(3) 4-6 Templeton Twins series. Illustrated by Jeremy Holmes. The Templeton siblings' second adventure (The Templeton Twins Have an Idea) finds John and Abigail facing off against the villainous Dean D. Dean. This time Dean is trying to take credit for Professor Templeton's new invention: a device to show close-ups of actors onstage. The first book's formula of puns, puzzles, intrusive narrator (and snarky footnotes), and blue-inked digital illustrations is effectively repeated here.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(2) 4-6 Templeton Twins series. Illustrated by Jeremy Holmes. Thirteen-year-old twins John and Abigail's inventor/professor father has a new job at Tick-Tock Tech. There, twins Dean D. Dean (an angry former student) and Dan D. Dean kidnap the sibs; luckily, the kids' hobbies--cryptic-crossword-solving and drum-playing--come in handy. A direct-address narrator relates events, provides commentary, and poses satiric questions; digital illustrations and faux-scientific diagrams play up the story's humor.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2012