Super Sleuth: August 25

September 2025

Calling all Super Sleuths

If you have ever wondered when you may have first heard the word “nerd,” think back to your early childhood days. There is a popular book that your preschool or kindergarten teacher may have read to you that featured “a Nerkle, a Nerd and a Seersucker too.” The nerd in this story is portrayed as an imaginary animal, not someone with a passionate interest in a subject.

If you do not remember the book, you might recognize the quirky words and whimsical writing style of its famous author.

The book, with title and author, is hidden in this magazine. Help Hay Seed and City Slicker discover its whereabouts.

Drawing of two mice

Find the missing book in this magazine, giving the page number.
Give the name of the book and its author.
Do you remember reading this book from your early childhood?
What is your nerdy passion?

For a chance to win a $25 Amazon email gift card, fill out the form below or send answers with name, address and phone number to:

Cooperative Living Super Sleuths
4201 Dominion Blvd., Suite 101
Glen Allen, VA 23060

Kids Korner submissions are for children under the age of 16.

July Super Sleuths

The July Super Sleuths was about the coolest dessert of all — ice cream! For a chance to win a $25 Amazon email gift card, kids were asked to find a July 1984 calendar page hidden in the pages of the magazine, give the page number and provide the name of the U.S. president found on the calendar. They were also asked to name their favorite ice cream treat and describe how eating ice cream makes them feel.

Headshot of July Super Sleuth winner Here are the winning answers:

Ronald Reagan
Page 29
Chocolate brownie batter ice cream
“It makes me feel very happy.”

OUR WINNER IS CARSYN.

CONGRATS, CARSYN!

The Latest Super Sleuth Contest

The word NERD first appeared in print in a 1950 children's book. If you do not remember the book, you might recognize the quirky words and whimsical writing style of its famous author. The book, with title and author, is hidden in the September issue of Cooperative Living magazine. Help Hay Seed and City Slicker discover its whereabouts.(Required)

Find the missing book in this magazine, giving the page number.(Required)

Give the name of the book and its author.(Required)

Do you remember reading this book from your early childhood?(Required)

What is your nerdy passion?(Required)

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