Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden [Paperback]

These chapter books introduce beginning readers to the detective mystery genre. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! 

Rosamond is visiting Scandinavia when she loses something. She wants Nate the Great to find it, even though he doesn’t know what she lost, what country she lost it in, or when she lost it. And he’s thousands of miles away. But if Nate doesn’t take the case, Rosamond plans to hire the King of Sweden. Nate doesn’t want Rosamond to bother the poor king. And he does want the chance to solve his first-ever international case. Can Nate find whatever Rosamond lost without leaving his neighborhood?Praise for the Nate the Great Series
 
★“Kids will like Nate the Great.”—School Library Journal,Starred Review
 
“A consistentlyentertainingseries.” —Booklist
 
“Loose,humorouschalk and watercolor spots help turn this beginning reader into apage-turner.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“Nate, Sludge, and all their friends have beendelighting beginning readers for years.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
“They don’t come any coolerthan Nate the Great.” —The Huffington PostBorn in Portland, Maine, in 1928, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat dreamed of becoming a writer. Little did she know that she would be the author of more than 70 books for children of all ages. Another of her childhood dreams, that of becoming a detective, has also been realized in her most popular Nate the Great series, begun in 1972.

Many of Sharmat's books have been Literary Guild selections and chosen as Books of the Year by the Library of Congress. Several have been made into films for television, includingNate the Great Goes Undercover,winner of the Los Anlãå