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My 8 year old son 1st 4 in the Encyclopedia Brown books by Donald J. He has loved these books. Sobol for Christmas but has yet to have read them. We discovered that they are "new" and the Volume 1-4 is different than the "old" Volume 1-4. They are titled Boy Detective, Case of the Secret Pitch, Finds the Clues, and Gets His Man. As an extra bonus he was delighted to find out that his father had read these books too.
my 6 year old nephew just loves these stories
I have not read many EB books but this was my first one. The first mystery was very easy. so i like it pretty much.
Don't turn to the answer too fast.This book is the third in the series, but the books do not have to be read in order. Each book is a series of short mysteries (5-10 pages each) ending with a question - usually "how did Encyclopedia know that X was responsible for the crime". Encyclopedia Brown is a 5th grade boy who solves puzzles, crimes and mysteries as easily and as unconsciously as breathing. I loved the Encyclopedia Brown books when I was growing up. The answer to each mystery is at the back of the book. Solving the mystery takes no special knowledge, but it does require paying attention to detail. I am reading them again before I give them to my nephew who I hope will enjoy them as I did. (The target reading level is ages 9-12).Adults who like this series may also enjoy the Lateral Thinking Puzzles books.
Teaching kids to observe, think, and have fun at the same time. If you'd like to develop critical thinking and observation skills in your kids, you can't go wrong with Encyclopedia Brown. In this volume, Encyclopedia Brown, the smartest kid in Idaville, tackles ten cases.
Not with the Encyclopedia Brown books. If you can't crack the puzzles, don't worry: the solutions to each case appear at the end of the book. Difficult.
Kids (and adults) will have a great time matching wits with Encyclopedia as they gather clues with him and seek to put together the pieces of the puzzle. This is actually the third book in the Encyclopedia Brown series by author Donald J. Sobol.
These stories were first published in the 1960's, so they're a little dated, but they still provide loads of fun, and some of them are pretty tricky. 10 cases, 112 pages total
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