Nate the Great and the Tardy Tortoise - Summary and Publication Details

Sep 29, 2026

Nate the Great and the Tardy Tortoise follows Nate as the bite marks on his flowers point to a wandering tortoise, prompting him to investigate the reptile’s origins. The book includes a detective-story framing of the mystery, along with credits for authors Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Craig Sharmat and illustrations by Marc Simont. Publication, copyright, cataloging, and ISBN information are provided, reflecting its formal library edition record.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages56

Reading Time1 h 26 min

AccessFree to download

Summary

Story premise: flowers and a wandering tortoise

Publication and bibliographic data

NoT Iho and TheTardyTorToiseby Maryorie Weinman SharmaT # Boston PuDi LiDrary Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2012 可 http://www.archive.org/details/nategreattaooshan READ ALL THESE NATE THE GREAT DETECTIVE STORIES BY MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARC SIMONT: NATE THE GREAT NATE THE GREAT GOES UNDERCOVERNATE THE GREAT AND THE LOST LISTNATE THE GREAT AND THE PHONY CLUENATE THE GREAT AND THE STICKY CASENATE THE GREAT AND THE MISSING KEYNATE THE GREAT AND THE SNOWY TRAILNATE THE GREAT AND THE FISHY PRIZENATE THE GREAT STALKS STUPIDWEED NATE THE GREAT AND THE BORING BEACH BAGNATE THE GREAT GOES DOWN IN THE DUMPSNATE THE GREAT AND THE HALLOWEEN HUNTNATE THE GREAT AND THE MUSICAL NOTE (by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Craig Sharmat)NATE THE GREAT AND THE STOLEN BASENATE THE GREAT AND THE PILLOWCASE (by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Rosalind Weinman)NATE THE GREAT AND THE MUSHY VALENTINENATE THE GREAT AND THE TARDY TORTOISE(by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Craig Sharmat) NaThoand TheTardyTorToise by Maryorie Weinman SharmaTand Craig SharmaT illusTraTed by Marc SimonT Press Delacorte Published byDelacorte Press Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group,Inc.1540 BroadwayNew York,New York 10036 Text copyright ◎1995 by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Craig SharmatIllustrations copyright 1995 by Marc Simont All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced or trarnsmitted inany form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,without the written permission of the Publisher,except where permitted bylaw. The trademark Delacorte Press⑧is registered in the U.S.Patent andTrademark Offce and in other countries. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sharmat,Marjorie Weinman. Nate the Great and the tardy tortoise /by Marjorie Weinman Sharmatand Craig Sharmat;illustrations by Marc Simont. p. cm. Summary:As more and more of his flowers display the bite marks of awandering tortoise,Nate sets out to uncover the mystery of the reptile'sorigins. ISBN 0-385-32111-2 [1.Turtles—Fiction.2.Mystery and detective stories.] I.Sharmat,Craig.II.Simont,Marc,ill.I.Title.PZ7.S5299Navk 1995[E]—dc20 94-49607 CIP AC The text of this book is set in eighteen-point Goudy Old Style.Boɔk design by Julie E.Baker Manufactured in the United States of AmericaSeptember 199510987654321 ace.2 CONNOLLY BRANCH CN BR SHARMAT M For my parents, who patiently took meunder their shell

FAQs

What mystery does Nate investigate?

Nate investigates how the bite marks on his flowers connect to a wandering tortoise and seeks to uncover the tortoise’s origins.

Who wrote and illustrated the book?

The book is by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Craig Sharmat, with illustrations by Marc Simont.

Where can the digitized copy be found?

The text indicates it was digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012, with a link shown in the document.

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