CharactersBaxter
Portrait of Baxter

Baxter

The dog who writes everything down.

Baxter keeps notes, asks thoughtful questions and never forgets a detail. His curiosity can turn a small mystery into a very big investigation.

The mystery of the empty page

Baxter opened his notebook to find a completely blank page. He was sure he had written an important idea there. He checked the next page, held the notebook up to the window and examined the paper with a magnifying glass.

A faint pattern appeared: little dents made by his pen. Baxter shaded the page lightly with a pencil. The missing words emerged: BUY MORE PENCILS. He looked at the dozen pencils in his pocket.

Why would he need more? Then he remembered giving one to Willow, two to Penny and three to Joey for his maps. At this rate, twelve might not last the week.

Baxter wrote BUY MORE PENCILS again, this time in ink on the next page. He paused, crossed it out and wrote SHARE THE ONES I HAVE. Then he went to find Joey.