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Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand
Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand | Donald J. Sobol, Leonard Shortall
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The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section, challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime.
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DGRachel
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The cases were a little bizarre but the stories were entertaining regardless. The only issue I have is that most of the solutions required obscure knowledge. I came close to getting a couple of them, but didn‘t manage to fully solve any. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ruthiella I found the solutions super obscure and unlikely this time around. But it was good fun nonetheless. 😅 3d
DGRachel @Ruthiella I was surprised how much I enjoyed it considering how impossible the solutions were. 2d
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DebinHawaii
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#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

Finished last weekend for #EBBR & as usual, I didn‘t review it right after I read it & forgot most of it but I did solve a few. I do remember typing sentence (high school typing class) & the rattling dollar but I missed several of these as the solutions were really odd tiny details. I don‘t really remember this one from childhood, but, it still gets a soft pick for nostalgia‘s sake.

Ruthiella The devil really was in the details in this one. Hat sizes? And wouldn‘t the sandwich have made the shoes or hat smell? 😆 3d
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 3d
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Ruthiella
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Happy holidays #EBBR friends. How‘d you get on with this month‘s selection? I didn‘t really even try. The solutions felt waaaay far fetched. Hat sizes? Words that start and end with the same two letters? The only one I solved was The Case of the Window Dressers along with Sally. 😂

I‘m pretty sure I read this one before because a few of the cases felt familiar. I had fun reading it, even though the “mysteries” were pretty thin.

RaeLovesToRead "The case of the exploding toilet???" 4d
Ruthiella @RaeLovesToRead Yup! The book is geared toward 10 year olds, after all! 😆 4d
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DebinHawaii
Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand | Donald J. Sobol, Leonard Shortall
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#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

For tonight‘s #HyggeHour I‘m reading the 11th Encyclopedia Brown book for #EBBR & then probably starting the pictured cozy for #FictionalTraveler

I‘m on the couch drinking holiday herbal tea & eating a local chocolate bar with lilikoi & coconut.

Mood is fine. It will be a busy but short week with a trip to Hilo & a 3-day weekend & I‘m happy about that.

Ruthiella Nice! I also just started the Encyclopedia Brown tonight. 👍 1w
AllDebooks Cosy mysteries are a must. Enjoy you short week. X 1w
TheBookHippie Yay for short week! 1w
Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 1w
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LitsyEvents
Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand | Donald J. Sobol, Leonard Shortall
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Hey #EBBR friends! This is your reminder to source your copy of the December title. This is book No.11 in the 25 plus book series. Apparently it was also reissued under the title
“Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Exploding Plumbing and Other Mysteries“.
Please let me know if you want to continue to be tagged in these posts next year. Also, if anyone would like to join, say the word.

From @Ruthiella

Ruthiella Thank you! 😊 1mo
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Ruthiella
Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand | Donald J. Sobol, Leonard Shortall
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Hey #EBBR friends! This is your reminder to source your copy of the December title. This is book No.11 in the 25 plus book series. Apparently it was also reissued under the title “Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Exploding Plumbing and Other Mysteries”.

Please let me know if you want to continue to be tagged in these posts next year. Also, if anyone would like to join, say the word.

@LitsyEvents

DGRachel Please keep me on the list. I forgot about this month‘s book but I will get to it over the long weekend! 1mo
Ruthiella @DGRachel No worries! 1mo
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MatchlessMarie
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You know I love these but this solution was infuriating I probably reread the solution like 50 times. I don‘t think anyone would think ah yes, under the eraser from these clues 😂 #BookSpinBingo #TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon2020 #Screamathon +16 pts

TheAromaofBooks I also love Encyclopedia Brown but NO FREAKING WAY on this one! 😂 5y
DaveGreen7777 I‘ll always remember reading the solution of the phony Civil War sword as a kid... “Only Northerners called the battle by the name “Bull Run.” Jackson‘s men, being Southerners, would have called the battle by its Southern name, “Manassas.” 😳 Uhhh, you were asking a lot from my 10-year old brain if you expected me to solve THAT one, Mr. Sobel! 😂 (edited) 5y
ravenlee @DaveGreen7777 I remember that one, too. My reaction was very similar. Actually, I felt like a lot of them were like that. I rarely tried to figure them out on my own because they were so out there. Still liked them, though. 5y
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MatchlessMarie
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Sally freaking Kimball 😅

DaveGreen7777 Sally really should have had her own series!😂🤣 5y
MatchlessMarie @DaveGreen7777 That would have been amazing! 😅 5y
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CogsOfEncouragement
Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand | Donald J. Sobol, Leonard Shortall
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Friends of the Library book sale. All this for $1.75!!! My kids were happy with this surprise when they got home. #BookNerdBliss (That one with the sticker in the way is Geek Charming.)