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Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize ( NATE THE GREAT) (Reprint) (Paperback) by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize ( NATE THE GREAT) (Reprint) (Paperback) by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> Nate the Great is about to enter his dog, Sludge, in the smartest pet contest. But when the prize disappears, Nate and Sludge search for clues so the contest can go on. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <b>These chapter books introduce beginning readers to the detective mystery genre. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! </b> <p/>Nate the Great is about to enter his dog, Sludge, in the smartest pet contest. But when the prize disappears, it looks as if the contest will flop. <p/>It's a tough case for Nate and Sludge as they search for clues leading to the missing prize. In more ways than one, it's a very fishy business. Can Nate and Sludge find the prize in time? <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> Praise for the Nate the Great Series <p/> ★<b> "Kids will like Nate the Great."</b> --<i>School Library Journal, </i> Starred Review <p/> "A consistently <b>entertaining</b> series." --<i>Booklist</i> <p/> "Loose, <b>humorous</b> chalk and watercolor spots help turn this beginning reader into a <b>page-turner.</b>" --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/> "Nate, Sludge, and all their friends have been <b>delighting beginning readers for years.</b>" --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/> "<b>They don't come any cooler</b> than Nate the Great." --<i>The Huffington Post</i> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> Born in Portland, Maine, in 1928, <b> Marjorie Weinman Sharmat</b> dreamed of becoming a writer. Little did she know that she would be the author of more than 130 books for children of all ages, which have been translated into 17 languages. Another of her childhood dreams, that of becoming a detective, has also been realized in her most popular Nate the Great series, begun in 1972. Many of Sharmat's books have been Literary Guild selections and chosen as Books of the Year by the Library of Congress. Several have been made into films for television, including <i>Nate the Great Goes Undercover</i>, winner of the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. <i>Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden</i> has been named one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. Her She lives with her husband in Tuscon, Arizona. <p/><b>Marc Simont</b> (1915-2013) illustrated nearly a hundred books, among them James Thurber's <i>The 13 Clocks </i>and a 1990 edition of Thurber's <i>Many Moons.</i> He worked with such authors as Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (on the Nate the Great series) and Margaret Wise Brown and won both a Caldecott Honor and a Caldecott Medal for his illustrations of children's books.

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