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The Guardian: Roll Up For Junior Showtime

Fin & Zoa and the Dog Detectives Book Tour featured in this weeks Guardian Newspaper. The article explains the importance of events for children’s writers.  Click on the article to increase the size.

A Little Beastie!

Hello, Gran here! Well I am not exactly the best at these new fangled bits of technology and so my email inbox tends to be filled with Spam (isn’t that a type of processed food?).  However today I got a lovely suprise…a little Fearsome Beastie! Followers of my blog will know that a few months ago I showed you how to make yourself a beastie…Well here is one made by one… Read More »A Little Beastie!

Time Thief!

Lost in London:  The Next Case Someone has been stopping clocks and Big Ben is next on the list. The mysterious thief Tick Tock Jock has been around the world stopping clocks from ticking and Big Ben is his biggest target yet. So I bet you’re wondering how someone can stop a clock as big as Big Ben?  Well that’s for an expert to tell you but I think it is something… Read More »Time Thief!

Who Let the Cat Out of the Bag?

Well into the bag… Just wanted to post a photo of one of our Maverick fans (Bobbi!), who belongs to our Sonny the Sea Tractor author – Loretta D’Souza

Beastie Book Reviews from All Over the Globe

“Some might argue that this book is too scary, but to that I say it is no more scary than Little Red Riding Hood or Hansel and Gretel.” – Honest Book Review “In a world seemingly gone topsy-turvy with political correctness, I want to applaud this book.” – Kids Book Review “With just the right amount of scare and surprise and some laughs thrown in too” – My Book Chatter… Read More »Beastie Book Reviews from All Over the Globe

There’s a Bear in Trafalgar Square!

Oh no!  It seems that a bear has escaped from London zoo…But don’t worry the Dog Detectives are on the case! Poco Loco has used his powerful nose to sniff the bear out to Trafalgar Square but now we need some keen eyes to spot him.  Can you? Ha ha a Great Grizzly Lost in London! Jack x

I Spy the London Eye!

Jack is off having a full English breakfast in the cafe down the road…So I thought I would catch up on some research.  This week we have been given a case that is near the London Eye, so here’s what I have found out so far about this giant ferris wheel…This is what it says in the Lost in London book: “The London Eye was opened in year 2000 and… Read More »I Spy the London Eye!

Tour Over but London is Calling!

Well even though our amazing Dog Detectives tour is over, Poco Loco and myself could not help but come back to London.  There are so many cases to get to the bottom of plus we love it here! So here we are, staying in a nice little house on Barker Street not far from a very edible sounding station…Marylebone.  Yum! We thought we’d start our London stay by going to… Read More »Tour Over but London is Calling!