Collins, Tim – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:17:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Collins, Tim – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Knutz and Boltz and the cosmic code https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/knutz-and-boltz-and-the-cosmic-code/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=46689 The second book in a new puzzle adventure series takes readers on a thrilling space adventure in the company of Knutz, a STEAM whizz-kid, and canine super-inventor Boltz.

Knutz and Boltz are blasting off to a top-secret space station. A huge asteroid is hurtling towards Earth and the World Space Agency needs four astronauts to embark on an urgent mission to destroy it. With time running out and a rival team of astronauts – a girl and her cat sidekick – sabotaging their every move, Knutz and Boltz will need to use all their STEAM skills to stop the asteroid and save planet Earth.

Featuring an innovative mix of graphic-novel, zany prose and integrated puzzles, this thrilling adventure is guaranteed to engage kids aged 9+ in STEAM subjects. Across six chapters, readers will develop key science, technology, engineering, art and maths skills as they help Knutz and Boltz work their way through the challenges.

Written by Tim Collins, author of Buster’s Dorkius Maximus and Sherlock Bones series, illustrated by Louise Forshaw, and developed with a specialist STEAM consultant.

Also available in the series:
9781780559377 Knutz and Boltz and the Sorcerer of Science: A STEAM Puzzle Adventure

]]> Sherlock Bones and the Mischief in Manhattan https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/sherlock-bones-and-the-mischief-in-manhattan/ Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=39991 Sherlock Bones, the world’s greatest dog detective, and his trusty sidekick Dr Jane Catson are back for another crime-solving adventure.

Bones and Catson are visiting New York when the local police chief asks for their help. The city is being terrorised by a masked villain who is threatening the police with chaos if they don’t solve his riddles. After thwarting a fiendish plot in Manhattan, Bones and Catson are hot on the heels of the mysterious criminal on an epic coast-to-coast chase across USA. Along the way, they take in Niagrowl Falls and scale the faces of the great dog presidents on Mount Ruffmore until the adventure concludes at the walls of Aldogtraz prison in San Francisco.

But there’s a greater mystery to solve while all this is going on. Who is the villain? And how can they unmask them?

The fifth book in Buster’s Sherlock Bones fiction series features intricate artwork and illustrated puzzles – including search-and-finds, mazes and number riddles – that are woven into the action, so the reader feels immersed in the exciting detective plot.

Also available in the series:
9781780557502 Sherlock Bones and the Case of the Crown Jewels
9781780557519 Sherlock Bones and the Curse of the Pharaoh’s Mask
9781780559216 Sherlock Bones and the Mystery of the Vanishing Magician
9781780559223 Sherlock Bones and the Horror of the Haunted Castle

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