List of Selby books

So far, there have been 14 short story books, 2 joke books and one "selection" in the series "Selby".

elby's Secret

Selby's Secret is the first book in the Selby Series by Duncan Ball. It was first published in 1985 (and once again in 2004) and is the oldest book in the series.

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elby's Secret

Selby understands human talk while watching Hearthwarm Hearth, a show about a butler working in a huge mansion. Selby decides to learn how to speak the language by practising in front of a mirror while the Trifles were away. The now intelligent Selby decides to make this the Trifles' gift for Christmas until he realises that it would ruin his life forever, therefore keeping his ability a secret.

Professor Krakpott's Puzzle

When Selby's cold causes a gift to be broken, Selby must try to piece the plate back together before the professor arrives.

Aunt Jetty Drops In

Selby exposes his secret when Aunt Jetty steps on his tail.

The Screaming Skull with Eyes that Glowed with Terror

A horror story written by Selby seems to come true...

By the Skin of His Teeth

Selby absent-mindedly whistles while listening he's being cured from a toothache.

A Snake in the Grasp

A boa constrictor starts "squeezing" Selby.

Wiild West Willy Rides Again

Selby talks to Willy to foil his wicked attempt to win the egg and spoon race.

elby's Secret Hangs in the Balance

Selby is mistaken for a circus dog and has to walk the tightrope.

To many Cooks

Aunt Jetty's dog Crusher destroys a cake and Selby attempts to create a new one.

The Enchanted Dog

Selby accidentally knocks out Postie Paterson in a play and has to take his part.

The Shampooed Pooch

Selby tries to foil Cousin Wilhemina's attempt to win the Bogusville Canine Society's annual god show.

Raid on Planet Kapon

Following a blackout at the Bogusville Bijou, Selby experiences the events of the movie in real life.

elby Delivers the Goods

After hearing that the Trifles didn't order peanut prawns, Selby calls the Spicy Onion for some and to have them delivered to Selby's House - only to find out that the food was for the Fire Brigade.

elby's Beautiful Body

After being unable to fit through a hole, Selby thinks that he's put on weight.

Lucky Millions

Selby wins a viewers' phone-in prize - only to realise that the winner has to sign a form.

A Busman's Holiday

Selby didn't realise that the "dream holiday" won from the phone-in prize is not as dream-like as he thought.

External References

* [http://www.harpercollins.com.au/selby/books/index.htm Publisher's Website] Lists all the books in the series.

elby Sorceror

Selby Sorcerer is the 11th book in the "Selby" books. It was published in 2003.

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elby Sorcerer

Mrs and Dr Trifle leave a sorcery set for Willy and Billy as a birthday present. Selby has a play with the set and then puts it back. When Willy and Billy come they fight over the sorcery set until they find Selby and chase him around the house. Just then Selby picks up a wand that came with the sorcery set and then Willy and Billy become nice. Selby makes Billy and Willy his slaves and make them buy him some peanut prawns with their birthday money as well as doing other chores. When the Trifes come back Willy and Billy are still nice but when Willy says that Selby has the wand,Selby eats the wand in order to stop his secret from coming out. Willy and Billy start being horrid again as their wand has gone. This leads to the Trifes sending Willy and Billy right home. Mrs Trifle tells Selby that she hopes they had not hurt him, but he will always be their magic little dog. Selby then thinks "And living with you two is all the magic I need" and goes to sleep happily ever after.

Trivia

*This is the last book in the Selby books before a sixteen-month hiatus. Selby Scrambled was published months later in 2004.
*The plot of Selby Sorcerer is almost the same as the storys "Selby's Surprise" in the book Selby Snowbound and "Selby Meets the Triple Terror" in Selby Shattered.
*The links below show Willy and Billy's names as Willa and Billa.

Links

*http://www.harpercollins.com.au/selby/books/index.htm
*http://www.harpercollins.com.au/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0207198616

elby's Shemozzle

Selby's Shemozzle is the 13th book in the children's book series about Selby the talking dog. It is written by Duncan Ball and illustrated by Allan Stomann. This book frequently uses the word "shemozzle" which means a disaster or catastrophe.

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elby's Shemozzle

After listening to a tape of Gary Gagg's best jokes, the problem arises that Gary is afraid to tell jokes in Bogusville because he thinks that everyone will hate him after his "killer joke." Gary's killer joke, according to Gary, was a joke which was unintended. Gary had meant to say the normal joke but his mouth, which seemed to have a "mind of its own," said a different punchline, ending in a killer joke and forcing Gary to play the joke on a tape and listen to it many times until he got used to the joke. However, Mrs Trifle asks Gary to tell the elephant and mouse joke which Gary has tried to improve, but with no success.

Later, Gary Gaggs tries to help Mrs Trifle record her speech about the closing of Bogusville hospital, which she has to broadcast via radio, while Selby tries to act like Gary and tells the elephant and mouse joke, but the joke turns into a killer joke. Later Selby records the joke and plays it over and over until he is tired of it, unaware that the tape was the exact same one which Mrs Trifle recorded her speech on.

When the speech is broadcast on the radio, it turns out that the wrong side of the tape was played, the side which Selby recorded his joke on. The killer joke causes many minor injuries throughout Bogusville and in the end Bogusville hospital was not closed down due to "joke injuries."

Trivia

*This is the first book to feature an appendix.

elby Shattered

Selby Shattered is currently the newest, and 14th, book in the Selby Series. It was published in 2006.

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elby Shattered

The story begins with Selby unable to move and the Trifles worried about Selby. It turns out that Dr Trifle had invented a new type of water called "Nice"- standing for "Not ice." This water freezes in the heat instead of the cold. It turns out that Selby had accidentally drunk the Nice because he was thirsty. Many people tried to melt Selby but nothing, not even electricity or tickling or jiggling, worked. However, Selby's brain is still active but he is also put on display and becomes an attraction- "The Frozen Dog." Later he is moved to Professor Krakpott's "Museum of Old and Crusty Things" where Cindy, Mindy and Lindy, the "Triple Terror," shatters Selby into hundreds of pieces. Suddenly, just before Selby was swept away, Jigsaw Jabbar reassembles Selby as though it was a puzzle. When Selby is reassembled he turns out to have been cured.

Trivia

*This is the first time that a newly introduced recurring character has recurred in that very book again. In fact, it is also the first time which this has applied to two groups of characters- Jigsaw Jagger ("The Movie Magic of Jigsaw Jabbar" and "Selby Shattered") and Cindy, Mindy and Lindy a.k.a. the "Triple Terror" ("Selby Meets the Triple Terror"' and "Selby Shattered").
*This book has the fewest stories to date.
*This book is the second to feature neither Willy nor Billy being punished, with the first one being "Selby's Life Hangs in the Balance."

elby's Joke Book

"Selby's Joke Book" is a book in the Selby book series. It was published in between "Selby Snaps!" and "Selby Splits".

Plot

This book is full of Gary Gaggs's best jokes.

Notes

*In the Author's note at the start of the book it is discovered that there is 119 Selby stories from Selby's Secret to Selby Snaps!.

elby's Selection

"Selby's Selection" is a book in the Selby Series. It contains a selection of Selby's favourite stories and contains bios on each character as well as stand-up comedy acts and jokes by Gary Gaggs. There are also poems and plays. This book even contains a map of Bogusville, but Selby "changed lots of things."