This text begins with a challenge: he is an English detective who has enchanted generations of children and adults, he has an inseparable friend who helps him solve the most unlikely of mysteries and although he is not a real person, he has become better known than the author himself, who made it. Do you know who it is? who answered? Sherlock Holmessolved the riddle!
The character created in 1887 by the physician and writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes co-stars with his friend Watson in 4 novels and 56 short stories written by the author, in addition to several adaptations for film and literature.
Due to the character’s fame, his fictional address, 221b Baker Street, even became London’s Sherlock Holmes Museum. In it, visitors feel transported to detective stories through objects, furniture and clothing similar to the London universe of books.
Sherlock Holmes’ stories fascinated the author and winner of the Jabuti Literature Prize Julio Emilio Brazil, since childhood. They were fundamental to developing his taste and enchantment for reading. As a fan and passionate about creating puzzles and stories, the writer challenged himself to create the personalized children’s book Sherlock Holmes. The story is full of riddles that arouse curiosity and stimulate the logical thinking of children, especially between the ages of 6 and 12.
The Scientific Method in Sherlock Holmes’ Personalized Children’s Book
O scientific method and deductively developed by detective Sherlock Holmes was based on three aspects: observation, deduction and knowledge.
In the personalized children’s book Sherlock Holmes, written by author Júlio Emílio Braz, the child must solve the riddle related to the disappearance of his girlfriend Amália Watson. To solve this mysterious disappearance, the little reader has to pay attention to the smallest details, solve the puzzles he encounters along the way using logic, in addition to learning about the most famous detective in the world.
The scientific method used by Holmes is presented in a light-hearted and fun way and stimulates the investigative spirit, the ability to organize information and the problem-solving ability of the child who will be the protagonist of this story like a real detective.
Challenging riddles to read
Discover 7 Sherlock Holmes riddles to solve with kids below and enhance the little ones’ experience with the personalized children’s book.
riddle 1
Imagine you are in a dark room next to Sherlock. In it there is a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
riddle 2
One day, Watson was having a cup of coffee in a restaurant when he found a fly in the cafe. He asked the waiter to exchange it for another cup of coffee. When Watson took a sip, he told the waiter it was the same cup! How did he know that cup hadn’t been changed?
riddle 3
Detective Sherlock has found a note that is part of a clue to a mystery that needs to be solved. “If you have me, you want to share me; if you don’t share me, you kept me. What am I?”
riddle 4
Watson and Sherlock like to play with riddles to practice the scientific method. Help them find the answer to this riddle: a monkey, a squirrel and a bird run to the top of a coconut tree. Who gets the banana, monkey, squirrel or bird first?
riddle 5
Help Sherlock Holmes solve the case of Mrs. Evans who lives in his beautiful home on Baker Street. The detective found a note written by the victim related to the kidnapper’s name:
“April 5, June 2, August 1, and November 1.
The names of the three suspects are:
Carmen Dias
Luan Reis
Amanda Castro
Solve the riddle on the note and find the name of the real person responsible for Mrs. Baker.
riddle 6
Like Sherlock, this is a familiar riddle that everyone loves, do you know the answer? What will be, what will be, who are seven and his brothers. Five go to the fair and only two don’t.
riddle 7
Detective Sherlock and his friend Watson must discover the name of a shop where a new clue to the solution of a case is hidden. They received the following anagram per message:
CRIM
ALE
Put the words in order and find the store name!
Answers to riddles
riddle 1: The phosphorus.
riddle 2: Watson before asking to replace the coffee cup had put sugar. When the waiter brought the cup a second time, he noticed that the coffee was sweet.
riddle 3: The secret.
riddle 4: None of them, because the coconut palm doesn’t give bananas.
riddle 5: The numbers are related to the letters of each month name: April, June, August, November. Forming the name: Luan.
riddle 6: Days of the week.
riddle 7: Rosemary.
The child who lives an adventure full of mysteries
In addition to entering a universe full of mysteries and puzzles, the child will discover with the personalized children’s book “Sherlock Holmes” a new literary genre and valuable lessons about friendship.
By personalizing the book, the child can get involved and identify with the story even more, because this time he will be the detective! In this sense, the author of the story, Júlio Emílio Braz emphasizes: “we believe and so we read on when we see ourselves in the characters or we would like to be in their place.” Turn your little one into a protagonist by clicking here to customize the Sherlock Holmes children’s book.
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