The Case of the Sleepy Sloth

The High-Rise Private Eyes #5

by Cynthia Rylant, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator), William Dufris (Read by)

Ramón's favorite lawn chair has disappeared! He saw it on Monday. Where could it have gone? This sounds like a case for the High-Rise Private Eyes -- Bunny Brown and Jack Jones, ace detectives and very best friends!

Genres: Childrens, Mystery, Picture Books, Animals, Chapter Books, Fiction, Humor

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

An author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children and young adults as well as an author and author/illustrator of picture books for children, Cynthia Rylant is recognized as a gifted writer who has contributed memorably to several genres of juvenile literature. A prolific author who often bases her works on her own background, especially on her childhood in the West Virginia mountains, she is the creator of contemporary novels and historical fiction for young adults, middle-grade fiction and fantasy, lyrical prose poems, beginning readers, collections of short stories, volumes of poetry and verse, books of prayers and blessings, two autobiographies, and a biography of three well-known children's writers; several volumes of the author's fiction and picture books are published in series, including the popular "Henry and Mudge" easy readers about a small boy and his very large dog.

Rylant is perhaps most well known as a novelist. Characteristically, she portrays introspective, compassionate young people who live in rural settings or in small towns and who tend to be set apart from their peers.

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Reviews

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

First sentence: Bunny and Jack liked to picnic with pizza. Jack brought the pizza, Bunny brought the pop, and they went to the docks downtown. "Now don't give the seagulls any pizza," said Bunny. "They'll just linger." "But they always look so hungry," said Jack. "That's because they are always hungry," said Bunny.

Premise/plot: While at the docks, these two private eyes stumble onto a new case. Ramon (a dog) has lost his one and only lawn chair from his houseboat. Can Bunny and Jack help him find it?

My thoughts: I like this one. I do. I enjoy the banter between Jack and Bunny.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cynthia Rylant has a gift for enjoyable easy reader series and this is the favorite in my household so far. A perfect pair of city dwelling private eyes. Right length, right level, right all around!

[ANDREA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read with my kids..great story

[Lori Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Private eyes Bunny and Jack are on the case.

[WriteTheVision · Rating 3 out of 5]

My students enjoyed it well enough, and they're interested in reading others in the series, which is the main thing that matters in books that I choose to read aloud: does it spark an interest in reading more. This book did that, so I am pleased.

[Monica Lopez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short story mystery book follows two detectives, Bunny Brown and Jack Jones on a hunt for Ramon's missing lawn chair. This story takes a while to build, and is filled with plenty of side humor in between. The relationship between the two detectives is humorous, makes you smile as you read their dialogue. The missing lawn chair ends of being a simple mistake, a sloth found it after a heavy wind storm and fell asleep on it, for a week! This book is well illustrated, the print is laid out well, easy to read. This would be perfect for students grades 2-4, must be able to follow along and understand the slow building story.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another silly, but fun mystery in the High-Rise Private Eyes series. Jack and Bunny are hilarious in how they interact and a whole chapter is dedicated to their conversation leading up to the case. Our girls enjoy these books, as they have all of Cynthia Rylants tales, and we will look for more at our local library.

[Kimber Tate]

Bunny Brown and Jack Jones are the "High Rise Private Eyes" who search for a missing lawn chair which blew away and was found in the possession of a sloth.

Ways to Use With Children: Great book to use in association with a study of animals. The characters are a racoon and a rabbit who meet a sloth, a creature that most youngsters might not be familiar with.

Beginning reader Picture Book

[Jenna Renner · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this book was an alright read for young children who are just starting out reading chapter books. The book was a lot of back and forth conversation between the characters which got a little boring half way though. But I most definitely think that a young student would enjoy reading this book.

[Shelby Royalty · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was just a silly story, but I think that younger readers would enjoy it. It was a mix of "mystery"/comedy. The story was a transitional chapter book, but the writing style and words used by the author were not difficult at all. I would use this book in a classroom library.

[Tricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another one in the series where they go through the reasoning process.

[LJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the High-rise books. They are funny and clever and easy for beginning readers.

[Emileadawn Smith]

Awesome

[Seth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack and bunny have to solve the case.

[J.J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter loves this series!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun series to read with my daughter. We enjoyed the characters and the general goofiness of the plots. The illustrations were wonderful.

[Rose]

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