Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints (Encyclopedia Brown #17)

Reading Level: 2^nd − 3^rd Grade

A stolen watermelon... Dueling kites... A blond wig left at the scene of the crime... And a smashed wristwatch whose time has run out! These are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computerlike brain. Try to crack the cases along with him--the answers to all the mysteries are found in the back!

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Donald J Sobol

Donald J. Sobol was the author of the highly acclaimed Encyclopedia Brown series and many other books. His awards include a special Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his contribution to mystery writing in the United States, and the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers' Choice Award for Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace.

Warren Chang is an award-winning artist and illustrator. He graduated the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, in 1981 with a BFA in illustration. Among his illustration credits are the Encyclopedia Brown books and Ola Shakes It Up by Joanne Hyppolite. Chang is also a highly acclaimed oil painter and was inducted as a Master Signature member of the prestigious Oil Painters of America, the largest organization of oil painters in the United States. He lives in California and teaches at San Francisco's Academy of Art University.

Classification

Fiction

ISBN-13

9780553157390

Lexile Measure

660

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Publisher

Yearling Books

Publication date

January 01, 1986

Series

Encyclopedia Brown

BISAC categories

JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories

Library of Congress categories

Mystery and detective stories
Detectives
Brown, Encyclopedia (Fictitious character)

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