I'll take Nancy for 5 Points: In the Accelerated Reading Program at Hucrest Elementary in Roseburg Oregon a Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys mystery is worth five points, while "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is worth 29. Hmmmm ... who is this "Harry Potter" character? And how are the kids at Hucrest doing? Read more about Hucrest ... or read more about the Accelerated Reading Program ...

Crime Lab Detectives: At Building for Kids in Appleton, Wisconsin you can be Nancy Drew ... learning about forensic science, hair analysis, logic and interviewing suspects. And you get a notebook.

The Johnsons have been away on a weeklong vacation to Hawaii. The next door neighbor noticed a broken window one morning and went over to the house to check it out. When she looked in the window, she noticed the pet goldfish has been spilled out of its bowl and had died ...

The exhibit is from Discovery Museum in Arkansas and will stay in Appleton until Jan. 2. Read more ... Check out Building for Kids ... Visit Discovery Museum ... And get the real scoop ...

Channeling the Girl Detective: "How Nancy Drew Saved My Life" by Lauren Baratz-Logsted, a Danbury CT author, is described as "part Charlotte Bronte, part chick-lit and part Nancy Drew." Read more here ... and here ...

Hep to Nancy Drew: Paula Poundstone's cat, Hep, has "taken quite a liking to Nancy Drew" or so Paula says. Read more ...