Selby is a self titled novel series written by Australian author Duncan Ball

Duncan Ball

Duncan Ball is an American-born Australian author who has written the children's series Selby and Emily Eyefinger...

 and illustrated by Allan Stomann

Allan Stomann

Allan Stomann is the illustrator of the award-winning Selby book series and many other books, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's SING! series in the late 1970s and early 1980s....

. The books chronicle the adventures of the eponym

Eponym

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ous talking dog

Dog

The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...

 Selby, together with his owners Dr and Mrs Trifle. Since the release of the first book, Selby's Secret

Selby's Secret

Selby’s Secret is the first children's novel in the Selby series by Australian writer Duncan Ball, and was first published in 1985. It was reissued in 2004.-Awards and nominations:...

, there have been fourteen other releases, three companion books and another to come. The books were intended for younger children but it has spanned to other age groups.

Series

• Selby's Secret
• Selby Speaks
• Selby Screams
• Selby Supersnoop
• Selby Spacedog
• Selby Snowbound
• Selby Surfs
• Selby Snaps
• Selby Splits
• Selby's Stardom
• Selby Sorcerer
• Selby Scrambled
• Selby's Shemozzle
• Selby Shattered
• Selby Santa
• The Joke's on Selby
• (Possible New Novel)

There are also three other books:

• Selby's Joke Book
• Selby's Side-Splitting Joke Book
• Selby's Selection

See also

• Selby the Talking Dog
• Duncan Ball
  Duncan Ball
  Duncan Ball is an American-born Australian author who has written the children's series Selby and Emily Eyefinger...