Amelia Cheeseheart is an intrepid adventurer and investigator who lives inside a hot air balloon, which hangs in the museum gift-shop, with her banana loving best friend, Webster the Spider. In Mummy Mayhem, the friends take to the skies in Amelia’s plane to solve the mystery of why special objects from the museum’s Ancient Egyptian room keep disappearing.
Graphic novels and comics are growing in popularity with child readers and should be taken seriously. The combination of words and images requires a coming together of sophisticated reading and visual literacy skills, enabling a young reader to draw together the full meaning of the text. Amelia Cheeseheart Investigates is a good example of the form for the youngest readers. Its well-paced adventure, endearing characters and accessible format will appeal to five to seven year-olds, who are becoming more fluent and independent. I gave this to two children in my class who were sitting together on the train on the way to a school trip and they absolutely devoured it. The font is very accessible for a young audience and the action is easy to follow, whilst the chapter format is great for building reading stamina.
A comic-form mystery series for emerging readers starring sparky mouse aviator, Amelia Cheeseheart and her best friend Webster, a banana-loving spider; they investigate mysterious goings-on in their home at the museum - things are going missing, and are found in the Ancient Egyptian room.
What on earth is Cleo the Cat Mummy up to? Amelia Cheeseheart saves the day!
Includes fun factual information at the end of the book.
Cat Weldon writes funny middle grade fantasy stories with a particular interest in offbeat fairy tales and world mythology. With a Master's degree in Scriptwriting and a background in children's theatre, Cat now splits her time between writing, teaching and making origami squirrels. Cat lives in East Anglia with her husband, two children and collection of delinquent chickens.
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