Detective Dog

Reviewed by: MARY PEVERADA - Portland Public Library, PORTLAND, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 5, 2018

Review

Nell is an excellent sniffer and uses her nose to solve crimes. In this rhyming story by Julia Donaldson (The Gruffalo) - Nell helps her person, Peter, with a classroom disaster. All the books are stolen one day. Unflappable Nell uses her nose to sniff out the culprit - and helps the thief find a way to free books - a library card! The story is told with humor - and the illustrations are full of humor as well. There is much to pore over on each page. This story would work in story time or one on one. Nell is a great new canine character - and may she have more adventures.

Overall Book Score: very good