{"product_id":"nate-the-great-and-the-wandering-word-isbn-9781524765477","title":"Nate the Great and the Wandering Word","description":"\u003cb\u003eJoin the world's greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of the missing word! 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!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT DOES A STRANGE, LONG, MADE-UP WORD SOUND LIKE?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEsmeralda came up with the perfect name for Rosamond's pet concert. But she lost the pink paper where she wrote the word--and she can't remember what it is. Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, take on the unusual case, and they are soon braving pink papers and barking, oinking, and talking pets. Will Nate and Sludge find the word in time for the show to go on?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for the Nate the Great Series\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThey don't come any cooler\u003c\/b\u003e than Nate the Great.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e★ \"Kids will like Nate\u003c\/b\u003e the Great.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal,\u003c\/i\u003e Starred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A consistently \u003cb\u003eentertaining\u003c\/b\u003e series.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Loose, \u003cb\u003ehumorous\u003c\/b\u003e chalk and watercolor spots help turn this beginning reader into a \u003cb\u003epage-turner\u003c\/b\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nate, Sludge, and all their friends have been \u003cb\u003edelighting beginning readers for years\u003c\/b\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for the Nate the Great Series:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ★\u003cb\u003e “Kids will like Nate the Great.”\u003c\/b\u003e —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal,\u003c\/i\u003e Starred \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A consistently \u003cb\u003eentertaining\u003c\/b\u003e series.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Loose, \u003cb\u003ehumorous\u003c\/b\u003e chalk and watercolor spots help turn this beginning reader into a \u003cb\u003epage-turner.\u003c\/b\u003e” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Nate, Sludge, and all their friends have been \u003cb\u003edelighting beginning readers for years.\u003c\/b\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003cb\u003eThey don’t come any cooler\u003c\/b\u003e than Nate the Great.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarjorie Weinman Sharmat\u003c\/b\u003e has written more than 130 books for children and young adults, as well as movie and TV novelizations. Her books have been translated into twenty-four languages. The award-winning Nate the Great series, hailed in \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e as \"groundbreaking,\" has resulted in Nate's real-world appearances in many \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecrossword 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. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Sharmat\u003c\/b\u003e is the son of Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat. \u003ci\u003eNate the Great and the Wandering Word\u003c\/i\u003e is his second collaboration with his mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJody Wheeler\u003c\/b\u003e developed a greater-than-average interest in children's books at an early age, having been influenced and encouraged by her great-aunt Opal Wheeler, a prolific writer of books for young readers in the 1950s. Since being trained as a fine artist and educator, Jody has enjoyed working on projects ranging from picture books to educational texts and magazines, and from greeting cards to coloring books. She divides her time between Manhattan and Ballston Spa, NY. \u003cbr\u003e My name is Nate the Great.\u003cbr\u003e I am a detective.\u003cbr\u003e My partner is my dog, Sludge.\u003cbr\u003e One morning we were out for a walk.\u003cbr\u003e Suddenly, someone called to us.\u003cbr\u003e It was Esmeralda.\u003cbr\u003e Esmeralda is very smart. \u003cbr\u003e She knows many things. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Hey, Nate. Hey, Sludge,” she called.\u003cbr\u003e “I have lost something.”\u003cbr\u003e I was surprised.\u003cbr\u003e “What did you lose?” I asked.\u003cbr\u003e “I lost a word,” Esmeralda said.\u003cbr\u003e “What?” I said. “How did you lose a word?”\u003cbr\u003e Esmeralda sighed. “Well, I had it and then I didn’t,” she said.\u003cbr\u003e I was interested. Sludge looked interested too.\u003cbr\u003e “Hmm,” I said. “Did you write the word or just say it?”\u003cbr\u003e “I said it \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003ewrote it on pink paper. \u003cbr\u003e Now I don’t remember the word. \u003cbr\u003e Please find it for me.”\u003cbr\u003e “I, Nate the Great, will take the case,” \u003cbr\u003e I said.\u003cbr\u003e “I will look for your word. \u003cbr\u003e First, I have questions to ask you. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e WHEN did you lose the word? \u003cbr\u003e WHERE did you lose the word? \u003cbr\u003e HOW did you lose the word?”\u003cbr\u003e “I have answers to your questions,” Esmeralda said.\u003cbr\u003e “I lost my word yesterday. I was at Rosamond’s house. I was at her dining room table. It was noon. I wrote my word and then it was gone.”\u003cbr\u003e “Did Rosamond see you write the word \u003cbr\u003e on the pink paper?” I asked.\u003cbr\u003e “No, Rosamond was in the kitchen,” Esmeralda said. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “She wants to have a pet singing concert. She was testing pets’ singing voices.”\u003cbr\u003e “Who else was in the house?” I asked.\u003cbr\u003e “The kitchen was full of people,” Esmeralda said. “And pets too. \u003cbr\u003e Finley’s rat; Oliver’s eel; Claude’s pig; Annie’s dog, Fang; and Rosamond’s four cats. The pets were in the kitchen for tryouts.”\u003cbr\u003e “So you were alone in the dining room?” \u003cbr\u003e I asked. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Almost,” Esmeralda said. “Pip’s parrot is afraid of Rosamond’s cats. He was with me.”\u003cbr\u003e “Smart bird,” I said. “But where was Pip?”\u003cbr\u003e “In the kitchen, listening to the tryouts,” Esmeralda said. “Are those good clues?”\u003cbr\u003e “I don’t know yet,” I said. “What were you writing about when your word disappeared?”\u003cbr\u003e “I was trying to come up with a name for the concert. I wrote the word down so I wouldn’t forget it. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Then I remembered that I had to be home for lunch. When I came back later, my word was gone.”\u003cbr\u003e “Can you tell me anything about the word?” I asked. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Yes,” Esmeralda said. “It’s a long word. A strange word. A made-up word.”\u003cbr\u003e “A strange word will be right at home in Rosamond’s house,” I said.\u003cbr\u003e “Now here comes my best clue,” Esmeralda said.\u003cbr\u003e “When I came back, all the pets were gone too. But Annie’s little brother, Harry, was in the dining room with scissors. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “He was cutting words out of sentences. I thought my word was mixed in with the words he had cut, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.”\u003cbr\u003e I, Nate the Great, knew it was time to go home and think.\u003cbr\u003e I wrote a note to my mother. ","brand":"Yearling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300123627749,"sku":"NP9781524765477","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781524765477.jpg?v=1767733475","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/nate-the-great-and-the-wandering-word-isbn-9781524765477","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}