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Initial Thoughts: Definitely a book for younger readers. Simple plot with clear clues. Assumes prior knowledge of Nancy Drew. Full review to come.
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Nancy Drew: Notebooks #4
Bad Day for Ballet
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Nancy must find the missing music tape before 3:00 on Sunday or else the ballet recital will be cancelled.
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1995
This edition
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80 pages, Paperback
- Published
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January 1, 1995 by Aladdin
- ISBN
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9780671879488
- ASIN
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0671879480
- Language
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English
About the author
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Carolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
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Just as good as the rest!!!
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Okay fine!!! Won't dare to read any such thing again and punish myself.
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2011.6.14 9436words
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This is #4 in the Nancy Drew notebooks story where Nancy and her friends are in elementary school and solve mysteries. In this case Nancy and the others are taking ballet and are to perform, but someone has stolen the tape with the music and it seems that there will be no performance held. There are several suspects, as usual. They manage to solve the mystery and the performance goes well.
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To quote George Fayne: That was fun! :)
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I thought this was part of the Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series when I saw it in the library catalogue, but it turned out to be from a completely different series. It was still incredibly adorable, though, and I wish my library had more of these books! Looks like this is the only one they have, which is kinda weird.
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2.5
Nothing at all wrong with this, it just left no impact on me. The audiobook (on double speed) is less than an hour so I listened to it this afternoon while doing some cleaning and that was that. :)
Nothing at all wrong with this, it just left no impact on me. The audiobook (on double speed) is less than an hour so I listened to it this afternoon while doing some cleaning and that was that. :)
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