PearlyBooks

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About the Author Barbara Mitchelhill trained as a teacher. While she was teaching, she began writing for BBC children's TV and went on to write for educational publishers, before writing novels for children. She makes school visits all over the country, and enjoys appearing at literary festivals and talking to teachers and librarians, some as far away as the Caribbean. Tony Ross has illustrated more than 800 books, which are published all over the world. Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggerswas shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and Tadpole's Promisewon the Silver Medal in the Smarties Prize 2003. He was the British choice for the Andersen Medal 2004. The Nanny Goat's Kid was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010. Product Description Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind detective hero, is back. Criminals beware! Damian Drooth decides to help a friendly old man who believes that his precious and hard-won inventions are being ripped off by an unscrupulous neighbour. Naturally the meeting of Young Inventors is a good place to start - and using all his cunning, Damian is out to uncover the bad guy . . .Packed with rib-tickling pictures from Tony Ross, this is perfect for newly confident young readers of 6 and up!