Nate is working two cases at once! A double whammy in more ways than one way!
The annual 4th of July Picnic is two days away and decorations are going up in Deering Oaks Park. As Nate and Sludge stroll along, they run into their friend Pip and his parrot Prattles. Pip explains that he’s lost his other parrot—Penelope—a drone that he disguised as a parrot, as a friend for Prattles. Pip plans to sing the Star-Spangled Banner with Prattles and Penelope at the picnic so they don’t have much time.
The next day, Claude comes calling and asks Nate if he can help solve a case for him. He explains he’s lost Baxter, his drone parrot. A lightbulb goes off in Nate’s head–an idea that may very well lead to solving both cases at once.
What happens next is a mix-up of epic proportions, but in the end Nate’s smart thinking and problem-solving makes sense of it all. And on picnic day, Pip is able to sing his song with Prattles and Penelope, however a pig called Anastasia manages to somehow steal the show!
Author
Andrew Sharmat
Andrew Sharmat previously collaborated with his mother, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, the creator of Nate the Great. Now Andrew continues solving mysteries with Nate and Sludge with Nate the Great and the Earth Day Robot, Nate the Great and the Missing Tomatoes, and Nate the Great and the Star-Spangled Parrot. He lives in Indiana.
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Olga Ivanov
Olga and Aleksey Ivanov are renowned children’s book illustrators/authors and classically trained commercial artists. This talented husband-and-wife team immigrated to the United States in 2002 and found their home #hylandstudio in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado. In all, the two have illustrated over 100 children’s books around the globe.
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Aleksey Ivanov
Olga and Aleksey Ivanov are renowned children’s book illustrators/authors and classically trained commercial artists. This talented husband-and-wife team immigrated to the United States in 2002 and found their home #hylandstudio in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado. In all, the two have illustrated over 100 children’s books around the globe.
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