| Nellie Belle | |
| Author: | Mem Fox |
| Illustrator: | Mike Austin |
| Cover Artist: | Mike Austin |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's picture book |
| Published: | 2015 (Scholastic) |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback) |
| Pages: | 32 (unpaginated) |
| Isbn: | 9781760274108 |
| Oclc: | 1080159938 |
Nellie Belle is a 2015 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Mike Austin. It is about a dog called Nellie Belle who escapes from her yard and has some adventures in her beachside town before being scared by some possums in a park and returning home.
Kirkus Reviews, on reviewing Nellie Belle, wrote: "Sunny, reassuring fare for recent graduates from toddlerdom itching to leave safe harbors (for a time, at least) to check out new horizons of their own".[1] Publishers Weekly found it "an energetic, romping story from start to finish, yet counterbalanced by the soothing repetitions and rhythms of Fox’s verse".[2]
Nellie Belle has also been reviewed by the following magazines: Booklist,[3] School Library Journal,[4] Horn Book Guides,[5] and Magpies.[6]