Detective Derek (Reading Path, Skylarks) - Softcover

Derek is a cat who wants to join the police force. If dogs can do it, why not cats? Luckily Sergeant Malcolm is a cat lover and soon the pair of them are sent off on a top secret mission to track down a pair of cunning criminals known as the Mouse and the Boxer. Skylarks is a series of fiction books, divided by chapters, which cover a wide range of genres from adventure, humour and fairy tale to fantasy, mystery and science fiction. Each story comprises approximately 2,000 words, broken into 7 or 8 chapters and illustrated in full colour with a range of artwork styles, with one or two images per spread. This series will take young independent readers into real books .

Karen Wallace is a very successful, award-winning author. She has written numerous titles for reading schemes as well as picture books and young fiction titles. She also writes for children s TV.