Author: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Publisher: New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1972.
Length: 60 pages
Ages: 6-9
The Nate the Great series has been winning over children since this first book was first penned in 1972. Now a series of 28 chapter books, Nate the Great has a knack for getting young readers hooked on detective mysteries.
Nate is a straight-talking detective whose cool wit and charm are captured by Sharmat’s no-frills writing style. Children will love the loose, cartoony illustration style of Marc Simont, which will move them along as they join Nate in using logic to solve the case. In this book, Nate receives a call from Annie, who has lost a photo of her dog. Nate coolly replies: “I have found lost balloons, books, slippers, chickens. Even a lost goldfish. Now I, Nate the Great, will find a lost picture” (from blurb on back of book).
Info and reviews: Amazon, readkiddoread
Cover image and blurb sourced from Amazon, publication info from Novelist.
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