- Mystery
- Graphic Novels
- Ages 5–8
The shape of it
The shape of this universe.
Detective Stanley is Hannah Tunnicliffe and Erica Harrison's warm, funny graphic-novel mystery series for children moving on from picture books. Stanley is a pancake-loving, Sherlock-ish retired dog detective who keeps getting coaxed out of his beloved peace and quiet by baffling crimes: a museum broken into where nothing is stolen, priceless plants vanishing from the botanical gardens. Each book is a proper, satisfyingly twisty whodunit built at just-right length for newly independent and comic-mad readers, delivered in bright, gorgeous colour and a gentle, good-humoured voice. With a loveable sleuth, a Narlybone cast of suspects and clues a child can actually follow, it makes classic detective fiction feel approachable, cosy and genuinely fun to solve.
A pancake-loving dog detective cracks bright, funny, properly twisty whodunits; ideal for newly independent and comic-loving readers ready for their first mysteries.
The series
One way in.
Cultural footprint
A shelf of evidence.
Cultural ubiquity
2/ 5A working classic for readers in the know.
Sensitivity
Low, and collection-wide.
Across the collection
All 2 books.
About the creator