Easy Sudoku Puzzles #1 (Dora the Explorer) (Paperback)

by Sonia Sander (Author)

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Product Description

INTRODUCING SUDOKU PUZZLES FOR LITTLE EXPLORERS...

Instead of numbers, these sudoku puzzles are made with pictures of Dora, Boots, and their friends. Now everyone in the family can enjoy the puzzle craze that's sweeping the planet!

Includes more than 200 stickers for completing the puzzles!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight (February 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416924299
• ISBN-13: 978-1416924296
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #546,895 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love my Sudoku and my Sudoku loves me, April 6, 2006

By	My Uncle Stu (Boston) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

I was confused for a while. I thought Sudoku was mathmatical. I think it was all the numbers and grids that confused me.

But it's not. It's pure logic, numbers are typically used out of convenience but it could be any distinct set of symbols. Dora Sudoku is a good illustration of that point because it uses stickers with pictures on them instead of numbers.

This book is great. When I tell people that I've got my daughter doing Sudokus, they sometimes respond as if I've put my daughter to work at a sweatshop. I guess they see the obsessive way I've gotten into Sudoku and worry that I'm foisting it on her. But I think it's great. Now when I talk about Sudoku we can both get excited together and work on our puzzles. And I'm very impressed with her ability to do them, she's really picked up on it quite well. These are puzzles for kids, of course, two by two boxes within a four by four grid, so we aren't talking about anything too overwhelming. You only need to hold one or two bits of information in your head at a time to solve it. That being said, the logic required to solve the Sudokus is the same logic required to solve more complex ones, just on a smaller scale. Also, the pictures are sometimes similar enough that one would have to pay attention to detail carefully to avoid mistakes. In the easier ones, the four pictures are four different characters on different color backgrounds. But some of them feature the same character in four different poses.

Thumbs up for Dora Sudoku. Anything that gets kids to enjoy books, concentrate, think in steps, and focus on details must be a good thing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My 3 year old loves it!!!, March 12, 2006

By	Petrina LeBlanc "petrinam1" (Dover, DE USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked up this book for my 3 year old daughter after she watched her dad doing Sudoku puzzles. Although it is a challenge, once she did a few with us and learned how to complete the puzzles she took off and started completing them on her own. The puzzles keep her attention. She will complete a few of them at a time. Occasionally 1 or 2 are in the wrong place but she definitely understands the concept and works at them well. I have searched but there are no other books like this out there. Would buy any other book that came out like this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Educational , February 19, 2006

By	XYZ Learn (Princeton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

We just purchased this book today after watching my 6 year old daughter completely taken by this book in the store. She was focused for over an hour and was successfully completing the grids while also being challenged. Usually, she is mildly entertained by educational games and books. However, the combination of the colorful and playful drawings captured her attention and kept her on task for an extra-ordinary amount of time while being both entertaining and fun.