Good Crooks Books

In order from Missing Monkey! to Sniff a Skunk!

chapter • 128 Pages

#1 in Series

Book #1

Missing Monkey!

Written by Mary Amato & illustrated by Ward Jenkins

7 - 10

Reading age

128

Page count

Feb 25, 2014

Publication date

Paperback

$9.99

$9.58

Summary

When their parents steal a monkey from the zoo to help them pick pockets, our heroes rush into action and return the wily animal using disguises, inventions, and old-fashioned shoe leather. They also learn what a monkey can do in 11 minutes: 1) Stick his fingers in your right nostril. 2) Lick your eyebrows, pick his teeth, and then wipe his finger on your shirt. Giggles and guffaws will be the result of anyone reading Book One of Good Crooks. Author Mary Amato is a star of state master and children’s choice lists and returns to the age category of her popular Riot Brothers chapter book series with this funny, silly new series.

Good Crooks Series

Published from 2014 - 2015

3 books

chapter • 128 Pages

#1 in Series

Paperback

$9.99$9.58

chapter • 128 Pages

#2 in Series

Paperback

$9.99$9.58

chapter • 128 Pages

#3 in Series

Paperback

$6.99$6.74

Year	#	Title	Pages
2014	1	Missing Monkey!	128
2014	2	Dog Gone!	128
2015	3	Sniff a Skunk!	128

The Creatives Behind the Books

Author

Mary Amato

Mary Amato writes fiction for children, such as the hilarious Riot Brothers series, but she is also a singer-songwriter who performs in the Washington, D.C. area. In addition, she is a co-founder of Firefly Shadow Theater, a puppet company for which she writes and directs shows. Her novels have appeared on children’s choice state award lists around the country. You can hear the songs in Lucky Me, Lucy McGee at maryamato.com/lucy-songs/. She lives in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Illustrator

Ward Jenkins

WARD JENKINS draws and animates from his home in Atlanta, GA, where he lives with his photographer/writer wife,Andrea, and two kids, Ava and Ezra.He has illustrated many books for children, including How to Train a T. Rex &amp;amp; Win 8 Gold Medalsby Michael Phelps &amp;amp; Alan Abramson (Simon &amp;amp; Schuster), Chicks Run Wildby Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen (Simon &amp;amp; Schuster), and the Good Crooksseries by Mary Amato (Egmont USA).