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Nate, the great detective, depends on his dog, Sludge, to help him solve all of his cases. But Sludge can't help him this time -- Sludge is lost! Lost inside a big department store on a rainy day. Nate frantically searches for his best friend and trusted helper. Salespeople have spotted a wet, slippery, sloppy dog running about. Is Sludge hiding from them? Nate looks high and low, and in places he'd rather not look at all. But every clue leads to a dead end . . . until Nate realizes that Sludge 'can help him with this case! 'From the Hardcover edition.
The familiar characters, basic plot, and illustrated pages of these simple chapter books build confidence in children who are just starting to read and who look forward to a new mystery.Kirkus Reviews Another satisfying entry in a consistently entertaining series.Booklist From the Trade Paperback edition.
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat has written more than 130 books for children and young adults, which have been translated into seventeen languages. As a child in Portland, Maine, her first job was counting boxes at the real-life Weinman Brothers, a wholesale and manufacturing business owned by her father and uncle. She now lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her husband, Mitchell. Mitchell Sharmat is a native of Brookline, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Harvard University. He has written numerous picture books, easy readers, and novels, and is a contributor to many textbook reading programs. He is best known for the wildly popular Gregory, the Terrible Eater, a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection. Martha Weston is the illustrator of How Will the Easter Bunny Know? by Kay Winters (Dell Yearling), as well as more than forty other books for children, including six she has also written. She lives in Fairfax, California, with her husband and children and two cats who are afraid of the Hexes. |
