This short chapter mystery features a girl and her dog (plus her friend and some others) trying to solve a mystery from 1947! Leila's friend Mrs. Crenshaw tells her about a scavenger hunt in their elementary (set to be demolished soon) initiated by the school principal in 1947. Are there any clues left after so many years? It appears that there are and Leila soon learns how teamwork makes the hunt more fun.

This is a fun 'treasure hunt' mystery for young people. My Rating 4.5.
Leila is a third grader who, with her small dog Nugget, likes to visit neighbor, Mrs. Crenshaw, who used to be a teacher at Englewood Elementary where Leila attends. Leila likes mysteries and is excited when Mrs. Crenshaw tells her that the first principal of the school, Mr. McGee, created a treasure hunt for the students seventy years ago. The special event never took place and the treasure has never been found.

Leila and Nugget set out to look for clues. The search distracts her from even her best friend, and Leila begins to be disappointed after months with little progress. Finally, she gets a breakthrough and it isn’t long before her friend and other students are looking too. Can they solve the case and find the treasure?

The clues are wonderful riddles and the author takes Leila (and the reader) on a search up and down halls in the school, through a Hall of Presidents, and finding a “zoo” of critters with the help of some older teachers and the elderly janitor. There is history of the school, and, along the way, Leila learns a few lessons on friendship and working together. The story is sweet, and I enjoyed the treasure hunt. I do think that my grandchildren (4th and 1st graders) would enjoy this story. The images that are available at the Amazon link are very cute too so I would recommend the print version as well as the audio.

Audio Notes: Emily Eiden does a very nice job of narrating this children’s audiobook. The voice fits Leila and she provides distinct voices for the other characters too. I enjoyed the audio experience.

Source: 4/1/2023 NetGalley Title.

A fun mystery scavenger hunt. I really enjoyed listening to this adventure and look forward to sharing it with my grandchildren. Encourages children to use their thinking skills and be observant of their surroundings. High recommend.

I do love a good audiobook! I never seem to have time in the week to sit down with a book so I enjoyed listening to this on my daily commute to work.
It was fast paced with brilliant characters. And I do love a good mystery story and this one was perfect!
Leila and Nugget embark on their latest mystery. They uncover fascinating clues while trying to find where the retired teacher has hidden the treasure! They must visit past employees to try and aide their quest.
A cute children’s story to read or listen to. Full of action and adventure with some laughs along the way!

I enjoyed this audiobook quite a bit, and a lot more than some of the other middle-grade books I've requested on NetGalley. It had a good pace with enough curious moments laid out to keep you listening until the very end to find out what happened. It was a good mystery with cool characters. The treasure hunt was my favourite part!

I accessed a digital review copy of this book from the publisher.
This was a nice introduction to the mystery genre for kids. The mystery stayed hard to solve until the very end and there were plenty of misdirections.

Younger kids in the age range of 5-9 don't always have as many options for engaging audiobooks at their level. I love that this mystery book is great for younger and older readers. I think the story was in line with what this age group enjoys and it would be a nice story to listen to on a roadtrip. I'm sure it will be a good option for families looking for a wholesome mystery audiobook.

This was an easy and fun read! I enjoyed the characters and have already recommended it to some of my fourth grade students.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* Very cute lower grade mystery book! I have another book from this series i have to read but so far a very cute series!

Leila and Nugget's latest mystery is an adventure through generations. A retired educator hid a treasure somewhere in the school which has not been found, Leila and Nugget have to visit past employees to follow the clues to the treasure. They uncover some fascinating facts about the retired generation who once taught at their school and learn to value their knowledge.

Love a good kids mystery. This was a cute story that I will be buying to give to my friends kids. This book reminded how much I love the getting the books on tape bag from the library as a kid.

I listened to this with my almost 7 year-old. They were engaged and enjoyed the narration. They said it was a 5 star! I also enjoyed the story and appreciated the jokes and little bits of history woven into the story.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing us with an audio copy for review.

I enjoyed this story with all of the characters. The main character was Leila Beal and also her dog.

Leila Beal likes mystery so when a neighborhood friend tells her a story of a treasure that could still be at her school. She decides to look for it. The treasure as been  not found in the year 1947 when principal put it there. The principal wife got sick and he left it.

This was a fun children story to read. It has action and adventure throughout. It had a few giggles within. It was fun trying to solve the mystery within.

I received a complimentary audio copy via Netgalley. This is my honest unbiased opinions. The narrator of the audio did a good job to.

Super cute and fun! The mystery pacing for Leila & Nugget Mystery was done extremely well, leaving the reader intruiged and wanting to know what is going to happen next.

Synopsis:
After finding out about a massive treasure hunt principal Mr. McGee created in 1947, Leila and Nugget are ready to find clues and crack the case after the students find out that Mr. McGee had gone missing before he could ever share anything about the treassure hunt.

I don’t typically read these books in my spare time and I’m definitely not the target audience but working as an elementary teacher I’m always trying to find fun and new books to read to my class and I’m so happy to say even I enjoyed this book and wanted to continue listening to the audiobook!

The narrator’s voice suited the characters exceptionally well and made listening to this book extra enjoyable!

And if the story wasn’t cute enough, there’s an adorble dog!

This is an adorable story that young detectives and adult care givers will both enjoy! I absolutely loved the narrator! Leila and her dog Nugget team up with an elderly neighbor to solve a decades old mystery. The relationship between Leila and her neighbor is the kind that I want for my kids to experience and one that I would love to have with children when I am an elderly human. Leila learns a lot about both local history and history in general from her neighbor.

I did not care for a section of the book where Leila was afraid that she was being recorded by hidden cameras. It felt like that part of the book would create too much fear in my kiddo about the possibility of being under hidden surveillance. Other than that I thought this book was delightful and perfect for a car trip. The ending had the right amount of dramatic build up as the mystery was solved.

We listened to Leila & Nugget Mystery by Dustin Brady during homeschool and loved it. Such a cute book! The narration was excellent and clear, and the length of the book was perfect.

This was adorable and brought me back to my childhood chapter book days. I loved listening to it on audio with my 3 year olds even though they aren’t old enough to follow the story, it was so well narrated that they did stay engaged on long car rides. It was very cute and even educational. Will definitely be purchasing a copy and looking into the series in the future.

My 9 year old and I really enjoyed this one! We listened to book 1 first but this can be read as a stand alone. The narrator did a really good job as well. Definitely recommend this for ages 5+ if you’re looking for a good fun audiobook.

This is a gateway high interest book. the paving keeps students interested. The length is perfect. Interested in more from this series

A sincere thank you for providing me a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to read this story and leave my review voluntarily