Discover the Power of Investigations

Words, Sounds, and Smiles: Building Literacy Through Comics

The InvestiGators™ COMICS are a fun and effective way to build early literacy skills while keeping children fully engaged. These playful stories are packed with giggles and learning moments, helping young readers recognize sounds like “shhhh” and decode simple words such as wow. Educators often notice that children who read comics show increased confidence and excitement about reading — and significant research backs that up. Comics offer powerful literacy benefits, making the InvestiGators™ series both highly enjoyable and developmentally meaningful for early learners.

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InvestigatorsTM COMICS Full Series

Meet Dilly Gator, leader of the InvestiGators. Dilly inspires kids to read, explore, and solve problems. She is sending a cuddly Gator Buddy to accompany your child on all the Dilly’s Tree House adventures.

InvestiGators™ COMICS Full Series

InvestiGators™ COMICS Starring Dilly Gator

Dilly and JT Gator go for a hike in Circle Forest with Great Auntie Lu. They discover a giant oak tree and work together to build a tree house with their friends. Dilly invites everyone to join the InvestiGator Club®. The InvestiGators™ have fun learning and working together.

InvestiGators™ COMICS Starring Chuck Wood

Dilly Gator and Chuck Wood want to go for a ride together, but they can‛t both fit in the wooden car. They get squished when they try! Chuck shows he is a super InvestiGator™ when he solves the problem by building a sidecar so they can share the car and ride together.

InvestiGators™ COMICS Starring Manny Salamander

Dilly and Manny like to play together every day. Sometimes they have trouble taking turns. One day, Manny suggests they play soccer together. Dilly says that is a “fabulous” idea (her favorite word). They have fun playing soccer, taking turns, and laughing together.

InvestiGators™ COMICS Starring JT Gator

JT Gator loves his bedroom and all his favorite things, but his room is spooky creepy in the dark. JT tells Dilly he is scared, and she helps him overcome his fear and go to sleep. In the end, JT solves the problem on his own.

InvestiGators™ COMICS Starring Great Auntie Lu

Dilly and JT gator live with their Great Auntie Lu on a houseboat at Triangle beach. It is hard for Dilly to sit still and listen when her auntie is painting and telling a story. Once Dilly settles down her each friends join her to listen quietly to the story.

InvestiGators™ COMICS Starring Bruno Buzzbee

Bruno Buzzbee brings Dilly 5 sunflower seeds and tells her to plant them in a sunny place, water them, weed the garden, and watch for bugs. Dilly does not like to wait. But she waits patiently and gets her big surprise.

InvestiGators™ COMICS Starring Rosalita Sausalita

Rosalita Sausalita is late for her dance recital. She thought her recital was the next day! With each mishap on their rush through City Square, Rosalita and Dilly Gator imagine how the other feels. Their fun and silly performance gets booming applause in the end.

Testimonials and Reviews

“Another reason to love Dilly’s Tree HouseTM is that it is designed to be used for about 10-15 minutes, three times a week. In that time you will cover readiness skills in literacy, oral language, social studies, STEM, music, art, and physical and social-emotional development. You will literally be covering all the bases!”

Dani W.
Mom of three girls

“Great for preschool kids to start thinking outside the box with cute characters and fun activities!”

Jackie G-F
Mom of 2 girls, ages 4 and 6

“This kit lets you and your child work together to think and get creative. It also makes you feel like you are ‘in the story’ with the characters.”

Shelly D.
Mom of 4-year-old girl and 1-year-old boy

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