Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case

My dad and I enjoy reading these sets of Encyclopedia Brown mysteries, having read almost all of the books. We quickly read this group of stories, filled with some unique mysteries we can process in a few minutes, connecting with one another as we guess the all but obvious solutions. The kid detecti......more

I used to read a lot of these as a kid and always recalled being annoyed by them. I recently found this one for free and thought I'd give it another try as an adult. Nah, it was still annoying. There were clever bits for sure, but some were simply so dumb... I mean in one they do a whole handwriting......more

I read one or two of these as a kid, but I had forgotten how they worked. Instead of being a novel-length mystery, this book has ten or so short mysteries, with an answer key in the back. The puzzling aspect will be a hit with some kids. Though I remember being frustrated as a kid that the mysteries......more