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Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock

Linda Bailey

Illustrator: Isabelle Follath

Ages: 9+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Tundra Books/Tundra Book Group/Penguin Random House of Canada

ISBN: 978-0-7352-6925-5

Keywords: Picture book for older readers, detective stories, Scotland

When Arthur Conan Doyle, doctor, adventurer, and humanitarian, created his legendary detective character in 1887, it changed the course of his life. Evocative watercolor and pencil illustrations. Back matter.