When a young pig discovers that sections of paintings at her local museum have been replaced with poor copies, she joins the museum guards and her grandpa in trying to figure out the culprit. All clues point to the raccoon that lives in a nearby tree. But the little pig notices something strange as she examines the sketches she’s made of each clue. Is it a setup? No questions are left unanswered in this neatly tied up story in which the aspiring young porcine police detective/artist lays out each of her drawings for full examination. Children may notice at least some of the discrepancies highlighted by the pig’s careful observations. But even if they don’t, they’ll appreciate the absurdity of this enjoyable tale illustrated with Geisert’s trademark anthropomorphized swine. (Ages 6–9)

When a little piglet accompanies her grandpa to the museum on copying day, she soon discovers that something is amiss. Large sections of the museum’s paintings have been cut out and forgeries sewn in their place. Who would commit such a theft, and how could they have pulled it off? This little piglet is determined to find out. As she searches for clues, beginning detectives can try their hand at a little sleuthing too! Looking closely to discover all that’s hidden among the delightful details in Arthur Geisert’s illustrations, keen observers may just find the key evidence they need to solve the mystery of the museum’s missing masterpieces.