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  Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail

  Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize

  Nate the Great Stalks Stupidweed

  Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag

  Nate the Great Goes Down in the Dumps

  Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt

  Nate the Great and the Musical Note

  Nate the Great and the Stolen Base

  Nate the Great and the Pillowcase

  Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine

  Nate the Great and the Tardy Tortoise

  Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas

  Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden

  Nate the Great and Me: The Case of the

  Fleeing Fang

  Nate the Great and the Monster Mess

  Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective

  Nate the Great and the Big Sniff

  Nate the Great on the Owl Express

  Nate the Great Talks Turkey

  Nate the Great and the Hungry Book Club

  Nate the Great, Where Are You?

  Nate the Great and the Missing Birthday Snake

  MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT has written more than 130 books for children and young adults, as well as movie and TV novelizations. Her books have been translated into twenty-four languages. The award-winning Nate the Great series, hailed in Booklist as “groundbreaking,” has resulted in Nate’s real-world appearances in many New York Times crossword puzzles, sporting a milk mustache in magazines and posters, residing on more than 28 million boxes of Cheerios, and touring the country in musical theater. Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and her husband, Mitchell Sharmat, have also coauthored many books, including titles in both the Nate the Great and the Olivia Sharp series.

  ANDREW SHARMAT is the son of Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat. Nate the Great and the Missing Birthday Snake is his first collaboration with his mother.

  JODY WHEELER developed a greater-than-average interest in children’s books at an early age, having been influenced and encouraged by her great-aunt Opal Wheeler, a prolific writer of books for young readers in the 1950s. Since being trained as a fine artist and educator, Jody has enjoyed working on projects ranging from picture books to educational texts and magazines, and from greeting cards to coloring books. Jody Wheeler divides her time between Manhattan and Ballston Spa, New York.

  Solve the mystery with Nate the Great!

  WILL THIS CASE SLITHER AWAY?

  Rosamond is throwing a birthday party for her cousin Lizzy!

  Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, are invited. So are Lizzy’s

  four pet snakes. Nate believes that a good detective knows his

  four pet snakes. Nate believes that a good detective knows his

  four pet snakes. Nate believes that a good detective knows his

  missing, Nate and Sludge must face their fears to save the day!

  “[A] favorite of beginning readers.” —Booklist

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