Will Wilford Wiggins finally part the kids of Idaville from their hard-earned allowances? Can Encyclopedia stop Sally from belting Bugs Meany into the next millennium? What happens when performance art comes to Idaville? To find the answers—and to solve the mysteries of the sleepy beagle and the shower singers—read the continuing adventures of the world's most famous boy detective!
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Grade 3-5-The fifth-grade crime buster in sneakers returns! This is #21 in the series of mysteries for readers to solve. In one case, Bugs Meany is outsmarted once again in a futile attempt to frame Encyclopedia and his junior partner, Sally Kimball, for theft. In another, the boy sleuth helps his father, Police Chief Brown, solve a case about the winner of the state shower-singing contest. In a third, Encyclopedia saves Kitty's key-lime pie from the jaws of Bugs. In the title tale, the hero of Idaville figures out who put knockout powder in Meg's dog's food during a tryout for a dog-food tasting job. There are six more mini-mysteries here to solve. Some are more clever and logical than others, but the touches of humor make them readable and appealing. Solving the cases requires careful investigation-a way to get kids to practice their reading and deductive skills in a painless manner. Another hit for the young detective's many fans.
Kate Kohlbeck, Randall School, Waukesha, WI
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Kate Kohlbeck, Randall School, Waukesha, WI
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Will Wilford Wiggins finally part the kids of Idaville from their hard-earned allowances? Can Encyclopedia stop Sally from belting Bugs Meany into the next millennium? What happens when performance art comes to Idaville? To find the answers--and to solve the mysteries of the sleepy beagle and the shower singers--read the continuing adventures of the world's most famous boy detective!
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Not Quite Elementary,
This review is from: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog (Paperback)
This is number 21 in the popular series by Donald Sobel. Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, a winning fifth-grader, uses his powers of observation and logic to solve petty crimes and assorted other mysteries in his neighborhood. Aided in some stories by tough, bright Sally Kimball (look out, she hits!), Encyclopedia solves 10 cases here. The stories are formatted similarly: There's a problem (e.g., something is stolen, someone makes a possibly false statement), and Sobel mixes in a few good clues with a lot of dialogue and extraneous information. Brown announces that he has solved the case, and the reader is asked to come up with Brown's solution. Answers are given in the back.Unlike some books in the series, all but two or three of the stories were solvable without special knowledge or assumptions. Our third-grader, who's quite the intellect himself, said that a few of these mini-mysteries were very hard; some of these stories are more appropriate for kids in upper elementary school grades. Each story is about 5-6 pages long; the solutions are about 1 page. The dialogue doesn't always sound very contemporary, at least not for those living in urban California. Close attention to detail will help the young Holmes in your house.
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It was okay.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog (No. 21) (Hardcover)
The bad part about it was it was exactly like the others and it can get boring.Out of all it was good.
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On the outside, Idaville looked like an ordinary seaside town. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chief Brown, Bugs Meany, Officer Feldman, Brown Detective Agency, Drew Smith New!
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On the outside, Idaville looked like an ordinary seaside town. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chief Brown, Bugs Meany, Officer Feldman, Brown Detective Agency, Drew Smith New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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