Detective Natty and Doggy Dale love mysteries. You can follow the clues with Natty and Dale as they solve the first four mysteries in this exciting new series. In mystery # 1 we learn that Doggy Dale is a ghost who used to solve mysteries with Detective Natty's great-grandparents who were famous detectives. Cousin Harry calls Natty with a frantic message. Harry needs help finding his missing soccer shoes. They use their detecting skills to try and locate Harry's shoes. They find many missing items but time is running out and they can't locate the shoes. In mystery # 2 Natty and Dale follow the clues to help Lisa, who is in a wheelchair and lost her lunch box at school. They try to help her find her Scooby Doo lunch box. The lunch box is quite old, and her mom told her to be very careful with it. In mystery # 3 they follow the clues to Chase, who is from Nigeria and finally made friends when he joined the school band. His saxophone is missing and he can't play in the band without it. And in mystery # 4 they search for clues to help Bae find her button collection that she needs to earn her girl scout badge. The book is extra special as it includes special buttons that her grandmother has sent her from Japan.
Heyns, Ashleigh: - Ashleigh Heyns has had something to do with children all her life; firstly, she was a child, for not nearly long enough though; also, she has three children of her very own; and she studied to become a teacher and has spent her entire adult life working with, reading to, learning things from and having fun with children; which is exactly what gives her the right stuff to help make stories come alive. Ashleigh jumped at the chance to illustrate Detective Natty and Doggy Dale for quite a few reasons, firstly, she and Deborah Hunt are friends and met when Deborah asked her to illustrate another book about friendship that won second place in the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards program, and secondly, she once helped find some stolen computers which led the police to where a thief was hiding. Ashleigh is also the head mistress of a school and always feels her heart will explode with pride when she sees her students helping each other in just the same way Detective Natty and her friends do.Ashleigh is the Author and Illustrator of Squeaky Clean and Tess' Time Machine and is the illustrator of Deborah Hunt's award winning picture book, No Dinosaurs Allowed. She has been working on a few interesting books since so keep an eye out.https: //ashscoms.wixsite.com/website
Hunt, Deborah: - Deborah Hunt is a writer and nursing professor and dean who lives in New York. She considers herself an eclectic writer as she writes in multiple genres. She has published several nursing books, award winning children's books, and a self-care book. She writes every day and loves attending book events to share her books, journey as a writer, and passion for writing. She loves the beach, puppies, dinosaurs, mysteries, and books. She enjoys painting, gardening, hiking, and cooking and hopes to own a farm one day filled with rescue dogs, chickens, and baby goats. Her personal quote is "May you always have a book to read and a story to hold in your heart." D. D. Hunthttps: //writerdebdolanhunt.com
