Reading Raven – Level 2: In Hot Pursuit – The Detectives of London

Content

Olivia and her friends from the Detective Club are hot on the trail of a thrilling case in London: a valuable watch has been stolen! From Big Ben, the detectives follow the suspects to Buckingham Palace and on to Trafalgar Square. Will they manage to catch the thieves and return the watch to its owner with the help of Elvis the dog?

About the Series

The Reading Raven series is designed to encourage beginning readers by providing fun and exciting stories at each ability level, from their first efforts at reading alone to more advanced chapter books Each Reading Raven book includes reading riddles, puzzles to solve using information in the story. This is a fun way to check how well children understand what they read. The first level features short texts with lots of pictures that provide clues to the story's meaning. These books are written in extra-large print. When children are ready for longer stories, the second level of Reading Raven offers short chapter books, also in large print with illustrations that help readers follow the text. The third level is for readers who are becoming proficient, with longer chapters and increasingly complex stories, but still with accompanying pictures and highly readable print.

The Author

Barbara Laban is one of the very few people who know where to find the School of the Felidix in the Tower of London. The author read Japanese and Chinese Studies, worked in Munich, Taipei and Amsterdam and has been living in London with her husband and two daughters for more than ten years.

The Illustrator

Marc-Alexander Schulze studied Illustration and Communication Design in Hamburg. He gained experience in a publishing group and since 2004 has been a freelance illustrator for various publishers and agencies.