Nate the Great, San Francisco Detecti..., Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Nate the Great, San Francisco Detecti..., Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
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Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective

Author: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat

Narrator: John Lavelle

Unabridged: 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/14/2012

Synopsis

Join the world’s greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he searches throughout San Francisco to solve the mystery of the lost joke book! 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 HIS FIRST OUT-OF-TOWN CASE?
 
Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, are off to San Francisco! They’re going to visit Nate’s cousin Olivia Sharp, who a detective too. But when Olivia isn’t around to solve a case, Nate must search the city for a lost joke book. Will he find the missing book in the big city?

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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

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

Goodreads review by Jane

I am not a fan of Olivia Sharp but this is a cute little mystery. Nate is visiting his cousin Olivia Sharp in San Francisco. He helps Olivia's friend Duncan who lost a joke book, a book called Joke Stew. Duncan says the world will end if he doesn't find his joke book by 2pm when he needs to tell a jo......more

Goodreads review by nathan

Charming at best with very little of the city. We get San Francisco as caricature with its winding streets and pastel backgrounds in picture, but the joy of the story comes from its velocity. We jump from person to person, from clue to clue to get to the bottom of the missing butt end of a joke, one......more

Goodreads review by Stephen

I read this book this morning with my youngest daughter to kick off the weekend and it was a fun romp around the streets of San Francisco! She was all-in which is all that I want from a book I am enjoying with one of my kids. My only small critic is that I didn't know which volume it was (I research......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

Awards

  • New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award
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