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Detective Dot
Nine-year-old tech whizz Detective Dot has a dangerous new mission from the Children's Intelligence Agency - investigate teenage trillionaire Shelly Belly. Why are all her inventions so cheap, and where does she make them? Dot's going to have to use all her coding skills, cunning and gadgets to crack the case.
163 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 22, 2016
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About the author
Sophie Deen
10 books3 followersA former lawyer, techie and school counsellor, Sophie is an award-winning author and Founder of Bright Little Labs - a media company using stories to teach kids aged 3-11 about technology and coding. Their products have been voted as the Independent’s Top Coding Toy three years in a row.
In 2016 Sophie partnered with Walker Books to publish the first in a series of three children’s novels, Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes. The book follows a girl who becomes a top secret child spy and uses her coding ingenuity to defeat power hungry tech giants. It combines big ideas and puzzling questions into twist-y, turn-y STEM-themed adventures that teach kids the foundational skills of computer science: logic, sequencing and critical thinking.
Bright Little Labs create immersive worlds for kids to explore. They have also partnered with Turner to make cartoons and games so they can continue children's learning experiences across multiple platforms.
Sophie previously worked at Code Club, alongside Google and the Department For Education, to help introduce the new coding curriculum in primary schools. Sophie believes wholeheartedly in the power of creativity, toilet humour and stories to inspire the next generation.
She is an EDF Pulse Award 2017 winner, has been named one of Computer Weekly's 'Most influential women in UK IT' 2018 and 2017, Barclays/Everywoman ‘Startup Founder of the Year’ 2017, the British Interactive Media Association's ‘Innovator’ in 2017 and London Tech Week ‘Changemaker’ in 2018 for her work to inspire children into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). In 2019, she was featured in Computer Weekly’s Top 50 Most Influential Women in Tech shortlist.
In 2016 Sophie partnered with Walker Books to publish the first in a series of three children’s novels, Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes. The book follows a girl who becomes a top secret child spy and uses her coding ingenuity to defeat power hungry tech giants. It combines big ideas and puzzling questions into twist-y, turn-y STEM-themed adventures that teach kids the foundational skills of computer science: logic, sequencing and critical thinking.
Bright Little Labs create immersive worlds for kids to explore. They have also partnered with Turner to make cartoons and games so they can continue children's learning experiences across multiple platforms.
Sophie previously worked at Code Club, alongside Google and the Department For Education, to help introduce the new coding curriculum in primary schools. Sophie believes wholeheartedly in the power of creativity, toilet humour and stories to inspire the next generation.
She is an EDF Pulse Award 2017 winner, has been named one of Computer Weekly's 'Most influential women in UK IT' 2018 and 2017, Barclays/Everywoman ‘Startup Founder of the Year’ 2017, the British Interactive Media Association's ‘Innovator’ in 2017 and London Tech Week ‘Changemaker’ in 2018 for her work to inspire children into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). In 2019, she was featured in Computer Weekly’s Top 50 Most Influential Women in Tech shortlist.
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March 9, 2021
Don’t like reading? No problem. can also be used as emergency toilet paper 😂. Who says that? 😂
This book is about a nine year old whizz kid called Dot. She is also the member of CIA. Dot has a dangerous mission to find out about Shelly Inc and her inventions. How Dot uses all her coding skills to crack the case is the what the story about. This is book sort of leads to Agent Asha - mission shark bytes .
I enjoyed reading the book as I got to know more about the gadgets such as the megafart selfie stick and drone. I loved the book a lot
Chalo , see you in my next review and have a blast reading detective dot😃
This book is about a nine year old whizz kid called Dot. She is also the member of CIA. Dot has a dangerous mission to find out about Shelly Inc and her inventions. How Dot uses all her coding skills to crack the case is the what the story about. This is book sort of leads to Agent Asha - mission shark bytes .
I enjoyed reading the book as I got to know more about the gadgets such as the megafart selfie stick and drone. I loved the book a lot
Chalo , see you in my next review and have a blast reading detective dot😃
January 28, 2017
I got the full (physical) package of this, with the CIA card and missions and everything from the seller direct. My daughter loved the CIA card and showed it off to all her friends. She also read the book from beginning to end and seemed to enjoy it. I read it myself too and thought it was nicely put together, well presented with an interesting and unusual storyline.
This book does have a feminist and political slant and comes across as being slightly overdone to me even though i'm in support of this and a coding female myself. I did come to this completely uninitiated and unaware of the kickstarter project which launched the book. The story seems to shock you out of fantasy world quite suddenly with a list of facts and figures about working conditions in China, as one example, which is important to know in my opinion as it will spark discussion with your child which they may or may not be ready to handle - especially if your child is a young and advanced reader. I felt my daughter at 8 wasn't quite old enough to be broaching some of the subjects raised, i'd recommend it for children 10+.
This book does have a feminist and political slant and comes across as being slightly overdone to me even though i'm in support of this and a coding female myself. I did come to this completely uninitiated and unaware of the kickstarter project which launched the book. The story seems to shock you out of fantasy world quite suddenly with a list of facts and figures about working conditions in China, as one example, which is important to know in my opinion as it will spark discussion with your child which they may or may not be ready to handle - especially if your child is a young and advanced reader. I felt my daughter at 8 wasn't quite old enough to be broaching some of the subjects raised, i'd recommend it for children 10+.
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