The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Metzger, Steve

Detective Blue

32 pp. | Scholastic/Orchard | July, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-17286-8 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Tedd Arnold. Little Boy Blue is trying to keep a handle on crime in Storytown. He tracks down the Dish and the Spoon, nabs Mary's little lamb--but where is Miss Muffet? In this Mother Goose takeoff, one iconic character after another advises and distracts Detective Blue. Comic-strip panels illustrate the investigation, with Arnold's goggle-eyed characters alert to the quest and the humor.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2011