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The Missing Black Cab

The (mis)adventures of Inspector Ortografoni

Silvia Baldi, Susi Cazzaniga

Product: Book

Trim size in cm: 13x19cm

Pages: 96

ISBN: 9788859044895

Publication date: 01/01/2026

Suitable for: Primary 1st level (ages 6-7), Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10)


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The Missing Black Cab is the new adventure of Inspector Ortografoni, the detective most loved by children!
Designed to engage children in a gradual and enjoyable way, the book offers a carefully crafted and illustrated story in which the most orthographically challenging words are highlighted using different colours, fonts and sizes, supporting visual learning and memorisation. A creative way to practise reading and spelling accuracy… almost without noticing!
In addition, the illustrations enrich the story, turning each page into an immersive experience, like a little film on paper. Readers can follow the clues, stick on the stickers, complete the investigation notebook and become budding spelling detectives.


Penny Mouse’s Taxi
The scene of the theft
The tea room
A surprise from the past
The journey to Kent
The hedgehog who forgets everything
The clue in the video
The taxi found again
The investigation notebook



THE (MIS)ADVENTURES OF INSPECTOR ORTOGRAFONI


Inspector Ortografoni is back with two brand-new adventures to read, observe… and solve! Designed to engage children in a gradual and enjoyable way, the two new books offer carefully crafted and illustrated stories in which the most orthographically challenging words are highlighted using different colours, fonts and sizes, supporting visual learning and memorisation. The colourful illustrations enrich the stories, turning each page into an immersive experience, like a little film on paper. Readers can follow the clues, stick on the stickers, complete the investigation notebook and become budding spelling detectives.

STRUCTURE OF THE VOLUMES

In each book you will find:
The most orthographically challenging words are highlighted using different colours, fonts and sizes
Colourful and detailed illustrations
A clue to choose at the end of each chapter
The investigation notebook where you can stick the stickers

THE VOLUMES

The Missing Black Cab

The (mis)adventures of Inspector Ortografoni Silvia Baldi, Susi Cazzaniga When a small, elegant mouse wearing a delightful little hat and large glasses bursts into his office to report the disappearance of his beloved black cab, Inspector Ortografoni already knows it will be a textbook case. Or rather: a notebook case! And so begins an investigation through fog, suspicion and details to be observed carefully — even in the text itself. Find out more!
Leaf through some pages of the book translated into English to facilitate your evaluation of the product:

The mystery of the royal pudding

The (mis)adventures of Inspector Ortografoni Silvia Baldi, Susi Cazzaniga Set against the majestic backdrop of Buckingham Palace, the story opens with a culinary mystery: the royal chef has disappeared and, with him… the most famous pudding in England! It will be up to Inspector Ortografoni to solve the case, with the help of young readers, who can jot down clues in the investigation notebook and have fun with the stickers included in the book. Find out more!
Leaf through some pages of the book translated into English to facilitate your evaluation of the product:

THE AUTHORS

Susi Cazzaniga, psychologist and psychotherapist specialising in learning psychopathology. Silvia Baldi, psychologist and psychotherapist, works in clinical practice in Rome, with a particular focus on the diagnosis and intervention of neurodevelopmental disorders.