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conversations.value: a description for a book titled Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime about Encyclopedia, Brown, Award with the genre: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction
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conversations.value: the author was the author of the highly acclaimed Encyclopedia Brown series and many other books. His awards include a special Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his contribution to mystery writing in the United States, and the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers&#8217; Choice Award for Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace.
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conversations.value: the first five paragraphs for this book
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conversations.value: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime
  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.
  Published in the United States by Dutton Children's Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 • www.penguin.com/youngreaders
  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.
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conversations.value: five more paragraphs
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conversations.value: When they arrived at the museum, they got a surprise. There was no long line of kids. Only one person was standing there—Sammy Jackson. He was one of Bugs Meany's Tigers. They were so slippery, the truth wouldn't stick to them if you pasted it on with a bucket of glue.
  Sammy smiled. He took out a box and removed the lid. A baseball was sitting inside on a velvet base. "That, my friend, is a baseball hit by the great George Herman Ruth. I'm talking about the Bambino, the Sultan of Swat, the greatest hitter who ever lived. Now, if this were simply a ball that the Babe had hit—even for an out—it would be valuable. This is more than that. This is a ball Ruth hit for a home run."
  Sammy nodded. "Not long ago my great-uncle passed away. He left me the ball in his will. I am not the baseball fan he was, and it seems only proper that the ball end up in a museum where everyone can enjoy it."
  Chip turned to leave. "We might as well go, Encyclopedia. My collection is pretty good, but I don't have anything to compete with that."
  From his seat in the big circus tent, Encyclopedia Brown had a good view of the acts in the center ring.
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conversations.value: the last four paragraphs
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conversations.value: A lot of what Nate said about Columbus and his explorations were true. Any first map of Columbus might not have much on it. However, Columbus sailed under the Spanish flag for Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Anything written on the map, such as "Atlantic Ocean," would have been in Spanish, not in English. When Encyclopedia pointed this out, Nate quickly rolled up his map and sailed back home as fast as possible.
  Encyclopedia noted that while all three campers had similar alibis, two of them, Jack Muir and Teddy Rose, were sitting by smoky fires. That indicated that the wood they were using was wet—which made sense because it was raining when they gathered it. However, Frank Donner's fire was burning brightly, which meant his wood was dry. That only was possible if he had gotten his wood before it rained and put it in his tent. Then he stole the arrowheads while the others were gathering their wood. When told this fact, Frank admitted he had taken the arrowheads, and he returned them and added three more that he had found.
  The story of Buster's cousin was certainly exciting, and it sounded possible until Buster explained that his cousin had turned his compass until it pointed east. Encyclopedia knew that compasses always point north toward the magnetic North Pole. Once Encyclopedia realized that part of the story was wrong, he had doubts about the rest of the story as well. Under further questioning, Buster owned up that he had invented the whole thing. The only cousin he had lived in a skyscraper in a big city.
  Dexter had explained that he had won the medal using a rifle—the only kind of gun used at a shooting gallery. But when Max was bragging about his aim, he mentioned using six-shooters. Six-shooters are pistols, and there are none of those available at a shooting gallery. When Encyclopedia pointed this out, Max blinked a few times and admitted that maybe his aim was a little off. Then he gave the medal back to Dexter.