在這一集中，Nate the Great的媽媽的一張食譜不見了，他終於有機會幫她找東西了，他能找到它嗎？看看他是如何解開謎題的，這又是怎麼一回事呢？在這本書中Nate the Great還教了我們成為偵探的秘招喔！
這一系列的偵探故事，都是在描寫Nate the Great 跟他的狗Sludge如何幫他的朋友們，解開日常生活碰到的難題。相當的生活化，故事內容雖比不上福爾摩斯或是科南來得複雜難解，但是其用字不難，書中的案件也都是生活中常見的小事，對於充滿好奇心，而剛開始試著閱讀小說的兒童來說，是相當好的讀物。適合7歲以上或是已學習英文三至四年的兒童閱讀。Nat eht Great loves his mother's Monster Cookies. Her strawberry Draculas, her Chocolate Frankensteins, and especially her Cinnamon Werewolves. But now her Monster Cookie recepe is missing! Nate, the greate detective, has never solved a case for his mother before. Can he do it? With his dog, Sludge, Nate gets to work. They look, sniff, climb up, bend down, push, and pull. They find long and short clues. Crinkly, wrinkly clues. And fishy, fangy clues. But which clues count? Can Nat e the Great ever hope to eat those wonderful cookies again? |
