Horn Book Review
The continuing adventures of Harry and his third-grade classmates focus on events in the school lunchroom. Mrs. Funderburke, one of the cafeteria ladies, designs a special contest, and Harry uses his best detective skills to discover that she is awarding prizes according to the Fibonacci sequence. The fast-paced story successfully recounts the ups and downs of elementary school life. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
After one of Harry's third-grade classmates reminds him that he came to the wrong conclusion in his last case, the young detective decides he just needs proper headgear. He fashions a faux-deerstalker hat (two baseball caps with bills facing opposite directions) and soon has a new mystery to solve: What is the special set of numbers that the school cook uses to determine which positions in the lunch line will win the daily prizes in the cafeteria's February fun program? The simply written story, narrated by Harry's Watson (his classmate Doug), and the many able drawings vividly portray elementary-school life. A teacher introduced Harry to the Fibonacci number sequence in Horrible Harry and the Dungeon (1996). Here he calls upon that lesson, as well as his observations and his wits, to solve the case. Call it reinforcement for the math lesson disguised as a detective tool. Phelan, Carolyn.
