Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
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Chapter Book · Ages 7–10 · 1963 · Est. 1.5 hour read

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

Written by Donald J. Sobol

Book #1 in the Encyclopedia Brown series

A boy detective solves mysteries and crimes in his neighborhood with the help of his trusty encyclopedia-filled brain.

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96 pages· 9,068 words· Est. 1.5 hour read· 560L
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Ten-year-old detective Encyclopedia Brown uses his trivia skills to crack neighborhood mysteries and assist his police chief father with baffling cases. Can you solve the puzzles alongside him?

From the publisher

Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville neighborhood’s ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. And with ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but the reader is given all the clues as well. Interactive and chock full of interesting bits of information—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown!

At a glance
Format
Pages
96
Words
9,068
Reading age
7–10
Audience
Transitional Reader
Lexile
560L
Themes & topics
Books about detectivesBooks about sleuthingBooks about kids solving mysteriesBooks about problem solvingBooks about law and crime
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The fine print

Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.1
F&P level
~N
AR points
1
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
5415
Publication
Published
September 6, 2007
First published
January 1, 1963
Publisher
Puffin Books
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780142408889

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