Nate the Great and the Big Sniff by Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

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!

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"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

Author: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat
Publisher: Yearling Books
Published: 02/11/2003
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9780440415022
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 64479 / Nate the Great and the Big Sniff

About the Author
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.