Miss Swirly Pepper is a fun-loving, accordion-playing girl who is a detective at heart. You will always see her wearing her detective hat and carrying her magnifying glass and basket. If something strange has happened or there is a mystery brewing at home, Swirly is on the case. She has the amazing ability to "swirl" back in time and this helps her get clues and solve the mystery. Time travel can be tricky and often Miss Swirly Pepper ends up in another time period! All the while, children learn about a variety of topics from patterns and colors to spatial awareness and history. The Case of the Missing Birthday Candles is the 4th book in the Miss Swirly Pepper Series. In this book, the candles on Miss Swirly Pepper's birthday cake are missing! Come join her time-travels as she ventures to find-out just what happened to those candles!