Raining Cats and Detectives

Book 5

From the Series Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

It’s a dark and stormy afternoon when Sasspants, PI, leaves Mr. Venezi’s pet shop to live with a new owner. Soon there’s a mystery afoot back at the shop: the cat from the bookstore next door has disappeared. All the pet shop animals are putting on their detective hats, but their fluffy-but-faraway guinea pig detective can’t help them follow the clues! Can Hamisher the hamster solve this cat-napping without Sasspants? He’s going to try his furry best not only to crack the case, but to reunite with his best friend and fellow sleuth too.

Format Your Price Add
978-0-7613-8541-7
$8.99
978-1-4677-6863-4
$31.99
Available at all major wholesalers and distributors. Save 25% off list price on hardcovers and ebooks when you buy direct! Digital purchases will be accessed on Lerner Digital Bookshelf. An account will be created for you after purchase.
Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Graphic Novels
Copyright 2012
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Graphic Universe ™
Language English
Number of Pages 48
Publication Date 2012-08-01
Reading Counts! Level 4.1
Text Type Fiction—Mystery
BISACS JUV008000, JUV028000, JUV002180
Dewey 741.5'973
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7.25 x 7.25
Lexile 520
Guided Reading Level O
ATOS Reading Level 2.6
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 152875
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Original artwork and Reviewed

Author: Colleen AF Venable

Colleen AF Venable lives in New York and is the author of several acclaimed graphic novels, including National Book Award Longlist selection Kiss Number 8.

Illustrator: Stephanie Yue

Stephanie Yue grew up in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, and went to New York to study illustration. Currently, she lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and spends her days drawing, practicing kung fu, and making stuff.

Reviews

Booklist

“Young mystery readers will enjoy the story, fans of the series will love the animals’ antics and the story’s ending, and adults reading to younger kids will enjoy the humor.” —Booklist

Kirkus Reviews

Venables’s fifth Pet Shop Private Eye graphic adventure for the chapter-book crowd is as sly, sarcastic and silly as its predecessors. Yue’s expressive, dot-eyed creatures in bright hues and cinematic panels are still perfect at bringing the tales to life and adding an extra dimension of character and humor. —Kirkus Reviews