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Zusatztext Praise for the Nate the Great Series ? “Kids will like Nate the Great.” — School Library Journal! Starred Review “A consistently entertaining series.” — Booklist “Loose! humorous chalk and watercolor spots help turn this beginning reader into a page-turner. ” — Publishers Weekly “Nate! Sludge! and all their friends have been delighting beginning readers for years. ” — Kirkus Reviews “ They don’t come any cooler than Nate the Great.” — The Huffington Post Informationen zum Autor MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT has written more than 130 books for children and young adults, as well as movie and TV novelizations. Her books have been translated into twenty-four languages. The award-winning Nate the Great series, hailed in Booklist as “groundbreaking,” was inspired by her father, Nathan Weinman. As a child in Portland, Maine, her first job was counting boxes at the real-life Weinman Brothers, a wholesale and manufacturing business owned by her father and uncle. MITCHELL SHARMAT, a graduate of Harvard University, has written numerous picture books, easy readers, and novels, and is a contributor to many textbook reading programs. He is best known for the classic Gregory, the Terrible Eater, a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection and a New York Times Critics’ Pick. He has also coauthored many books with his wife, including the Olivia Sharp series. In Mitchell Sharmat’s honor, The Sharmat Collection, displaying the books he’s written, was established at the Harvard Graduate School of Education by the Munroe C. Gutman Library. MARTHA WESTON illustrated How Will the Easter Bunny Know ? by Kay Winters (Yearling), as well as more than forty books for children, including six she also wrote. Klappentext Nate depends on his dog! Sludge! to help him solve all of his cases. But Sludge can't help him this time because he's lost inside a big department store on a rainy day. Nate looks high and low! but every clue leads to a dead end--until Nate realizes that Sludge "can" help him. Illustrations. Zusammenfassung Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in these chapter books. Perfect for the Common Core! kids can problem-solve with Nate! using logical thinking to solve mysteries! Nate the Great solves crimes with his dog! Sludge. But this time! Sludge can’t help. Sludge is lost! Nate looks high and low. But every clue leads to a dead end until . . . Nate realizes Sludge can help after all! Check out the Fun Activities section in the back of the book! Visit Nate the Great and Sludge! NatetheGreatBooks.com "Another satisfying entry in a consistently entertaining series ."-- Booklist "These simple chapter books build confidence in children who are just starting to read and who look forward to a new mystery."-- Kirkus Reviews ...
