
“Buy the whole floor!” Johnson, who had always loved acquisition, had recently started a list called “Ghost Towns of the World.” One of these days, Betty’s husband, Quentin, said, Johnson was going to buy them all up. “Buy another one!” Betty’s father, Johnson, bellowed over FaceTime from Arizona. They figured they’d turn the extra kitchens into bathrooms. She and her husband and the boys just moved into her sister’s old place, which they liked so much that they bought the apartment next door, and then the apartment on the other side, too. In New York, she didn’t even have to buy an apartment. It was convenient to be rich, you had to say. And that was how it was, too, that when racism took over Vancouver she could up and move to New York. Written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by the multi-talented illustrator and print-maker Sara Ogilvie, The Detective Dog is a fast-paced celebration of books, reading, libraries and the relationship between a little boy and his rather special dog.And that was how it was that when umbrellas took over Hong Kong she had a nice place in Vancouver.

Books about dinosaurs, books about space and even books about dogs – Nell loves them all! But one day Peter and Nell arrive at school to find all the books have disappeared! Who could have taken them, and why? Luckily, Detective Dog Nell, with help from the whole class, is ready to sniff out the thief! When she’s not cracking cases, Nell goes to school with Peter and listens to the children read.

Her ever-sniffing nose is always hard at work solving mysteries and finding all Peter’s lost toys. Peter’s dog Nell has an amazing sense of smell.

She was known far and wide as Detective Dog Nell. There once was a dog with a keen sense of smell. When a crime needs solving, there’s only one dog for the job! Join Nell the Detective and help solve the mystery of the missing books.
