Series / 所属系列: |
| Nate The Great
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Overview / 简介: |
| Nate, the great detective, depends on his dog, Sludge, to helphim solve all of his cases. But Sludge can’t help him this time —Sludge is lost! Lost inside a big department store on a rainy day.Nate frantically searches for his best friend and trusted helper.Salespeople have spotted a wet, slippery, sloppy dog running about.Is Sludge hiding from them? Nate looks high and low, and in placeshe’d rather not look at all. But every clue leads to a dead end . .. until Nate realizes that Sludge can help him with thiscase! |
Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
| "Beginning Readers' favorite young pancake-eating detective is back with his latest case. Nate and his dog Sludge are a wonderful team-Nate depends on Sludge to help solve mysteries. But Nate is on his own this time, because Sludge is the case. When his trusty dog gets lost in the department store, Nate has to put the clues together by himself and try to think like a dog. With his friends Annie, Fang, and Rosamond telling him about the latest sightings of Sludge, Nate starts out on a search through the store. But each clue is a dead end . . . until Nate realizes he has to stop thinking like a dog, and start thinking like Sludge-the best detective dog in the business. Nate, Sludge, and all their friends have been delighting beginning readers for years. The familiar characters, basic plot, and illustrated pages of these simple chapter books build confidence in children who are just starting to read and who look forward to a new mystery." |
About the Author / 作者介绍: |
| Born in Portland, Maine, in 1928, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat dreamedof becoming a writer. Little did she know that she would be theauthor of more than 70 books for children of all ages. Another ofher childhood dreams, that of becoming a detective, has also beenrealized in her most popular Nate the Great series, begun in1972.
Many of Sharmat's books have been Literary Guild selections andchosen as Books of the Year by the Library of Congress. Severalhave been made into films for television, including Nate theGreat Goes Undercover, winner of the Los Angeles InternationalChildren's Film Festival Award. Nate the Great Saves the King ofSweden has been named one of the New York Public Library's 100Titles for Reading and Sharing. |
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