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And where is Spaghetti Max? Can Cam solve this double mystery? Cam Jansen and the Millionaire Mystery. Can Cam catch a jewel thief? Mysteries follow super-sleuth Cam Jansen everywhere she goes… even to a charity event.

Cam and Eric are at a benefit with their mothers to raise money for local firefighters. Can Cam use her photographic memory to identify the culprit before the thief gets away? Cam Jansen and the Graduation Day Mystery The beloved elementary school sleuth Cam Jansen is back in her 31st mystery! But before the celebration can begin, a very special present from Grandpa Shelton disappears. Was it lost—or stolen? She must use her photographic memory to track down the gift.

Cam Jansen and her friends are volunteering at a talent show at the local senior center. Can Cam use her photographic memory to solve the mystery before the wedding? The 30th mystery in this series has Cam volunteering in her community and tracking down a thief with a sweet tooth! Cam Jansen: the Basketball Mystery Cam Jansen and her friend Eric are having fun at a local basketball game. But after the game, the ball is gone. Was it stolen? In this latest addition to the bestselling chapter book series, Cam uses her photographic memory to solve the sporty mystery!

Cam Jansen: the Green School Mystery Mysteries follow super-sleuth Cam Jansen everywhere she goes…even to the school Green Day assembly.

Surely it was a mistake, and Cam must solve the mystery. Cam needs to find out who is dressed as a ghost and scaring people—especially now that someone has been robbed! Cam's box camera disappears from the science fair, and valuable gold coins are missing from a coin shop. Will Cam catch the thief red-handed? Something stinks in gym class, and Cam follows her detective nose to discover that her gym teacher's trophy has gone missing!

When Aunt Molly loses her wallet at the circus, Cam is sure there's a thief under the big top. It was too big a leap for me. Even in the late s, when my first son was born, there were still very few books between the easy-to-reads and the eight-to-twelves. Somehow, children were expected to make that leap.

For some, it was no problem. For me and many others, it was. The Cam Jansen books not the Young Cam Jansens are transitional readers, books for children "in transit," from easy-to-reads to middle-grade novels.

Why did you make the Cams mysteries? Comprehension is a real problem with beginning readers. One of my sons once asked me about a book he had just read, "What's it about? He was too busy sounding out the words to pay any attention to what he was reading. Mysteries are perfect for beginning readers. In the Cams, the clues Cam remembers at the end of the books, the clues that solve the mysteries, are there for the reader, too.

Cam's readers, hopefully, are alert. They try to find the clues and solve the mystery before Cam does. What makes Cams transtional readers? The Cams are not simply chapter books with easy reading levels.

Children who are just begining to read on their own, read slowly. They read every word. But they don't think slowly. We can't ask them to speed up their reading, so to keep their attention it's necessary to keep the story moving. The Cams move quickly. Something is always happening. Characters are introduced through dialogue and plot.

Scenes are set in just a few words. Cam Jansen can find a mystery anywhere -- even at the house next door! When Cam and Eric set out to raise money for the local library by selling fudge door-to-door, they find that someone is hidi The Cam Jansen series is perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books. The first ten books in the series have received updated covers, bringing new life to these perennial bestsellers.

Now the series redesign continues wit Are you afraid of Ghosts? Cam and Eric are on line to buy tickets to see their favorite band when a person dressed as a ghost starts scaring people. Then someone else in line realizes that she's been robbed. Is there a connection? Leave it to Cam's got a whole new m-hiss-tory to solve! Cam, Eric, and Mrs.

Jansen are spending an eventful afternoon in the big city. First a snake is let loose on the steps of the library. Then Mrs. Jansen's bag is stolen -- with her video camera inside. The cat's out of the bag! Aunt Molly is in town. When Cam visits her at her hotel, she stumbles on a mystery. One of the guests at the hotel gives her beloved Little Tiger to a bellhop to bring up to her room. But the cat never arrives and now the b Sail with Cam Jansen, the girl with the amazing photographic memory.

See a two-hundred-year-old pirate ship. Meet funny Mabel Trent. Meet Lila Wood and her Little Treasure. It's time for a birthday celebration, but first, Cam Jansen must solve a mystery. The clue is in the story. Will you find it before Cam does? Will you solve the birthday mystery? Try the memory quiz in the back of the book. The clues are in the story. Will you find them before Cam does?

Can you solve the mystery? Test your memory with the quiz in the back of t Benson has been arrested! It's the first day of fifth grade and Cam and Eric can't wait to meet their new teacher, Ms. But the school day is just beginning when two policemen come into their classroom and take Ms.

Benson away! A teacher Day's prized tennis trophy had been safely locked in his cabinet. Now it's gone! How could anyone have taken it? Day asks.