CAM Jansen: The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds #1: 01

I first met Cam Jansen a few years back when my son read a couple aloud to me as his reader, so I picked up a few more for him. I was impressed with the quality of the mystery for this level of reading. Starting here with the first book in the series, I'm again impressed with this mystery series for first chapter book readers. Cam (aka Jennifer) and Eric are two interesting and curious children with a lot of smarts. Cam's photographic memory is an unusual device and makes for a fun element to these mysteries. The children do some daring things but ultimately are clever and responsible enough not to go too far. They may wait before calling the police but call the police they always do in the end. This mystery is quite clever and will have would-be sleuths scratching their heads trying to figure out who the robber is and how he managed to escape. This is the type of book I would have read as a child. Well-done sketches accompany the text making for a pleasant reading experience.