Encyclopedia Brown meets Metallica
As I sat in my office eating lunch, I suddenly had a flashback to a childhood memory. I distinctly remembered the plot from an Encyclopedia Brown story and it really felt good to remember somthing like that. I borrowed Encyclopedia Brown books from the library all the time and I remember they were great reading. You could read one of the many stories in each book very quickly and I definetely enjoyed the stories where I figured out the mystery before I turned to the solution page.
I moved to my computer and did a quick search on google and found a couple of links.
This one Link gives you a quick description of the author and the general description of the series of books. It also has a list of all the books in the series and links to amazon for each. I don't have children, but if I did, I'd definetely encourage them to read this series.
But, another link I found was here Link. This was titled Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Pirated MP3s. I checked it out and it's a pretty funny story told in the style of the originals, but it includes a lot of modern terms. I remember in the old books if the story introduced a term or word that the reader might not know, it was described or defined in the text of the story. Well, this one follows suit - only with terms like 'Ho's' and 'busting a cap'. It's a pretty funny read.