The Scary Snake Mystery (Cam Jansen Adventures Series #17) Book

The Cam Jansen series is perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books. The first fifteen books in the series have received updated covers, and the series redesign continues with books 16-22, bringing new life to these perennial bestsellers.

Children's Literature

The Cam Jansen series is a popular one, geared to eight-to ten-year-olds or to children deemed "reluctant readers." This particular effort, number seventeen in the series, lacks the detail and suspense of many, but is still worth promoting; for along with the story of the purloined snake, to be used as a "news scoop," it shows a relaxed mother and two "normal" kids who nonetheless enjoy visits to the museum and are not afraid to speak up for the sake of fairness. As it is thinner than most of the Cam Jansen series, I would not want to introduce children to the series with this entry; but the author spends effort explaining the background of the girl and her talent, the photographic memory, which to many readers may be redundant. Part of the Puffin "Chapters" series.