Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down

Got five gotchas right, and one half. Four got this reader foiled again. Always pay attention to details no matter how insignificant it may seem. And don’t get too obvious. Still fun no matter what, even if one of the puzzlers was too easy. Recommended.

I read Encyclopedia Brown books when I was a kid 40 years ago. I saw these on Amazon and immediately bought a few for my 8 year old daughter. She's an advanced reader and once she starts one of these books, she can't put it down. I also bought these because the mysteries included help develop critical thinking, which is not emphasized in school enough these days. After she reads the multiple stories in these books, I let her try to solve it before checking the back of the book and we talk through the facts presented and I let her think through the logic and explain it to me and she loves the AHA! moment when talking through the facts leads to her solving the mystery. Good for critical thinking and spending quality time with your kids.

I read encyclopedia brown books as a child and my grandson is totally addicted super fun to see him it’s so excited when I opened up a book that I remember. Delivered on time it was an excellent condition

My 6-year-old granddaughter can’t get enough Encyclopedia Brown books!! She goes through one in a day, then re-reads it several times. Her dad, my son, loved them when he was a little older than she is now.

I remember reading these when I was a kid and was glad to see Encyclopedia back with some new stories.They are great because they make you CONCENTRATE on the stories to find the clues to solve the mysteries. My son and I take turns, each reading a page aloud, until we get to the end of the story then we discuss what we think happened and why. Sometimes we are right and sometimes we are wrong. It's alot of fun and it helps him learn to "find the details" in the stories.If you have a grade/middle school child, I'd highly recommend any of these books.

I really love the Encyclopedia Brown Books. I really enjoy seeing them on the Kindle and they are fun little puzzler stories to read to my kids and see if they can solve them. Can't say enough how enjoyable the logic that some of the thinking that goes on with these stories is great teaching tool for my kids as well.So why the two star listing? Well the formatting sucks and sucks harder than a brand new Hoover vacuum on a shag carpet. There is no link between the solution and the story nor the next story in the series. So you have either have to create a link to the solutions individually for each of the or create a link to the solutions chapter and then flip back to the stories. This is an issue that nearly all of the Penguin Ebook editions published today have had. It is annoying and aggravating since this should have been something easily created when the book was originally ported over to an ebook standard. I mean I have seen self-published books in similar genres that have hot links going back and forth between solutions or maps or appendices over to the main text. So that is why the two star listing.

My grandson, age 8, started reading The Encyclopedia Brown series this past summer. I've just ordered him 4 more from Amazon as Christmas gifts.He absolutely loves the books and the fact that there are 3 different stories and mysteries to solve in each book. And his Mom and I like the factthat the books are so reasonable to purchase..average 4.99 per book. I would highly recommend them...he hasn't read one he didn't like yet!

I bought the Encyclopedia Brown series for my 8 year-old nephew and he absolutely loves it. He is slightly behind in his reading and this series is great for him because the chapters are short and interactive. He reads one chapter before bed every night. Each chapter is a separate mystery so the book can easily be picked up at any time for a quick read.

My 10 yr old grandson didn’t enjoy reading much until I gave him this book for a gift. Now he wants to read more! He really enjoys these stories & I’m glad there’s a lot more. I recommend them.

Encyclopedia Brown シリーズの第8巻目。今回も10件の様々な事件が、夕食どきの両親との会話の中や、車庫の探偵事務所から展開するエピソードなどを通して、鮮やかに解決されていく。今回 Encyclopedia が取り組む「事件」は、1) The Case of the Champion Skier：駐ラテン・アメリカ大使 Ware 氏が誘拐され、自宅には友人達から贈られた誕生日プレゼントが6つ残されていた。犯人に繋がる手がかりか？2) The Case of the Smelly Nellie：Smelly は浜辺で Bugs に奪い取られた「竜涎（りゅうぜん）香」（マッコウクジラの分泌物で香水の原料）を取り戻してくれるよう Encyclopedia に依頼するが…。3) The Case of the Flying Submarine：ヘリから落下したのは軍の機密物だった。不良グループの Bugs 達は、落下物を一緒に発見したEncyclopediaと Sally が機密漏洩を企てたと主張するが…。4) The Case of the Boy Boxers：ボクシング練習のために Elmer と友人２人が居た Youth Center から両替用の小銭が盗まれた。手伝いに来ていた Sally は Jim が裏口から出入りするのを見かけたと言うが、裏口には鍵がかけられていたはず...。5) The Case of the Model Universe：町一番の怠け者 Wilford は、またもやニセの儲け話で子供たちから金を巻き上げようとする。今回は小型の地球模型が使われるが…。6) The Case of the Flower Can：Stella は野花を摘んだ帰り、男の子にぶつかられ、彼の持っていた紙袋からは多くの小銭が散らばり落ちた。急いで小銭を拾った男の子は、野花の入った箱も奪おうとしたと Stella は言う。7) The Case of the Half-White Horse：乗馬教室経営者の Sol は宝石窃盗の罪で逮捕された。Sol が白黒の馬に跨り通っていたのを釣り船から目撃したと Earle が主張する海辺の峠から、盗まれた宝石の一部が発見されたのだ。8) The Case of the Apple Cider：リトルフットボールリーグのスター選手 Buster は森で酔った鳥を見つける。森の木々には発酵キイチゴの入った自動給餌器がぶら下げられ、近くには不良グループ The Tigers の一員 Carl 所有の道具小屋があったが、Carl はその小屋には半年間入っていないと言い張る。9) The Case of the Two-Dollar Bill：Sumner が図書館で Joe に貸した2ドル札が盗まれた。Joe の残したメモには「2ドル札はテーブルの上の本の ×× ページに挟んでおいた」と書いてあったが…。10) The Case of the Ax Handle：ミミズ取りコンテストで Ambrose が使う予定だった斧の柄が折られてしまった。前日に柄を借りた Justin は不可抗力の事故だったと謝罪したが…。の10件だ。今回も Encyclopedia Brown は難事件を手際良く解決に導いていく。いつもながら面白い事件の数々だが、では何故、星2つなのか？それは、誠に残念なことに、本巻の1) The Case of the Champion Skier、5) The Case of the Model Universe、6) The Case of the Flower Can、7) The Case of the Half-White Horse、8) The Case of the Apple Cider、9) The Case of the Two-Dollar Billが、著者の昔の作品と事件のセティングこそ違うが、謎解きが全く同じだからだ。具体的に言うと、本巻の1) と6) は、それぞれ著者の昔の作品 Two-Minute Mysteries の p.99. The Case of the Murdered Skierと p.31. The Case of the Coin Collector の焼き直し。また、5)、7)、8)、9) は More Two-Minute Mysteries の p.55. The Case of the Model Universe、p.111. The Case of the Timely Neigh、p.75. The Case of the Provoked Assault、p.87. The Case of the Second Willの焼き直しだ。10話中6話が rehash なので、4/10=2/5で、星2つの判定。ただし、著者の昔の作品に馴染みのない読者にとっては、焼き直しでも「面白いこと」は確かだ。