Hi, it's me, Steve.
Is that you?
It is! Great!
Could you help me find Blue?
There she is!
Ooh, thanks.
Come on!
PAIL AND SHOVEL: Hi, Blue!
[barks "hello"]
[Periwinkle laughs]
[barks]
[barks]
[barking tune...]
Hi. Come on in.
Could really use your help.
What do you think this is a book about?
The planets.
Oh, right. [laughs]
It isa book about the planets.
Thanks. Come on.
See? Blue is organizing all the books in the book nook.
And I'm helping out.
Will you help too?
Great. Come on.
[barking]
Hey, Blue.
Here's a book about planets.
Where does it go?
[barks]
Oh, right.
In our Outer Space category.
[barking...]
There's a book about the moon.
And one about an astronaut.
They're all things about outer space.
See? Blue made all these different
categories for our books.
Like books about outer space
and transportation books
and fairy tale storybooks.
Hey, Blue, what other categories are there?
[barking]
What do you think these books are about?
Numbers. Counting.
Numbers. Counting. Right.
[barks]
That's a great idea for a category.
There's just so many things we could read about.
[barking]
This is one of my favorite books.
It's called Helen's Hiding Place.
You would love this book.
[barks]
You know, maybe we could read
a little bit about Helen today.
[barks]
Hey, Blue, what do you want to read about?
[barking]
Oh! We'll play Blue's Clues
to figure out what Blue wants to read about.
♪ We are gonna play Blue's Clues ♪
♪ 'cause it's a really great game. ♪
So remember, Blue's pawprint
will be on the clues: Blue's Clues.
Now how are we going to get rid of this pawprint?
You know, maybe we can look in a book to find out.
Maybe we could take a look in this book.
Okay... uh... oh, interesting.
We could, uh, we could wipe it away.
Or spraying it away.
We've, we've done that.
Uh... this looks good.
We could bounce it away.
Yeah, let's try that.
Okay...
Hey! That book gave us a great idea.
You know what we need to play Blue's Clues.
Our handy-dandy...
Notebook!
Notebook, right.
Come on.
I have a book for you, Steve.
You do? Really?
Yeah, your notebook.
[laughs]
Oh, yeah. Right.
Thanks, Side Table.
To play Blue's Clues, we got to find a...
Pawprint!
Oh, a pawprint, right.
And that's our first...
Clue!
A clue?
A clue!
Then we put it in our... Notebook!
♪ 'Cause they're Blue's Clues
♪ Blue's Clues
♪ We got to find another pawprint, that's the second clue ♪
♪ We put it in our notebook, 'cause they're whose clues? ♪
♪ Blue's Clues
♪ We got to find the last pawprint, that's the third clue ♪
♪ We put it in our notebook
♪ 'Cause they're Blue's Clues, Blue's Clues ♪
♪ You know what do-- sit down in our Thinking Chair ♪
♪ And think, think, think
♪ 'Cause when we use our minds, take a step at a time ♪
♪ We can do anything...
[barks]
♪ That we want to do.
You know, I can tell
I'm really going to need your help today
trying to figure out what Blue wants to read about.
You will help, right?
Great. So now, we just have to find... Blue.
A clue, a clue!
You see a clue? Where?
Over there!
There's a clue!
And it's the color blue.
You know what we need?
Our handy-dandy...
Notebook!
Notebook, right.
Okay, the color blue.
We'll use our light blue crayon
to make a zigzag line back and forth.
There... the color blue.
So, we're trying to figure out what Blue wants to read about.
And our first clue is the color blue.
Well, what could Blue want to read about with the color blue?
Maybe... but I think we should find more clues.
Hey, now we can read Helen's Hiding Place.
SLIPPERY: Whoa! Steve!
Or maybe later.
Hey, Slip.
What are you doing?
I'm drawing the ocean.
But I want to figure out
what you could see in an ocean.
[barking]
Hey, good idea, Blue.
Slip, maybe we can look in a book to help you.
Okay.
Will you help Slippery find a book?
Great. Come on.
[barking]
[barking]
Okay, so, which would be the best book
to help Slippery figure out
what he could see in the ocean?
[barks]
The book with the waves.
And the octopus.
[Blue barks]
Oh, yeah.
That storybook has pictures of the ocean.
With an octopus and waves...
And a submarine.
Blue, could I borrow this book?
[barking]
Thanks, Blue.
I'm going to put a big octopus
and a submarine in my picture.
[barks]
Bye, Slippery.
Enjoy the book.
[barks]
Wow, what a great idea.
Using a book with pictures
to help you imagine what something looks like.
Good thinking.
