Read More and Write On: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth and Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Circus Clown

Read More and Write On is a feature on the Smithtown Library’s Book Bites Blog. Children may submit a book review and it will appear on our blog! This allows kids to discover what their peers are reading and try new books recommended by experts on what kids like - other kids! Want to submit a book review? Pick up a form at your local branch’s Children’s Reference Desk!

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth

By Jeff Kinney

Rating 5 out of 5 stars

This book was awesome because: Greg and Rowley had to decide if they were going to stay friends. My favorite scene in the story is when Rowley acts like a dog!

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Circus Clown

By David Adler

Rating 5 out of 5 stars

This book was awesome because: Cam used her photographic memory to catch a thief at the circus. Cam and Eric also got to meet the Bailor Brothers!

- Jacob, Smithtown Elementary, Grade 3

Read More and Write On: Cam Jansen and the Sports Day Mysteries and Ivy + Bean No News is Good News

Read More and Write On is a feature on the Smithtown Library’s Book Bites Blog. Children may submit a book review and it will appear on our blog! This allows kids to discover what their peers are reading and try new books recommended by experts on what kids like - other kids! Want to submit a book review? Pick up a form at your local branch’s Children’s Reference Desk!

Cam Jansen and the Sports Day Mysteries: A Super Special

By David Adler

Rating 5 out of 5 stars

This book was awesome because: Eric took Cam’s advice and won the potato sack race. Cam’s advice was to take a small set into the potato sack and take small steps along the way.

-          Jacob, Smithtown Elementary, Grade 2

Ivy + Bean: No News is Good News

By Annie Barrows

Rating 4 out of 5 stars

This book was awesome because: The girls were always getting into mischief. This book was funny because the girls wrote a newspaper called the “Flipping Pancake” and went around their neighborhood to find things to put in their newspaper.

- Kaitlyn, Dogwood Elementary, Grade 5

Read More and Write On! – Cam Jansen and the Green School Mystery

Read More and Write On is a feature on the Smithtown Library’s Book Bites Blog. Children may submit a book review, and it will appear on our blog! This allows kids to discover what their peers are reading and try new books recommended by experts on what kids like – other kids! Want to submit a book review? Pick up a form at your local branch’s Children’s Reference Desk!

Cam Jansen and the Green School Mystery

By David Adler, Illustrated by Joy Allen

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

This book was awesome because: The kids in Cam and Eric’s school collected soda bottles and cans to make money for their school to buy skylights, to use instead of electric lights. Next, Cam, Eric, Ashanti and Michael won gold and green pins because they collected the most bottles. Their teacher, Mr. Day, opened a wooden box that they thought contained the money earned from recycling the soda bottles and cans, but instead, it was filled with bricks! Then Cam, Eric, Mr. Day, Dr. Prell, Officer Davis and Officer Oppen all tried to find the thief. Cam found many clues on the way, including the key to the mystery. Lastly, Officer Oppen and Officer Davis caught the thief and arrested him. The next week, new skylights were installed in Cam and Eric’s school!

- Jacob, Smithtown Elementary, Grade 2