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“Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.”
"​His Last Bow"

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EXTEND your understanding and appreciation

​The last of the 2-2-1-b tasks is to “Extend Your Understanding and Appreciation” of the great detective.  As a Junior Sherlockian-in-Training, select and complete one task.

• Enjoy Sherlock’s Spotlight, an entertaining and educational Sherlock Holmes gazette. Within each quarterly issue, you will find character profiles, story summaries, games, and puzzles! You can even submit your Sherlockian themed artwork to be highlighted on future gazette covers. Learn more

• Pastiches are Sherlock Holmes related stories that have been written by authors other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Read or listen to a Sherlockian pastiche.  As a Junior Sherlockian-in-Training, you are always encouraged to seek parental guidance when choosing which pastiches to read.

• Meet Nancy Springer, the author of the Enola Holmes novels. Read an interview with the novelist conducted by Rowan, a sixth-grader, of Franklin, TN. Ms. Springer has described Sherlock Holmes as a cape-wearing superhero.  Who are her heroes?

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• Meet Elizabeth Eulberg, the author of the Shelby Holmes novels. Read an interview with the author conducted by 4th graders in Franklin, TN. Why did she choose Harlem as the setting for her books?

• Children’s pastiche writer Derrick Belanger shares his advice for writing Sherlock Holmes related stories.  Read “10 Rules for Writing a Sherlockian Pastiche,” and then write a Sherlockian pastiche of your own.

• After reading the pastiche Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls, explore Victorian dining.  Review a Junior Sherlockian’s list of the foods and drinks the characters enjoyed in the story, and then cook or bake one of the Victorian dishes for you to enjoy.

• The Baker Street Irregulars is a literary society dedicated to the study of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Victorian world.  Local chapters are called scion societies.  Attend/participate in a local scion society’s meeting.

• After reading “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,” retell the story using Chris Schweizer’s paper dolls to someone who has not had the opportunity to read about “the whimsical, little incident.”

• In “The Final Problem,” Professor James Moriarty, the Napoleon of crime, and Sherlock Holmes finally meet. Gather a group of friends and/or family members and perform Donald Novorsky’s adaptation of the short story.

• ​Sherlock Holmes described his method of examination as “founded upon the observation of trifles.”  Practice your observational skills, of small details, by Geocaching- the real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using a GPS-enabled device. Learn more about Geocaching.​

• Sherlock Holmes warns others of the “deception of obvious facts.”  Avoid deception while you develop your observational and reasoning skills by solving Graeme Base’s Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery or Enigma: A Magical Mystery.

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• Dr. Marino Alvarez highlights “the three pipe problem” found in his adaptation of “The Red-Headed League.”  Perform the play with friends and/or family members. 

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• The Sherlock Holmes stories are set in Great Britain’s late Victorian era.  Read issues of Baker Street Elementary’s “The Life and Times in Victorian London,“ by Joe Fay, Liese Sherwood-Fabre, Rusty Mason, and Steve Mason, to learn more about 19th century England.  As a Junior Sherlockian-in-Training, you are always encouraged to seek parental guidance when choosing which issues to read.

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