Aspiring journalist Frankie and her lively team of toys are doing a new type of storyan investigative report on the laundrys missing sock!

Frankies mama is just about the best journalist in the world, and Frankie cant wait to be a reporter like her one day. When a top secret package arrives at the news station, Mama explains its info for a special kind of storyan investigative report. She tells Frankie its like being a detective, looking for clues to find out important facts and secrets. The Frankie and Friends Newsroom, including Dan the teddy bear, bossy King Tut and Queen Cleopatra, and Nina Simone the cat, decide to do their own investigative report: the mystery of the missing polka-dot sock! Why did two socks go into the laundry while only one came out? Following Frankies methods and prepared with new journalistic vocabulary words, young reporters can dig into their own fact-finding reports after the latest adventure in this engaging series.

Christine Plattis an author and advocate who believes storytelling is a tool for social change. She is the author ofThe Afrominimalists Guide to Living with Lessand coauthor ofRebecca,Not Becky, written with Catherine Wiggington Greene. Although her only daughter is now in college, Christine Platt continues to draw on their adventures together as an inspiration for her stories. She has written more than thirty books for young readers and currently resides in Washington, DC.

Alea Marleyis an award-winning illustrator of many books for children, includingPhoebe Dupree Is Coming to Tea!by Linda Ashman. She loves creating whimsical scenes that are filled with patterns, texture, and bursts of color. Alea Marley lives in northern England.

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publish Date: June 23, 2026
• Pages: 80
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9781536222128
• Dimensions: 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.0 inches | 0.85 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Kids