Derek was no ordinary cat. He was a cat with a difference. If dogs could be in the police force, why not cats? So, when all the other cats were out chasing mice, Detective Derek and his partner Sergeant Norman were out on top secret police business - they were on a mission to catch the Mouse and the Boxer, the sneakiest crooks in town ..."Skylarks" is a new series of fiction books divided by chapters and covering a wide range of genres from adventure, humour and fairy tale to fantasy, mystery and science fiction. Each story will run to approximately 2,000 words, broken into 7 or 8 chapters and illustrated in full colour in a range of artwork styles, with one or two images per spread. This series will take young independent readers into 'real books' and give them the confidence to tackle texts with a longer extent.