I. The Einstein Anderson titles by Seymour Simon with 10 stories
“Einstein Anderson, Science Sleuth.” New York: Viking, 1980. Motion, friction, astronomy, animal behavior, chemistry, zoology, buoyancy, space science, sound and light
“Einstein Anderson Goes to Bat.” New York: Puffin, 1987. Anatomy, technology, physics, acrobatics, zoology, meteorology, biology
“Einstein Anderson Makes Up for Lost Time.” New York: Viking, 1981. Animal behavior, physical states of nature, meteorology, astronomy, zoology, anatomy, general science
“Einstein Anderson Sees Through the Invisible Man.” New York: Viking, 1983. Light and optics, water pressure, sense of vision, space science, inertia, atmospherics and pollution, chemistry, animal behavior, fluid physics
“Einstein Anderson Shocks His Friends.” New York: Viking, 1980. Electricity, zoology, radioactivity, biology, motion, space science, chemistry, heat, change of state (Selected as “Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children” by National Science Teachers Association 1980)
“Einstein Anderson Tells a Comet’s Tale.” New York: Viking, 1981. Astronomy, optics, rocketry, zoology, change of state, inventions, motion
“Einstein Anderson Lights Up the Sky.” New York: Viking, 1982.
II. Other books of interest
Alfred Hitchcock’s Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries. New York: Random, 1963. Alfred Hitchcock introduces and then intersperses comments in these five mysteries.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. “The Adventures of the Speckled Band and Other Stores of Sherlock Holmes. “ New York, Signet, 1965. This is a basic collection of the classic mysteries.
Ireland, Karin.” Albert Einstein.” (Pioneers in Change) New Jersey: Silver Burdett, 1989. This juvenile biography has many photos and is very accessible to middle grade readers.
Poe, Edgar Allan. “Ten Great Mysteries.” N.Y.: Scholastic, 1989. This is a collection of some of his famous and not so well known mysteries, including one about time travel.
Sobol, Donald. “Two-Minute Mysteries.” New York, Scholastic, 1967. Detective Haledjian solves these 79 brief mysteries; answers are upside-down at the bottom of the page.
IV. Each of the following is one in a series of juvenile mysteries
Bellairs, John. “The Spell of the Sorcerer’s Skull.” New York, Bantam, 1984. Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermas are hot on the trail.
Bellairs, John. “The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn.” New York, Bantam, 1978. Anthony Monday is the detective in this Bellairs series.
Bethancourt, T.Ernesto. “Doris Fein: Superspy. “ The teen detective never gives up.
Corbett, Scott. “The Case of the Silver Skull.” New York: Little, 1974. Roger Tearle is the detective in this series.
Dixon, Franklyn W. “The Hooded Hawk Mystery.” New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1971. The Hardy boys, Frank and Joe, solve any mystery that baffles the town of Bayport.
Hildick, E.W. “The Case of the Snowbound Spy.” New York. Macmillan, 1980. McGurk and his assistant sleuths solve many cases.
Howe, James. “Dew Drop Dead.” New York, Atheneum, 1990. Sebastian Barth is a super sleuth.
Keene, Carolyn. “The Bungalow Mystery.” New York, Grosset and Dunlap, 1960. Nancy Drew remains the all-time favorite female sleuth.
Newman, Robert. “The Case of the Vanishing Corpse.” Atheneum, 1980. This group of boys are friends with Sherlock Holmes in Victorian England.
Snyder, Zilpha. “The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case.” Atheneum, 1982. The whole family gets involved in the cases.
Sobol, Donald. “Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man.” N.Y.Bantam: 1982. Encyclopedia Brown outsmarts everyone in town.