Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery (Jeffrey Bones Series)

by David A. Adler, Barbara Johansen Newman (Illustrator)

Overview

Detective Jeffrey Bones solves crimes-but this time it's personal. He's at a science museum when his blue Tyrannosaurus rex goes missing. Could someone have stolen it? Bones must find his T-rex! Hopefully there's something in Bones's detective bag that can help him solve this roar of a mystery!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780142413418
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	02/19/2009
Series:	Bones: Penguin Young Readers, L3 , #4
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	303,206
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	520L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

David A. Adler is the author of more than 175 children’s books, including the YoungCam Jansen series. He lives in Woodmere, New York.

Barbara Johansen Newman lives with her husband and three sons inMassachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 2-In this fourth Jeffrey Bones mystery, the young detective visits the museum with his grandpa and Grandpa's friend Sally. They explore the dinosaur exhibit and then move on to the gift shop, where Grandpa buys Jeffrey a blue plastic T-rex. After a snack, they go to the moon exhibit, where the boy realizes that he no longer has his dinosaur. The plot and narration are simple and straightforward, and attentive children will find it easy to solve the mystery of the missing toy. Bones is a junior parallel to Adler's Cam Jansen but without the photographic memory. He is reminiscent of Nate the Great and, similarly, he narrates his own tale. Appealing cartoon caricatures are colorful and infused with humorous details like funky clothing, groovy glasses, and exaggerated expressions. A good choice for beefing up beginning-reader sections.-Be Astengo, Alachua County Library, Gainesville, FL Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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