Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize Reviews

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  Chloe (Always Booked)

  3.5 stars. This was a really fast but cute story. We haven't read any Nate the Great and this won't be our last! The gang's pets are all having a competition and a painted tuna can is the prize, however it goes missing and Nate has to help find it. It was cute and made kids think outside of the box. It also had a ton of animal facts at the end that I loved exploring with my daughter!
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  Alex

  I enjoyed this book because I like prizes. I did not like this book because I do not like it when cats lick prizes.
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  Dolly

  Our girls love the Nate the Great series, especially my youngest. The stories aren't too long; we can read the whole book at one time. They are pretty silly, but fun and demonstrate common sense thinking.
  
  We love the common themes throughout the series; Nate's love for pancakes, his weird friends and their weird pets, and his great detective dog, Sludge.
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  Erin Lee

  The stories are becoming recycled versions of each other, all containing tuna fish cans and pancakes. Also, I was appalled at the "game" at the end of the book. Throw a towel over your dog's head and count how long it takes it to get free? This is cruel and just asking for a child to be bitten.
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  Marie

  As far as early chapter books are concerned this one is pretty good. Despite being written for new readers it's pretty entertaining and the wording (while simplistic) is generally fun stylistically rather than lame.
  
  Nate the Great goes in search of Rosimund's lost first prize for the upcoming smartest pet competition. Will he find the stinky gold painted tuna can in time?
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  Stephanie Sheaffer

  Fun chapter book series with simple text and corresponding illustrations on almost every page. Published in 1985, this is book #8 in the series. Ages 5-9+.
  
  * There are 29 books in this series.
  * A corresponding series is also available about Nate's cousin, Olivia Sharp (she is a detective also). I hope to investigate this series also.
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  Beth

  Easy Reader Shelves at Renton Highlands
  
  Fun -- I like the confidence and the way Nate refers to himself in the third person a lot, and how he acts outside of direct adult supervision, and the variety of pets.
  
  I even like how the resolution of the mystery is done, hinted so the reader gets it just before Nate (but maybe just after the dog)
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  C.G.Koens

  3.5 stars. There are some interesting characters in these Nate the Great books, and the ending was cute. Kids liked it, as they do all of the books from this series that we've read, and it's not totally mind numbing to read out loud as a parent. 😏
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  Kristine

  We are enjoying the Nate the Great books reading with the kids. They really liked this one.
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  Hope

  Nate the Great is on the case! The competition for smartest pet is today, and Nate is entering Sludge. But just an hour before the start, he receives a call from Rosamund- The prize for first place, a tuna fish can with 'Smartest' written in gold paint, has gone missing! Nate doesn't even have time to unpack his grocery bag of dog shampoo and pancake ingredients. What could have happened to the can? How will Nate solve the mystery in only an hour?
  Such a fun series to revisit, one of my favorites as a kid. Lots of fun.
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  Lisa Cohn

  Michael, age 5, loves Nate the Great books. He likes this book because, as he says, it's a boy-and-dog mystery, and it's funny! Also, he likes the fact that dog Sludge finds the clues and that Nate and Sludge are afraid of dog Fang. Watch his review here, and prepare yourself for some great detail--and silliness:
  
  http://youtu.be/dt3Hjr-YmTg
  
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  Carrie

  Cute story for beginning readers about a boy w/ a dog named Sludge who solves a silly mystery. The second part of the book has interesting facts about a few animals, a the skill test for your dog and some corny animal riddles. Good for ages 5-7
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  Shelley

  This one my son asked and asked to own. It's a good one.
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  Victorb

  Nate the Great was on his bike. Nate smells a fishy clue. pip brot his porot. I Like It.
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  Angela

  I liked how Nate uses commom sense to think things through. This story would be great to introduce linear thinking to younger kids. I do wonder where Nate's parents are though.
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  Eliza

  I thought this book was really good because I like the way Nate the Great didn't see the prize when he walked past it outside. And then he realized that Fang knocked it out with his tail!
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  Leiera Monae

  Children's Reading Adventures Book Club, Summer 2014
  
  *D.E.A.R. Time -- Read with 7 year olds*
  
  07.11.2014
  
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  K Grant

  Perfect for kindergarteners and 1st graders.
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  Emily

  Fun lower grade book.
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  Enrique Suarez-Ojedis

  The book was so fishy. They had a contest about which dos was the smartest and the prize was a bowl of tuna fish from Rosamond.
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  Laura

  This is a good series for introducing the mystery genre to beginning chapter book readers.