Drew Two: First movie with Emma Roberts isn't even here yet but a sequel is already planned by Jerry Weintraub. AfterEllen, which has its own particular take on Nancy that you may or may not agree with, tells all ...

Missing Cover Art Misunderstanding: Dorsey & Whitney LLP reports that the case of the missing cover art which the ND Enthusiast mentioned in December last year has been solved. Apparently former Penguin employee Carl J. Ferrero thought that the Rudy Nappi paintings he had were a departure gift ... oops ... and now they are being returned. Read more ... Hire a lawyer ...

Emma Who: What about Bonita Granville? DVDTimes reports that "Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of 'The Original Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection' for 12th June 2007. Four classic mysteries never before on Region 1 DVD and featuring the escapades of the feisty teenage detective include Nancy Drew, Detective; Nancy Drew, Reporter; Nancy Drew,Troubleshooter; and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase. The Collection will be presented on 2-Discs and will sell for $24.98 ." Read more at DVDTimes ...

The Girl Detective on Stage: Now this sounds like fun. The Ateh Theater Group in NYC is doing The Girl Detective, an adaptation of author Kelly Links best selling novel. This all takes place in a dreamy underworld of tap-dancing bank robbers and missing mothers to explore everyday emotional mysteries of identity. No ... I'm not making this up ... believe me:

"The Girl Detective is a master of disguise. She finds missing things, chases tap dancing back robbers and eats our dreams. But in her life of intrigue and adventure one mystery remains: the whereabouts of her long lost mother. Join her on a wild journey to the underworld in this surreal, darkly funny story of loss and reunion."

The show, which is at The Connelly Theater 220 E 4th Street Between A and B, New York, NY opens Friday, February 23rd, and performs Thursday's through Sundays at 8:00 until March 17th, with an additional Monday night performance on Monday, February 26th. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Ateh Theater Group website .

Deadly Secret of Olde World Park: Our favorite teen sleuth unravels an interactive mystery in Nancy Drew and The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park, a new game announced for the Nintendo DS from Majesco Entertainment Company. The game will use the touch screen to search for clues, undertake tasks, talk to other characters, and play minigames. Learn more at Gamespot ...

Top Mystery Books: Nancy Drew "a plucky amateur detective, tackles her own cases,and helps her father, an attorney, with his. Using her curiosity, intelligence, and bravery, Nancy gets to the bottom of the most perplexing mysteries" or so says Fact Monster when they include the the Nancy Drew series in their list of top mystery books. Also included are: the Bernie Magruder series, The Boys of San Joaquin, Chasing Vermeer, the Chet Gecko series, the Encyclopedia Brown series, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The Egypt Game, the Herculeah Jones series, the Lady Grace Mysteries, the Lewis Barnavelt series, The Name of the Game Was Murder, the Sammy Keyes series and The Westing Game. Hmmmm ... the Bernie Magruder Enthusiast ... maybe. Read more ...

Psychic Latina Nancy: In "Chasing the Jaguar", Martika Galvez is a Mexican-American teenager solving a mystery while planning her quincenera, dealing with the normal teen hassles at school and coping with her parents' recent separation. Author Michele Greene ... an actress best known for playing lawyer Abby Perkins in the 1980s NBC show "L.A. Law" ... was a fan of Nancy Drew mystery novels because of the young sleuth's intelligence and independence and has embued her character with these same strengths ... as well as giving her psychic powers. Read more ... or buy Chasing the Jaguar (Martika Galvez Mystery)

Rudy Ripped: Six of Rudy Nappi's paintings, including the 1966 covers to "The Mystery of the 99 Steps" and "The Clue in the Old Album", have been recently posted for sale on eBay. Unfortunately it wasn't with Nappi's permission. Read more about what the New York Post calls "The Mystery of the Missing Artwork" ... take a look at some Nancy covers by Rudy at www.series-books.com ... read about Nancy there as well ... or check out other non-Nancy covers by Rudy ... and see what by Rudy has sold lately ...

Nancy and Celebrating Women's Basketball: You may have missed the 43rd Annual Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries and College of Education Event "Celebrating Women's Basketball Past and Present" that was held last week but you wouldn't want to miss learning about the Mildred Wirt Benson archives the library holds, some of which were included in the celebration, would you? Read more about celebrating BB ... or the Iowa Women's Archives ... and especially about Mildred Wirt Benson archives ... Or maybe you would like to know more about the University of Iowa sponsored Nancy Drew Conference in April 1993 ...

Nancy In Tight Pink Shirt: The blurb for this site says it all "As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, prediction." Read latest Nancy chatter at Kotaku ...