Review by Booklist Review
Gr. 3-6. Mystery buffs who know that the brains behind Idaville's war on crime belong to none other than ``America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers,'' ten-year-old Encyclopedia Brown, will welcome this newest wits-match. Readers can delve into ten cases, some occuring when Encyclopedia's astute insights help out his father, the chief of police, and some when the boy opens his own detective agency in the family garage. Encyclopedia is frequently aided by his partner, Sally Kimball, whose tart observations add zest to the dialogue. It takes knowledge of a variety of subjects to guess the case solutions (given at the conclusion): math, science, and nature facts; boat terminology; and alphabet letter-switching, to name a few. Sobol's tight, logical plot construction provides junior sleuths with real stumpers-no patty-cake answers here. To be illustrated with black-and-white halftones. PW. Mystery and detective stories [CIP] 87-22048
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Review by School Library Journal Review
Gr 3-7 Another welcome addition to the series of chapter-length mysteries starring ten-year-old detective Encyclo pedia Brown. The book's format is the same as the rest of the series: each chap ter is a complete case (there are ten here), solved by Encyclopedia Brown and left for readers to decipher. The solutions and reasoning used in each case are ex plained in the back of the book. These mini-mysteries are great because of the shortness of each case, and the solve-it- yourself format draws even reluctant readers to them. Gayle D. Celizic, Roosevelt School, Euclid, Ohio (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
(c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
