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Are you already a puzzle fan? Or do you want to find a new hobby? Have you ever wondered how to make your own jigsaw puzzles or simply broaden your puzzling hobby? Then here is a book for you! Whether you are an avid fan or a beginner, this book will equip you with everything you need to know about the much-loved jigsaw puzzle as well as how to make your very own creations. Whilst providing information on the history of puzzles, benefits of puzzles...

Solving puzzles can be murder when a PI and a crossword editor join forces to catch a killer in the first novel of Nero Blanc's fiendishly clever crossword mystery series Playboy Thompson C. Briephs has just been found strangled in his bed. The police believe the Newcastle Herald crossword editor, a scion of a blue-blooded New England family, died from kinky sex gone wrong. But cop-turned–private investigator Rosco Polycrates thinks there's a...

METRIC PUZZLESWritten and Illustrated by Peggy Adler"Fifty-two carefully developed games including mathematical computations, anagrams, and word puzzles teach the metric units for determining area, volume, and temperature. Readers must determine measurements for several children and three hedgehogs who take vitamin C, pick mushrooms, and travel. Peggy Adler's black-and-white pen drawings add to the fun of these well-conceived exercises which help...

Seek and find under the sea with Bernard the Wolf as he explores a watery realm where mermaids and fish hide among the seaweed and coral reefs. Bernard the Wolf needs your help! He wears glasses, but still can't see very well. Help him find his friend, a little red crab, as she plays hide-and-seek deep down in the ocean to sharpen Bernard's vision. Also included are fun, additional activities for every visual puzzle to develop your own observation...

Having fun and learning while you do it is the basis of this book. A variety of games are provided - over 50 including variations. Each game is designed to work with the minimum of equipment - sometimes just paper and pencil, sometimes coins or counters. Simple to understand instructions about how to play, and a simple gameboard, and complemented by an easy to understand game goal. But - and here's the clever part - the games have math embedded in...

" Brain Teasers, Fun Puzzles, and Engaging Stories for Clever Kids " is a delightful book filled with brain-teasing puzzles, captivating stories, and engaging games that will keep kids entertained and challenged for hours on end.This book has a wide range of logic puzzles, lateral thinking problems, riddles, and word games, all with amusing tales that will capture children's imaginations and inspire their creativity. The puzzles are designed to be...

From French spies to Flemish painters, Lincoln's beard to beer can patents, child labour laws to the Great Depression – Puzzled is not your typical history book. This is a captivating and colourful journey through the history of jigsaw puzzles, over time and around the world.Puzzled tracks the evolution of the jigsaw puzzle from expensive collectibles available only to society's elite, to a mass-produced commodity enjoyed by millions the world over....

"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--