Encyclopedia Brown

[kandscreeley]

Do you any of you guys remember this series? I used to love these books. It's a great mystery series for pre-teens. Are these still around?

[RosesReviews]

The Encyclopedia Brown series is a nice mystery series. A couple of years ago, I found books from this series, at the house still, from when the girls were growing up. It was nice to be able to pass these treasures on the their children, who are devouring this series. What a great memory, and you are correct, The Enclyclopedia Brown series is a great mystery series for the young reader. Thank you.

[Storygamer88]

Yes, its still around, but its not as popular nowadays (I know since I work in a library and can see the popularity of certain titles and from general internet book forums I'm on). Other popular children's mysteries are Nate the Great, Cam Jansen, Jigsaw Jones, and the newer versions of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew for younger audiences.

I did enjoy Encyclopedia Brown somewhat though. It had some decent mysteries from what I recall. Other series I liked with similar structures of a mystery per chapter are Einstein Anderson, which is science based, and the Clue JR series which I found enjoyable as a kid.

Also, Wolfgang Ecke was another fun author of mysteries, but his works are hard to find.

[MsTri]

I absolutely adored this series when I was young, and even now I have a love of mystery books and trying to solve them. I considered it a great challenge to get them right and I'd get SO angry with myself when I was wrong! I think this series is exactly why I can now read mystery novels and figure them out long before I probably should, not to mention why I watch crime shows on TV and nitpick when things aren't 'just so'.

But, ah, the joys of youth.

[RegularGuy3]

I was a bigger Hard Boys fan, but also read all the Encyclopedia Browns. Thanks for reminding me of some fond memories!