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#01 Hamster and Cheese
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By Colleen AF Venable
Illustrated by Stephanie Yue
©2010
Graphic Universe ™

Series: Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye

ISBN-10: 0-7613-5479-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-7613-5479-6

ATOS Quiz #: 135432
ATOS AR Points: 0.50
ATOS: 2.00
Guided Reading: O
Lexile Level: 240

Pages: 48
Trim Size: 7 x 7 1/4
Dewey: 741.5'973
Reading Level: 3

Interest Level: 2-5
Ages: 7-11

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by Colleen AF Venable

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, S...
Full-Color Illustrations, Original Artwork
About the Author
Colleen AF Venable grew up in the trees of Walden, New York….well, not very high up the trees, since she always got scared, but she did carve her name in a lot of low hanging boughs. Colleen had an older sister, a dog, a cat, a million fish, and an imaginary pet hamster named, yup you guessed it, Hamisher. Why have an imaginary friend when you can have an imaginary friend that can fit in your pocket! Colleen went to Wagner College and double majored in English and Studio Art, winning the award of "biggest dork" (aka first in her class) and writing plays which went on to be produced Off-Off-Broadway. Her whole life she always loved reading comics—Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and she wore out her copy of the Muppets: Short, Green and Handsome—but it wasn't until she started to get into webcomics that she also fell in love with the idea of writing comics. Now Colleen lives in New York City and her day job is designing graphic novels for First Second Books while her night job is writing graphic novels about a not-so-imaginary-anymore hyperactive hamster named Hamisher. She thinks the world is a very lovely place.
About the Illustrator
Stephanie Yue grew up in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, and went to New York to study illustration. Currently, she lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and spends her days drawing, practicing kung fu, and making stuff.
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
Kirkus Best Children's Books
New York Public Library's Children's Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
Kirkus Reviews
"[An] electrically charged comic-book story.'"
--Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
"[A] 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."
--School Library Journal

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