Selby Supersnoop by Duncan Ball Page A

known for his popular books for children. Among his most-loved works are the books about Selby, the talking dog. Selby Sorcerer is the eleventh collection of short stories about ‘the only talking dog in Australia and, perhaps, the world’. Also published is a selection of stories taken from the other books called Selby’s Selection, and two collections of jokes: Selby’s Joke Book and Selby’s Side-Splitting Joke Book.
    Among Duncan’s other books are the Emily Eyefinger series, about the adventures of a girl who was born with an eye on the end of her finger, and the comedy novels, Piggott Place andPiggotts in Peril, about the frustrations of twelve-year-old Bert Piggott, forever struggling to get his family of ratbags and dreamers out of the trouble they constantly get themselves into.
    Duncan lives in Sydney with his wife, Jill, and their cat, Jasper. They also love dogs and once considered getting one but were stopped by the sudden arrival of an unstamped letter in their mailbox. It said simply: ‘Don’t get a dog. You’ve already got the most perfect pet in the world.’ Where the letter came from and why it smelled vaguely of cat food is still a mystery.
    For more information about Duncan
and his books, see Selby’s web site at:
www.harpercollins.com.au/selby

B Y THE S AME A UTHOR
    Emily Eyefinger
Emily Eyefinger, Secret Agent
Emily Eyefinger and the Lost Treasure
Emily Eyefinger and the Black Volcano
Emily Eyefinger’s Alien Adventure
Emily Eyefinger and the Devil Bones
Emily Eyefinger and the Balloon Bandits
    Piggott Place
Piggotts in Peril
    Selby’s Secret
Selby Speaks
Selby Screams
Selby Supersnoop
Selby Spacedog
Selby Snowbound
Selby Surfs
Selby Snaps!
Selby’s Joke Book
Selby Splits
Selby’s Selection
Selby Stardom
Selby Sorcerer
Selby’s Side-splitting Joke Book

Song for a Dog detective

    Verse 2:
    A sight to be seen,
With healing so keen,
He really can’t fail,
This dog on your tail.
    The baddies say ‘Crumbs,
Look out! Here he comes!’,
Up to the end,
He’s a goodie’s best friend.
    Chorus:

Selby supersnoop,
Selby supersnoop,
He’s a super-duper snoop,
Poo poo pi doop.
    Verse 3:
    When you’re in the poo,
This dog will come through,
So don’t shed a tear,
For Selby is here.
    No problem will strain,
His mega-size brain,
So give a shout,
‘Cos the secret is out.
    Chorus:

Selby supersnoop,
Selby supersnoop,
He’s a super-duper snoop,
Poo poo pi doop.

AFTERWORDS

     

Copyright
    Angus&Robertson
An imprint of HarperCollins
Publishers
, Australia
    First published in Australia in 1995
This edition published in 2011
by HarperCollins
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    Copyright © Duncan Ball 1995
Illustrations copyright © Allan Stomann 1995
Music copyright © Kathryn Lambert 1995
    The right of Duncan Ball to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him under the
Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000
.
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    National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
    Ball, Duncan, 1941–.
    Selby Supersnoop / Duncan Ball.
    ISBN: 978-0-2072-0005-2 (pbk.)
    ISBN: 978-0-7304-9529-1 (ePub)
    1. Dogs – Juvenile fiction. I. Stomann, Allan. II. Title.
    A823.3
    Cover design by Christa Edmonds