(3) K-3 Penguin Young Readers series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Cam and best friend Eric visit Eric's grandparents, but Grandma and Grandpa are too tired to do anything--someone (or something) keeps knocking on their door and waking them up. Cam and Eric solve the mystery through their powers of observation. Simple language and sentence structure make this book accessible for beginning readers and may help lead them into the chapter books about these kids.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(3) K-3 Viking Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Cam's class celebrates the hundredth day of school with a "Letter P Party." All their snacks fit the theme: popcorn, pretzels, pineapple juice. When the pièce de résistance--pizza!--goes missing, Cam puts her detective skills to good use. Plenty of humor and lots of cheerful spot- and half-page illustrations round out the easy-to-read (and not too difficult to solve) mystery.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 Viking Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. When Cam, best pal Eric, and Cam's father arrive at the airport to greet Aunt Molly, they discover that the sleepy traveler has misplaced her shoes. Cam, as always, uses her photographic memory to solve the puzzle; her fans won't be far behind, thanks to Adler's not-too-difficult clues. Short sentences, gentle humor, and bright illustrations make for an accessible (albeit boilerplate) mystery.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(3) K-3 Viking Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. On a trip to the zoo, Danny's lunch goes missing, so Cam uses her photographic memory to find it. A red herring involving two boxes--one for lunches and the other for lost-and-found items--will keep beginning readers on their toes. Adler serves up another simple yet satisfying easy-reader mystery, reliably accompanied by Natti's friendly half-page and spot illustrations.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. When Governor (and presidential candidate) Zellner arrives to dedicate the new school library, thieves simulate a gunshot sound to disrupt the program and steal the library benefactor's pearl necklace. Cam beats Zellner's Secret Service agents to the punch--solving the case with her super memory and help from class clown Danny. It's boilerplate fare, but Cam's fans will gobble it up.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(3) PS Illustrated by Susanna Natti. This story invites readers on a trip with the Sandman. We're transported to a tea party with the Man in the Moon, who entertains guests with music, food, and stories of what he sees in his travels over the earth. The Sandman escorts us home and sends us to sleep "dreaming moon-dream secrets." Natti's watercolors gently pull readers into this cozy bedtime world.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz

(3) K-3 Viking Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Once again, Cam is back with a mystery that only she can solve. This latest in the series gives kids another chance to pit their memory against Cam's photographic recall, and Adler's humor about a new student's confusion about school rules will entertain young readers. Pleasant color illustrations accompany the text.

Reviewer: Becky Levine

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Girl detective Cam Jansen calls upon her photographic memory yet again. This time, she and sidekick Eric are on the trail of two computer thieves. The mystery itself is run-of-the-mill, but Danny, an annoying class clown, tags along on the case, cracking bad jokes that will resonate with the elementary-school crowd. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the chapters.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. There is an awful smell coming from the gym teacher's office, and a prize tennis trophy is missing from a locked cabinet. Cam Jansen sets out to solve these mysteries, armed with her photographic memory. Black-and-white drawings complement this mildly entertaining adventure, the twenty-third in the popular series.

Reviewer: Karyn Ginsburg

(3) K-3 Viking Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. When Eric misplaces his permission slip for the class trip, it looks as if he'll be spending the day at school rather than at the zoo--that is, until Cam Jansen puts her detective skills to work. Each page of this simple yet satisfying story is reinforced with an illustration, making it a good choice for beginning readers, many of whom will relate to the anxiety-provoking experience of losing something vital.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(3) K-3 Dial Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. As Lionel counts down the days to his birthday, he worries. What if his sister doesn't get him what he wants? What if he forgets this birthday when he's a grownup? What if he can't blow out all the candles on his cake to get his wish? Cheerful illustrations accompany this amusing, easy-to-read story portraying Lionel and his family.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(4) K-3 Viking Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Cam, her friend Eric, and her ditzy aunt Molly go shell collecting, then have a hard time finding Cam's mother again on the beach. After solving this mystery, Cam helps her mother locate some papers buried under the sand. Though the simple text and color illustrations will draw early readers, even the youngest may find these mysteries bland. The volume includes a visual memory game.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. It's the first day of school, and Cam Jansen, the girl detective with the photographic memory, lands in the principal's office for passing notes. But it's all in the name of good detective work, as the fifth-grader rushes to exonerate her new teacher, who's suspected of leaving the scene of an accident. A loudmouth classmate injects some mild humor into this tame mystery, which is illustrated with black-and-white drawings.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(3) 1-3 Illustrated by Susanna Natti. This fourth chapter book about Beany is as accessible as the previous ones. Beany dreads her first experience at summer camp. Her transformation from reluctant participant to avid fan is predictable but still convincing. The inviting format, with plenty of cheerful, expressive illustrations, is as congenial as the heroine.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Cam, the young detective with the photographic memory, has to find the thief who stole the ticket money from the school play. When the culprit is caught, he learns his lesson by being forced to watch a scene from the play about "Honest Abe" before the police take him off to the station house. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings, this is a predictable yet satisfying story for young mystery readers.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 Viking Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Although young Cam Jansen's latest investigation--a search for her missing jacket--is on the dull side, observant readers will find just enough clues in the full-color illustrations and easy-to-read text to close the case before the super sleuth with the photographic memory does. A mildly humorous subplot reveals that Cam's amazing memory can't always save the day: it doesn't keep her pizza from getting cold.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(3) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. After her grandma and grandpa are robbed in an airport parking lot, Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to track down the thief and recover her grandparents' luggage and birthday presents. Adler sticks to his tried-and-true formula, providing just enough clues for sharp readers to keep up with Cam. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the chapter-book mystery.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(3) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Each volume contains two previously published Cam Jansen stories bound together. These formulaic, mild mysteries describe how Cam and her friend Eric solve problems using moxie and Cam's never-fail photographic memory. Early chapter-book readers may appreciate the stories, which are illustrated with black-and-white line drawings.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Each volume contains two previously published Cam Jansen stories bound together. These formulaic, mild mysteries describe how Cam and her friend Eric solve problems using moxie and Cam's never-fail photographic memory. Early chapter-book readers may appreciate the stories, which are illustrated with black-and-white line drawings.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 1-3 Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Louise's dreams of soccer stardom are dashed when newcomer Trelawney Hunt gets the coveted center-forward position and lucky number-seven jersey. The tension between the girls is diffused realistically, if somewhat predictably, when Louise discovers that she and Trelawney share another common interest: computer games. Louise's jealousy is humorously conveyed in the illustrations.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger