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Watson the Detective Dog

A true New Zealand story about a conservation dog called Watson.

Sniff, sniff, sniff went the brown puppy.
Back and forth, back and forth.

Watson is training to be a conservation dog, and there is a special species in danger. Some itty-bitty fish – īnanga, or whitebait as you may know them – need saving.

In this story about a real-life dog, you’ll learn about how detector dogs like Watson are trained for a role in conservation.

Written by Susan Brocker and illustrated by Jenny Cooper

$22.00 incl. GST

2 in stock (can be backordered)

Description

For ages 3 to 7.

A great introduction to the positive impact that animals can have on conservation at a local level. Susan Brocker brings true animal tales to life for children. Beautifully illustrated by one of NZ’s top children’s illustrators, Jenny Cooper.

About the Kiwi creators

Susan BrockerSusan Brocker has written over 50 fiction and non-fiction books for older children and teens, which have been published worldwide. She has a history degree and a love of social history that is reflected in her books. Susan also has a close affinity with animals and lives with her husband and many pets in a lovely old villa on a small farm near Tauranga. Watson the Detective Dog is the latest in a picture book series based on true NZ animal tales. Other titles with Scholastic are the middle-grade fiction stories Kiwis at War: 1914 Riding into War,
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Jenny Cooper lives with her partner in Amberley, north of Christchurch, where her passion is her amazing garden. When she’s not up to her ears in plants, she illustrates children’s books, a job she has done for over 30 years. In 2015, Jenny won the Mallinson Rendel Illustrators’ Award.

Additional information

Weight100 g
Dimensions25 × 24 cm
ISBN

9781775438496

First published

2024

Format

Softcover edition

Page count

32

Published by

Scholastic NZ

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