Spider Kane and the Mystery at Jumbo Nightcrawler's

Spider Kane #2

by Mary Pope Osborne

Spider Kane, sleuth extraordinaire of the insect world, undertakes a case consisting of a kidnapped butterfly and three other missing bugs at the request of a singing bee. Reprint.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Mary Pope Osborne is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, including for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. One of four children, Osborne moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, and her first book was published in 1982. She went on to write a variety of other children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will Osborne.

Reviews

[Kristen Gurri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Checked it out because I'm curious/author loyalty but Colin got interested and really liked it. Four fun evenings of reading. Real writing and great vocab! What I really like about this author is her work is not gendered in the way captain underpants leans to boys and Junie B. Jones caters to girls. This series is good no matter who picks it up, just like the Magic Tree House.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

An older work by the Magic Tree House series author. Complex enough for me, but fast paced and simple enough for my 4.5 year old. Funny illustrations as well. Kind of dated, but that lent to its charm for me.