School & Library Binding
(Turtleback Books, Jan. 1, 1991)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In each book, fifth-grade detective ""Encyclopedia"" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries. Solutions are found in the back of the book, challenging readers to practice their own skills as sleuths (and critical thinkers).
Hardcover
(Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Aug. 1, 1996)
How Idaville remains crime-free has always been a mystery. The only people who know the truth are Chief Brown, Mrs. Brown, and their son, Encyclopedia--America's supersleuth in sneakers. Encyclopedia's parents wish they could tell the world about their brilliant son, but who would believe that the secret weapon in Idaville's war on crime is in the fifth grade?
School & Library Binding
(Turtleback Books, Aug. 11, 1997)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In each book, fifth-grade detective ""Encyclopedia"" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries. Solutions are found in the back of the book, challenging readers to practice their own skills as sleuths (and critical thinkers).
A stolen teacup...An extra set of footprints...Four very strange words...A pirate's treasure...And a race to find a cheater in Idaville's annual disgusting sneaker contest!These are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computerlike brain. Try to crack the cases along with him--the answers to all the mysteries are found in the back!
The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime.