Meg McLaren is an author-illustrator based in Inverness, Scotland. She has
published multiple picture books, including Life is Magic, w hich w as shortlisted for
the W aterstones Children's Book Prize in 2017, and most recently Wee Unicorn.
W atts & W hiskerton is her debut fiction series for young readers. W hen she's not
up to her eyeballs in ink Meg can usually be found on a very long w alk, in front of a
TV mystery, or trying to convince her dog that it's not dinner time yet.
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An adorable new highly-illustrated series bursting with mystery and mischief for readers aged 5+!
Watts doesn't think he's got w hat it takes to be a great detective like his parents. So when they jet off on their next case, he decides to take a holiday to Whiskerton Manor instead.
But there, Watts befriends Pearl Whiskerton, a curious cat with a nose for mysteries, who persuades him to help her investigate a series of strange goings on at the manor . . .
Who's been upending the precious rose bushes? And where did the amazing dinosaur bones dug up on the grounds come from?
It looks like the tw o things might be connected. But can this dog and cat detective duo solve the mystery?
From Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted author-illustrator Meg McLaren, WATTS & WHISKERTON is purr-fect for emerging readers and fans of CLAUDE, HOTEL FLAMINGO and RABBIT & BEAR.
