Title: Little Boy Detective Blue
Author: Steve Metzger
Illustrator: Tedd Arnold
Genre: Fiction
Sub-Genre: Mystery
Theme: nursery rhymes; searching and finding
Primary Characters: Detective Blue (little boy blue)
Secondary Characters: dish and spoon, Mary and her lamb, Jack Sprat, Little Bo Peep, Humpty Dumpty, Jack Corner, Goldilocks
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Publisher and Date of Publication: Orchard Books; 2011
Summary:
Little Boy Blue runs a detective agency now. He calls himself detective Blue. He then utilizes his friends (other characters from popular nursery rhymes) to help solve the mystery of the missing Miss Muffet. This book would be perfect in a 3rd grade classroom after a lesson or unit on nursery rhymes or new stories that are based on old or original stories. Since this book is written as a comic strip, there is humor that only older children would understand. You could use this book as a new spin on the classic nursery rhymes. Also, this book has a “You be the detective” activity on the first page where the students can help find all of the nursery rhyme characters!
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