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  • Published: 1 December 2007
  • ISBN: 9780440404668
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $12.99

Nate the Great and the Musical Note



The remaining titles in the long-running Nate the Great chapter book series are being reissued! Perfect for the Common Core and for introducing beginning readers to the detective mystery genre!

Join the world’s greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of a strange musical note! Perfect for beginning readers and the Common Core, this long-running chapter book series will encourage children to problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries!  

Nate the Great has just received a strange musical note. The note tells Nate's friend Pip what his mother wants him to do at four o'clock. Their friend Rosamond has turned the note into a riddle. Nate checks Rosamond's garage, but doesn't find any clues. Time is running out for Nate and his dog, Sludge. It's almost four o'clock. Will Nate the Great stay stuck in the middle of this musical riddle?

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Praise for the Nate the Great Series
 
★ “Kids will like Nate the Great.” —School Library Journal, Starred
 
“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

  • Published: 1 December 2007
  • ISBN: 9780440404668
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $12.99

About the authors

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Born in Portland, Maine, in 1928, MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT dreamed of becoming a writer. Little did she know that she would be the author of more than 70 books for children of all ages. 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 NATE THE GREAT GOES UNDERCOVER, winner of the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. NATE THE GREAT SAVES THE KING OF SWEDEN has been named one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing.

Praise for Nate the Great and the Musical Note

"The story's clues are clear and logical, encouraging beginning readers to pay word-for-word attention. The easy-reading rhythms are played for humor."--The Bulletin

"Cleverly written, using clear and simple language; the Sharmats have created another surefire hit."--School Library Journal

"Kids will like Nate the Great."--SLJ, STARRED