Hound the Detective

Author(s): Kimberly Andrews

NZ Picture Books | NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2021 Shortlist | Better Start Literacy | Year 2 Books

Search for clues hidden in the pictures and help Hound to solve the riddle in this delightful return to the world of Puffin the Architect.

I'm Hound! And I'm a sleuth.
I solve all types of cases.
I sniff and snuff until my nose
detects the clues and traces.
Missing jewels, stolen cars -
I always solve the crime.
My latest case arrived by post.
Ha ha - detecting time!

This gorgeous, multi-layered and engaging whodunnit by an award-winning writer has a delightful surprise at the end. Readers will love studying each action-packed illustration, poring over the details of Hound's secret passages and map, spotting the adorable animals lurking in the pictures, and finding the caterpillar hidden on every page.

PUBLICATION AUGUST 2020


Product Information

Meet Hound, a brilliant detective who ALWAYS solves his case. But this latest trail of clues has him perplexed - could it be that he's missed something important?

Finalist - 2021 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults - Picture Book Award

Kimberly Andrews is a trained biologist and geologist who grew up in the Canadian Rockies, and she has also lived and worked in New Zealand, Borneo and the UK. In London, she worked for The House of Illustration, whose main ambassador is Quentin Blake, and at the Natural History Museum. Kimberly now lives with her husband and toddler daughter in a small house near Wellington, where she illustrates and writes, and runs her business Tumbleweed Tees, designs which feature New Zealand birds and wildlife. Her first solo picture book, Puffin the Architect (Puffin, 2018) was awarded NZ Booklover's Best Children's Book, a Storylines Notable Book Award and the Russell Clark Award for Illustration at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

General Fields

  • : 9780143774655
  • : Penguin Group New Zealand, Limited
  • : Penguin Books (NZ)
  • : 0.235
  • : July 2020
  • : .3 Centimeters X 25.7 Centimeters X 30.7 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Kimberly Andrews
  • : Paperback
  • : 2008
  • : English
  • : 823.3
  • : 32