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The Brainiest Insaniest Ultimate Puzzle Book! [Paperback]

Robert Leighton (Author), Mike Shenk (Author), Amy Goldstein (Author)
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2 and up
It’s 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 they’re 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.)

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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 It’s 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 1996 by Robert Leighton (a New Yorker cartoonist), Mike Shenk, and Amy Goldstein, who have a combined 60 years of experience in the puzzle business. Puzzability is a puzzle-writing company that creates puzzles for Web sites, major newspapers and magazines, ads and packaging, game shows, and other media. Puzzability was founded in 1966 by Robert Leighton (a New Yorker cartoonist), Mike Shenk, and Amy Goldstein, who have a combined 60 years of experience in the puzzle business. Puzzability is a puzzle-writing company that creates puzzles for Web sites, major newspapers and magazines, ads and packaging, game shows, and other media. The puzzle writing company! Puzzability was founded in 1966 by Robert Leighton (a New Yorker cartoonist), Mike Shenk, and Amy Goldstein, who have a combined 60 years of experience in the puzzle business. Puzzability is a puzzle-writing company that creates puzzles for Web sites, major newspapers and magazines, ads and packaging, game shows, and other media.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 194 pages
  • Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; 1 edition (December 13, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0761143866
  • ISBN-13: 978-0761143864
  • Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,361 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun for developing minds and their parents!, December 27, 2006
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Finally! A great puzzle book for kids that goes beyond word search and mazes! I've seen great logic and puzzle books for kids in Russian and was looking for something in English. I've asked every teacher and parent, I've search the web with every conceivable keyword - nothing. And then this book. My daughter (5.5 years) and I are spending many happy hours together. The right age, though, is probably 7+
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars As a gift, December 20, 2009
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I recently sent this to a friend who is doing a short sentance in the county jail, and he did not put it down for 3 weeks straight! He was in a hit and run car accident recently and spent 2 months in a comma. Since then, he has had trouble focusing thoughts and short term memory recollection. Since he has been focusing on these puzzles, I have seen a distinct progression in complete, organized thoughts, and he says he is remembering more. Not that is book is a miracle or anything, but I do think it has a direct affect in his brain therapy. I have since ordered him two more books to continue his progress. In his situation, he LOVED the "Wordman of Alcatraz"!
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5.0 out of 5 stars fun, January 18, 2009
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This book is awesome I am looking to purchase a second edition. Is there another one in print? This book is so much fun it gives your mind a real work out, hate to put it down. It is not like other puzzle books where you have to struggle to complete or get so frustrated you don't enjoy it. Everyone that sees me with it says it looks like a lot of fun, my response it is.
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