Young Cam Jansen And The Dinosaur Game (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) [School & Library Binding]

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

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Young CAM Jansen

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When eight-year-old sleuth Cam Jansen and her friend Eric go to a birthday party, she uses her photographic memory to solve the puzzle of the dinosaur count.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2?The child detective of chapter-book fame now appears in a beginning-to-read series. Dinosaur Game, however, does not quite measure up to Adler's earlier tales. Cam and her friend Eric are invited to a birthday party, where everyone has a chance to guess how many toy dinosaurs are in a jar. When Robert guesses the exact number, Cam becomes suspicious and sets out to prove that he cheated. She is the only one to realize that there is a problem, so there's no shared experience of problem solving. Missing Cookie has suspense and humor. Cam and Eric solve the mystery with the help of her photographic memory. Adler explains the girl's amazing mental abilities through a sequence in math class. Later, Cam puts them to the test when Jason's chocolate-chip cookie disappears from his lunch box. Natti's illustrations in both books will win the approval and attention of young readers. The sharp, detailed strokes and bright colors complement Adler's simple texts. However, each adventure is concluded in 32 pages, which really limits plot and character development.?Mary Ann Bursk, Bucks County Free Library, Levittown, PA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• School & Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613091388
• ISBN-13: 978-0613091381
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,980,610 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.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We love Cam Jansen books, April 29, 2002

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This review is from: Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game (Hardcover)

This was the first Young Cam Jansen book we have read. My son read part of it and I read part of it aloud to him. We enjoyed it very much. A great easy to read mystery book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great to read to my 5 year old, December 28, 2011

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Tricia Ball (Solon, IA, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game (Paperback)

This is a great transition form children books to chapter books. My daughter loves reading the Young Cam Jansen books with me, and enjoys that there are still colorful pictures to go along with the story. I hope to read these to her now, and then transition to her reading them as her reading skills increase. Each book has a memory game at the end, and my daughter really enjoys doing this. I like how it helps her pay more attention to details.

5.0 out of 5 stars Rayhona's Review, May 31, 2011

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Young CAM Jansen and the Dinosaur Game (Easy-To-Read Young CAM Jansen - Level 2) (Hardcover)

"Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game" is a great book. It's about a dinosaur game where kids have to guess how many toy dinosaurs are in the jar. Can Cam Jansen figure out the dinosaur game? You have to find out for yourself so buy this book and find out how many toy dinosaurs are in the jar! I really liked this book, I hope you do too! I really enjoyed reading it. I give this book a full five stars!!