Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace

More than 8 mysteries in the book. Ages 8 and up. It's great to see boys depicted as smart and capable. Look in the back of the book for answers to the mysteries, if you can't figure out how Leroy, aka, Encyclopedia Brown, solved each one. The first mystery is usually Leroy helping his dad, the police investigator, with a crime mystery, then the rest are neighborhood mysteries. The police mysteries are real life, so be aware that they might entail theft, kidnapping, crime on a straightforward level, but not explicit or graphic.The rest are neighborhood ones that are easier to discuss or have the child read on their own. These are great logic and observation puzzles.

I loved Encylopedia Brown as a child so when the time came to get my nephew a Christmas present I saw the books and was reminded of how much fun they were. They make you think through the mystery and try to solve it with Encylopedia. Great books!

This mystery takes place in downtown Idaville.Encyclopedia brown is the main chazracter who solves the mystery's for kids and adults.Cericeo is a minor charactor who tries to find out how seamen really behave, he has a play were he is a sailor.A problem accurs when he goes into a restaraunt with the sailors and pays for his meal and there is only a 2 cents tip so he leaves under the crowd and starts running down the street.The cook calls out to him that he'll fix him good so the boy is scared .The mystery is solved when Encyclopedia is the one to sort out the problem.

I read all, yes all, of the 'Encyclopedia Brown' books as a child. My mother picked up the whole set at a garage sale, and it wasn't long before I had read and reread each of them several times. These books challenge young readers intellectually while presenting every-day situations. Encyclopedia Brown not only solves mysteries, he deals with his parents, the town bully, and amazed adults as well. I recommend this series to everyone; if you're older, you may not want to present a book report on an 'Encyclopedia Brown' book, but you'll enjoy it all the same. =)

This was a classic series of books when I was a kid, and I read a great many of them. I can still remember a lot of the details. Now I am getting them for my son. In my opinion, I think that 9-12 is a little old for this material. I recall in 7th grade (11-12 year olds) a boy in my English class was heckled for presenting a report on an Encyclopedia Brown book in front of class, as most of us had read them some years earlier. I would guess that average kids should read them from ages 7 to 9, with gifted children of 6 being old enough to enjoy them.