Blue's Book Nook

Blue's Book Nook is the 19th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 4. It was originally planned to air on January 3, 2002, however, it was delayed to November 26, 2003.

Characters[]

Blue
Steve
Sidetable Drawer
Mailbox
Tickety Tock
Slippery Soap
Periwinkle
Orange Kitten (cameo)
Green Puppy (cameo)
Magenta's Mailbox (cameo)
Marlee (1st appearance)
Shovel (credits only)
Pail (credits only)
Mr. Salt (credits only)
Mrs. Pepper (credits only)

Summary[]

Blue has her own book nook where she has organized her books into sections. We read some of the books and also help out some of the characters to find books that they need to help them out with things. Later, we visit the library, where Marlee the deaf librarian helps Steve to find a book about elephants. We learn about reading, categories, classification, the alphabet, and more.

Elements[]

Question: What does Blue want to read about?
Clues:
- 1. The Color Blue
- 2. Up
- 3. A Cloud
Answer: The sky
Place: The library
Living room picture: Drawings of various people reading a book
Felt Frame picture: Freddy reading a book

Video Releases[]

Reading with Blue (VHS, 2002)
Big, Blue and Just for You! Volume 6 (VHS, 2002)
Ready to Read (VHS, 2003)

Gallery[]

Watch Episode[]

This episode is available for streaming on Paramount Global's video streaming service Paramount+.

Trivia[]

On May 22, 2008, when this show was taken down from Nickelodeon's lineup, this was the very last episode to be broadcast before the reboot premiered 11 years later.
Veronica McCarthy is one of Steve's friends in this episode, related to Kevin McCarthy, a future electrician of the spin-off, Blue's Room.
This is the second time that Steve and Blue went to the library. Their first time was in "Geography", which was the answer to Blue's Clues near the end of that episode when Blue left three clues on a building, a shelf, and a book.
Before Marlee appeared on this episode, she made her first appearance on the VHS tape titled "All Kinds of Signs".
There is no skidoo segment in this episode.
This episode aired exactly two years after "What's Inside?" premiered.
The library has a two-week checkout period. In "Geography", its checkout period was only one week.
Marlee Matlin receives a "Featuring" credit.
In the Mailtime Segment, Mailbox gives Steve the letter very quickly, saying that he wants to get back to reading his book to find out the ending.
Sidetable Drawer's face appears during "The So Long Song".
In the second clue, Steve mentioned "Taming of the Shrew" and said that he didn't read it and he asked if the viewers read it.
All of the characters and their actions except for Blue created so far appeared during the credits.
Although this episode was produced in Season 4, it aired during Season 5 while episodes with Joe were still going, in November 2003, it's unknown why they aired it a year later, this was the last episode to be broadcast on Nickelodeon before the show was removed from the airwaves in May 2008.
When Steve goes to the library, his hair from the previous counted episode was used.

Goofs[]

After Steve drew the color blue, Steve was seen holding a dark green crayon instead of a light blue crayon.

Blue's Clues Season 4
Imagine Nation \| Adventure \| The Anything Box \| Superfriends \| What's New, Blue? \| Blue's New Place \| Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day \| The Baby's Here! \| Making Changes \| Bugs! \| ¡Un Día Con Plum! \| What's Inside? \| Blocks \| Let's Boogie \| Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza \| Let's Plant \| Joe's First Day \| Joe Gets a Clue \| Steve Goes to College

Held Back Episodes
Blue's Book Nook \| Rhyme Time \| Puppets \| Blue's School \| Something To Do Blue