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Karla Oceanak has been a writer and editor for more than 20 years. She has ghostwritten numerous self-help books and is a public speaker for childhood literacy. Kendra Spanjer is an illustrator and studio artist. They both live in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Bogus: Book 2
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ISBN-13:
9781934649138
- Publisher: Bailiwick Press
- Publication date: 10/01/2010
- Series: Aldo Zelnick Comic Novel Series , #2
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 149
- File size: 10 MB
- Age Range: 9 - 12 Years
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Wimpy Kid and Dork Diary fans, meet Aldo Zelnick!
Ten-year-old Aldo Zelnick has decided it’s fun to be artistic, and when his grandma Goosy gives him a second sketchbook, Aldo fills it with more comic drawings, fun words, and accounts of his extraordinary adventures in everyday life.
When Aldo and his best friends, Jack and Bee, find a diamond ring, they can't decide if it’s real or fake; but real or not, they can't seem to hold on to it. As the trio hunts for the misplaced ring, they also learn about other countries and cultures.
This second installment in an A-to-Z alphabet series includes a glossary of words to help kids broaden their vocabulary.
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Children's Literature - Barbara Carroll Roberts
In his own words, ten-year-old Aldo Zelnick "hates physical activity. Loves food, TV and video games." In this second volume of the "Aldo Zelnick Comic Novel" series, Aldo and his rock-loving friend, Jack, find a diamond ring in a storm drain, believe it to be fake—bogus—lose it, find out that it is real and that the owner is offering a $1,000 reward for its recovery, search everywhere they can think of to find it—even in Aldo's dog's droppings—and finally find it baked into a cake that Aldo's father has made. Along the way, they take a tour of a tea company, visit The Great Stupa, and learn about Buddhism. Throughout the story vocabulary words that begin with "B"—bodacious, bric-a-brac, bespectacled and bazillion, to name a few—are identified with an asterisk and defined in the "B" Gallery at the back of the book. With the exception of kids who are exactly like Aldo and parents bent on their third-graders getting a jump on the SAT vocabulary section, it is difficult to know who this book would appeal to. The plot is not very interesting, even tiresome, and Aldo narrates in a voice that is cranky and complaining, not exactly the kind of companion one would enjoy spending much time with. And despite the feel-good ending, one is left with the feeling that Aldo has learned very little, remaining as selfish and avaricious at the end of the book as he is at the beginning. Finally, the illustrations, which apparently are meant to look like something a ten-year old would draw, are unappealing and charmless. Reviewer: Barbara Carroll Roberts