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39-478: Similar in style to Encyclopedia Brown , readers are given clues in the form of narration. An important distinction from the Encyclopedia Brown series is the graphical picture included for each story, presented as a sketch by "Hawkeye" Collins of the scene of the crime , which provide the necessary hint to solve the puzzle. Collins and Adams are neighbours who live across from each other on Crestview Drive in

78-642: A crush on, possibly indicating that he has a crush on her. Also intelligent, Sally once attempted—in the first book of the series—to prove herself smarter than Encyclopedia by stumping him with a mystery of her own creation. Ironically, the contest was held at the Tigers' clubhouse, with Bugs and the others cheering him on. However, she was beaten in the contest (although Encyclopedia admitted that she almost tricked him), after which she became his friend. In subsequent storylines Bugs or his gang usually set up some sort of trap to get Encyclopedia or Sally in trouble. However, as in

117-577: A middle-aged police detective, had been murdered. The article parodied the books' tendency to have crimes solved through knowledge of trivia, and ended with Bugs Meany, who was now police commissioner, stating that he had an alibi for the murder in that "I was at the North Pole watching the penguins." (Penguins reside almost exclusively south of the Equator, and so there are none in the northern polar regions.) Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips ' Criminal: Last of

156-420: A real-estate agent. Amy's father is an airline pilot and her mother a medical doctor. Together, they were often called upon to solve crimes or mysteries in their town. As an introduction to the main characters, after the content page of all books in the series, readers will find a double-page impression of a fictional newspaper Lakewood Hills Herald cutouts with two photos of Hawkeye and Amy, and beneath them

195-544: A stand-alone imprint within Random House; as of 2023, it continues to publish as the Bantam imprint, again grouped in a renamed Ballantine division within Random House. Bantam began as a mass market publisher, mostly of reprints of hardcover books, with some original paperbacks as well. It expanded into both trade paperback and hardcover books, including original works, often reprinted in house as mass-market editions. The company

234-512: Is African-American and Jason is Caucasian), which became the title of FoxTrot' s next book of comics. The protagonist of the 2020 film The Kid Detective is a former child prodigy detective, now an unsuccessful adult, living in a small town. In The Simpsons episode " 500 Keys ", the grave of Encyclopedia Brown is shown briefly next to those of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys , to which Lisa comments "Jeez, they're dropping like flies". In

273-461: Is Sally and not Encyclopedia who figures it out because, as she tells Encyclopedia, "You are a boy." In other words, she notices things that only a girl would find inconsistent. Sally further displays her intelligence in the various mysteries in that she often can deduce who committed the crime, or whether a certain person is lying, but she simply cannot always prove it. The Encyclopedia Brown books have experienced some enduring popularity. In 1976,

312-400: Is self contained in that the reader is not required to have read earlier books in order to understand the stories. The major characters, settings, etc. are usually introduced (or reintroduced) in each book. Books featuring Brown are subdivided into a number—usually ten or more—of (possibly interlinked) short stories, each of which presents a mystery . The mysteries are intended to be solved by

351-878: The Futurama episode The Futurama Mystery Liberry , the character is parodied as Misplaced Pages Brown. Skylark (publisher) Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House , a subsidiary of Penguin Random House ; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin Jr. , Sidney B. Kramer, and Ian and Betty Ballantine , with funding from Grosset & Dunlap and Curtis Publishing Company . It has since been purchased several times by companies including National General , Carl Lindner 's American Financial and, most recently, Bertelsmann , which in 1986 purchased what had grown to become

390-576: The Bantam Spectra science fiction imprint, the juvenile Skylark imprint, the Bantam Air & Space imprint, and editions of Shakespeare. The series was started in 1958. It reprints mostly public domain, unabridged classic books , intended to increase backlist sales and reintroduce the works to new audiences. More than a hundred books have been released in the series. Like competing editions, some Bantam Classics are printed with an introduction from

