Recipe for Disaster (Didi Dodo, Future Spy Series #1)

by Tom Angleberger, Jared Chapman (Illustrator)

Overview

Didi Dodo, Future Spy: Recipe for Disaster is the first ina hilarious early chapter book series set in the Flytrap Files universe from New York Times bestselling author Tom Angleberger and illustrator Jared Chapman.

Meet Didi Dodo. She’s a dodo and a spy. Or she will be, once she’s hired!

Meet Koko Dodo. He’s a dodo and a baker. He gives Didi Dodo her first case!

Someone has stolen Koko Dodo’s Super Secret Fudge Sauce for the Royal Cookie Contest! But don’t worry. Didi Dodo has a daring plan to catch the culprit.

“Full of surprise twists, this title will engage readers who will have a fun time guessing what will happen next . . . A must-have.” —School Library Journal


Read all the hilarious chapter book series in the Flytrap Files universe:

Inspector Flytrap
Inspector Flytrap
The President’s Mane Is Missing
The Goat Who Chewed Too Much

Didi Dodo, Future Spy
Recipe for Disaster
Robo-Dodo Rumble
Double-O Dodo

DJ Funkyfoot
Butler for Hire!
Give Cheese a Chance
The Show Must Go Oink

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419733703
Publisher:	Amulet Books
Publication date:	03/19/2019
Series:	The Flytrap Files , #1
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	1,139,848
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Tom Angleberger is the New York Times bestselling author of the Origami Yoda series and the Flytrap Files series, as well as many other books for kids. He lives with his family in Virginia.


Jared Chapman was born in Louisiana, grew up in Texas, went to college in Georgia, and now calls the piney woods of northeast Texas his home. He is the author/illustrator of Vegetables in Underwear; Steve; Raised by Wolves; and Pirate, Viking & Scientist.

Editorial Reviews

12/10/2018

In this lighthearted start to a new chapter book series by Angleberger (the Origami Yoda series), Koko Dodo, who sports a chef’s toque on his feathered head, is in crisis. His supersecret fudge sauce has been stolen right before the Queen’s Royal Cookie Contest, which he has won for the past 20 years. Without the sauce, he’ll never get this year’s trophy, but luckily, Didi Dodo, Future Spy roller-skates into Koko’s cookie shop, ready to track down the thief. Didi concocts a “daring plan,” leading to many adventures, including a mad skate through town to find DJ Funkyfoot, a Chihuahua butler with an excellent sense of smell, and a wild ride to Cousin Yuk Yuk, a yak whose pickled rhubarb relish is the secret ingredient to Koko’s sauce. After escaping the yak’s wrath in penguin Penguini’s food truck, Koko arrives at the contest to present a single cookie, complete with sauce, to the queen. But another twist awaits when the contest ends and the duo still hasn’t found the sauce thief. Lively illustrations by Chapman (Vegetables in Underwear) contribute to the exuberance of this Inspector Flytrap spin-off. Ages 6–9. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

"A great transitional chapter book: easy enough for the students who are ready to read longer books but appealing enough for those older students that enjoy or need an easier read."

School Library Connection

"Angleberger launches a new set of capers—food-themed and featuring reckless roller-skating “future spy” Didi Dodo . . . Chapman adds plenty of two-color line drawings."

Booklist

**STARRED REVIEW**
"Full of surprise twists, this title will engage readers who will have a fun time guessing what will happen next . . . A must-have."—School Library Journal

"[A] lighthearted start to a new chapter book series by Angleberger (the Origami Yoda series) . . . Lively illustrations by Chapman (Vegetables in Underwear) contribute to the exuberance of this Inspector Flytrap spin-off."—Publishers Weekly

"Brief chapters, ample cartoon illustrations, and occasional other visuals such as recipe cards and comic strips will move along emergent and reluctant readers alike. . .This bite-sized book is for all the kids who love Inspector Flytrap."—Kirkus Reviews

"Angleberger launches a new set of capers—food-themed and featuring reckless roller-skating “future spy” Didi Dodo . . . Chapman adds plenty of two-color line drawings."—Booklist

"A great transitional chapter book: easy enough for the students who are ready to read longer books but appealing enough for those older students that enjoy or need an easier read."—School Library Connection

From the Publisher

"Angleberger launches a new set of capers—food-themed and featuring reckless roller-skating “future spy” Didi Dodo . . . Chapman adds plenty of two-color line drawings."

Booklist

★ 02/01/2019

Gr 2–4—Koko Dodo's Super-Secret Fudge Sauce has been stolen and he can't remember the secret ingredient to make more. With the Royal Cookie Contest right around the corner, he enlists the help of his friend Didi Dodo to solve the case. With a daring plan in mind, Didi and Koko follow the clues to a rhubarb farm, a food truck, and even a food court. With time running out, will Didi's plan to find the sauce succeed? Could the thief be one of Koko's competitors? Will he be able to figure out his secret recipe before it's too late? The characters are likable, engaging, and well developed. The food-related plot is mouth-watering, funny, and easy to follow. There's a good balance between illustrations and text, each complementing the other well. Full of surprise twists, this title will engage readers who will have a fun time guessing what will happen next. VERDICT A hilarious new series for fans of Tom Angleberger's "Inspector Flytrap" series. A must-have for libraries where funny chapter books are in demand.—Kira Moody, Salt Lake County Library Services

School Library Journal