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First Kids #5
The Case of the Missing Dinosaur Egg
A week before the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn, First Kids Cammie, Tessa, daughters of the first female president, and their cousin Nate attend the opening of a new dinosaur exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History. As the prize display, a seventy-million-year-old dinosaur egg, is being presented, it cracks, and a tiny hatchling emerges! This is no dinosaur, but an ostrich. But where is the real dinosaur egg? Readers will quickly be caught up in this new mystery with the First Kids as their investigation leads them behind the scenes at the museum. Library Media Connection praised the First Kids Mystery "In the spirit of Harriet the Spy, Encyclopedia Brown, and Cam Jensen, Freeman has created two youthful, contemporary protagonists who will shine."
144 pages, Hardcover
First published March 13, 2013
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About the author
Martha Freeman
52 books66 followersMartha Freeman was born in Southern California in 1956. It is not actually true that pterodactyls ruled the skies then, but her three children believe this.
Martha graduated from Glenoaks Elementary, Woodrow Wilson Junior High, and Glendale High School. Until Martha came along, Glendale High's most famous graduate was a fellow named Marion Michael Morrison. He later went into the film game and changed his name to John Wayne, which you might very well do, too, if you were a boy named Marion in unenlightened times. In 1978, Martha graduated from Stanford University with a degree in history. She remains Stanford's most illustrious graduate if not its most wealthy.
Stink Bomb Mom
Martha's First Book.
Martha worked as a newspaper reporter, copy editor, substitute teacher, college lecturer, advertising copywriter, and freelance magazine writer before she found her true calling as a writer of children's books in 1994. Her first book was "Stink Bomb Mom," now, tragically, out of print. She has since published 14 more books for children and as you read this, she is probably working on another one. Besides writing and visiting schools to talk to students, Martha teaches occasional classes at Penn State University, volunteers as an emergency medical technician, and works for a wonderful little company called Wall Street Communications. She is a very busy person.
Martha graduated from Glenoaks Elementary, Woodrow Wilson Junior High, and Glendale High School. Until Martha came along, Glendale High's most famous graduate was a fellow named Marion Michael Morrison. He later went into the film game and changed his name to John Wayne, which you might very well do, too, if you were a boy named Marion in unenlightened times. In 1978, Martha graduated from Stanford University with a degree in history. She remains Stanford's most illustrious graduate if not its most wealthy.
Stink Bomb Mom
Martha's First Book.
Martha worked as a newspaper reporter, copy editor, substitute teacher, college lecturer, advertising copywriter, and freelance magazine writer before she found her true calling as a writer of children's books in 1994. Her first book was "Stink Bomb Mom," now, tragically, out of print. She has since published 14 more books for children and as you read this, she is probably working on another one. Besides writing and visiting schools to talk to students, Martha teaches occasional classes at Penn State University, volunteers as an emergency medical technician, and works for a wonderful little company called Wall Street Communications. She is a very busy person.
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May 9, 2013
Not only is it funny and the voice of the main character, Cammie, a very authentic fifth-grader but it has a lot of interesting facts about living in the White House. Cammie points out the balcony where Lincoln gave his last speech and the Children's Garden. Especially with the current occupants of the White House having younger children this series and this book is very relevant to now. The mystery keeps you guessing until the end. I will admit I was suspecting a lot of people for a while. A fresh concept in mysteries for children this is a good pick for girls or boys in fifth grade or younger.
June 20, 2013
Young readers will enjoy this title, the fifth in a series featuring seven-year-old Tessa and ten-year-old Cammie, daughters of the president of the United States. Together with their cousin Nate and friend Toni as well as the First Dog Hooligan, they solve a mystery surrounding the mix-up between an ostrich egg and a dinosaur egg right before Easter. Not only will readers be impressed at how smart these kids are, they will be entertained and learn a few interesting facts about the White House and diplomacy.
October 21, 2013
Cammie and Tessa and Nate live in the White House. Cammie and Tessa's mom is the President of the United States. They solve mysteries and call themselves the First Kids. This mystery involves a dinosaur egg that disappeared from a museum. Their investigation leads them to many different places and people, but in the end they are able to return the egg to the museum. I think this is a great mystery for the beginning chapter book reading child. The story is fun and keeps you guessing. I like all the White House facts included in the book.
June 4, 2013
Dinosaur-sized fun!!!!
November 3, 2015
Series Approved
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