Marc Simont

When a little dog appears at a family picnic, the girl and boy play with him all afternoon. They name him Willy. At day's end they say good-bye. But the dog has won their hearts and stays on their minds. The following Saturday the family returns to the picnic grounds to look for Willy, but they are not alone-- the dogcatcher is looking for him, too!

The reader is asked to help Nate the Great solve the mystery of his friend Annie's missing dog Fang.

Nate the Great takes on his first night case and tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher.

Nate and his dog Sludge try to solve a case on Halloween night and find themselves locked in a haunted house.

Nate the Great and his dog Sludge look for Annie's housekey which has mysteriously disappeared.

When Rosamond looks into her crystal ball to read Nate the Great's future, she sees a new case for him to solve--her money box is missing and she wants him to find it.

Nate the Great interrupts his backyard vacation to find his friend's lost grocery list--before lunch.

Poetic text describes all the wonderful things about trees including their strong climbing branches, relaxing shade, and amazing growth from a seedling.

Nate the Great investigates the disappearance of a homemade pillowcase belonging to Rosamond's cat Big Hex.

Nate the Great searches for a missing weed after it disappears from a pot on Oliver's porch.