429-503: The Encyclopedia Brown books into a feature film. Matt Johnson was in talks to write the movie. Roy Lee and Howard David Deutsch (producer of the 1989 Encyclopedia Brown TV series) and Jonathan Zakin were announced as producing. The Encyclopedia Brown books, in order of publication (parentheses indicate numbers on original release cover art): From January 15 to June 30, 1989, a special Solve-It-Yourself Mystery Sweepstakes

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468-559: The Mystery Writers of America honored Sobol and his Encyclopedia Brown series with a special Edgar Award . Educators have used Encyclopedia Brown in classrooms to instruct students in skills such as writing reports. In 1986, the Society for Visual Education, Inc. published a filmstrip series with accompanying audio cassette tapes and workbooks for elementary and middle schools' use. Four Encyclopedia Brown stories were utilized: "The Case of

507-501: The town bully and mischief maker Bugs Meany, leader of a gang who call themselves the Tigers, who, after being foiled, will attempt revenge in the third mystery. In the third mystery, the plot involves Encyclopedia's partner, close friend, and bodyguard, Sally Kimball , the one person under 14 years of age to physically stand up to Bugs. She is the only reason neither Bugs nor any of his Tigers ever try to physically attack Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia tends to dislike anyone whom Sally has

546-747: The Bantam Doubleday Dell publishing group. Bertelsmann purchased Random House in 1998, and in 1999 merged the Bantam and Dell imprints (amongst other mergers within the sprawling publishing house) to become the Bantam Dell publishing imprint. In 2010, the Bantam Dell division was consolidated with Ballantine Books (founded in 1952 by Bantam co-founders Ian and Betty Ballantine) to form the Ballantine Bantam Dell group within Random House. By no later than February 2015, Bantam Books had re-emerged as

585-480: The Innocent graphic novel features a reference to Encyclopedia Brown, with a grown-up analogue of Encyclopedia featured in the comic, as confirmed by Ed Brubaker himself. The comic strip FoxTrot ran a 2000 storyline where Jason and Marcus try their hand at being private investigators, out to solve a theft perpetrated on their girlfriends. One agency name they tried was "Encyclopedias Brown And White" (because Marcus

624-708: The Missing Statue", "The Case of the Happy Nephew", "The Case of the Kidnapped Pigs", and "The Case of the Marble Shooter". According to WorldCat 's library catalog listing, "As super-sleuth Encyclopedia Brown solves four mysteries, he shows students how he fills out his reports, including selecting a topic, gathering information, taking notes, making an outline, and revising and editing." [REDACTED] From December 3, 1978, to September 20, 1980, Encyclopedia Brown

663-482: The Random House publishing group in 2008. Ballantine Books was merged with Bantam Dell in 2010. In 2013, Random House merged with Penguin to form Penguin Random House . Bantam has published the entire original run of the " Choose Your Own Adventure " series of children's books , as well as the first original novels based upon the Star Trek franchise, publishing about a dozen such books between 1970 and 1982, when

702-477: The Sunday strip here in a link posted on the comments portion of that blog. Encyclopedia Brown Encyclopedia Brown is a series of books featuring the adventures of boy detective Leroy Brown, nicknamed "Encyclopedia" for his intelligence and range of knowledge. The 29 books in the children's literature series were written (one co-written) by Donald J. Sobol , with the first book published in 1963 and

741-1104: The books in the series are self-contained and composed of mini-mysteries, several of the books contained different portions of the same case. In the first book, the last mystery was part 1 of a 2 part mystery, with the solution, and part 2 of the Mystery, published in the second book. Recurring characters in the books include: All stories written by Alexander von Wacker All stories written by Alexander von Wacker All stories written by Alexander von Wacker All stories written by Alexander von Wacker except: * written by Nancy Crochiere ** written by Rosalyn Stendahl All stories written by Lani and David Havens except * by Andrew Kantar All stories written by Lani and David Havens All stories written by Alexander von Wacker All stories written by Alexander von Wacker Stories by Paul Bagdon All stories by Deborah Felder except * by Jean Nugent and Katy Brown All stories by Suzanne Lord except * by Deborah Felder All stories by B. B. Hiller except * by Paul Bagdon There

