Finally he goes home and finds the can in his grocery bag. Nate looked inside and outside for the missing can. The pets chased each other and at some point the can got knocked off the window sill where it were the paint was drying. The earlier commotion was caused by all the kids in the neighborhood coming to Rosamond's house with their pets to sign up for the contest. When he got home Rosamond called to say that she lost the prize for the Smartest pet contest. As he rides by Rosamond's house he hears a commotion but doesn't go in. He puts the bag on the back of his bike and rides home. Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and her husband, Mitchell Sharmat, have also coauthored many books, including titles in both the Nate the Great and the Olivia Sharp series.Nate goes to the grocery store to pick up dog shampoo and stuff to make pancakes. The award-winning Nate the Great series, hailed in Booklist as 'groundbreaking,' has resulted in Nate's real-world appearances in many New York Times crossword puzzles, sporting a milk mustache in magazines and posters, residing on more than 28 million boxes of Cheerios, and touring the country in musical theater. Her books have been translated into twenty-four languages. 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 PostĪbout the Author MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT has written more than 130 books for children and young adults, as well as movie and TV novelizations. It looks as if list has vanished-unless Rosamond's strange cat pancakes are somehow at the heart of the mystery.

Nate the Great is worried: his reputation is at stake. But lunch draws nearer and the list is still missing. When his friend Claude's grocery list is lost, Nate sets out to find it before lunch.

Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! Although Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, are on vacation, they just can't resist a new case. These chapter books introduce beginning readers to the detective mystery genre. About the Book 'Reprinted by arrangement with the Putnam Publishing Group Inc.'-T.p.

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