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Thursday, December 10, 2009

The Painting That Wasn't There


The Painting That Wasn't There
(Field Trip Mysteries)
by Steve Brezenoff
Illustrated by: C.B. Canga

James and his friends seem to always get caught up in a mystery needed to be solved. When they travel to the River City Art Museum, they realize one of the paintings on the wall is actually a copy! They go about making a list of suspects and narrowing it down until they find their culprit!

I absolutely fell in love with the illustrations in this book. C.B. Canga does a phenomenal job with the full color pages. The mystery itself is fairly simple and well explained so that the younger readers understand how the mystery was solved. The other fantastic thing about this book, was the activities at the end which could be used to engage students into further literacy skills and projects.

This is definitely a book I'd recommend to introduce young or struggling readers to the genre of mysteries.

5/5 Roses

*This book was given to me for review by the publisher.

10 comments:

  1. This looks like a good book. I know someone who would really enjoy this.

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  2. I know a few people who got drawn into reading by mysteries. Nice to see some younger audience ones.

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  3. Sounds like another great one. for my son.

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  4. Sound great! I'll have to put it on my list of books my little one can read :)

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  5. A good friend of my will soon be a teacher and I think this would be a perfect addition to her library.

    Thanks for sharing it.

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  6. I love books that engage young readers. I know just the person to recommend this book to!

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  7. Nice review. I know my little nephew would like this one.

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  8. Hm children books! This one looks cute.

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  9. Childrens books always have such cute covers

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  10. It can be hard to find a good book for struggling readers. THanks for the suggestion.

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