Mitzi Tulane Preschool Detective in What's that Smell?

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 20, 2016

Review

Three-year-old Mitzi Tulane prides herself on being a good detective. She knows that something is happening in her house when a smell she doesn't recognize comes from the kitchen. She investigates and discusses the situation with her baby brother. The clues begin to accumulate as relatives begin showing up and a cake with candles appears. It's her birthday. Young readers may be able to guess before Mitzi does, but that increases the fun. Refreshingly, Mitzi is part of a transracial adoptive family with a variety of skin tones in her extended family. This is neither an issue nor the focus of the story.

Overall Book Score: good