Marc Simont

A goose drops away from the flock during migration and settles in at a farm, where life seems very pleasant for a while until she finds out just why the farmer keeps geese.

A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and decides to keep him.

Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in these chapter books. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! 
Somebody has been raiding Oliver's garbage can each night. How can Nate narrow the long list of suspects down to one? Nate the Great might just have to go under cover . . . under cover of the garbage can lid, that is!
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Nate the Great interrupts his backyard vacation to find his friend's lost grocery list--before lunch.

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.

When Rosamond's birthday gift for Nate disappears from her sled, the boy detective decides to unravel the mystery.

Though it means Nate can't get his dog ready for the smartest pet contest, he agrees to search for the missing prize for the contest.

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

A boy from a very quiet valley attends a large and noisy fair where he acquires a loudmouth duck and rides a broken ferris wheel.

Even a deep snow the week before Christmas can't keep Nate the Great and his dog Sludge from finding the special card sent to Annie's dog Fang by his mother.