Color Binks & Paco
Bring Maple Lane's unlikely detective duo to life.
Free printable mystery adventure • Ages 6–9
Can Your Young Detective Solve the Mystery Before Binks & Paco Do?
Step into Maple Lane with a free printable Mystery Starter Kit filled with coloring, suspects, clues, detective activities and a create-your-own mystery adventure.
Who Did It?
Detective Badge
The Maple Lane SeriesBinks & Paco
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One Download. A Whole Afternoon of Maple Lane Mystery.
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Who Did It?
Study the suspects and decide who looks suspicious.
Detective Badge
Every official Maple Lane detective needs credentials.
Create a Mystery
Invent suspects, clues, a red herring and a solution.
Talk About the Case
Conversation prompts about evidence, fairness and perspective.
Something strange is happening on Maple Lane...
Everyone Thinks They Know Who Did It.
Things are disappearing. Trouble seems to follow one particular black cat. Before long, everyone has reached the same conclusion:
Binks must be responsible.
There’s just one problem.
She didn’t do it.
To clear her name, Binks needs help from Paco—a curious, talkative parrot who notices details other characters overlook.
Together, they’ll have to follow the clues before Maple Lane decides the case is already closed.
🔎 Start Your Free MysteryMeet your Maple Lane detectives
Two Different Perspectives. One Very Strange Mystery.
Binks
The cat everyone suspects.
Observant. Thoughtful. Independent. Binks would rather understand what actually happened than accept the easiest explanation.
Paco
The parrot who notices... everything.
Curious. Talkative. Easily distracted. While everyone else is focused on the obvious, Paco may notice something they missed.
A Mystery They’ll Enjoy.
Conversations You’ll Appreciate.
Binks and Paco’s adventures begin with mysteries—not lessons. Underneath the clues are situations children recognize: being misunderstood, making assumptions, listening to another perspective and changing your mind when new evidence appears.
Notice first. Understand second. Decide third.
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What Early Readers Are Saying
★★★★★“A magical bedtime treat for the grandkids!”
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★★★★★“I loved the mystery and all the unexpected twists and turns.”
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★★★★★“A fun and beautifully illustrated children's book.”
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📚 Ages 6–9🖨️ Print at home🎨 Screen-free activity👨👩👧 Family-friendly🔎 Mystery + creativity💬 Conversation starters
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