Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective Cover - P 2012. Share on Facebook; ... Warner Bros. is in final negotiations to pick up the movie rights to the iconic children’s book series for an adaptation ...

The first book, Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, performed well, and Sobol eventually settled into what would become the routine of his writing life: one or two books a year, all bestsellers.

Remember Encyclopedia Brown? After several failed attempts, the famous boy detective is headed for the big screen at long last. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. is in final ...

A year after the sad death of his creator Donald J. Sobol, boy detective Encyclopedia Brown finally looks set to make his big screen debut{ =nofollow}. 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the well ...

Donald Sobol, author of the popular Encyclopedia Brown series died last week in Miami. Sobol's first big success in writing came in 1958, with his syndicated column, Two-Minute Mysteries.

Abe Applebaum used to be loved. Back when he was a kid detective — think Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, and the Hardy Boys, with a generous dose of street smarts to boot — Abe was the star of ...

Encyclopedia Brown belongs to a special category of children's books: books--the kind starring characters like Harry Potter and Nancy Drew--that treat curiosity as one of the best assets a kid can ...

I’m no detective and here’s how I know. From the time I was 6 to 10, I spent every summer holed up with musty, dog-eared paperbacks checked out from the library of the Encyclopedia Brown ...