My students enjoy this book because it is easy to read, and it makes it easier for my students to understand. Also they really enjoy reading the book and find it pretty fascinating. They are doing a novel study on this book and are expected to answer questions for each chapter. This makes them really stay on key and pay attention to the book. I think that there should be more books out there like this one. I am very impressed!!!!!

My students enjoy this book because it is easy to read, and it makes it easier for my students to understand. Also they really enjoy reading the book and find it pretty fascinating. They are doing a novel study on this book and are expected to answer questions for each chapter. This makes them really stay on key and pay attention to the book. I think that there should be more books out there like this one. I am very impressed!!!!!

Simply wonderful! I find this story as enchanting today as I did as a child fifteen years ago. With an entertaining plot and fabulous illustrations, this book should be part of everyone's library!

I read this book for the first time when I was 10 years old. Today, it still provides me with warm memories, laughter, and a great bread pudding recipe that allows my tattered volume to sit with my favorite cookbooks. Don't miss it!

What I liked about the Great Genghis Khan Look Alike Contest is that it was really funny adventure book .what made it funny was all the surprise.The story is about a dog who was found in the woods by a kid whos name was Fred . fred took him home.but Fred's family couldn't affort him a leash;shelter or food for the dog because Fred's dad and mom lost ther jobs the dogs name was Duz. Duz was really scary looking but he was nice.One day Duz and Fred were walking dowwn the street and guess what they saw.

Lucretia the Unbearable is one of the best children's books I can remember reading. Although I never owned a copy. My mother used to take me to the library in Altoona, Pennsylvania and we would read it together sitting on a green vinyl ottoman. Lucretia is no static character... her preoccupation with herself is changed only by her need for companionship, as she learns the age-old lesson that to have friends one must be a friend. The illustrations are fantastic as well, with lots of little details that will be appreciated by young and old alike. It's an awesome book!!!

This was the best book I read all year! I absolutely loved it from cover to cover. The illustrations really make a smashing impact. A "must-read" for all kids trying to get over their fear of rats!

For over twenty adventures now, Nate the Great, the young detective, has searched for his friends' missing things. He's searched for missing stamps, weeds, boring beach bags, missing pets, musical notes, stolen bases, and even saved the King of Sweden (kinda!). In all of this, his mom has been quietly supportive. He leaves a note on the refrigerator to tell her what case he's working on, that he will be back, and that he loves her. But in NATE THE GREAT AND THE MONSTER MESS, Nate investigates the disappearance of something his mother has lost: a special cookie recipe. If Nate and his dog Sludge cannot find the list, Nate will never again enjoy Strawberry Draculas, Chocolate Frankensteins, and Cinnamon Werewolves (his favorite cookie!). Nate is on the search, and he's reluctantly rounding up the usual suspects.

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.

Although most of the Nate the Great series have been written as long stories, this book is one of the series' more recent additions to be broken into chapters. The short, punchy chapters make great stopping places for reading out loud when traveling, or to dole out as rewards-or for those nights when little listeners don't want to go to bed right away and can ask for "just one more chapter." Reading Nate the Great books out loud is always a treat, especially for the reader willing to do character voices and make the most of the terse, first-person narrative. In this book, Nate encounters Annie and her dog Fang, Rosamond and her cats, and Oliver who follows everybody-including Nate the Great on this case. Again, Marjorie Sharmat makes perfect use of logic and clues, building an intriguing mystery that young minds will ferret out and understand.

The entire Nate the Great series is recommended to younger readers and parents who love reading to their children that might have tired of (or memorized!) all of the rhyming Dr. Seuss books. This series makes a great transition to leap from to Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys later.

I am a title I reading teacher and I was looking for some books to recommend to my second graders. I bought some of the Nate the Great series books to look at. This book was the first one that I read and I found it to be very enjoyable. I know the children will enjoy it also, especially the characters, Nate and Rosamond. Boys and girls who are ages 5-8 will relate to Nate and Rosamond and the adventures they go through. If you are looking for fun, short chapter books for your first-third graders, I think they will really enjoy these.