Super Cool Super Fun
What you will find in this book in no particular order: a baseball, a raccoon, mystery, siblings, special powers, friends, and neon green bird poop. Yup, neon green bird poop. That is what drew us into this book. I am always on the look out for great reads for my children and now that my eldest son, Mr. Black Licorice is starting to dive into chapter books, I hoped this one would capture his interest. Interest is half the battle. Josh and the Gumshoe News Crew did not disappoint. As I said, even I was hooked with the opening paragraph with neon green bird poop.This book is the fifth in a series of books called the Wunderkind Family Series and even though we had never read any of the previous books the opening chapter gave us enough back ground information that we could easily read this book on its own. This story is about Josh Wunderkind who is one of four children in the Wunderkind family and the only one who didn't have a special power revealed to him yet. We learn as he does of his superpower, how he begins to use and control his powers and how his brother, sister and two friends form a mystery solving news crew for the neighbour. In the end solving their first mystery.
There are some black and white illustrations throughout the book and they are cute and simple. My son liked them. Not perhaps necessary for an adult but for early readers just beginning chapter books I think I nice addition. From my adult perspective, I found the characters appealing in their nature as a group of ten year olds. For example: when the crew was doing their training exercises their goal was to find a bag of jellybeans, or search for candy. And when they found it, they ate it.
This book was easy to enjoy and brought back many memories of my own childhood and my enjoyment of Nancy Drew mysteries. We will be looking out for more Wunderkind family adventures.
*Disclaimer: I am taking part in the blog tour of the book and received the book as a part of the tour. I only review books that I'm interested in or my children might be interested in and the reviews are my honest opinion of the book with input from my children if read with them. There are affiliate links but I do not receive any compensation from them. My twitter handle is included in the Rafflecopter giveaway at the bottom.
About the Book
Title: Josh and the Gumshoe News Crew: The Super Secret
Author: Melissa Perry Moraja
Publication Date: May 5, 2014
Publisher: Melissa Productions
Pages: 154
Recommended Ages: 6+ (read-aloud)
Summary: Up until a few days ago, nothing extraordinary had ever happened in ten year old Josh Wunderkind’s life - except eating a whole pot of pasta by himself. But that all changed after a mammoth-sized bird hit him smack on the face with a glob of neon green bird poop, triggering his superhuman Wunderkind ability and leaving him with the responsibility of caring for a baby bird he named Max. Now Josh was just like his older brother and twin sister Madison-super extraordinary! But what Josh didn't realize was that being superhuman wasn't all fun and games. And things only got more complex in Josh’s life when his two siblings and a couple neighborhood friends persuade him to lead a super crime-solving, neighborhood news team—the Gumshoe News Crew. But not before they agree on the Super Secret and complete Gumshoe Boot Camp. Find out what the Super Secret is. Will the Gumshoe News Crew complete boot camp? Or will Josh let his team down?
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About the Author: Melissa Perry Moraja
Melissa Perry Moraja, Award-Winning Author and Founder of Melissa Productions, Inc., is an entrepreneurial mom, a multifaceted business woman, a creative producer, and an author and illustrator of numerous modern-fantasy children’s books and self-help books. And that’s just the beginning! Melissa also has published articles, appeared on television, been interviewed on radio, has spoken in front of hundreds of people, and held workshops at local schools, discussing creative learning, publishing and parenting. Her desire to make a difference in her four young children’s lives inspired her to leave her six-salary career at IBM in 2007 to become a full-time mom, children’s author, speaker, and consultant. Melissa spends her personal time coaching soccer and softball, painting, and coming up with fun art projects for her kids. She also blogs for Working Mother blog, has guest blogged for Charlotte Observer Mom’s Charlotte, and has her own personal blog at Not Your Ordinary Psychic Mom. Melissa is also committed to building awareness and support for type 1 diabetes. Her twin daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes November 4, 2011. To learn more about Madison’s type 1 diabetes disease please read Madison’s Story. For more information about Melissa and her books, please visit http://www.melissaproductions.com and http://www.notyourordinarypsychicmom.com
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