Nate the Great and the Pillowcase
  • Published: 1 August 2006
  • ISBN: 9780440410157
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $15.99

Nate the Great and the Pillowcase

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The Yearling editions of Nate the Great continue to roll out with some lively changes: A new cover look that includes a portrait of our favorite detective as part of the Nate the Great logo; AND, 32 Extra pages of fun back-of-book activities give beginning readers a total of 80 pages to enjoy.

Join the world’s greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of the missing pillowcase! 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!  

CAN NATE SOLVE THE CASE BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP?
 
It’s two o’clock in the morning when the telephone rings and Nate the Great learns that Rosamond’s pillowcase is missing. Outside, it is damp, dark, and dreary, but a good (yawning) sleuth knows that the hunt must go on. Can Nate find the missing case before his bedroom slippers wear out?

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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 August 2006
  • ISBN: 9780440410157
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $15.99
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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 Pillowcase

"The crisp, clipped narrative is both a clever parody of the hard-boiled detective story genre and a boon to beginning readers."--Booklist

"A satisfying, easy-reader mystery."--School Library Journal

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