Product Description
Humpty Dumpty Jr. has always gotten the bad guy. Always. Except once, when the case got too personal. You know that case. The one about his Dad…
And now, a frantic call for help tells him that someone is making it personal again. “Johnny” Cakes, a two-bit pancake punk, has escaped from jail. And Patty, of the famous (and delicious) Pat-A-Cake Bakery, has disappeared. Could “Johnny” Cakes be behind it? Whoever kidnapped Patty better watch out; Humpty is no soft-cooked Egg. He is 100% Hardboiled.
From the (fairly) scrambled minds of three acclaimed children’s writers and illustrators comes a hilarious new detective who always cracks the case. Set on the grimy streets of New Yolk City, where the Queen of Hearts lives in Queens (where else?), the adventures of Humpty Dumpty Jr. are sure to delight early and chapter-book readers alike. This is the start of a very funny, totally action-packed new series no one will want to miss!
“Once Upon a Crime:
There was a detective. Me.
Humpty Dumpty Jr., Hardboiled Detective. I’m a good egg who always cracks the case. One morning, sitting at my desk, I watched the sun rise out my grimy window. Dawn light played peek-a-boo through the tall skyscrapers of the gritty city.
My city.
New Yolk City.”
My review: The first book in Humpty Dumpty Jr: Hardboiled Detective series is titled “The Case of the Fiendish Flapjack Flop.” This series is great book for middle aged boys. I have some of my former students in mind who would LOVE this type of book. It includes just the right amount of “grossness.” It also uses fairy tale characters and brings them to life. This can also be a slight problem because children do not always know fairy tales. Please take one minute and watch the attached video, especially if you have reluctant boy readers ages 7 and up.
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October 26th, 2008 at 10:52 am
I’d like to add that I gave this book to a former student of mine – now in third grade and the next day he came up to me excitedly and said, “I’m already half-way through that book you gave me.” Gave to another third grade GIRL and she said just by looking at the book, “this book is already cracking me up!!”
October 31st, 2008 at 11:56 am
My daughter and I loved this book! We reviewed it here:
http://diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com/2008/10/humpty-dumpty-jr-hardboiled-detective.html
She got a lot of the fairy tale/nursery rhyme references and really enjoyed pointing out the egg jokes.