Digby O'Day and the Great Diamond Robbery

by Hughes, Shirley; Vulliamy, Clara

• ISBN13: 9780763674458
• ISBN10: 0763674451
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-08-25
• Publisher: Candlewick

Summary

Put on your detective hat for the second adventure from a dynamic mother-daughter team: beloved author Shirley Hughes and talented illustrator Clara Vulliamy.

Digby and Percy, best friends forever, have decided to take a vacation by the sea. Little do they know they’re about to drive right into another daring adventure! No sooner do they arrive at the Hotel Splendide when a very important guest—the fabulous pop star Peaches Meow—discovers that her priceless diamond necklace is missing. Can Digby and Percy track down the sinister figures at the heart of the mystery?

Author Biography

Shirley Hughes, a two-time recipient of the Kate Greenaway Medal, has written and/or illustrated more than two hundred books for children. She is the author of Digby O’Day in the Fast Lane and Hero on a Bicycle and the author-illustrator of Out and About: A First Book of Poems, Daisy Saves the Day, Bobbo Goes to School, The Christmas Eve Ghost, and Don’t Want to Go! She lives in London.

Clara Vulliamy began her career illustrating for newspapers and magazines, but switched to illustrating children’s books after having children of her own. The illustrator of Digby O’Day in the Fast Lane, she lives in England.