Detective Gordon: The First Case
(Paperback)
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Published: 1st August 2018
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Published: 1st January 2018
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Publishing Details
Detective Gordon: The First Case
By (Author) Ulf Nilsson
Illustrated by Gitte Spee
Gecko Press
Gecko Press
1st January 2018
1st September 2018
New Zealand
Classifications
Children
Fiction
[Fic]
Physical Properties
Paperback
96
Width 150mm, Height 210mm
Description
An award-winning illustrated detective story set in a friendly forest and first in the acclaimed series for beginning readers.
Detective Gordon a mystery-solving toad who loves cake has his very first case. Someones stealing nuts from the forest, and its up to Detective Gordon to catch the thief! Unfortunately, solving this crime means standing in the snow and waiting for a long time... If only he had an assistant someone small, fast, and clever to help solve this terrible case. Then Detective Gordon would be able to go back to doing what hes best at: thinking, eating cakes, drinking tea, and stamping important papers.
A perfect first chapter book for children aged five and up by one of Swedens top childrens writers. This much-loved junior fiction series is illustrated in full colour throughout and packed full of character and humour. Winner of multiple awards and accolades, Detective Gordon is a fun whodunnit mystery series to read alone or aloud.
Translated from the Swedish edition by Julia Marshall.
Read all the Detective Gordon series:
Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case
Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case
Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy
Reviews
full of warm humor and wisdom with a feather-light touch -- Best Books of 2015, Horn Book
KLA-DUNK! Another winner. -- Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews
a must-have for chapter book collections -- Starred Review, School Library Journal
Author Bio
Ulf Nilsson is a celebrated childrens writer in Sweden. He has written more than 20 books for all ages, including All the Dear Little Animals (Gecko Press). He is the winner of the August Award and the American Batchelder Award. He wrote the 'Detective Gordon' junior fiction series, published to international acclaim by Gecko Press.
Gitte Spee graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, a renowned academy of fine art and design in the Netherlands. She now works in Amsterdam as a childrens book illustrator.
