CODE BUSTERS CLUB #1 by Penny WarnerHave a mini sleuth on your hands? A kid who loves to solve puzzles? This is the book for them. The Code Busters Club is a group of middle school kids who like to work with all different kinds of codes and puzzles…and one day, they find themselves in the middle of a real life mystery. While the characters are all in seventh grade…this is a great book for 8 and up. The chapters are short but action packed! Mixed within each chapter are mini puzzles for the reader to solve (all the answers are given in the back so don’t worry about kids getting overly frustrated.)
Book Description
Release date: October
9, 2012 | Age Range: 9 and up | Series: Code Busters Club (Book 1)
"Readers are active participants . . . and are frequently
invited to solve classic forms of code, such as Morse and semaphores. This
intriguing tale has vivid characters and such a tantalizing cliffhanger that
readers won’t be able to resist cracking the next Code Busters."—Kirkus
Reviews
Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. may be really different, but they all share one thing in common: they love playing around with codes. In fact, they love codes so much, they have their own private club, with a super-secret hideout and passwords that change every single day.
When Cody and Quinn notice what could be a code on the window of a nearby house, the one owned by their strange neighbor, the guy they call Skeleton Man, the club gets to work. And it is a cry for help!
Now the Code Busters are on the case—and nothing will stop them from solving the mystery and finding the secret treasure that seems to be the cause of it all!
This exciting interactive mystery offers more than fifteen codes for you to decipher, including the Consonant code, Morse code, and American Sign Language. Test your brain with the Code Busters and solve the mystery along with them. Answers are in the back, if you ever get stuck.
For more code-breaking fun, visit CodeBustersClub.com and join the club!
Ages 8–12
This is a wordless picture book…which I really like for developing
language. I was able to ask Robbie what
he thought was going on in the story and even come up with alternative stories. It helped that that walrus got himself into
all kinds of silly situation…my kid loves funny. Solid thumbs up.
Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. may be really different, but they all share one thing in common: they love playing around with codes. In fact, they love codes so much, they have their own private club, with a super-secret hideout and passwords that change every single day.
When Cody and Quinn notice what could be a code on the window of a nearby house, the one owned by their strange neighbor, the guy they call Skeleton Man, the club gets to work. And it is a cry for help!
Now the Code Busters are on the case—and nothing will stop them from solving the mystery and finding the secret treasure that seems to be the cause of it all!
This exciting interactive mystery offers more than fifteen codes for you to decipher, including the Consonant code, Morse code, and American Sign Language. Test your brain with the Code Busters and solve the mystery along with them. Answers are in the back, if you ever get stuck.
For more code-breaking fun, visit CodeBustersClub.com and join the club!
Ages 8–12
WHERE’S
WALRUS by Stephen Savage
This is a wordless picture book…which I really like for developing
language. I was able to ask Robbie what
he thought was going on in the story and even come up with alternative stories. It helped that that walrus got himself into
all kinds of silly situation…my kid loves funny. Solid thumbs up.
Book Description via Amazon
Publication Date: February
1, 2011 | Age Range: 3 - 5
years
A happy-go-lucky Walrus escapes the zoo in search of adventure in
this wordless instant classic.
Bored with life at the zoo, an adventurous walrus escapes to the outside world. With the zookeeper in hot pursuit, Walrus cleverly tries on all sorts of hats to disguise himself. Will a yellow hardhat point to a new life as a construction worker? Or will a red swimming cap reveal his true talents? Follow the happy-go-lucky runaway as he hides amongst firefighters, businessmen, and even high-stepping dancers in this delightful wordless picture book.
Bored with life at the zoo, an adventurous walrus escapes to the outside world. With the zookeeper in hot pursuit, Walrus cleverly tries on all sorts of hats to disguise himself. Will a yellow hardhat point to a new life as a construction worker? Or will a red swimming cap reveal his true talents? Follow the happy-go-lucky runaway as he hides amongst firefighters, businessmen, and even high-stepping dancers in this delightful wordless picture book.
GOLDILOCKS
AND THE THREE DINOSAURS by Mo Willems
Oh Mo, you have done it yet again…and you continue to maintain your
position on my favorite author list.
First let’s start with the fact that it is a fractured fairy tale –
squeal of delight. This is a clever and
seriously funny take on Goldilocks and the three bears. And while my Robbie did miss some of the more
subtle funnies, in which I literally LOL’d, he did get the bigger laughs. Older kids, who really understand irony, will
really appreciate the full story.
Book Description via Amazon
Release date: September
4, 2012 | Age Range: 4 - 8
years
Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa
Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur . . . and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from
Norway.
One day—for no particular reason—they
decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying
temperatures. And then—for no particular reason—they
decided to go . . . someplace else. They were definitely not setting a trap for
some succulent, unsupervised little girl.
Definitely not!
This new take on a fairy-tale classic is so funny and so
original—it could only come from the brilliant mind of Mo Willems.
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