RIP Donald J. Sobol - "Encyclopedia Brown" author

http://news.yahoo.com/encyclopedia-brown-author-sobol-dies-87-162041248.html

Bugs Meany claims he didn't have anything to do with it, since he was on a safari in Africa watching tigers.

In all seriousness, the "Encyclopedia Brown" books got me through a lot of days during my school years when I was too sick to play outside and had to find something else to do during recess time. Sobol even came to my school once to read stories and answer questions. Of course, I happened to be sick that week and missed school, although he did sign a copy of a book for me.

RIP.

 

Man, I read the hell out of Encyclopedia Brown in grade school. RIP.

 

I LOVED Encyclopedia Brown.

 

I was a huge Encyclopedia Brown fan and probably those books made me a lifelong fan of mysteries. Sally Kimball ruled.

 

Does Bugs Meaney have an alibi?

 

Jesus, Mizzou, read the first post!!

 

Loved these books as a kid, and I wrote a spoof story about E.B. in a college creative writing class that was well-received too. RIP.

 

Lived a block from the town library and Encyclopedia and the Boxcar Children were my all-time favorites as a kid. Always enjoyed this too:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/idaville-detective-encyclopedia-brown-found-dead-i,753/

 

Me too, never figured one of those cases out. RIP

 

Yeah, I am full of fail today...

 

LOVED these books. Read the hell out of them in 4th, 5th and 6th grade.

 

One of the things I loved about those books was that it really taught me to read carefully, trying to figure the thing out. One of the reasons I'm still hooked on mysteries, EB and the Hardy Boys.