The Case of the Messy Message and the Missing Facts
Judy Bradbury author Gabriella Vagnoli author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:City of Light Publishing
Published:15th May '22
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It’s Fall now and the Cayuga Island Kids are busy with homework, projects, and after school activities. But there’s still plenty of time for mystery and adventure! In the third book in the Cayuga Island Kids chapter book series, Julian is exploring food science as he experiments with recipes on his quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie. Being a cookie sampler takes Mac’s mind off his troubles with fractions. Yoko is practicing gestures and facial expressions in anticipation of the school play tryouts. Maya is Ms. Choi’s helper in the after-school Make-and-Take-Club for younger crafters. Lacey is taking care of the little community library that Gram built—and searching for the next mystery to solve.When two of Ms. Choi’s glitter pens go missing, Maya turns to Lacey for help. The clues and evidence point to a suspect, but are they jumping to conclusions? When a classmate jumps to conclusions and shares false information about Julian’s cookies, the Cayuga Island Kids join forces to set the facts straight. When the kids research explorers for a school project, they uncover misinformation that blurs the truth, and makes the reasons for being a fact detective crystal clear.As the fall leaves turn color, the Cayuga Island Kids come to realize that sorting through clues and evidence—just like research—means making sure information is factual, and not just a fraction of the truth. Young readers will cheer for the Cayuga Island Kids as they embark on this latest adventure involving faulty assumptions, missing facts, flour bugs, and chocolate chip cookies.
" The Mystery of the Barking Branches and the Sunken Ship is a delight! There is SO MUCH packed into this amazing chapter book! Rich information is woven throughout the story. The characters learn about nature, history, science, math, geography, explorers, rhyming words, vocabulary (i.e. archives, primary sources), and more a tome that encourages curiosity, learning, and fun! As a teacher, I love this realistic action story because it would be a great guided reading or shared reading text. Children in primary grades (1-3) would love this book as an independent reading selection. It would be a great book for cross-curricular learning since there is science, social studies, and math woven throughout! I can see many extension activities for teachers or parents to use with readers." Kirsten Burke Smith, M.S.Ed. President-Elect, New York State Reading Association 2019 NYSRA Literacy Educator of the Year Past President, Niagara Frontier Reading Council
"Any book that begins with a map of an island is my kind of story. Enliven that setting with a diverse group of characters who are consistently kindand bursting with curiosityand you've got all the elements of a series that is alive with adventure, friendship, and mystery." James Preller, author of the Jigsaw Jones mystery series
"Likeable kids use their distinctive personalities and particular interests to solve mysteries. Good fun and gentle humor abound. Author Judy Bradbury subtly guides readers in how to research a subject of interest. Gabriella Vagnoli's lively illustrations show that the children are as diverse as their interests." Vivian Vande Velde, Edgar Award-winner and author of Twitch the Squirrel books
ISBN: 9781952536328
Dimensions: 203mm x 127mm x 15mm
Weight: 259g
130 pages