Encyclopedia Brown Double Mystery #1: Featured mysteries from Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

Encyclopedia Brown Double Mystery #1

by Donald J. Sobol

This special introductory offer features some of Encyclopedia Brown's first cases "The Case of Natty Nat" and "The Case of the Scattered Cards." These stories are great for readers new to the series and wonderful nostalgia for those who grew up solving mysteries with the boy detective.

Genres: Childrens, Mystery

22 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 27, 2012

About the author

Donald J. Sobol was an award-winning writer best known for his children's books, especially the Encyclopedia Brown mystery series. Mr. Sobol passed away in July of 2012.

Reviews

[Dwright Chapman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Childhood Favorite

I love reading Encyclopedia Brown books because these are the stories that got me into reading Mysteries and Thrillers. I have read them all numerous times. Brings back so many memories from childhood.

[Gregg Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Case closed

What a good read to enjoy over breakfast. Enyclopedia Brown could be the older brother of Theodore Boone. Such inspiration for a future detective. Recomennded for fans of The Hardy Boys.

[Moriah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

[Igy The Book Hermit · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was like being in 4th grade again. Always a fun read.

[evelyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was a fun quick book:)
the writing was easy to understand and read
the characters were great
kept me entertained
over a decent good book👍
for sure buying and reading the rest of this series

[Jeana Laurie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm kind of a nut for the middle school mystery genre. When done right it can give you a taste of the trench coat wearing detectives of the past, but often with a clever spin. I mean need I say more than Lemony Snicket? Another of my favorites series in this genre was Charlie Collier: Snoop for Hire. It was a great casual read that always held my interest. And I read somewhere that it was compared to Encyclopedia Brown, so I decided to give it a shot.

Well...the charm that made Snoop for Hire was missing for me. It fact this might just be Snoop for Hire if someone got rid of everything I liked about. The stories being in the format of short single mysteries made any sense of epic or build up never even remotely happen. And granted this was only a short sample of his first two cases, but Brown as a character really wasn't to be found for me. He just seemed like a distant "smart" voice of your otherwise average ten year old boy.

I feel like the focus was more on the little word puzzles of each case than on an overall story. The writer really wanted the reader to try and figure out for themselves what was going on. And I can see how that would be enjoyable for a lot of people, but personally not so much. You see I have a saying about myself, I read mystery and write romance, because I can't write mystery, and usually can't read romance. My point being I'm not really in it to have my brain twisted, I just want to play detective for a while in an atmospheric story, told by clearly defined characters. lol

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this book would be an excellent unit of mystery books to a third or fourth grade classroom setting. It's fun for the children to read about the mystery, be presented with the clues, and have until the end of the book to figure it out. They'll love thinking of how they can unwind the mystery with the given clues. I would use this in my classroom by teaching the students how to constantly think outside of the box and use their creativity and imagination to figure things out on their own.

[Theresa Christian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indulging in childhood memories

Encyclopedia Brown was the first book series I feel in love with in 3rd grade. Some thirty five years later and the books are just as enjoyable now as they were then. Somehow, I recall the books would often end with the tag line or some version of "Encyclopedia Brown Does It Again". Since this was the first mystery in the series I look forward to the possibility of solving the mystery of the introduction of the tag line.

[Martin Guzman]

I like this book it was about a boy who likes to build things.This book was not a book that I will like to read anymore.This book I will recommend to my 3 grade teacher she will read it to her students.

[Vienna]

what was your favorite character(and why)?
Encyclopedia Brown because he soled every problem and i like to solve problems to.


what surprised me
well i did not know that at the end they said the solution.


would i change the ending why/or why not?
i would not change the ending because i loved the solutions at the end.