The Detective Dog: From the creators of Gozzle
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By Julia Donaldson, and and, Sara Ogilvie
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When a crime needs solving, there’s only one dog for the job! Join Nell the Detective and help solve the mystery of the missing books in this Number One bestselling rhyming picture book adventure by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie, creators of Gozzle.
Peter’s dog Nell has an amazing sense of smell. Her ever-sniffing nose is always hard at work solving mysteries and finding all Peter’s lost toys. But Nell has other talents too . . .
When she’s not cracking cases, Nell goes to school with Peter and listens to the children read. But one day Peter and Nell arrive at school to find all the books have disappeared! Who could have taken them, and why? Luckily, Detective Dog Nell, with help from the whole class, is ready to sniff out the thief!
Written by Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, and illustrated by the multi-talented illustrator and print-maker Sara Ogilvie, The Detective Dog is a fast-paced celebration of books, reading, libraries and the relationship between a little boy and his rather special dog.
Look out for more animal adventures by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie: Gozzle and The Hospital Dog.
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Liked it.
I love the detective dog!
She liked how the dog could solve mysteries.
I really enjoyed this book, I always like the rhyming, but I liked how the dog solved the crime
Really fun story about a dog who loves books. I like the part where he shows the man the library. Nell is cute.
Good detective work. Love the library
I like how it rhymes
I love it because the thief stole the books but the dog got them back.
When the dog found the books and got them all back
I like it because it was a detective book and the dog had to find the bad guy.
Nice book and good read
I liked the bit when the penguins steal the pizza
I like playing detectives and spy's so it's a good book for me
It is detective-y and it helped me to be a detective!
Detective nell is great
Detective nell is great
I like the page about the library books
I like that Ted realises you don't have to steal and give the books back, instead, you can just go to the library
This book is good. I like when Ted gets shocked by the library and all the books he can borrow.
I liked this book because I think it’s clever that the people at the school can understand Nell even though she can’t talk
I loved reading this book and I loved the dog Nell.
My favourite part was when the detective dog found the thief Ted. Ted was actually nice and just wanted to read books, like me
Read with my 2 years old - we both enjoyed it.
I like the funny parts when the cat poos on the new gravel path and the spider is in the bath. I like the picture of the mouse taking the bee's honey. I love it towards the end when they go into the big library.
I loved when the huge bookshelf showed on the page
I liced the dog.
I like the book cover.
It was good because they had to find the their and all the children helped him find the library and let him read.
Amazing book. I read it many times.
I liked this book because I like detectives and I would like to be a detective and a spy when I’m older. Nell sniffs and finds clues for the missing books. They find them and help the thief join the library so he does not steal books from kids again.
