Nate the Great and the Stolen Base, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Nate the Great and the Stolen Base, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
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Nate the Great and the Stolen Base

Author: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Narrator: John Lavelle

Unabridged: 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/12/2011


Synopsis

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! 

Rosamund's baseball team has a very unusual second base—Oliver’s gloopy purple plastic octopus. But one morning . . . it’s gone! Nate the Great must pick up clues so he can find the missing octopus and go up to bat! 

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"Subtle humor sparkles through the young detective's narration and his interactions with his friends. Budding mystery fans will line up for this one."--School Library Journal

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 nineteen languages. Look for more in the Nate the Great series on audio from Listening Library.


Reviews

According to Lennon, age 7. It is a very good book. I like it very much. It is so surprising if he is going to find it or not. He is a good detective. I always mess up and call him a “decrative”. It is hard for me to call him detective.......more

Goodreads review by Jane

Nate is on a baseball team called Rosamond's Rangers with his friends, but they can't play today because somebody stole second base. Second base was Oliver's octopus. Nate goes over to Oliver's house to look for it. Nate notices that Oliver has a telephone on his bookshelf. Nate looks around and und......more

Goodreads review by nathan

This one made me realize how actually careless his friends are. If they were a little more careless with their belongings, there wouldn’t be so many so called “mysteries” in the world of Nate. Like please, no more of this baby stuff and let him live on to solve stuff like Tin Tin !!!......more


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