I have no memory of eating lunch at that school ever, so maybe I should cut Cam some slack.

I have no memory of eating lunch with him. (Hey, Martin!) For the first and last time. But it fits in with the theme.Īnd kids who don't eat burned cookies are missing out. (Sighing,) Jason, I don't see how that proves anything. And I had to read the part where Jason tests Cam a couple of times before I understood it. Well, except for the 'cam' part where she closes her eyes and says 'Click!' to remember something. She does, however, convince Jason with her logic that someone else, very near and dear to him, is the guilty party. Who could have stolen it? Cam is not quite fast enough to come up with a solution before Jason runs off to accuse someone else in the lunchroom who has a similar cookie. 8 year old Cam (nee Jennifer) Jansen is having lunch with two boys (how likely is this at that age?*) when one discovers that his chocolate chip cookie is missing from his lunchbox. There is some heavy wear on the corners of the cover and I was debating whether it was worth being relabeled and put back out. The easy reader sticker fell off of this one and its spine label is illegible. Another son, Edward, was the inspiration for Adler's Andy Russell series, with the events described in the series loosely based on adventures the Adler family had with Edward's enthusiasm and his pets.Īs of November 2008, Adler has three sons and two grandsons. Adler, is now the co-author of several books with his father, including A Picture Book of Sam Adams, A Picture Book of John Hancock, and A Picture Book of James and Dolly Madison. By that time Adler had taken a break from teaching and, while his wife continued her work, he stayed home, took care of Michael, and began a full-time writing career.Īdler's son, Michael S. In 1977, he created his most famous character, Cam Jansen, originally featured in Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, which was published that year.Īdler married psychologist Renee Hamada in 1973, and their first child, Michael, was born in 1977. Adler's next project, a series of math books, drew on his experience as a math teacher. In that same year, a question from his then-three-year-old nephew inspired Adler to write his first story, A Little at a Time, subsequently published by Random House in 1976. For the next nine years, he worked as a mathematics teacher for the New York City Board of Education, while taking classes towards a master's degree in marketing, a degree he was awarded by New York University in 1971. He graduated from Queens College in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics and education. He was born in New York City, New York in 1947. David Abraham Adler is an American children's author.

Young cam jansen and the missing cookie