Little Wolfs Big Book of Spooks and Clues
By (Author) Ian Whybrow
Illustrated by Tony Ross
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins Children's Books
22nd January 2003
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
240
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
180g
A bumper Little Wolf book combining Little Wolf's Haunted Hall for Small Horrors and Little Wolf, Forest Detective. A second bumper bindup of two Little Wolf novels, to appeal to all new fans of Little Wolf who saw him on television at Christmas. Little Wolf's Haunted Hall for Small Horrors is the third novel about this character, as he and his chums start a school for teaching tricking, treating and walking through walls. Problems occur when their star teacher -- The Ghost of Uncle Bigbad -- refuses to teach, unless they can find a brute beast who is NOT scared of him -- enter Normus Bear! In Little Wolf, Forest Detective, the chums set up Yelloweyes Forest Detective Agency and set out to track the thief of Frettnin Forest, none other than Mister Twister in disguise. When Mum and Dad hear reports of their lack of success, they send the elderly bumbling detective Furlock Homes-Wolf to help them out. More mayhem ensues.
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.