Encyclopedia Brown keeps the peace

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Title:

Encyclopedia Brown keeps the peace

Alternate title:

Keeps the peace

Author:

Sobol, Donald J., 1924-2012, author.

Shortall, Leonard W., illustrator.

Series:

Encyclopedia Brown books ;

Series Number:

no. 6.

Summary:

The solution to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime.

Audience:

4.6 Follett Library Resources

3-6 Follett Library Resources

Physical Description:

96 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR. MG 4.2 1.0 7717

Subject Term:

Brown, Encyclopedia (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Shortall, Leonard W.,

Publisher:

Puffin,

Publication Date:

2008

1969

ISBN:

9780329639631

9780142409503

Publication Information:

New York : Puffin, 2008, c1969.

Call Number:

J SOBOL

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33607003014027	Juvenile Fiction	SOBOL	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

Encyclopedia Brown has an uncanny knack for trivia. With his unconventional knowledge, 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 some of the most baffling crimes. With ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but readers are given all the clues as well and can chime in with their own solutions. Interactive and fun--it's classic Encyclopedia Brown!

Author Notes

Donald J. Sobol was born in the Bronx, New York on October 4, 1924. During World War II, he served in the Army as a sergeant in a combat engineer battalion in the Pacific. He received a B.A. degree from Oberlin College. He worked as a copy boy and then a reporter at The New York Sun and The Long Island Daily Press. In 1959, he began writing a syndicated fiction column called Two-Minute Mysteries.

He is the creator of the Encyclopedia Brown series. His first book, Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, was published in 1963. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 80 books. In 1976, he won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the Encyclopedia Brown series. He died from gastric lymphoma on July 11, 2012 at the age of 87.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Gr 3-5-Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown is the 10-year-old son of Idaville's chief of police. Whether solving a jewelry store robbery for his father while sitting at the dinner table or out in their garage running the Brown Detective Agency, this young super-sleuth keeps the criminal element at bay. In these ten stories (Dutton, 1969) by Donald J. Sobol, Encyclopedia twice confronts his juvenile adversary Bugs Meany, traps a tough teenager stealing money, and helps locate one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives. He also discredits a faked photograph, locates a valuable ring, and breaks the alibi of two thieves adrift at sea. With his partner Sally Kimball, he saves a child actor from an angry cook and exposes a scam artist. Greg Steinbruner provides expressive, well-paced narration, but doesn't give individual characters unique voices. The pause at the end of each story gives listeners the chance to solve the mystery before Encyclopedia Brown does. Mystery fans will enjoy matching wits with the young detective, and language arts teachers can anticipate lively discussions about possible solutions.-Mary Jean Smith, Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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