Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Joey Fly, Private Eye 2 by Aaron Reynolds - Review and Blog Tour

Joey Fly, Private Eye: Big Hairy Drama
Aaron Reynolds and Neil Numberman
Henry Holt
128 pgs.

They're baaackk! Joey Fly and his brilliant, NOT, assistant Sammy Stingtail that is!  This time Joey is looking for a Painted Lady, no not the butterfly, well, yes, yes it is the butterfly.  The actress, Greta Divawing, is missing.  Greta is not just any actress though, her skills are so legendary she's known as The Painted Lady and Harry Spyderson has hired the boys to track her down.  Joey is on the case and eager to use his extensive knowledge of the thee-Ah-ter, after all he was in his "grade school production of A Lice in Wonderland!"

Format
Neil Numberman has continued his use of monochromatic scenes to keep that old-timey feel.  Well, there is that one scene where Numberman subtly includes the full-color cover of  Joey Fly, Private Eye: Creepy, Crawly Crime.  (Much the same way I just included a link to my review of Joey Fly!)

My Thoughts
The mystery is a little more involved in this second volume of Joey Fly.  We learn about theater life as well as about the lives of some of the bugs that are included in Big Hairy Drama.  The jokes come quickly and continuously but are like add-ons to the story so it can be read on different levels.  I like that there isn't any violence so I can give to 6th graders but there's a little romance so I can also give this to 8th graders.  We could actually add this one to the 7th grade mystery unit.  Give this one out with Joey Fly: Creepy, Crawly Crime, Don't Feed the Bully, and Jack Lime.

Fun Stuff
Bug Caricature - You could  
win a signed bug-caricature of yourself!  
Just be the 10th commenter on this post!

Cut-Out Masks - download and print out your own mask of Harry Spyderson, Joey Fly, and Sammy Stingtail!

Find out more about Aaron Reynolds at his website. 

YouTube trailer for Creepy Crawly Crime

Blog Tour
Monday, Dec 6 - Book Nut
Tuesday, Dec 7 - Thing 1 & Thing 2
Friday, Dec 10 - The Kats Whiskers
Sunday, Dec 12 - Kidsmomo
Tuesday, Dec 14 - Kids Book Buzz
Thursday, Dec 16 - Elana Johnson's Blog



1 comment:

  1. A non-violent book sounds like a wonderful break. Thanks for the review of Joey Fly Private Eye. Also those masks are a kick.

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