Kin Platt was the author of the perennially popular I Can Read Book Big Max, as well as several outstanding young-adult novels and the Max Roper mystery series for adults. Mr. Platt was also a noted cartoonist.
Series
Max Roper
The Pushbutton Butterfly (1970)
The Kissing Gourami (1973)
The Princess Stakes Murder (1973)
aka Pride of Women
The Giant Kill (1974)
Match Point for Murder (1975)
The Body Beautiful Murder (1976)
The Screwball King Murder (1978)
The Pushbutton Butterfly (1970)
The Kissing Gourami (1973)
The Princess Stakes Murder (1973)
aka Pride of Women
The Giant Kill (1974)
Match Point for Murder (1975)
The Body Beautiful Murder (1976)
The Screwball King Murder (1978)
Steve Forrester
The Blue Man (1972)
Mystery of the Witch Who Wouldn't (1973)
The Ghost of Hellsfire Street (1980)
Sinbad and Me (1980)
The Blue Man (1972)
Mystery of the Witch Who Wouldn't (1973)
The Ghost of Hellsfire Street (1980)
Sinbad and Me (1980)
Novels
Big Max (1965)
Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear (1968)
Hey, Dummy (1971)
Dead as They Come (1972)
Chloris and the Creeps (1973)
Lovers and Exorcists (1974)
Headman (1975)
Chloris and the Freaks (1975)
The Terrible Love Life of Dudley Cornflower (1976)
Run for Your Life (1977)
Big Max in the Mystery of the Missing Moose (1977)
Body, Beautiful Body (1977)
The Doomsday Gang (1978)
Chloris and the Weirdos (1978)
Dracula, Go Home! (1979)
Flames Going Out (1980)
Brogg's Brain (1981)
Frank and Stein and Me (1982)
Crocker (1983)
The Ape Inside Me (1985)
Murder in Rosslare (1986)
Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe (2005)
A Mystery for Thoreau (2008)
Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear (1968)
Hey, Dummy (1971)
Dead as They Come (1972)
Chloris and the Creeps (1973)
Lovers and Exorcists (1974)
Headman (1975)
Chloris and the Freaks (1975)
The Terrible Love Life of Dudley Cornflower (1976)
Run for Your Life (1977)
Big Max in the Mystery of the Missing Moose (1977)
Body, Beautiful Body (1977)
The Doomsday Gang (1978)
Chloris and the Weirdos (1978)
Dracula, Go Home! (1979)
Flames Going Out (1980)
Brogg's Brain (1981)
Frank and Stein and Me (1982)
Crocker (1983)
The Ape Inside Me (1985)
Murder in Rosslare (1986)
Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe (2005)
A Mystery for Thoreau (2008)
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