780-453: The case by exposing this inconsistency, detailed in the "Answers" section in the back of the book. Often, these books follow a formula where the first chapter involves Brown solving a case at the dinner table for his father, the local police chief in the fictional seaside town of Idaville in an unspecified state. When Chief Brown barely tastes his meal, that is a cue he was handed a difficult case. He pulls out his casebook and goes over it with

819-435: The case of a stolen bicycle that was given as a birthday gift to Willie Grant on his tenth birthday. The Tigers make an appearance as the suspects in the case; Bugs Meany, Jack Beck, and Rocky Graham all show up at the Tigers' clubhouse. Contestants were allowed to enter as many times as they wished, provided they used a separate envelope for each entry. The sweepstakes was only available to US and Canada residents. No purchase

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858-640: The commission's blacklisting practice constituted an unlawful prior restraint on free expression in violation of the First Amendment. The Court held that any system of prior censorship on publications "strikes at the very foundation of freedom of expression" and cannot be enforced unless regulated by precise rules with procedural safeguards. This was an influential decision reinforcing First Amendment protections against government censorship of published materials. In 1964, Grosset & Dunlap acquired full ownership of Bantam from Curtis. In 1968, Grosset & Dunlap

897-403: The detective business the year before, solving a crime in their own school, and impressing police sergeant Treadwell. The next page showed a letter from Hawkeye and Amy inviting readers to solve the mysteries in the book by reading carefully, and then to look closely at the picture provided. The solutions to the mysteries are found at the end of the book, printed in mirror image. While most of

936-484: The family. Encyclopedia solves these cases by briefly closing his eyes while he thinks deeply, then asking a single question which directly leads to him finding the solution. The second mystery often begins in the Brown garage on Rover Avenue, where Encyclopedia has set up his own detective agency to help neighborhood children solve cases for "25 cents per day, plus expenses - No case too small." This second case usually involves

975-421: The fictional town of Lakewood Hills, Minnesota . Collins is described as having excellent observation prowess and able to carry out a quick but comprehensive sketch of the scene of the crime which capture vital clues to solving the mystery. Adams is an athletic red-haired girl who is described as "quick of mind, quick of feet and quick of temper". It was mentioned that Hawkeye's father is a lawyer and his mother

1014-617: The headline "Young Sleuths Detect Fun in Mysteries", by staff writer named Alice Cory. The articles were shown to be from page 2A and 4A of the publication, dated Thursday, March 17, 1983. The article narrated the backgrounds of Hawkeye and Amy, specifying they were 12 years old attending sixth grade in Lakewood Hills Elementary. Hawkeye's father was named as attorney Peter Collins, and his mother real-estate agent Linda Collins. The story went on to report Hawkeye and Amy started in

1053-421: The holding Bantam Doubleday Dell . In 1998, Bertelsmann acquired Random House from Advance Publications ; Random House became the name of the overall holding company of the various publishing imprints. In 1999, Bertelsmann merged some of the many publishing units it held in Random House, including a merger of Bantam with Dell Publishing , forming the Bantam Dell publishing imprint. Bantam Dell became part of

1092-401: The last published posthumously in 2012. In addition to the main books, the Encyclopedia Brown series has spawned a comic strip, a TV series, and compilation books of puzzles and games. Sobol's first Encyclopedia Brown book was written in two weeks; subsequent books took about six months to write. Its main publisher was Bantam Skylark . Each book in the Encyclopedia Brown mystery series

1131-454: The license was taken over by Pocket Books . Bantam also published a dozen volumes of short story adaptations of scripts from Star Trek: The Original Series . Bantam was the former American paperback publisher of The Guinness Book of Records . Another series was "Bantam War Book" from the 1970s to the 1990s, with the majority of books from World War II, but also from Vietnam, Korea and other conflicts. Other series include Bantam Classics,

