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64 pp.
| HarperCollins |
April, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-06-028382-3$$14.95
|
LibraryISBN 0-06-028383-1$$14.89
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K-3I Can Read Book series.
Beginning readers will find a familiar structure, natural language, compelling plot, supporting illustrations, and engaging characters when they meet Inspector Hopper and his faithful partner, McBugg--two gumshoes (a grasshopper and a beetle) who solve mysteries occurring in the arthropod world. The light watercolors define the characters as soft-boiled while slyly playing on stereotypes out of film noir.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2000