CAM Jansen and the Triceratops Pops Mystery (Cam Jansen (Pb)) [Hardcover]

David A. Adler (Author), Susanna Natti (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Cam Jansen (Pb)

Cam can't wait to buy the latest recording by her favorite group, the Triceratops Pops. But when she and Eric get to the store, all the Tpops CD's are gone.The clerk just put six on the shelf a few minutes ago -- did they sell that fast, or were they stolen? It's up to Cam to crack the case!

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4-When Cam Jansen and fellow sleuth Eric Shelton go to the local mall to get the latest Triceratops Pops CD, they uncover their next mystery instead. Cam cannot locate the CD in the music store, although one of the workers is convinced that no copies were sold. Cam and Eric put their sharp clue-gathering skills together and land a suspect, gather evidence against him, and ensure his arrest. Adler has created yet another well-structured mystery. Cam continues to be an enthusiastic detective, using all of her keen sensibilities and ingenuity to solve the case. Full-and half-page black-and-white illustrations appear throughout.
Cheryl Cufari, N.A. Walbran Elementary School, Oriskany, NY
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From Booklist

Gr. 2^-4. Cam and her friend Eric visit the mall looking for music by her favorite music group. When all of the new Triceratops Pops CDs disappear from the music store, Cam uses her photographic memory and logical mind to solve the mystery and bring the thief to justice. The contemporary setting, light humor, and mild mystery will appeal to Cam's fans. Like the other books in this popular series of beginning chapter books, this will be illustrated by Susanna Natti. Carolyn Phelan --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover
• Publisher: Perfection Learning (July 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756941687
• ISBN-13: 978-0756941680
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,138,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I write both fiction and non-fiction. I begin my fiction with the main character. The story comes later. Of course, since I'll be spending a lot of time with each main character, why not have him or her be someone I like? Andy Russell is based, loosely, on a beloved member of my family. He's fun to write about and the boy who inspired the character is even more fun to know. Cam Jansen is based even more loosely on a classmate of mine in the first grade whom we all envied because we thought he had a photographic memory. Now, especially when my children remind me of some promise they said I made, I really envy Cam's amazing memory. I have really enjoyed writing about Cam Jansen and her many adventures. For my books of non-fiction I write about subjects I find fascinating. My first biography was Our Golda: The Life of Golda Meir. To research that book, I bought a 1905 set of encyclopedia. Those books told me what each of the places Golda Meir lived in were like when she lived there. I've written many other biographies, including books about Martin Luther King, Jr; George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; Helen Keller; Harriet Tubman; Anne Frank; and many others in my Picture Book Biography series. I've been a Yankee and a Lou Gehrig fan for decades so I wrote Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man. It's more the story of his great courage than his baseball playing. Children face all sorts of challenges and it's my hope that some will be inspired by the courage of Lou Gehrig. I am working now on another book about a courageous man, Janusz Korczak. My book One Yellow Daffodil is fiction, too, but it's based on scores of interviews I did with Holocaust survivors for my books We Remember the Holocaust, Child of the Warsaw Ghetto, The Number on My Grandfather's Arm, and Hiding from the Nazis. The stories I heard were compelling. One Yellow Daffodil is both a look to the past and to the future, and expresses my belief in the great spirit and strength of our children. I love math and was a math teacher for many years, so it was fun for me to write several math books including Fraction Fun, Calculator Riddles, and Shape Up! Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons. In my office I have this sign, "Don't Think. Just Write!" and that's how I work. I try not to worry about each word, even each sentence or paragraph. For me stories evolve. Writing is a process. I rewrite each sentence, each manuscript, many times. And I work with my editors. I look forward to their suggestions, their help in the almost endless rewrite process. Well, it's time to get back to dreaming, and to writing, my dream of a job. David A. Adler is the author of more than 175 children's books, including the Young Cam Jansen series. He lives in Woodmere, New York.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cam Jansen and the Triceratops Pops Mystery, June 13, 2011

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Cissy Bennett - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cam Jansen: The Triceratops Pops Mystery #15 (Paperback)

Hi, this is Mrs. Waldron and Mrs. Garrett's second grade reading group. We just finished the story Cam Jansen and the Triceratops Pops Mystery by David A. Adler. We enjoyed reading this mystery. We liked solving the mystery using clues in the story. The first page gives you details that make you want to read more. If you like mysteries, we hope you will read this book.

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't read this if you want to keep the mystery., September 6, 2005

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D. Trevas (Houston. Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cam Jansen: The Triceratops Pops Mystery #15 (Hardcover)

I read this book with my 8-year-old daughter and we were developing theories throughout the book. We were really following the woman in the raincoat for the longest time. It seems to me that once the true thief was caught, we would be told the perfectly innocent reason that the woman was dressed so inappropriately.

Perhaps this is the new style of writing -- leaving lots of loose ends for kids to tie up themselves, but I think it is more challenging for the author if he has to fill in story of an ultimately innocent suspect.

5.0 out of 5 stars Cam is at it again, solving a new mystery..., January 20, 2005

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WannaBeABetty (The Sunshine State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cam Jansen: The Triceratops Pops Mystery #15 (Paperback)

You have to love Cam Jansen. When you're a kid, you read all of these stories about magic powers, mystery, and adventure. But everyone tells you magic can't exist. Cam Jansen manages to solve every case without the use of magic... she's a real girl. That's what makes her special and what makes you want to read more and more. She lives her life and has friends just like everyone else. Cam Jansen is a real kid superhero, and the thought that a person like her could actually exist... makes her the best kid detective ever! Kids can really associate themselves with Cam and her friends. Our family loves Cam Jansen!