1170-565: The previous story, they make a key mistake which Encyclopedia exposes. Later cases may find Encyclopedia assisting his father at a crime scene (rarely more serious than larceny , and Encyclopedia is always discreet when helping his father) or interacting with people around town, often exposing scams. One such example is a high school dropout and would-be con artist named Wilford Wiggins who spends time trying to dream up schemes to fleece kids out of their money. Like Bugs, his schemes have an inconsistency which Encyclopedia exposes. In some cases it

1209-501: The reader, thanks to the placement of a logical or factual inconsistency somewhere within the text. This is very similar to the layout of Donald Sobol's other book series, Two-Minute Mysteries . Many of the mysteries involve Brown helping his father, the local police chief, solve a crime; Brown outwitting town bully Bugs Meany, the leader of a gang known as the Tigers; or Brown being aided by Sally Kimball, his partner, close friend, and bodyguard. Brown, his father, or Sally invariably solves

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1248-558: The title role, with Laura Bridge playing Sally. The series ran for eight episodes. It was produced by Howard David Deutsch and directed by Savage Steve Holland . Parts of the series were filmed in Provo, Utah . The series began with an hour-long special, "The Case of the Missing Time Capsule", and subsequent six episodes were 30 minutes long. Many of these episodes were later released on VHS . In June 2013, Warner Bros. optioned

1287-611: Was a daily and Sunday comic strip syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate . The artwork was done by Frank Bolle , and Donald J. Sobol was credited as the writer. When the strips were collected into books in the mid-1980s, the strip was credited to Elliot Caplin , based on Sobol's characters. The strips adapted Sobol stories, both ones that had originally been Encyclopedia Brown tales and ones that had been part of Sobol's syndicated Two-Minute Mysteries features. A live action television series adaptation, also called Encyclopedia Brown , ran on HBO starting in 1989. Scott Bremner played

1326-455: Was acquired by conglomerate National General , run by Gene Klein . National General was acquired by American Financial Group in 1973. American Financial sold Bantam to the Italian firm IFI in 1974. Bertelsmann acquired half of Bantam in 1977 and assumed full ownership in 1980. IN 1986, Bantam began publishing audiobooks. In 1986, Bertelsmann acquired Doubleday & Company and created

1365-449: Was both a daily and Sunday comic strip version of "Can You Solve The Mystery?" that ran in newspapers from August 5, 1984 to December 29, 1985. The comic strip was written initially by Jim Lawrence and drawn by Fran Matera, but others took on later in the run of the series. There are more information and examples of the daily strips here- http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2010/02/obscurity-of-day-can-you-solve-mystery.html and examples of

1404-481: Was failing when Oscar Dystel , who had previously worked at Esquire and as editor on Coronet magazine was hired in 1954 to manage it. By the end of the next year the company was profitable. Dystel retired as chairman in 1980. By that time Bantam was the largest publisher of paperbacks , had over 15% of the market, and exceeded US$ 100 million in sales. The company was involved in an important Supreme Court case, Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan in 1963. Bantam Books

1443-625: Was held in conjunction with the Encyclopedia Brown books and Bantam Books . In the back of specially marked copies of Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt , Sobol presented an unsolved mystery for the contestant to solve and submit an answer for a chance to win a prize. The mystery for the contest was called "The Case of the Missing Birthday Gift", wherein Encyclopedia had to solve

1482-434: Was necessary, as one could either use the official form in the back of specially marked copies of Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt or send in a 3" by 5" index card with the solution and the contestant's contact information. The satirical newspaper The Onion ran an article in 2003 titled "Idaville Detective 'Encyclopedia' Brown Found Dead In Library Dumpster", which stated that Encyclopedia Brown, now

1521-823: Was prevented from distributing some of its publications in Rhode Island by a state commission called the Rhode Island Commission to Encourage Morality in Youth. The commission, headed by the Rhode Island Attorney General, would essentially blacklist books and magazines it deemed "objectionable" for sale, threatening distributors with publicity and reputational harm. Bantam Books sued, arguing this commission violated freedom of press protections and amounted to illegal censorship without due process. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Bantam Books, deciding that

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