num_pages: 96
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! “I loved Encyclopedia Brown as a kid.”—Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao  
language: English
title: Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
titlecomplete: Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown, #1)
characters: Bugs Meany, Sally Kimball, Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Classics, Chapter Books, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Short Stories, Juvenile, Mystery
ratings_count: 39474
places: Idaville
series: Encyclopedia Brown
publisher: Puffin Books