Nate the Great & Nate the Great Goes Undercover by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Illus by Marc Simont
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Paperback, 64 pages
Published April 1977 by Yearling
First published 1972
Source: Thrift shop

Nate the Great (#1)

Wonderful easy reader! This is the first in a large series and introduces us to the pancake-loving super sleuth. Nate has a dry sense of humour and the story is hilarious. The mystery is well played out, the solution a surprise, and clever. The art is wonderful! As most books from this era, the pages alternate with black and white drawings to two-colour illustrations. The colour theme for this book is pink and yellow which gives it a very '70s vibe. This should whet a kid's appetite for mysteries and detective stories.

Nate the Great Goes Undercover by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Illus by Marc Simont
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Hardcover, 48 pages
Published December 31st 1974 by Coward McCann
Source: Thrift shop

Nate the Great (#2)

The second book in this series introduces Nate's dog, Sludge, who will be his companion in the rest of the books. A friend asks Nate to solve the mystery of who or what is tipping over his garbage can every night. Nate uses deductive reasoning skills to figure out who is *not* stealing the garbage. Then he uses the library to narrow down his list of who could be the culprit. I love the humour in these books. It is so dry and hilarious. The art, of course, is wonderful with the two-colour theme being yellow and navy blue; perfect for a book that is about the night time.