Editing Encyclopedia Brown (section)

==Style==
Each book in the ''Encyclopedia Brown'' mystery series 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 fiction|mystery]]. The mysteries are intended to be solved by the reader, thanks to the placement of a logical or factual inconsistency somewhere within the text.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Meet Encyclopedia Brown's Author |journal=Raleigh News and Observer |date=April 14, 1984 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/654323158/?terms=encyclopedia%2Bbrown |access-date=13 May 2020 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116160125/https://www.newspapers.com/image/654323158/?terms=encyclopedia%2Bbrown |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 the case by exposing this inconsistency, detailed in the "Answers" section in the back of the book.<ref>{{cite web |title=Encyclopedia Brown: The Great Sleuth From My Youth |newspaper=NPR.org |date=July 16, 2012 |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/07/17/156861372/encyclopedia-brown-the-great-sleuth-from-my-youth |access-date=March 1, 2021 }}</ref>