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Encyclopedia Brown Finds The Clues (1982)

Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues (1982)

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4.01 of 5 Votes: 2
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0553157256 (ISBN13: 9780553157253)
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yearling

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Sobol once again has Encyclopedia accuse people who probably are innocent. They aren't, because Sobol controls the universe of the books, but the logic is often lacking in thoroughness. This is especially true in regards to what one can see/infer from the front passenger seat of a 1960s truck (which is what the illustration leads us to believe is the truck in question, rather than a 1950s or 1940s truck where the passenger would have been able to see everything described. Knowing how the mind works to fill-in information and how recalling a memory allows for the alteration of said memory probably isn't in Leroy's wheelhouse.But I was more disappointed that Sobol was already recycling stories by the third volume in the series. What was somewhat amusing was the extended section on the boys "pitching tents" and the judgmental statement by Police Chief Brown that: "Actors aren't like other people[.] ...They don't care about what is right or wrong as long as they get attention." Which would suggest that actors are, as a lot, a mixed group of narcissists (having Narcissistic Personality Disorder), sociopaths (qualifying for Antisocial Personality Disorder), and persons with Borderline Personality Disorder.

This one was disappointing. First because many of the "mysteries" in it weren't solve-able unless you knew some obscure facts like that a brick of gold weighs 300 pounds or even less-obscure ones (but likely still unknown to children) like that dogs are color blind.This one also seemed terribly racist. I understand that it was first published in 1966 and it might be a good opportunity to have a discussion with my students about how attitudes and perceptions change over time, but it was still enough to make me uncomfortable. (There's the one Latino child in the neighborhood, who apparently only speaks Spanish, and who hosts a bullfight in which his dog with knives strapped to his head is the bull. And then there's the "Indian Trials" that the town holds to see who can ride with the mayor in the parade. And then we progress from racism to simple bigotry with the lovely declaration by Police Chief Brown that "Actors aren't like other people.... They don't care about what is right or wrong as long as they get attention.")I did like one of the cases here which was solve-able through simple logic, but the rest of this one was a disappointment.

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Love the books hate the formatting.First off I love the Encyclopedia Brown series. Read them constantly when I was a kid. What is great about the series is that you can get any book in the series and you don't loose out by not reading the ones before or after. Second of all you can use these to help your budding logic puzzler kids or as fun ways to teach them how to approach a problem logically.So why the two stars? Well the formatting sucks, it sucks worst than a Kirby Vacuum that has been souped up Tool Time Style. There is no hyperlink to the solutions page. There is no chapter listing for the solutions page either, so it makes it hard to navigate the book. The worst the way the formatting was done at times you are presented a page that has just a title, or a picture or even just a caption to a picture then you scroll to the next page of text. I have seen free kindle and home publishing kindle books better formatted than this book. Bought the next in the series and it only gets downhill from there. You would think that Penguin Publishing would know how to do this.
—Charles H Berlemann Jr

This is a good story.I enjoy this so much.I wish that it could get more of this book out.My name is Belinda Jiang,Seaton Elementary, and a fifth grade girl.Washington DC.I really love mysterious book.Such as "Goosebump",Creepover,A-Zmysterys, and other story too.This one is one of my favorite book too!!But i dont like TOO scary books.SUch as bloody mary and zombie.Will i like to listen to them but they gave me night mare.LOL!!I love thsi so much.I will write u more later. sincerly Belinda Jiang
—Bella

This is another fun edition of short mysteries in the Encyclopedia Brown series of books by Donald J. Sobol. We waited more than two years after reading books 1 and 2 in this series and now our girls are older, they are huge fans. We read all of the mysteries in one day and our girls were fascinated by the solutions. They aren't necessarily able to figure them out before reading the answers, but they are able to understand the solutions and they like the short mysteries. I loved these stories as a child and I'm so glad that I'm able to share them with our girls now. We enjoyed reading this book together and we will certainly read more of the books in this series soon!
—Dolly

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