DELIGHTFUL! Perfect for younger detectives - so funny and clever and sweet" Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike series Milo and I have been looking forward to this half-term for what feels like FOREVER - we're finally going to the National Space Centre, to meet a real-life space engineer! This is a highly amusing, fast-paced debut in a very promising new detective series. The humour is deft, the dialogue great and Anisha’s multi-generational British Indian family is an inclusive and wonderful world to escape into. This book is delightfully illustrated by Emma McCann in an expressive and amusing way – and the graphic elements of the text make this book accessible and a fun read. Great for children who like to laugh while they’re reading and perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart. We can’t wait to read the next book in the series, especially after reading the taster chapter at the end of the book! Except, Granny Jas has turned up as a surprise chaperone, and she won't stop showing everyone my embarrassing baby photos. And now someone is messing with our habitat project - breaking things and dumping litter on the beach. DELIGHTFUL! Perfect for younger detectives - so funny and clever and sweet." Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike series

It's finally time for our Year 6 residential trip, and we're off to the beach! I can't wait for three days having fun with my friends, learning about animal habitats and being free from grown-ups. We might even win a prize for our project! I live near the sea in Cornwall in the UK and work from my attic studio where my ideas are scribbled, inked, Wacom'd, splashed, printed, and Photoshopped into existence. There's sabotage on the school trip, in the seventh hilarious case in the award-winning Anisha, Accidental Detective series! My daughter loved this book. It has great relatable characters, it's funny and it has an exciting storyline which involves investigating with friends. It's great to see a more diverse main character and also to learn about her family's culture and beliefs as part of the story. Anisha's family are getting ready to celebrate Diwali at the start of the story. It's Halloween and everyone is excited about the school disco. It's a bit much for me - all that dressing-up and dancing. I'd rather cosy up with a good book, but Milo, Mindy and Manny are all super excited.

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My daughter loved this book. It has great relatable characters, it's funny and it has an exciting storyline which involves investigating with friends. It's great to see a more diverse main character and also to learn about her family's culture and beliefs as part of the story. My daughter is still very much enjoying having her own detective agency with her friends where they pretend to solve mysteries (lost cats and missing items!) with a little notebook to write down clues (amongst other essential props!) Someone needs to stop them, before they ruin all our hard work. Looks like a case for me, Anisha, accidental eco-detective! Are these accidents or is someone trying to sabotage the school play? Anisha needs to investigate! Will Anisha be able to save the production?

I studied illustration at Kingston University, London, and my second children’s picture book was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2005. I've since illustrated many titles for a wide variety of publishers and clients including Ladybird, Oxford University Press, Girlguiding, Bear Grylls Ventures, and Usborne. I'm rather fond of sneaking self portraits and/or bunny slippers into my illustrations. As you can probably guess, I love books and you can often find me making a fool of myself preaching the good gospel of the library to local school children. My whole family wanted to tag along and visit a festival first, where this super-famous, mega-expensive diamond is on display. But guess what? The diamond has been STOLEN! And the police think MY GRANNY did it so she's in serious TROUBLE. Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, and the Laugh Out Loud Book Award

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My drawing is usually fuelled by tea and scones; I feel it is my right and proper duty to undertake scientific research into Cornwall's best cream tea and I take it very, very seriously. In this story Anisha and her class have to put on a school play about Albert Einstein with only one weeks notice. Things start to go wrong though. First of all the roof collapses and then there's a star shaped hole in the stage curtain. There's a spooky mystery at school, in the sixth hilarious case in the award-winning Anisha, Accidental Detective series! It is all about detectives and spies in our house still. My daughter has started her own detective agency with her friends where they pretend to solve mysteries (lost cats and missing items!) with a little notebook to write down clues (amongst other essential props!)