Mys of Missing Peanuts

by Walt Disney Company

Book Overview

When Mickey the zookeeper calls for help, Detective Donald goes to the zoo to find out who has been stealing peanuts. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394825721
• ISBN13: 9780394825724
• Release Date: July 1975
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Age Range: 6 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 2

Customer Reviews

The Mystery of the Missing Peanuts

For the past two weeks Mickey the zookeeper has been having a problem. Someone keeps stealing peanuts from the storeroom. The only opening besides the locked door is a small crack in the wall. To solve this mystery Mickey calls in Detective Donald. When Donald arrives, he first denies all offers of help, given by Mickey and Chip and Dale, two chipmunks. He then tries to figure out who is stealing the peanuts by having each animal try to get at them through the crack, but none of the animals can reach them. His next brilliant idea is to rig a trap so that the thief will have to step in blue paint and will set off a bell when he tries to steal the peanuts. During the night, the bell goes off, he wakes up, and he sees eight footprints in the paint. He then rushes off to visit the octopus, and is disappointed to find out that octopuses don't like peanuts. Mickey then suggests that the prints may have been made by two four-footed animals, and Donald rushes off. This time he gets it right; the thieves are Chip and Dale. They had been taking peanuts and storing them up for winter in their burrow. Now they work for Mickey sweeping the park, and get all the peanuts they can eat.The book has cute bright pictures. I am really fond of Donald's classic detective outfit, complete with bag. The story is told in a very straightforward manner, and flows nicely. I think it is adorable the way Donald keeps rushing off on a new way to find the thief when the chipmunks keep offering to help him.Loggie-log-log-log