The Mystery of the Stolen Blue Paint

Steven Kellogg’s Color Mysteries #4

by Steven Kellogg

When her can of blue paint mysteriously disappears, Belinda is determined to find out which one of the children took it

Genres: Picture Books, Mystery

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Steven Kellogg is an author and illustrator who has contributed over 90 books for children. He is best known for writing books about animals, for which he credits his grandmother .

Reviews

[Shiloah]

Super cute. I love that she kept her word.

[Beverly]

Four stars because young protagonist reads to even younger children.

[Kathy Wood]

Sometimes you think you know the answers to who took something, but in the end--it's a mystery!

[Patty]

I love this little series of mysteries. they are great for slightly older kids. Picture books but with a mystery to solve.

[Lynn Davidson]

Belinda wanted only to paint a picture for her room with the little pot of blue paint she had. When smaller children interrupted her to read to them, she put them off. When her little pot of blue paint disappears, Belinda blames the children, but the real culprit was a surprise to everyone. Fun story in a little book with great illustrations.

[Mikailah Shackleford]

I really enjoyed this book.. When a young girl wants to paint with her blue paint, she notices it is missing and blames her friends. They wanted her to read to them but she decided she wanted to paint instead. She then accuses them all, but it turns out her dog ate the blue paint. She must say sorry to her friends for blaming them. This was a very nice book and sends a good message. It would be a fun book to read for fun, or in the classroom. You could read this to the class and ask them what they think happened to the paint.

[Sonya Huser]

All a girl wants to do is paint with her blue paint, but when the paint goes missing, she accuses the neighborhood kids who would have rather she read to them than ignore her and paint. When her dog, Homer, licks the kids and their faces turn blue she must suck it up and apologize.

[Stacy]

I love Steven Kellogg's illustrations, but this book was a little too simplistic for my taste. It is told in first person, and I think it would be a good way to introduce this writing tense, but I am not a fan of the story line.

[Pinky]

Belinda discovers that Homer ate her blue paint.

[Miss Clark]

Very simple who-dun-it. That Jason though! Kid after my own heart.