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Nate the Great Goes Down in the Dumps

Nate the Great Goes Down in the Dumps

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Join the world’s greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of the missing money box! 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 CLEAN UP THE CASE?
 
Nate the Great’s friend Rosamond has started a future-telling business, but her money box is missing. Nate and his dog, Sludge, visit Claude, who helped Rosamond set up her business, and Finley, who collects boxes for his rat, but they can’t seem to help. It looks like the only way to clean up this case is to get down and dirty in the dumps!

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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

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"Simple words will  make this story a breeze for young  readers."--Booklist.
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Nate the Great Series

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Nate the Great and the Wandering Word
Nate the Great and the Missing Birthday Snake
Nate the Great Collected Stories: Volume 5
Nate the Great, Where Are You?
Nate the Great Collected Stories: Volume 4
Nate the Great and the Hungry Book Club
Nate the Great Collected Stories: Volume 3
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About the Author

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 130 books for children of all ages, which have been translated into 17 languages. 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. More by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
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Marc Simont
Marc Simont (1915–2013) illustrated nearly a hundred books, among them James Thurber’s The 13 Clocks and a 1990 edition of Thurber’s Many Moons. He worked with such authors as Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (on the Nate the Great series) and Margaret Wise Brown and won both a Caldecott Honor and a Caldecott Medal for his illustrations of children’s books. More by Marc Simont
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