Little Wolf, Forest Detective

(Paperback)

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A fifth title [fourth novel] about Little Wolf as he and his friends set up the Yelloweyes Forest Detective Agency.
The fourth novel about Little Wolf, his cousin Yeller, baby brother Smellybreff, Stubbs Crow and Normus Bear who set up the Yelloweyes Forest Detective Agency . Following the departure of their main teacher and star attraction of Haunted Hall for Small Horrors, Little and chums close the school to become forest detectives. Their specialities are tracking and trailing with Stubbs Crow being the flying squad; Smellbreff specialising in small clues and Normus Bear specialising in large clues. Written in letter form by Little Wolf, who specialises in appalling spelling, this novel is sure to follow in the footsteps of the previous 3 in delighting young and older readers. Sales of the previous titles exceed 100,000 copies [including huge sales in last years Books for Schools campaign] and the books have been translated into ten languages and are now published in the USA too.

Reviews

Of the previous Little Wolf titles: Hugely entertaining, emphasising the fun of shared reading... Bookseller One of the funniest, and most engaging books... witty and quirky, Little Wolf is hugely enhanced by Tony Ross's pen and ink touch. Scotland on Sunday Lots of good jokes enlivened by Tony Ross's engaging hand. 8 year olds should laugh, along with any other older reader. Sunday Times

Author Bio

Ian Whybrow's many popular successes range from picture books to novels for older children. Best known for his original humour, he has a brilliant ear for voices, and takes pride in the fact that his work reads aloud very well. 'I loved being read to as a child,' he says. 'And I loved the sense that my parents were enjoying it too. For me, that's the acid test for any book that there's something in it for everyone to enjoy.