Ana & Frog Search for Minty the Missing Horse

Name: Ana & Frog Search for Minty the Missing Horse
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781991142597
Price: 16.99 NZD
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By Shelley Burne-Field

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Best friend cousins Ana and Frog turn junior detectives in a determined search for Whaea McCready's missing horse, Minty. Ana & Frog Search for Minty the Missing Horse is an adventurous tale about Ana, who loves that horse more than anything. More than hip-hop. Much more... Read More

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Funny middle grade story of two cousins turned junior detectives on the hunt for their aunty's horse.

Description

Best friend cousins Ana and Frog turn junior detectives in a determined search for Whaea McCready's missing horse, Minty.

Ana & Frog Search for Minty the Missing Horse is an adventurous tale about Ana, who loves that horse more than anything. More than hip-hop. Much more than homework.

And her cousin is right by her side.

So Ana and Frog set out on a spy mission around their small town, searching for any clues that might lead them to Minty, and to whoever might have taken her.

Find out if the cousins can solve the mystery!

Perfect for readers who love:

horse stories
cosy mystery stories
school stories
Harriet the Spy

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781991142597

Publisher: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2026

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: A&U Children's NZ

Contributors:

Illustrated by Story Hemi-Moorehouse

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Shelley Burne-Field (Sāmoa, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Rārua, Pākehā) is a kaituhituhi from Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke's Bay. She writes articles and creative non-fiction as well as fiction of all sorts, including short stories. She has written two epic middle-grade adventure stories, Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie and Kimi the Kekeno, published in 2024 and 2025. She is an alumni of the Master of Creative Writing from Auckland University 2020 and also Te Papa Tupu mentoring programme. Her story 'Speaking in Tongues' was the only New Zealand Finalist in the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her work is now in print in anthologies around the world, and has appeared in Newsroom and on RNZ. Her story 'Pinching out Dahlias' is the most read short story published in Reading Room. Shelley is a proud member of the NZSA.

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