Nate the Great on the Owl Express

by Mitchell Sharmat and Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Book Overview

Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in these chapter books. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries

All aboard the Owl Express Someone on the train is out to get Olivia's pet owl, Hoot. But whooo? Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, hit the rails to help out. Then Hoot disappears Can Nate solve the mystery?

Check out the Fun Activities section in the back of the book

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"With plenty of suspects, comical plot twists, and a satisfying resolution. . . . A strong addition to a popular series."--School Library Journal

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440419271
• ISBN13: 9780440419273
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

My son love this collection

This is a great book. My son is 6 and loves reading this book and feeling like a detective and he even dresses up and goes on hunts for clues like he is Nate the Great. It is also full of basic sight words, to get kids into reading chapter books. The words are easy, but the pages are longer so kids feel that they are reading harder material.

Great little book!

My son loves this series. Fun to read and highly recommend for your little reader.

Nate Really IS Great!

I first picked up a Nate the Great book for my five year-old a few months ago after having been warned off getting him the Junie B. Jones series as there is a lot of negative language in those books (calling people "stupid" and things like that). My son was just getting into reading chapter books and these were a great introduction. He had previously read the "Biscuit" books about the girl and her dog, biscuit. The language in the Nate the Great books is not difficult to read, but there are enough words per page that your child will feel as though they are reading a "big kid" book. The stories are interesting as well - we have fun reading them together and trying to figure out the clues and solve the mysteries right along with Nate. My son laughs out loud at some of the things Nate says and has now read about six of them! He devours them in under an hour and asks me to pick up more every time I go to the library. It is great to see my son's confidence in reading boosted by these wonderful books and to see him not only enjoying reading, but enjoying the stories and using his logical thinking skills to figure out the mysteries as well. I would recommend this and other Nate the Great books to beginning-intermediate readers - ages 5-8/9. Enjoy!