Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
illustrated by Marc Simont

Rosamond was visiting Sweden when she lost a present that she was going to give to Nate the Great. She lost it when she was taking a picture in front of a store. So she wrote Nate a postcard that said,  Dear Nate the Great. I am in Sweden, and I lost something. I need you to find it.  PS—If you don't take this case, I'll ask the King of Sweden. So Nate took the case and threw out the card.
At the end of the story Nate the Great figures out that Rosamond lost a troll. This was a hard case for Nate to figure out because he wasn't in Sweden.

Nate the Great and the Musical Note

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
illustrated by Marc Simont

This is another great Nate the Great book!
It all started out when it was Pip's piano lesson. Rosamond taught Pip how to play piano. One morning Rosamond wasn't there so she left Pip a note. Pip couldn't figure it out, so he went to Nate the Great's house. Nate was in his bathtub, so when the doorbell rang he had to pop on a towel to go to the door and answer it.
On one part of Pip's note said, "go 4 steps to the left and 5 steps to the right and your mother would like you to do that at 4 o'clock". Nate the Great had to solve this. It was very hard for Nate the Great. He went to Rosamon's garage where Pip took the piano lessons. Nate called Rosamond and asked her to come  back to the garage. He thought the note meant that Pip's mother wanted him to take dance at 4pm. But Rosamond said that Nate was not right. She said Pip should know. Nate said, "oh, no! I didn't solve this!"
Nate thought even harder this time. He remembered what Rosamond said. He said if I go 4 steps to the left and 5 steps to the right, I'll be at Middle C. Then he ran back to Rosamond's garage and said, "I solved the case! Pip's mom wants him to play Middle C at 4 o'clock." He was so happy that he solved this case!
He went back to his house and had another bath.
That was a great story!

Nate the Great and the Sticky Case

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
illustrated by Marc Simont

Eventhough this book was named Nate the Great and the STICKY case, the book was NOT sticky!
Rosamond was having a yard sale. She told Annie about it, and they went to Pip's house to tell her. It started to rain, so Rosamond and Annie stayed at Pip's house. Pip showed them all of his stamps. The Stegasaurus stamp fell off the table. Pip then told Nate the Great, so he could help find the stamp. Here's a fact that book tells you: Stegasauruses had two brains. Nate the Great said that he wished he had two brains, so one could solve the case. I thought that was funny.
Nate the Great goes to Cloud's house because Nate thinks the stamp is stuck to Cloud's shoe. Cloud said that he gave his shoes to Rosamond's yard sale. Annie bought Cloud's shoes at the yard sale so Fang could chew on them. Nate went to Annie's house. She was in the backyard with Fang. He was chewing on one of the shoes. Nate the Great looked at the shoes and he finds the Stegasaurus stamp on the shoe.
He took the stamp off the shoe and gave it back to Pip.
This book was very funny. I would recommend it for everyone who is reading this.

Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
illustrated by Marc Simont

In the beginning there was a contest to see whose pet was the smartest and the dirtiest. In the middle, Nate the Great thinks that one of the animals swallowed the prize. He thought it was Cloud's pig. But, no animal swallowed it. I solved the mystery before Nate the Great did. It was Nate the Great who stole the prize. When all the kids were signing up to put their pets in the contest, all the pets were roaming around Rosamond's house. At that moment, Nate the Great was coming back from the supermarket. When he heard the noises from the house, the prize went into the shopping bag. When Nate saw Sludge sniffing the bag, he reached in, brought out his hand and the prize was in that bag, all along.

There are special activities at the end!

Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
illustrated by Marc Simont

I just finished this book today. I thought it was appropriate because it is about Halloween. It all started out when Rosamond and Annie were trick or treating. Rosamond lost her cat, Little Hex. He is her tiniest cat. Nate the Great had to find her cat. Nate had to look in a haunted house! Nate usually didn't think haunted houses were real, but today he figured out that they WERE real!
There were ghosts, goblins and scary sounds! Little Hex wasn't in there. Nate noticed that the doors were locked. The side door, the front door and the back door were all locked!
Sludge broke the side of the house so Nate could squeeze out! It was a very exciting part!
Nate figured out the case. He said, "The case is solved!" Nate noticed that Rosamond's bag was heavier than Annie's bag, but they went to the same houses. Little Hex was in Rosamond's trick-or-treating basket.
This book is very cool  because it has eight Halloween "Extra Fun Activities" at the end. I can't wait to try them!

Nate the Great Goes Undercover

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
illustrated by Marc Simont

It all starts when Nate is walking Sludge. Sludge is Nate's dog. They see their friend, Oliver. This is all before breakfast. Oliver says, "Nate, I have a mystery for you!" The mystery is: Who is tips over Oliver's trash can every night.
Nate learns all about what animals come out at night. He thinks it's a skunk, but he's not right.
In the end, it was his dog Sludge!
This book made me laugh when Nate said, "I Nate the Great have solved this mystery!', but when you turn the page you find out that he really didn't solve the mystery.
That's my blog for today.

Nate the Great and the Pillowcase

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
illustrated by Marc Simont

Rosamond was missing a pillowcase for her cat. Annie came over because she knew it was Rosamond's cleaning day. Rosamond got scared of Annie's dog because the dog barked at Annie. Rosamond told Annie to rush out. I don't like when dogs bark at me either.
Nate says there is one more clue that he didn't solve. It was what the cleaning bag looked like. Annie said it was white, with holes in the bottom and tied with string. Nate the Great solved the mystery. Annie took the pillowcase instead of the cleaning bag.
This was a very good story.

Nate the Great and the Big Sniff

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
illustrated by Martha Weston

This book starts out when Nate the Great loses his dog, Sludge. He usually goes to work with Sludge but this time he can't because Sludge IS the mystery. Later on, Nate the Great sees his friend Annie. Annie told him that she saw Sludge, and all about what Sludge did. Nate finds Sludge in the pancake department of the mall. He tells Sludge he is a very good dog because he knows that Nate the Great needs pancakes to think.
This was a very good book!