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    Zoe Sophia in New York: The Mystery of the Pink Phoenix Papers
    Zoe Sophia in New York: The Mystery of the Pink Phoenix Papers
    Zoe Sophia in New York: The Mystery of the Pink Phoenix Papers
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    Zoe Sophia in New York: The Mystery of the Pink Phoenix Papers

    By Claudia Mauner and Elisa Smalley

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    When Zoe Sophia's favorite person in the world, her great aunt Dorothy Pomander, comes to New York, she and Zoe Sophia quickly become embroiled in a mystery as they do research for Dorothy Pomander's new book. Their hunt takes them to many of the sights of New York, including the Empire State Building, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Penguin House in Central Park, the New York Public Library, and Lincoln Center. And as clues are revealed one by one, the excitement really begins!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateDec 16, 2011
    ISBN9781452111469
    Zoe Sophia in New York: The Mystery of the Pink Phoenix Papers
    Author

    Claudia Mauner

    Claudia Mauner is an illustrator and graphic designer who has always loved to travel. She grew up in the United States and has lived in Switzerland and France. She currently resides in Pennsylvania with her daughter, Zoe Sophia.

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    • 3/5
      In this follow-up to their 2003 Zoe Sophia's Scrapbook: An Adventure in Venice, co-authors Claudia Mauner (also the illustrator) and Elisa Smalley continue the story of the precocious Zoe Sophia, a young Manhattanite with a taste for adventure, and her beloved Great-Aunt Dorothy Pomander. In town to attend a signing for her newest book, Aunt Dorothy embroils Zoe Sophia in her search for the secret of the Pink Phoenix, an ancient Egyptian scarab on view at the Metropolitan Museum, and the two travel all around the city, hunting down clues and doing research.Despite the premise, and the title, I found Zoe Sophia in New York: The Mystery of the Pink Phoenix Papers somewhat less than mysterious, and enjoyed it more as a picture-book travelogue of New York City, than as an actual story. The "signs" that Zoe Sophia and Aunt Dorothy find, throughout the book, didn't really make much sense, and, other than discovering a rare book (something I can definitely appreciate!), there was little in the way of conclusion. Still, as someone familiar with the island of Manhattan, I appreciated seeing some of the familiar sites. As with the first book, the watercolor and ink illustrations add a lot to the story, giving it real visual appeal. All in all, an enjoyable little book, although not the equal of the first.
    • 4/5
      Zoe Sophia tells of the adventures her and Aunt Dorothy have in New York while she is visiting. Zoe takes her aunt all over New York on a scavenger hunt for the phoenix. Great for a story time.

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    Zoe Sophia in New York - Claudia Mauner

    My Room at the Antwerp:

    My name is Zoe Sophia and I am nine years old. I’m an explorer at heart, but my home is New York City, on the Upper West Side. I live in a building called the Antwerp. Our apartment is 8B. My favorite color is purple and my favorite person in the whole world is my great aunt Dorothy Pomander, whom I visited last year in Venice. D. P. is a famous writer, which I hope to be myself one day.

    Dorothy sends me e-mail, but when she has something important to say, she sends me snail mail from Venice. I just

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