Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Book Overview

Pesky Oliver's beach bag has mysteriously disappeared. The story is well-written and easy for primary children to follow . . . suitable both for independent reading and for reading aloud.--School... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440401682
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Yearling
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great series

I bought this for my 8-year-old nephew. He really likes to read these on his own. They're short books, but perfect for kids starting to read. You really can't beat the price either.

Nate is the greatest

I loved the "Nate the Great" books when I was a child and recently rediscovered them by reading them to my seven-year-old. We picked up the very first "Nate the Great" book this summer at a garage sale and she's now hooked on the series. I can read them to her in a night in about 20 minutes and she can read one on her own within an hour. "Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag" is a fun story to end the summer....or begin next summer. It features all the typical characters, Nate's sometimes-sarcastic sense of humor and all the plot you need to get your young reader to start thinking outside of the box to solve the latest mystery. Be sure to make some pancakes to eat while you read!

Critique of Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag

I, Melika the excellent really adore the book Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag. This book is about a boy who solves a mystery of a missing beach bag.In my opinion this is a easy mystery, but you might think differently. I don't admire an easy mystery, but I prefered the rest of the book, and I really recommend this book.

Mystery At The Beach

Trying to take a day off and bask at the beach just doesn't work for Nate the Great. As a detective, his detecting services are always on call. This time Oliver, Nate's next door neighbor and the world's greatest pest, has come up with a new mystery. Oliver has lost his beach bag. The beach bag contains Oliver's clothes and shoes, which Oliver will need. Nate signs on for the case at once, and the search begins-with Oliver following closely after, of course. During the course of his investigation, he runs across the usual suspects: Annie and her dog, Fang, and Rosamond, who is running a seaside restaurant.Marjorie Weinman Sharmat is the author of over twenty Nate the Great adventures, including NATE THE GREAT STALKS STUPIDWEED, NATE THE GREAT AND THE BORING BEACH BAG, NATE THE GREAT AND THE HALLOWEEN HUNT, and NATE THE GREAT AND THE MUSHY VALENTINE. She has written dozens of books for young readers. She named Nate the Great after her father. Her books have been named as Children's Choice books and Junior Literary Guild selections, and been picked as Books of the Year by the Library of Congress.NATE THE GREAT AND THE BORING BEACH BAG offers more than the usual high standard of entertainment readers have come to expect from Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. Filled with the wit and humor of any other Nate the Great book, this particular entry also involves rudimentary mapping skills and an introduction to logical thinking. Also, long-time fans will really get the humor in Rosamond's Restaurant, where the sandwiches actually come packed with sand! The first-person voice of Nate the Great is an absolute delight to read on its own, but even better to share with a young reader just beginning to discover the worlds and adventures that lie between the covers of a book. Marc Simont's artwork, especially since it is out of the urban locale that the Nate the Great adventures usually favor, is eye-catching and colorful.Young readers will enjoy the whole Nate the Great series because the tales are told in a familiar fashion and involve a solid cast of characters that return book after book. These books are also some of the best to choose for read-alouds to pre-readers or for the last story before bedtime because they can be read in just a few moments. The Nate the Great mysteries are fun and addictive for both parent and child.

I like the Nate the Great books!

This story is about a boy who lost his beach bag and Nate the Great finds it. It's a detective story and it's also funny. Kids who enjoy detective stories will like this series.