Synopses & Reviews
Its win-win for the whole family: Kids love puzzles—and parents love their kids to love puzzles. Now from Puzzability—the premier puzzle-writing company whose mind-benders have appeared regularly in
The New York Times and
Disney Adventures, and repeatedly in
The New Yorker and
Martha Stewart Kids—comes a rich, original, and entertaining category-killer of a book with over 250 puzzles on every imaginable theme and subject.
Fully illustrated in color, here is a bonanza of mazes, word games, visual and logic puzzles, and more. With a full range of difficulty, but all totally solvable, the puzzles are not meant to be tests. In fact theyre engaging and humorous, as fun to work on as they are satisfying to solve. In Gray Matter, readers first solve a short crossword, then use the letters in the puzzle to crack a riddle. Hot Lines involves matching kids to their clothing—based on tan lines. Flea Circuit is an unusual maze that you find your way out of by jumping around the page like a flea. A scavenger hunt runs through the book—solve every puzzle to amass the clues and earn the bound-in certificate of achievement. (Yes, the honor system applies.)
Synopsis
An outrageously clever and colorful bonanza of more than 250 mind-teasing mazes, word games, visual puzzles, and much more. Wind your way through the twisted cemetery gates in Dead End. Match sunburned kids to their beach gear by examining their Hot Lines. In It's Astro-Logical, figure out which astronaut is asleep on the job. Decipher the words that are shimmering underwater in All Wet. And discover puzzles within puzzles, like Crunch Time: rearrange every letter in a finished crossword to solve a riddle.
Plus: A book-wide Scavenger Hunt and a Certificate of Achievement (the honor system applies--you have to complete the hunt and fill in the blanks to earn it )
Synopsis
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING RIDDLES AND THE QUESTS OF SIR GLANCE-A-LOT
The Hole Story. Rhyme Wave. Jokers Wild. Bat Attitude. Reverse Gear . . . in all, an outrageously clever, colorful bonanza of more than 250 mind-teasing mazes, word games, visual puzzles, and much more. • Wind your way through the twisted cemetery gates in Dead End. • Match sunburned kids to their beach gear by examining their Hot Lines. • In Its Astro-Logical, figure out which astronaut is asleep on the job. • Decipher the words that are shimmering underwater to get All Wet. • There are even puzzles within puzzles, like Crunch Time: rearrange every letter in the solved crossword to get the answer to the riddle.
About the Author
Puzzability was founded in 1966 by Robert Leighton, Mike Shenk, and Amy Goldstein, expert puzzle makers who create a twisted brand of puzzles for both kids and adults.Puzzability was founded in 1966 by Robert Leighton, Mike Shenk, and Amy Goldstein, expert puzzle makers who create a twisted brand of puzzles for both kids and adults.Puzzability was founded in 1966 by Robert Leighton, Mike Shenk, and Amy Goldstein, expert puzzle makers who create a twisted brand of puzzles for both kids and adults.
Table of Contents
Table of ContentsIntroduction 4
1. Sir Glance-A-Lot 6
Observe: A keen eye is required for the picture puzzles yonder
2. Riddle Green Men 38
Riddle puzzles and otherunidentified flying questions
3. Alice in Wanderland 64
Mazes with all kinds ofunexpected twists
4. The Wordman of Alcatraz 80
Wordplay puzzles for anyone witha long spell in the pen
5. Sherlogic Holmes 128
Logic and sequence puzzles and other mysteries to untangle
6. FrankEinstein 146
Monster puzzles to torment almostany brain you happen to have around
Answers 169
Still have puzzle fever? Take a crack at the Scavenger Hunt at the very end of the book--complete it, and you'll earn the Certificate of Achievement!