Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine - Hardcover

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385311664 ISBN 13: 9780385311663

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1994

Synopsis

Young detective Nate the Great and Sludge, his dog, return in an easy-to-read investigation featuring a red heart taped to Sludge's doghouse, Annie's missing valentine, and Nate's efforts to free his life of all kinds of mushy stuff. Reading Level, 1.9.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Nate the Great hates mushy stuff. But when he spies a big red paper heart taped to the outside of Sludge's doghouse, Nate knows he must help out his favorite pooch. Wh has left Sludge a secret valentine?

It's a mystery until Nate finds out his friend Annie is missing a valentine. The case seems easy. Nate is relieved. No more mushy stuff. That's what he thinks.

About the Author:

MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT 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 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. 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.

MARC SIMONT won the Caldecott Medal for his artwork in A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry, as well as a Caldecott Honor for his own book, The Stray Dog. He illustrated the first twenty books in the Nate the Great series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0385311664
• ISBN 13: 9780385311663
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 43