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Put this in a travel bag for the kids, May 6, 2008
This review is from: Made You Look: A Book of Picture Puzzles (Spiral-bound)
We're going to New Orleans as soon as school is out. We're taking my three pretend children, ages 3 3/4, 9, and 10. The baby stays home. The grandparents, my brother and his wife, and I are the adults (usually). Two of the three children are certified ADHD. That means they need things to do. When I take them on adventures, we sing and yell and carry on, but that kind of stuff drives the grandparents crazy. I found this book, "Made You Look: A Book of Picture Puzzles" and started a road trip bag. It is the first item to go in.
First, the book is over-sized, I think, to make each page and picture larger and items easier to find. Being in a spiral book makes the pages easy to turn backwards and the book easier to handle. Several pages have detachable items. In the very back is a large envelope in which to store these items. Very clever!
If you are familiar with the I Spy series, then you have a vague idea of this book's premise. Starting with simpler puzzles and working toward complexity, the book will keep little eyes spell-bound for a good while.
Here are some sample puzzles. On the copyright page and adjoining page is a scene of a cross of streets in a city block. The trick is to find how many times the title of the book can be found on these two pages. Bunches! The actual first puzzle invites the reader to find the numbers 1-100 in this mish-mash of kooky monsters, fantasy figures, and odds and ends.
Here's another one. It is a knick-knack container crammed full of objects in every cubby hole. Included is a list of items the viewer must find. Now a page with people wearing a multitude of facial disguises inside frames. You must find how many of the faces belong to this one particular man. Facial recognition tricks are the rule here.
Toward the back is a double page spread requiring the viewer to match a person standing in the art gallery with their counterparts in famous paintings. Not only does this activity require close attention to detail but will train them to recognize these famous paintings and composition of the way the subjects are posed.
One last description. This time it's a two-page spread of postcards from particular states and cities. This one is tough if you haven't seen these places. Within the letters of Maine for example are the Eiffel Tower, a big lobster, a British flag, a water skiier, palm trees, an alligator in a swamp. If you turn the page, you will begin all the answers and solutions.
What's next in the travel bag? Crayons and coloring books, pads and pens to write things and draw. Keep reading my reviews as I show you more items to add to your travel bag for the children this summer.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book for the classroom, July 13, 2007
This review is from: Made You Look: A Book of Picture Puzzles (Spiral-bound)
This is a great Klutz book. Perhaps inspired by the relatively new LIFE Magazine picture puzzle books. I think in some ways this book does those one better due to the variety of different picture puzzles you can find within it. As with all Klutz books this book has some nifty props included (you punch them out) that are needed to help solve some of the puzzles. I'm gonna add this book to my classroom library in the fall I figure it will be a big hit along with The Guinness Book of World Records, and DK's Pick Me Up, as well as the LIFE books I mentioned earlier.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great for gifts and travel and anytime!!, April 9, 2008
This review is from: Made You Look: A Book of Picture Puzzles (Spiral-bound)
My 3 year old received this for her birthday and all three of my girls (2 years old, 3 years old, and 6 years old) as well as my husband and I really love this creative book that takes the "I Spy" books to a different level. We only wish there was a volume 2! My 6 year old reads the directions to the younger two and they can complete all the pages together. What a great passtime. This would be great to take in the car or on the plane with you for hours of entertainment for a large range of ages, not just 9-12 as is suggested. (comes with the answers too though the girls refuse to see them so they can figure it all out themselves)
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