A small, scruffy dog visits the park every day and looks longingly at the other dogs who all have people to take for walks.

A madcap story of Dazzy Donut Dog, aka Streaker, whose hilarious antics and outrageous exploits barely keep pace with the tornado that is Streaker, the fastest dog in the world.

In this exciting book, children learn how to face and survive the world's most dangerous situations.

Ganeri and Philips have created several small paperbacks, discussing the environmental issues that most concern children.

This fantasy story is both touching and humorous, and is sure to have wide appeal.

Matt Haig is Booktrust's eighth online writer in residence. His first novel for young readers, Shadow Forest, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award and the Gold Smarties Award. He is also the author of various adult novels, including the bestsellers The Last Family in England and The Radleys. Reviewers have called his writing 'totally engrossing', 'touching, quirky and macabre' and 'so surprising and strange that it vaults into a realm all of its own'. His books have been translated into 25 languages. He lives in York.

Danny is obsessed with two things: football and investigating crimes.

As well as being a huge football fan, Tom Palmer has an international reputation in reader development. He is a coordinator of the Reading Partners consortium, works with The Reading Agency, Booktrust and the National Literacy Trust, and has been the official writer for the Premier League Reading Stars scheme for five years. He also teaches annually for the Arvon Foundation, and has travelled around the world  to train librarians and teachers in techniques to encourage boys to read. 

As well as the Football Detective series, he is the author of the forthcoming Boys United series, also for Puffin Books.

Find out more about Tom on his website www.tompalmer.co.uk