Hamster and Cheese (Guinea Pig: Pet Shop Private Eye #1)

by Colleen AF Venable (Author) Stephanie Yue (Illustrator)

There's a sandwich thief in Mr. Venezi's pet shop, and everyone is a suspect, from the chinchillas to the goldfish. Never fear! The world's fluffiest detective on the case: Sasspants, PI(G).

By day, Sasspants is your average book-loving, gizmo-inventing guinea pig. By night she solves pet shop mysteries with the help of her sidekick, Hamisher the hamster. Our furry little heroes will stop at nothing to find the sandwich thief! This is the first book in the Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye series.

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"Children will love Sasspants, a guinea pig who reads in her pet-shop cage using a thimble recycled as a reading lamp. She is the only animal properly identified because she's made her own sign using tiles. When the 'G' at the end of 'PIG' falls off, Hamisher the hamster mistakes Sasspants for a private investigator ('PI'), and enlists her help to find who's stealing Mr. Venezi's sandwiches. So begins this humorous mystery. Children who are just beginning to read graphic novels independently will enjoy solving the case with Sasspants. The full-color cartoons enhance the comic appeal. Two funny informational pages about the pet store denizens follow the story."

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Colleen AF Venable
Colleen AF Venable is the author of the National Book Award long-listed Kiss Number 8 and the indie bestseller Katie the Catsitter. Her other books include The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom, and the Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye series, which was nominated for the Best Publication for Kids Eisner Award.

Marcie Colleen is the author of numerous books for kids including: Penguinaut!, The Bear's Garden, Survivor Tree, and the Super Happy Party Bears chapter book series. She enjoys reading, running, watching baseball, and eating ice cream--although not all at the same time! Marcie lives in San Diego with her husband and a beloved herd of stuffed animals. Visit her at www.thisismarciecolleen.com.

Ellen Stubbings is an illustrator, comic artist and all round cute thing maker based in York, UK. She can generally be found in her little studio, illustrating children's books, painting or making pottery. Above all else she enjoys drawing animals and finds a lot of inspiration in her two cats, Figaro and Marmalade. Ellen usually works digitally, but she also loves breaking out her watercolor paints and color pencils.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780761354796
Lexile Measure
510
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Graphic Universe (Tm)
Publication date
January 20, 2010
Series
Guinea Pig: Pet Shop Private Eye
BISAC categories
JUV008000 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
JUV002180 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc.
JUV002190 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Pets
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
Library of Congress categories
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