Hey, Tickety.
Hi! Slippery said you had a lot of great books here.
Wow, word travels fast.
What do you need?
I want to practice the alphabet.
Can you help me?
Well, let's take a look in a book and find out.
[barking]
Okay... so which of these books
would be best to help Tickety
to practice the alphabet?
The book with the letters.
[Blue barking]
Oh, yeah, that one has letters
so Tickety can practice
the letters of the alphabet.
Look! It starts with "A"!
Then it goes to "B"!
Be sure to let us know how it ends, Tickety.
[barks]
Thanks! I'll bring it back when I'm done.
[barks]
Great job.
That book will really help Tickety
practice the alphabet.
I just found a bird in my backyard!
Oh. Hi, Periwinkle.
What kind of bird did you find?
I don't know.
I want to figure it out.
Well, come on in.
Maybe we can look in a book to help him.
Hi.
[barks hello]
So, Periwinkle wants to find
a book that will help him figure out
what kind of bird he saw.
Let's take a look
at the titles of the books.
[Blue barks]
We have Billy Bird Goes to the Dentist...
Cows around the World...
A Guide to Backyard Birds...
and Paula Pony
Makes a New Friend.
Which one of these books
would be the best for Periwinkle to read?
That one!
[barking]
A Guide to Backyard Birds.
Let's see.
Oh, yeah.
There's pictures and information
about lots of different kinds
of birds in here.
Hey, Periwinkle, we think you'll find
the bird you're looking for in here.
[barking]
Thanks, Blue.
I'm going to see if I can find that bird.
Hey, nice work.
There it is!
See? It's a sparrow! It's a sparrow!
It isa sparrow.
Blue, everyone found a book
that helped them figure something out.
[barks]
A clue, a clue!
Taming of the Shrew?
I've never read it. Have you?
No, it's a clue!
Oh, a clue!
And it's pointing up.
So our second clue is "up".
You know what we need?
Our handy-dandy...
Notebook!
Notebook, right.
"Up".
Let's draw an arrow for "up".
There... "up".
So, we're trying to figure out what Blue wants to read about.
And our first clue was... the color blue.
And now our second clue is "up".
So, what could Blue want to read about
with the color blue and "up"?
What do you think?
Maybe... but I think we should find our last clue.
Hey, now we could read Helen's Hiding Place.
♪ ...Mail Time, Mail Time, Mail Time! ♪
But first we should get the mail.
♪ Here's the mail, it never fails ♪
♪ It makes me want to wag my tail ♪
♪ When it comes, I want to wail, "Mail!" ♪
[barks]
[quickly]: Hi, Steve, here's your letter.
Thanks, Mailbox.
Are you in a hurry?
Yup. I was just reading
a really great storybook
and I can't wait to find out how it ends.
Oh! Well, go, go, get back to your book. Bye!
Bye!
We just got a letter.
♪ We just got a letter
♪ We just got a letter
♪ We just got a letter
♪ Wonder who it's from?
It's a letter from our friends.
BOTH: Hi, Steve!
We're reading a book about dinosaurs.
Look at that one.
Maybe he's going to that volcano.
That's an apatosaurus.
He's got a long neck.
He looks like a tyrannosaurus rex.
Ooh, I can see its mouth.
GIRL: When I move the book, he goes like this.
[both growling]
BOTH: Bye, Steve!
Bye.
[barking]
Hey, that's a great idea, Blue.
Now we can finally read Helen's Hiding Place.
[barks]
Once there was a little monkey named Helen.
Helen wanted to find
the best hiding place in the entire jungle.
First, Helen hid behind the banana tree.
Do you see her?
Well, the parrot saw her too.
"I found you, I found you," squawked the parrot
flapping her wings at Helen.
Next, Helen hid under the big leaves.
Do you see her?
Well, the elephant saw her too.
[trumpets]
"I found you, I found you," trumpeted the elephant
waving his trunk at Helen.
Then, Helen hid in a group of monkeys.
Do you see her?
You do? Well...
The parrot didn't see her.
And the elephant didn't see her either.
"I found it, I found it!" whispered Helen.
"I found the greatest hiding place in the entire jungle!"
The End.
[barks]
You know, my favorite part
is when the elephant
waves his big, floppy trunk at Helen.
[trumpets]
I just love that part.
You know, I wonder what elephants use
those big trunks for anyway.
[barks]
Hey, maybe we could look in a book to find out more.
Blue, do you have any books about elephants?
[barking]
Oh. Where could we find a book about elephants?
[barks]
[barking...]
Hey, Blue, are we going to the library?
[barks]
Great idea!
