Marty Frye, Private Eye

Description

Marty Frye is not your ordinary sleuth. Marty Frye is a poet detective--he makes up rhymes as he solves small crimes. When his friend Emma's diary is missing, Marty is on the case. When Katie's flour is nowhere to be found, Marty tracks it down. And when the brand-new Action Chuck figures mysteriously vanish from the toy store, Marty unravels the mystery. Will there ever be a case too hard for Marty to solve? Or a word too impossible to rhyme? Broken into three short stories of poetry and petty crime, this charming chapter book will have young readers in search of a rhyme in no time. A Christy Ottaviano Book

Janet Tashjian is the author of the popular My Life series including My Life as a Book, My Life as a Stuntboy, My Life as a Cartoonist, My Life as a Joke, and My Life as a Gamer, as well as the Einstein the Class Hamster series. She lives in Studio City, California. janettashjian.com Laurie Keller is the bestselling author-illustrator of Arnie the Doughnut; Do Unto Otters; The Scrambled States of America; Open Wide: Tooth School Inside; and Bowling Alley Bandit and Invasion of the Ufonots, books 1 and 2 in the Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut chapter book series. She lives on the shore of Lake Michigan. lauriekeller.com

The cadence of Marty's rhyming dialogue is somewhat infectious, and hasthe added benefit of helping young readers tackle unfamiliar (but rhyming)words. . . . A fun and bouncy young kids' book, that's sure to appeal with its big kids' look.--Kirkus Reviews