The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson, Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie

Instead of taking Luffy to the park, I prefer taking Luffy on walks. We usually walk within the Society we live in, looking at all of the vehicles parked, talk about their manufacturers, and so on. One day, I decided to take him to the second-hand book store to see if we could pick things up for him. I put him on a stack of books and we started combing through the large pile of childrens' books in the store but one of the employees at the store asked me to not put him on the books. Luffy also noticed other books that he found more interesting elsewhere in the store and he found toys that he wanted to see and hold.

I was picking him up, holding him off, and trying to shuffle through the books as quickly as possible when I came across The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson. Still in it's plastic cover, it looked beautiful from the outside. The colors popped and something in my gut told me that this might be a good deal. I couldn't even open it, like I could The Very Hungover Caterpillar, so I only had my gut to rely on.

And boy did it work out well for me. It is one of the most read books and every time we read it, we notice a new small visual detail that makes us love the book more! Only later did we realize that we seem to be loving Julia Donaldsons' work (The Gruffalo) so we are now actively keeping an eye out for her books.

P.S. In my weekly visit to The Bookshelf Library, I noticed something that we hadn't on our first visit here. There was an entire box of books by Julia Donaldson, including The Detective Dog! I picked one up for this week and i'll tell you more about it after Luffy and I read it.