num_pages: 112
description: Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville neighborhood’s ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. And with ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but the reader is given all the clues as well. Interactive and chock full of interesting bits of information—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown!
language: English
title: Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective #1
titlecomplete: Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective #1
characters: Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, Sally Kimball, Bugs Meany
genres: Classics, Chapter Books, Mystery, Childrens, Juvenile, Short Stories, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 39474
places: Idaville
series: Encyclopedia Brown
publisher: Bantam Books