Nate the Great and the Pillowcase

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Nate the Great (book 24)

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Nate the Great investigates the disappearance of a homemade pillowcase belonging to Rosamond's cat Big Hex.

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The Nate the Great series is......well, great! These beginner mysteries are fun, humorous, and easy for children. Nates serious demeanor and fondness for pancakes make him endearing for readers of all ages. Nates quirky friends add to the enjoyment. A wonderful series for both juvenile sleuths and their adult counterparts.

In this in installment Nate must help Rosamond find big Helixs pillowcase....or he'll never get any sleep.
It's two o'clock in the morning when the telephone rings and Nate the Great learns that Rosamond's pillowcase is missing. Outside, it is damp, dark, and dreary, but a good (yawning) sleuth knows that the hunt must go on. Can Nate find the missing case before his bedroom slippers wear out?
It is two o'clock in the morning when the telephone rings and Nate the Great learns that Rosamond's pillowcase is missing. She needs it now because her cat Big Hex likes to sleep on it.
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 2.1
Lexile® Measure: 330L
DRA: 18
Guided Reading: K
Genre
Mystery and Suspense
Theme/Subject
Animals
Culture and Diversity
Friends and Friendship
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It's two o'clock in the morning when the telephone rings and Nate the Great learns that Rosamond's pillowcase is missing. She needs it now because her cat, Big Hex, likes to sleep on it.
Outside it is damp, dark, and dreary, but a good (yawning) sleuth knows that the hunt must go on. Can Nate the Great find the missing piece of laundry before the sun comes up, and before his bedroom slippers wear out?
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat was born Marjorie Weinman in Portland, Maine on November 12, 1928. She received a degree in merchandising from Westbrook Junior College in 1948. She briefly worked at a department store, before taking a position in the Circulation Department at the Yale University Library in 1951. She transferred to the circulation staff show more at the Yale Law Library in 1954. She wrote more than 130 books for children and young adults during her lifetime. Her first children's book, Rex, was published in 1967. Her other books included the Nate the Great series; the Olivia Sharp, Agent for Secrets series written with her husband Mitchell Sharmat; The Kids of the Bus series written with her son Andrew Sharmat; I Saw Him First; and Goodnight Andrew; Goodnight Craig. She died from respiratory failure on March 12, 2019 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Nate the Great; Sludge
Dedication
For our wonderful mother and father, Anna and Nathan Weinman

Withlove, M.W.S and R.W
First words
I, Nate the Great, am a sleepy detective.
Canonical DDC/MDS
813

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Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PZ7 .S5299 .NLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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