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,” was inspired by her father, Nathan Weinman. As a
child in Portland, Maine, her first job was counting boxes at the
real-life Weinman Brothers, a wholesale and manufacturing business
owned by her father and uncle.
MITCHELL SHARMAT, a graduate of Harvard University, has written
numerous picture books, easy readers, and novels, and is a
contributor to many textbook reading programs. He is best known for
the classic Gregory, the Terrible Eater, a Reading Rainbow Feature
Selection and a New York Times Critics’ Pick. He has also
coauthored many books with his wife, including the Olivia Sharp
series. In Mitchell Sharmat’s honor, The Sharmat Collection,
displaying the books he’s written, was established at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education by the Munroe C. Gutman Library.
MARTHA WESTON illustrated How Will the Easter Bunny Know? by Kay
Winters (Yearling), as well as more than forty books for children,
including six she also wrote.
Praise for the Nate the Great Series
★ “Kids will like Nate the Great.” —School Library Journal, Starred
Review
“A consistently entertaining series.” —Booklist
“Loose, humorous chalk and watercolor spots help turn this
beginning reader into a page-turner.” —Publishers Weekly
“Nate, Sludge, and all their friends have been delighting beginning
readers for years.” —Kirkus Reviews
“They don’t come any cooler than Nate the Great.” —The Huffington
Post
Praise for the Nate the Great Series
"Kids will like Nate the Great." -School Library
Journal, Starred Review
"A consistently entertaining series." -Booklist
"Loose, humorous chalk and watercolor spots help turn this
beginning reader into a page-turner." -Publishers
Weekly
"Nate, Sludge, and all their friends have been delighting
beginning readers for years." -Kirkus Reviews
"They don't come any cooler than Nate the Great." -The
Huffington Post
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