Lulu and the Dance Detectives #2: The Pool Party Poisoning
  • Published: 1 August 2023
  • ISBN: 9780143776345
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $15.99

Lulu and the Dance Detectives #2: The Pool Party Poisoning

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If you ever thought detectives can't be divas, you need to meet Lulu and her fabulous mystery-solving dance troupe! This illustrated chapter series is ideal for dance-mad emerging and confident readers.

A story of friendship and facing your fears - and a whole lot of fun! - The Pool Party Poisoning is storytelling that fans of dancing and detecting will love.

In the second book in the Lulu and the Dance Detectives series, Lulu and the Silver Star Dancers have been invited to perform at a pool party! Their synchronised swimming routine and sparkly mermaid costumes are all set to make a real splash … but things don’t quite go according to plan. Mouse is terrified of putting her head under. The water is turning a very strange colour. Who is sabotaging the party? And why?

Will the Silver Star Dancers crack this case? And can this birthday party be saved?

Look out for more adventures of Lulu and the Dance Detectives! Every book in the series includes a special activity to encourage engagement. The Pool Party Poisoning features a chance for readers to be the detective, and solve their very own two-minute mystery!
  • Published: 1 August 2023
  • ISBN: 9780143776345
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $15.99
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Lulu and the Dance Detectives #1: Mystery at the Hotel Espanol
Sally Sutton, Lily Uivel
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Sally Sutton, Lily Uivel

About the authors

Sally Sutton

Aucklander Sally Sutton has been writing picture books, children's novels and plays for two decades. Her stories are celebrated for being 'busy with joy, and colour, and words that boing off the page' (The Spinoff) - making reading her stories a magical moment between parent and child. Sally has been awarded several Storylines Notable Book Awards for her work, and in 2009 she and illustrator Brian Lovelock won the Picture Book category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults for Roadworks. Her 2018 story about a cat's amazing true journey, The Cat from Muzzle (illustrated by Scott Tulloch), was a bestseller.

Read more about Sally at www.sallysutton.co.nz

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Lily Uivel

After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lily worked as a props maker and designer. But since before she could remember, she had loved to draw more than anything else. She would spend all of her spare time sketching and studying illustration.

When Covid arrived, Lily and her partner, Rory Stewart, left their life in London and rushed home to New Zealand. Stuck in the house and trying to rebuild a life that had been abruptly scattered, Lily decided to give herself a chance. She has now illustrated over 10 picture books, including Melanie La’Brooy’s The Wintrish Girl (University of Queensland Press) and Nicole Miller’s Celia Seagull and the Plastic Sea (Little Love).

Lily lives in Days Bay with her assistant, She-Ra the dog, and Rory.

portrait photo of Lily Uivel

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