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Edition:	Puffin (Paperback)
Author:	John D. Fitzgerald
Published:	February 2004
Pages:	192
ISBN 10:	0142400580
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The Great Brain is a series of children's books by American author John Dennis Fitzgerald (1907-1988). Set in the fictitious small town of Adenville, Utah, at the turn of the last century, between 1896 and 1898, the stories are loosely based on Fitzgerald's childhood experiences. From Fitzgerald's description of the town of Adenville as the hub of a cattle and sheep ranching region in Utah, it may be reasonable to infer that it was based on Price, Utah.

Chronicled by the first-person voice of John Dennis Fitzgerald, the stories mainly center around the escapades of John's mischievous older brother, Tom Dennis Fitzgerald, whose nickname is "The Great Brain". The Great Brain was made into a movie in the late 1970s, with the main character played by Jimmy Osmond.

Mercer Mayer originally illustrated the books except for 1995's The Great Brain Is Back (which was illustrated by Diane deGrant). Mr. Mayer did the original cover illustrations for the first seven books also, but Carl Cassler re-did the cover illustrations for some of the re-prints of the first seven books.