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!
The boy detective is back with ten new exciting adventures Since 1963, when Dutton published Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, the first book in the series, the brainy crime-stopper has been a favorite character among middle-grade readers.
Idaville's secret weapon against lawbreakers, ten-year-old Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, helps the police force solve ten new cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book.
A Civil War sword.
Leroy Brown is back in the next six books in the Encyclopedia Brown series.
Idaville's boy detective applies concepts from history, science, and the study of human behavior to the known facts in ten perplexing cases.
A boy with wings... And a foot-warmer inventor who accidentally puts his own foot right in his mouth! These are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computerlike brain.
Ten brief cases allow the reader to match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster, Encyclopedia Brown, as he locates stolen jewels, retrieves a stuffed tiger, and more. Solutions are included at the back of the book.
“I've come all the way from Glenn City to hire you,” she said. “I want you to find out who learned I am a girl.” “Huh?” said Encyclopedia. Suddenly he wished he had gone fishing. The girl explained. Her name was Edwina Silverstein, ...
Presents the essential facts of ten mysteries, giving the reader the opportunity to solve the cases before examining the boy detective's solutions.
A stolen painting and a troubled bubblegum-blowing contest. Whenever there's a mystery to be solved, Encyclopedia Brown gets going. Idaville's favorite sleuth in sneakers is back with ten new cases to crack.