Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

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Penguin, Sep 6, 2007 - Juvenile Fiction - 96 pages
Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville neighborhood’s ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. And with ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but the reader is given all the clues as well. Interactive and chock full of interesting bits of information—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown!
 

Contents

THE CASE OF NATTY NAT
1
THE CASE OF THE SCATTERED CARDS
10
THE CASE OF THE CIVIL WAR SWORD
17
THE CASE OF MERKOS GRANDSON
22
THE CASE OF THE BANK ROBBER
29
THE CASE OF THE HAPPY NEPHEW
37
THE CASE OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE
45
THE CASE OF THE KNIFE IN THE WATERMELON
53
THE CASE OF THE MISSING ROLLER SKATES
61
THE CASE OF THE CHAMPION EGG SPINNER
69
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Donald J. Sobol was the author of the highly acclaimed Encyclopedia Brown series and many other books. His awards include a special Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his contribution to mystery writing in the United States, and the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers’ Choice Award for Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace.

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