Detective Dog 10th Anniversary Edition from the creators of the Number One bestseller Gozzle
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Julia Donaldson is the author of some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle books illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs – and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was Children’s Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Julia divides her time between West Sussex and Edinburgh.
Sara Ogilvie is an award-winning illustrator and printmaker from Edinburgh based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her bestselling and much-loved children's books include Dogs Don’t Do Ballet by Anna Kemp and The Zebra’s Great Escape by Katherine Rundell. Her collaborations with Julia Donaldson, The Detective Dog and The Hospital Dog, have sold a total of over a million copies worldwide and have won the Books Are My Bag Readers' Award and the Indie Book Awards in the UK. In addition to working on her picture books, Sara lectures in Illustration and Graphic Design at Northumbria University and continues to create work that is exhibited worldwide.
To look at, read aloud and listen to, this book is a delight.
The Sunday Times
A new book by Julia Donaldson is always a cause for celebration, and this latest offering is set to be another classic: a heartwarming celebration of books, libraries, reading and friendship, it's got all the trademark poetry Donaldson is renowned for, vibrantly brought to life by Ogilvie's illustrations. A surefire hit.
Huffington Post
a celebration of books and libraries, perfect for class reading
Angels & Urchins
Will make both children and parents smile.
Irish Independent
A satisfying, action-filled story perfectly told, and Sara Ogilvy's illustrations are full of character.
LoveReading4Kids
Help Nell the detective dog solve the mystery of the missing books with this special tenth anniversary edition of the bestselling rhyming picture book The Detective Dog from the creators of Gozzle.
Written by Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, and illustrated by the multi-talented illustrator Sara Ogilvie, The Detective Dog 10th Anniversary Edition has a shiny gold foiled cover and includes a letter from the author and a sneak peek inside the illustrator's sketchbook.
One day Peter and his dog Nell arrive at school to find all the books have disappeared from the classroom! Who could have taken them, and why? Luckily, Detective Dog Nell, with help from the whole class, is ready to sniff out the thief!
This rhyming adventure is a celebration of reading, libraries and the relationship between a little boy and his rather special dog.
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Julia Donaldson is the author of some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle books illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs – and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was Children’s Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Julia divides her time between West Sussex and Edinburgh.
Sara Ogilvie is an award-winning illustrator and printmaker from Edinburgh based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her bestselling and much-loved children's books include Dogs Don’t Do Ballet by Anna Kemp and The Zebra’s Great Escape by Katherine Rundell. Her collaborations with Julia Donaldson, The Detective Dog and The Hospital Dog, have sold a total of over a million copies worldwide and have won the Books Are My Bag Readers' Award and the Indie Book Awards in the UK. In addition to working on her picture books, Sara lectures in Illustration and Graphic Design at Northumbria University and continues to create work that is exhibited worldwide.