Brezenoff, Steve. The Case of the Counterfeit Painting. (Museum Mysteries.) Capstone Publishers 2017 128p $25.99
ISBN 978-1-4965-2518-5 elem Mystery/Detective VG
Elementary students who enjoy mystery fiction will like this
new title in the Museum Mysteries series. Written in an easy-to-comprehend fashion, the
novel introduces students to the four Capitol City Sleuths: Amal Farah, Raining
Sun, Clementine Wim, and Wilson Kipper. In
this installment, Clementine sees what she thinks is a famous painting by
Goings being carried by two people during the Dino Festival. She finds this strange, because she knew the
painting was going to be featured at an upcoming exhibit on Photorealism at the
Capitol City Art Museum. Immediately,
Clementine thinks the painting has been stolen, but when she sees it at the
museum, she is surprised. Unsure of what
to do, she enlists her friends to try to see if the painting at the museum is fake
or real. Students will cheer for
Clementine and her friends as they help solve the mystery and retrieve the real
painting.
The author includes colorful graphics scattered throughout, a glossary of terms, discussion questions, writing prompts, information on the genre of art known as photorealism, biographical information on the painter Ralph Goings, and biographical information on the author and illustrator.
As of this review, eight titles have been published in this new series, Museum Mysteries. Each title follows four friends as they take in culture and solve crimes in the Capitol City museums.
The author includes colorful graphics scattered throughout, a glossary of terms, discussion questions, writing prompts, information on the genre of art known as photorealism, biographical information on the painter Ralph Goings, and biographical information on the author and illustrator.
As of this review, eight titles have been published in this new series, Museum Mysteries. Each title follows four friends as they take in culture and solve crimes in the Capitol City museums.
Summary: “While searching for her friends at the Dino
Festival, Clementine Wim runs into two people carrying what she thinks is the “Tiled
Lunch Counter” (a famous painting) away from the Capitol City Art Museum, but
when she checks the painting is still hanging in place--and before she can
track down the thieves, and prove that the painting now hanging in the museum
is a forgery, she has to convince her friends that she is not imagining
things.” Would make a good addition to
an elementary collection for casual reading.
