I remember having a book as a little girl that was either a Little Golden Book or similar to, about a family that found a little dirty stray kitten. They took it home and gave it a bath and were surprised to find it was a white kitten. Then the kitten jumped out of the sink and fell into a tub of blueing, dyeing itself pale blue. They put a ribbon on it and it won first place at the pet show. Thank you.
Stump the Bookseller
New format, same book stumper solving.
Peppermint!
And it was indeed, a Little Golden Book! I still have my childhood copy.
And this was definitely a Little Golden Book — I still have my childhood copy!
This is solved. It IS Peppermint.
About a girl who gets a kitten from Mr. Dobby, a candy store man-all the kittens named after candies: caramel, licorice, ect, the youngest cat was scrawny and hid in the storeroom, getting dirty. There was going to be a pet show at school, and a little girl came in, crying, because she had no pet to take…. The kitten, washed in bluing, became a soft pastel blue and won the prize.