Nate the Great and the Phony Clue

小偵探‧大發現─只要有懸案的地方，就有Nate the Great！一天清晨，Nate在門口發現了一張被撕碎的紙條上寫著『VITA』。Nate的好奇心又被激發，連忙和小狗出發去找出答案。到底VITA是何意思呢?這紙條是誰撕掉的?Rosamond家的貓嗎? 又為什麼要在三點鐘前找出答案呢?Nate辦得到嗎？

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

Early one morning, a torn slip of paper with the mysterious letters V I T A appears on Nate the Great''s doorstep. He and his faithful dog, Sludge, set off to solve this latest mystery. Against ferocious cats, hostile adversaries, and a sly, phony clue -- not to mention a three o''clock deadline -- Nate struggles to prove, once again, that he is Nate the Great.

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat has written every Nate the Great book. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.Marc Simont won the Caldecott Medal for his artwork in A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry, as well as a Caldecott Honor for his own book, A Stray Dog. He has illustrated the first 20 books in the Nate the Great series. He lives in West Cornwall, Connecticut.