Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime by Donald Sobol

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    Summary: Ten brief cases allow the reader to match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster, Encyclopedia Brown, as he investigates such cases as toys missing from a fair, music stolen from a singer-songwriter, and arrowheads that disappear during a campout.
    Contents: The case of the vanished sculpture—The case of the glittering diamonds—The case of the tempting toys—The case of the missing songs—The case of the home-run hitter—The case of the lazy lion—The case of the explorer’s map—The case of the arrowhead hunters—The case of the courageous camper—The case of the carnival crime.
    ISBN : 978-1-101-53575-2
    PZ7.S68524Ent 2011
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For Richard Siegelman,
my Number One Fan among school teachers

The Case of the Vanished Sculpture

    The town of Idaville had a secret.
    From the outside Idaville looked like many seaside towns its size. It had several banks, three movie theaters, and two delicatessens. It had churches, synagogues, and clean beaches.
    Nevertheless, Idaville was different. No one, grown-up or child, got away with breaking the law in Idaville.
    Police across the country puzzled over how Idaville did it. Whose masterful mind cracked the hardest crimes? The popular choice was Chief Brown of the Idaville police force.
    The Chief was brave and smart. He always knew what to do with an especially hard mystery. He went home to eat.
    His only child, ten-year-old Encyclopedia, solved the case at the dinner table. Usually he needed to ask only one question.
    Chief Brown wanted to tell the world about Encyclopedia. Yet who would believe him? Who would believe a fifth-grader belonged in the Detective Hall of Fame?
    So Chief Brown said nothing and neither did Mrs.