Nana Cracks the Case!
What's This Book About
Nana is not your ordinary grandma. She never wears cloppy shoes, drinks prune juice, or worries about slippery surfaces. Eufala and Bog’s nana would much rather join the circus, work as a backhoe operator, or maybe become a detective. Which is exactly what happens in this very funny chapter book. When Nana answers an ad in the local newspaper for a detective, she arrives at the police department just in time to investigate the theft of one entire case of delicious Yumdums candy. Can one little old lady find a way to save the day and stop the candy thief from striking again? Look for more adventures starring Nana, Eufala, and Bog coming soon!
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Easy early chapter book. Very clever. There are lots of tangents and asides in the narration, which add humor and will also strengthen reading comprehension abilities.
This entertaining tale is an easier read that is sure to encourage some laughs. The humorous aspect of the story, the quirky illustrations, and the sleuthing aspect make this a fast-paced book about granny and her grandkids having silly adventures. I especially enjoyed the hilarious tone of voice from the narrator!
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Inspired by her own experiences with anxiety, and the experiences of young people she met while visiting schools with The Best Worst Thing, Kathleen Lane recently launched Create More, Fear Less (createmorefearless.org)—a workshop and website designed to encourage young people to use the gifts of their anxious minds to take on fear and anxiety. She is currently working on a middle-grade short story collection, and just finished her adult story collection, Deaths I’ve Imagined. Stories from the collection can be found in Los Angeles Review, Baltimore Review, Berkeley Fiction Review, Swink Magazine, Writer’s Digest, Forest Avenue Press, and elsewhere. Kathleen lives in Portland, Oregon, where she enjoys nothing more than biking around with her husband and two boys. She is also quite fond of popcorn.
Sarah Horne was born in sub-zero Derbyshire, UK, one cold November day. Since then, she has graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 2001, and from Kingston University with a Masters in illustration in 2005. Currently, Sarah lives and works in Wapping, London, and spends many hours sipping tea while working at Happiness At Work Studios.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780811862585
- Publication Date
- April 1, 2009
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books (CA)
- Text Details
- Typeset in Plantin.
- Illustration Details
- The illustrations in this book were rendered in ink.
- Page Count
- 112
- Words Per Page
- 77
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 7 - 9 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2007037929
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 232712114
- Lexile® Level
- 1150L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Z
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~8.3
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