of the Deanville Elementary School Long Jump Record know-it-all and self-proclaimed future member of Mensa Kimmy Kat Black lives near the Spooky Tree Liam LePoole A black belt in karate and also the captain of the Deanville Community Swimming Pool Cannonball Team Liam's best friend is Chompy Dog his stinky gassy and frenzied brown Puggle Backwoods Brandi Rugged outdoorswoman camp counselor occasional lifeguard and keeper of the campfi re During the school year Brandi's the gym coach at Deanville Elementary School The Scary Shadow Who or what can be casting this scary mysterious shadow on the walls of Jesse’s and Kimmy Kat Black's cabin Can you guess Keep reading and fi nd out 5
