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David A. Adler

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April 10, 1947 in New York City, New York, The United States

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http://www.davidaadler.com/

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Children's Books

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Adler was born in New York City, New York. He graduated from Queens College in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics and education. For the next nine years, he worked as a mathematics teacher for the New York City Board of Education, while taking classes towards a master's degree in marketing, a degree he was awarded by New York University in 1971. In that same year, a question from his then-three-year-old nephew inspired Adler to write his first story, A Little at a Time, subsequently published by Random House in 1976. Adler's next project, a series of math books, drew on his experience as a math teacher. In 1977, he created his most famous character, Cam Jansen, originally featured in Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 7,564 ratings · 977 reviews · 299 distinct works

	The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #1) by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrations) 3.80 avg rating — 610 ratings — published 1980 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #3) by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) 3.79 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 1980 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Mystery of the Television Dog (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #4) by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1981 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Mystery of the UFO (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #2) by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1980 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #6) by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1982 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Chocolate Fudge Mystery (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #14) by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Mystery of the Monkey House (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #10) by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Mystery of the Carnival Prize (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #9) by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrations) 3.98 avg rating — 185 ratings — 12 editions	My rating:
	Cam Jansen and the Ghostly Mystery (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #16) by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1996 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Mystery of the Circus Clown (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #7) by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1983 — 13 editions	My rating:

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Series by David A. Adler

Cam Jansen Mysteries (32 books)
by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator)

3.92 avg rating — 4,883 ratings

Young Cam Jansen Mysteries (17 books)
by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator)

3.87 avg rating — 789 ratings

Picture Book Biography (37 books)
by David A. Adler, John Wallner (Illustrator), Alexandra Wallner (Illustrator)

3.73 avg rating — 651 ratings

Cam Jansen Mysteries Super Specials (2 books)
by David A. Adler, Joy Allen (Illustrator)

4.02 avg rating — 129 ratings

Bones Mysteries (8 books)
by David A. Adler, Barbara Johansen Newman (Illustrator), Barbara Newman (Illustrations)

3.43 avg rating — 132 ratings

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“cam kept watching the woman.Then she whispered to Eric "that woman is hiding something.Shes wearing dark glasses and it isnt sunny out.Shes wearing a raincoat and its not raining.Theres sonthing in that bagthat shouldnt be there.Lets follow her .”
― David A. Adler

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