[]
Squirrel Lock Holmes #1: The Pet Rock Mystery
  • Published: 1 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593897829
  • Imprint: Random House Graphic
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $22.99

Squirrel Lock Holmes #1: The Pet Rock Mystery

(A Graphic Novel)

Pre-order from…
Amazon Booktopia Dymocks QBD Readings Your Bookstore Abbeys Boomerang Find local retailers Find local retailers Collins Fishpond Gleebooks Harry Hartog Kinokuniya Robinsons The Nile Mighty Ape

It's a mystery, my dear Watson! Detective Squirrel Lock Holmes and her trusty sidekick Mole Watson are on the hunt for a missing pet rock in this first book of the hilarious early graphic chapter book series.

It's a mystery, my dear Watson! Detective Squirrel Lock Holmes and her trusty sidekick Mole Watson are on the hunt for a missing pet rock in this first book of the hilarious early graphic chapter book series.

THE CASE OF THE MISSING PET ROCK

Victim: Reggie the Rabbit's Pet Rock, Dwayne (aka, "the Rock")
Scene of the Crime: Pet Rock Obedience School
Suspects: Reggie's classmates -- and even his teacher! 

Detective Squirrel Lock Holmes and her partner in crime-solving -- Mole Watson -- are experts in finding lost things. But can they find Reggie's pet rock? Or will they hit rock bottom? 

Early chapter book readers will laugh along at the problem-solving skills of the silliest sleuths in the forest in this full-color graphic novel.

Keep your eyes peeled for the next Squirrel Lock Holmes Mystery: A Corny Maze Mystery -- coming Fall 2026!
  • Published: 1 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593897829
  • Imprint: Random House Graphic
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $22.99
Categories:

About the author

Ashley Belote

ASHLEY BELOTE is the author and illustrator of fun and silly picture books such as Witch & Wombat, Sheepwrecked, and Little Red and Big, Bad Fred. She spent second grade training to be a detective and solved several mysteries involving missing socks, misplaced car keys, and the occasional cookie disappearance. Now she uses her sleuthing skills to create fun mysteries for every detective, side kick, and squirrel to solve.
AB

Also by Ashley Belote

Little Red and Big, Bad Fred
Sheepwrecked
Witch & Wombat
A Partridge in the We Tree
The Me Tree
See all