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Meg McLaren Books

An adorable new highly-illustrated series bursting with mystery and mischief for readers aged 5+!

Watts doesn’t think he’s got what it takes to be a great detective like his parents. So when they jet off on their next case, he decides to take a holiday to Whiskerton Manor instead.

But there, Watts befriends Pearl Whiskerton, a curious cat with a nose for mysteries, who persuades him to help her investigate a series of strange goings on at the manor . . .

Who’s been upending the precious rose bushes? And where did the amazing dinosaur bones dug up on the grounds come from?

It looks like the two things might be connected. But can this dog and cat detective duo solve the mystery?

Sabotage At The Fete Cake Bake is perfect for readers who are ready to read short, highly illustrated books by themselves.

In this book, young detectives Watts and Pearl find themselves caught up in a bake-off mystery – whilst Watts’ expert investigator parents have been commissioned to find out which cake is the very best, a series of accidents and upsets have sabotaged the competition.

It is absolutely perfect for fans of Rabbit & Bear, Freddie’s Amazing Bakery and Hotel Flamingo. Beautifully illustrated, the book is part novel, part picture book, with plenty of speech bubbles, lists, letters and notepad entries.

Far away in the north, at the edge of the Ancient Forest, lives a little unicorn.

Wee Unicorn is very small, and she’s very loud . . . but she’s not magic (and everyone knows unicorns are supposed to be magic!). Wee Unicorn would love to find friends to play with, but how can she fit in when she feels so different?

A fun-filled tale of adventure and finding friendship in the most unexpected places by Meg McLaren, winner of the Scottish Bookbug Picture Book Prize and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.

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