Encyclopedia Brown

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
           written by Donald Sobol

My students have re-discovered a classic mystery series,  Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobol circa late 1980's. One of my teachers started reading them out loud, one story a day, and the class has now emptied out the entire shelf of these mini mysteries. The series is about a boy, Encyclopedia Brown age 10, whose father is the chief of police. Encyclopedia Brown has the gift of a memory that remembers literally anything and everything. He helps his father solve all the crimes in his town, although quietly behind the scenes. In each book there are up to ten mini mysteries to solve, with the actual solutions in the back of the book so the series lends itself to table talk discussions within the classroom or book clubs reading the series. Oldies but goodies!

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective  ISBN: 978-1417786220