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Action Dogs
The Howling Inferno
by Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore
Great balls of fire! While the city museum is in flames, kitty crime lord Katmanchew plans to get his claws on the world-famous Bona Lisa painting. But he might have bitten off more than he can chew. The Action Dogs are no slow-witted strays — they're hot and they are on his tail!
“Get your teeth into these crazy canine adventures!”
Jeremy Strong
Age: 7+
Lexile Measure: 570L (info)
Paperback:
ISBN: 9781409520320
144 pages
198 x 130mm
Illustrator: Martin Chatterton
Steve Barlow lives in Somerset with his wife, daughter and son. When he’s not writing, he enjoys sailing. Steve Skidmore lives in Leicester and trained as a teacher of Drama, English and Film Studies before becoming a full-time author. He is a great rugby fan (he supports the Leicester Tigers). The Two Steves began collaborating in 1987 after meeting while working at Fairham Comprehensive School in Nottingham, and have produced a large body of work, which they are actively involved in making available as Apps.
Visit www.the2steves.net to find out more.
With fun storylines, punchy writing and a comic book look, Action Dogs is a new action-packed series youngsters would be barking mad to miss.
The Surrey Advertiser
Easy to read, brimming with adventure and superbly illustrated, these dogged detectives are pack leaders in the early reading stakes.
Lancashire Evening Post
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