Nate the Great and the Phony Clue
Part of the Nate the Great Series

Nate the Great and the Phony Clue

Paperback

Grades 1–4
Ages 6–9

These chapter books introduce beginning readers to the detective mystery genre. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! 

Early one morning, a torn slip of paper with the mysterious letters V I T A appears on Nate the Great’s doorstep.  He and his faithful dog, Sludge, set off to solve this latest mystery.  Against ferocious cats, hostile adversaries, and a sly, phony clue—not to mention a three o’clock deadline—Nate struggles to prove, once again, that he is Nate the Great.

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

ISBN 9780385376822 (Ebook)
Published on Aug 28, 2013
Published by Delacorte Press
Pages 80
Age Range 6-9 years
Grade Grades 1-4
Reading Level Lexile: 460L | Fountas/Pinnell: K

ISBN 9780739362600 (Audiobook Download)
Published on Jan 8, 2008
Published by Listening Library
Age Range 5-9 years
Grade Grades K-4
Reading Level Lexile: 460L | Fountas/Pinnell: K

ISBN 9780440463009 (Paperback)
Published on May 15, 1982
Published by Yearling
Pages 80
Dimensions 5-3/16 x 7-5/8
Age Range 6-9 years
Grade Grades 1-4
Reading Level Lexile: 460L | Fountas/Pinnell: K

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.

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.

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