Encyclopedia Brown: a must-read for all children

Donold J. Sobol has written a series of books that every child should read.

Why? Because it teaches kids to think. It teaches them to listen to what people say and understand what they say. It teaches them to pay attention to what they see and understand what they see. It teaches kids to be able to deduce from what they see.

Each of the Encyclopedia Brown stories follow the same formula. Leroy (for such is his real name) has set up a detective agency, and his fellow kids come to him for help in all cases.

A sample case - a boy wearing a cast on his right arm is accused of stealing a knife, which is then found in his right hand back pocket. Encyclopedia points out that a kid with his right arm in a cast wouldn't be able to put a knife into his right hand back pocket.


(1) Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (1963)
(2) Encyclopedia Brown Strikes Again (the Case of the Secret Pitch) (1965)
(3) Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues (1966)
(4) Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man (1967)
(5) Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All (1968)
(6) Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (1969)
(7) Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day (1970)
(8) Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down (1971)
(9) Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way (1972)
(10) Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case (1973)
(11) Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand (1974)
(12) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles (1975)
(13) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor (1977)
(14) Encyclopedia Brown Carries On (1980)
(15) Encyclopedia Brown Sets the Pace (1981)