Then we can find some books about elephants.
I love the library.
Do you want to come too?
Great. Come on.
♪ We are going to the library
♪ We are going to the library
♪ We are going to the library
♪ To find some books about elephants. ♪
[barks]
Wow! Look at all these books!
Do you think we'll find a book about elephants?
[barks]
Oh, hi, Marlee.
Do you remember Marlee?
She's a librarian.
She works at the library.
So, Marlee, we're looking for a book about elephants
so we can figure out what elephants use their trunks for.
Oh. Right. Okay.
So if we look in the right section
of the library
we'll find books about elephants.
Okay, let's take a look at the signs.
So, if we want to find our book about elephants
which section should we look in?
Um... People and Places?
Machines and Vehicles?
Or Plants and Animals?
Plants and Animals.
Oh, the Plants and Animals section.
Good thinking.
Because elephants are animals. Right.
Oh, these are all books about plants.
These are all books about animals?
Wow, look at all the animal books.
I wonder where the elephant books are.
Let's read the signs.
Um... Animals That Live Underwater.
Animals That Live in the Jungle.
Animals That Live in the Arctic.
So which bookcase would have a book about elephants?
That one!
Jungle Animals!
Oh, good thinking.
Because an elephant lives in the jungle.
So these are all books
about animals that live in the jungle.
What are all the letters for?
Oh, oh, these are letters of the alphabet, right.
Um, so what letter does "elephant" start with?
"E"!
Oh, right, "E" is for elephant.
Oh, so, the "E" section has books about animals
whose name starts with the letter "E".
Like eagles...
and elephants.
Are these all books about elephants?
Cool.
Oh, so is this a book about an elephant family?
Oh... and is this a book about a girl and an elephant?
Hey, this book is called All About Elephants"!
Do you think this book will help us learn more
about elephant trunks?
Let's see.
What's that elephant doing with its trunk?
Yeah, it's spraying water.
To give the little one a bath.
And this one is using its trunk to pick up food.
That's so cool.
I think we found the perfect book!
Marlee, we'd like to borrow this book from the library
so we can learn more about elephants.
[barks]
Hey, Blue, did you borrow a book too?
[barks]
Cool.
[barks]
Ah, okay, so I need to
bring this back in two weeks.
Thanks so much for all your help.
Buh-bye.
Wow, great book finding.
A clue, a clue!
Yeah, right, this book is due back in two weeks.
No, it's a clue!
Oh, there's a clue on that cloud.
You know what we need.
Our handy-dandy...
Notebook.
Notebook, right.
All right... a cloud.
We draw a puffy shape that curves around like this.
And it's a cloud.
We have all three clues.
You know what that means.
We're ready to sit in our...
Thinking Chair!
Thinking Chair.
Let's go.
[Blue barks "Thinking Chair"]
Okay, now that we're in our Thinking Chair, let's think.
You will help, right?
Great.
So, trying to figure out what Blue wants to read about.
And our clues are...
the color blue...
"up"...
and a cloud.
Well, what could Blue want to read about
with the color blue, "up" and a cloud?
Well, we could look up... yeah.
And then we might see the color blue.
Yeah, and then a cloud could drift by.
Well, if we looked up
and we saw the color blue and a cloud
what would be looking at?
The sky!
The sky! Yeah! That's it!
Blue wants to read a book about the sky!
We just figured out Blue's Clues!
♪ We just figured out Blue's Clues ♪
♪ We just figured out Blue's Clues ♪
♪ We just figured out Blue's Clues ♪
♪ 'Cause we're really smart.
Come on, Blue.
Let's go read about the sky.
Hey, Blue.
Did you borrow a book about the sky
from the library?
[barks]
Remember when we went to the library
to find a book to help us figure out
what elephants use their trunks for?
All right, Blue.
Ready to read your book?
[barks]
Ooh. The title is "A Trip through the Sky."
[barking]
Wow.
What was your favorite part?
[barks]
Oh, yeah, yeah, I liked that part too.
Hey, Blue, what was your favorite part?
[barks]
Of course, because you love
finding shapes in the clouds.
[barks]
What a great book.
Come on.
Wow, looks like everybody found a book to read today.
And you really helped.
Hey, how about you?
What are you going to read about today?
That's sounds great.
♪ Now it's time for so long
♪ But we'll sing just one more song ♪
♪ Thanks for doing your part
♪ You sure are smart
♪ You know, with me and you
♪ And my dog, Blue
♪ We can do anything
♪ That we want to do.
Buh-bye. See you later.
[barking song]
[barking]
[
and NICKELODEON]
[ringing]
[barks]