Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

The character Nate was 'inspired' by Nathan Weinman, father of Marjorie Sharmat, who had previously 'featured' her mother and sister in a novel. He solves crimes with his dog, Sludge, introduced in the second case, Nate the Great goes Undercover (1974). Nate is a detective, a child version of Sam Spade who wears a 'Sherlock Holmes-style deerstalker hat' (the idea of illustrator Marc Simont) and loves pancakes. With Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's passing in 2019 Andrew Sharmat has continued writing the series with Nate the Great and the Earth Day Robot (2021). Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's husband, Mitchell Sharmat, passed away in 2011 and her sister, Rosalind Weinman, in 2006. The New York Public Library named Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden (1997, number 19) one of its '100 Titles for Reading and Sharing'. Nate the Great Goes Undercover was adapted as a television program and won the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. Regarding the series Marjorie Sharmat calls husband Mitchell 'always my first editor, and it's been a very happy collaboration'. Simont illustrated the first twenty books, to 1998, and the last ten were illustrated by Martha Weston, Jody Wheeler, or Olga and Aleksey Ivanov 'in the style of Marc Simont.' Some of the titles were jointly written with Sharmat's sister Rosalind Weinman, husband Mitchell Sharmat or sons Craig Sharmat and Andrew Sharmat. Sharmat and illustrator Marc Simont inaugurated the series in 1972 with Nate the Great, a 60-page book published by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. ' They dont come any cooler than Nate the Great.Nate the Great is a series of 30 children's detective stories written by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat featuring the eponymous boy detective, Nate the Great. 'Nate, Sludge, and all their friends have been delighting beginning readers for years.' Kirkus Reviews 'Loose, humorous chalk and watercolor spots help turn this beginning reader into a page-turner.' Publishers Weekly 'A consistently entertaining series.' Booklist

★ 'Kids will like Nate the Great.' School Library Journal, Starred It looks like the only way to clean up this case is to get down and dirty in the dumps! Nate and his dog, Sludge, visit Claude, who helped Rosamond set up her business, and Finley, who collects boxes for his rat, but they cant seem to help. Nate the Greats friend Rosamond has started a future-telling business, but her money box is missing. Join the worlds 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!

Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat