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nathansnook's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
A fun holiday read where we learn that sometimes mysteries in life are joys in the way we need to solve them. There doesn’t always have to be an answer. The fun is in the questioning, the trying.
mrgongjin's review
4.0
Good story and nice holiday. I'm really amazed about how they treat dogs as members of human families.
backonthealex's review
4.0
It’s almost Christmas and Annie, Nate’s best friend, is worried - every year, her big, scary dog Fang gets a Christmas card from his mother, Mrs. Fang. But so far, no card has arrived and Annie is worried. Can Nate and his dog Sludge help solve this mystery? Off they all go to Annie’s house to check her mailbox, which is packed full of “what must have been the largest single-day collection of holiday catalogs ever mailed to one address…” Going through all the catalogs received for the last eight weeks yields some lost bills and a vet reminder but no card from Mrs. Fang. Could it have gotten stuck in the cat catalog Annie had given to her friend Rosamund? When no card is found there, Nate decides to go home and have some Chanukah potato pancakes and think. Could the past Christmas cards from Mrs. Fang hold a clue about what happened to this year’s card? Nate seems to think so.
The Nate the Great books are perfect for introducing young readers to mystery stories. The plots are simple and easy to follow, the mysteries are age appropriate and the characters are really nice to each other. There are full color spot illustrations, and at the end of the book we have, there are pages and pages of activities, all relating to this particular story.
The Nate the Great books are perfect for introducing young readers to mystery stories. The plots are simple and easy to follow, the mysteries are age appropriate and the characters are really nice to each other. There are full color spot illustrations, and at the end of the book we have, there are pages and pages of activities, all relating to this particular story.
ssejig's review
4.0
I used to love Nate the Great when I was younger. That's because it was an interesting series and developed a story in a short number of pages.
In this one, Nate is asked by Fang's owner (Fang is a Great Dane, big dog) to find out what happened to the Christmas card from Fang's mother. Of course, there are quirky characters but Nate is able to think it through and help save Christmas.
In this one, Nate is asked by Fang's owner (Fang is a Great Dane, big dog) to find out what happened to the Christmas card from Fang's mother. Of course, there are quirky characters but Nate is able to think it through and help save Christmas.
kelseyr713's review against another edition
5.0
I saw this on the shelf and had to read it. I read Nate the Great a lot as a kid. I didn't remember reading this one, but once I started it came back to me. Nate the Great is funny and an excellent boy detective. This particular mystery is cute: his friend Annie's dog Fang is missing his regular Christmas card from his mother. Nate and Annie team up to find the missing card. Rosamond and her cats also make an appearance.
kellyholmes's review against another edition
3.0
Annie gets way too many catalogs in the mail! A cute story for kids.
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