Nate the Great and the Stolen Base by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Nate the Great and the Stolen Base Reviews

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  Alex

  I enjoyed this book because I like baseball and I used to do it. I did not like this book because I do not like slimy squids for the idea of a baseball base.
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  Nicole

  A straightforward story, we actually read in one sitting. The writing doesn't require much inferring by the reader at all - it's very explicit, which makes it definitely more accessible to very young readers/listeners. However, this does make it boring for me to read.
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  L Y N N

  I happened upon this book at my local library sale. I had kinda forgotten about this series! Such a nostalgic read since it reminded me of reading these to my own children! Simple and straightforward, but also with interesting information in the book for kids who are nerds as I was! :)
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  Amanda

  Clean your room Oliver! You'd find your five legged octopus toy a lost faster than hiring Nate the Great to look for it.
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  Sara Cranford

  Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's Nate the Great series is funny, simple and perfect for beginning readers. Nate the Great and the Stolen Base tells the story of how Nate the Great used his best detective skills to find clues leading him to his baseball team's missing second base: a slimy purple plastic octopus. After arriving at baseball practice and discovering the base is missing, Nate follows his friend Oliver home to investigae where the base could have gone. After searching in all the obvious places, Nate decides this is a case that will require clues and retracing Oliver's steps. When he discovers that the slimy purple octopus is missing some of its arms, Nate realizes the remaining five arms and the body must be somewhere in Oliver's home. When Nate uses what he learns through past expereiences in looking for clues, he searches behind the bookshelf one last time and finds the purple octopus wrapped around Oliver's phone cord. Finally the case has been solved and baseball practice can go on, all thanks to Nate the Great!
  This story is a great take home beginning reader for children ages 6-9, grades 1st to 4th. Its reppitition and and simplicity makes it a great first take-home series. The series itself consists of 30 books with Nate the Great and the Stolen Base being the 14th. It introduces children to the world of mystery books on a level that is easy to follow and read alone. It also helps teach children to use the clues around them to solve various problems, and that no case is too hard when you put your mind to it! Nate the Great will definitely be a book series that I keep in my classroom one day!
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  Rosa Cline

  Another very good mystery in the Nate The Great mystery books. These mysteries are simple but yet not so simple that they are boring. Nate and his friends all want to play baseball and a few of them were chosen to bring items to be used as bases. But the one with second base the item comes up missing! So they can't play ball until the mystery is solved! Nate uses his wits and all what he knows to try and solve this. Even as a reader reading it out loud to my adult special needs son; I didn't figure it out until later in the story. The ending is very nice and will help children use their minds to help figure things out.
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  A.

  
  The most interesting part of this case is the way Nate the Great found the clue that solved the mystery. If not for Rosamond’s baseball mitt that was stuck on the tree, Nate the Great would have never found the stolen base!
  
  I expected the ending in this one but was not sure of how the writer will present it to the reader. In this book, the writer was successful in showing the clues and breaking the mystery.
  
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  Dolly

  This is a funny story about a missing base (in this case, a rubbery, squishy octopus that gradually loses its legs). Nate the great is on the case to find the "base" and once again he uses his powers of deduction and intuition to follow the case to its logical conclusion. And as always, he fortifies himself with pancakes along the way. He and his dog Sludge are always able to get to the bottom of any mystery, no matter how small. We really enjoy this series and look forward to more.
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  midnightfaerie

  A book my 6 yr old loved, a little old for my preschoolers. A solid reading level 2 book, this reader has a good amount of advanced vocabulary words, but not so long that it discourages a new reader. Used it for his read out loud book, which was perfect. It took about 15 mins for him to read and had just enough new vocabulary words to make it challenging. Also, it was a fun and interesting story he could get into. He liked it so much, he asked for more by this author. Great reading book!
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  Anthony

  Nate the Great, Junior Detective is also a member on the Rosamond's Rangers baseball team. He arrives for practice to discover that the plastic purple octopus that was being used as second base has been stolen. So as usual, Nate writes his mother a note letting her know that he's on a case, and starts his investigation. Infused with pancakes for additional energy, Nate solves the mystery of the the stolen base.
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  Lisa (Bookworm Lisa)

  Nate the Great is a great book for children who in out of picture books, but not yet ready for big chapter book.
  
  Nate the Great is a detective who solves cases for the kids in his neighborhood. He uses his mind to figure out the clues.
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  Katt Hansen

  Nate goes hunting for a missing octopus and finds *gasp* only a trail of legs....
  
  A clever tale not for the squeamish with a lot of really interesting baseball facts thrown in (this got bumped up a star just for the baseball jokes alone!)
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  Theresa

  
  Nate the Great and the Stolen Base
  Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman
  3.9
  an odd story for boys a good early mystery
  
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  Taylor Troncin

  Nate the Great is a unique character/series. I like them but sometimes think there's more going on than what I notice... If that makes sense...
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  Seth

  One of the bases was an octopus which was the missing base. They found it behind the bookcase.