Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles

Our 7 yr old son loves this book series; we have bought MANY of them. This is each nights reading when we go to bed; we have to read at least 2 cases each evening, and figure out the clues. These books are fun reading, and actually challenge your kids to remember, comprehend and apply what they have read to figure out the answer to each case (and the solve for each case is found in the rear section of the book). Most boys would really enjoy these; I figure the girls would too, we just don't have any at our house to take a vote on that!!!

My husband and I are in our early 30's and we remember reading through the Encyclopedia Brown series in gradeschool. So, when our precocious 4-year-old son expressed an interest in mysteries, we bought him one of the series for Christmas. He sped through it and was begging us for this partucular book for his 5th birthday. While the books are quite dated, he enjoys the close reading involved to figure out the solutions to the mysteries. He will sometimes read the solution to a story first, then read the case, but we've found that it has actually helped in enhancing reading comprehension. I would recommend this book to parents and children - although realize up front that because it is very dated, your child may question the lack of technology in the book as well as the costs of some of the items mentioned in the cases, or even the geography of the city where hero Leroy Brown lives.

i think it was very tough to solve the cases. but very cool