Mind-Boggling Word Puzzles [Hardcover]

Martin Gardner (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

Take your brain for a jog around an entertaining new collection of twisters. Many play with clues that are numbers, letters, or words, but are tougher than they look. Three examples:
o Find the single letter clue that tells you a monkey's name, where it lives, and its message to you.
o Complete a crossword puzzle by filling blanks with words that mean the opposite of the clues.
o Finish a joke by making up the punch line.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gr. 4-8. Best known for the column "Mathematical Games," which ran in Scientific American for 25 years, puzzle-master Gardner here presents 103 short challenges based on wordplay. Readers must have their wits about them, but most of the conundrums are solvable without a peek at the appended answers (and enjoyable even after peeking). Although most of the puzzles stand alone, many are illustrated with lively, cartoon-style ink drawings, and some depend on clues in the pictures for their solutions. Teachers who want to encourage verbal awareness in their students will find the book an appealing source of good-natured puzzlers that challenge children to think more playfully about language. Carolyn Phelan
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About the Author

Martin Gardner is famous for his 'Trick of the Month' column for Physics Teacher magazine - which is in turn reprinted regularly in Magician - the magazine for professional magicians. He has been publishing books of tricks since 1935!

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (June 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080697186X
• ISBN-13: 978-0806971865
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,329,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

For 25 of his 95 years, Martin Gardner wrote 'Mathematical Games and Recreations', a monthly column for Scientific American magazine. These columns have inspired hundreds of thousands of readers to delve more deeply into the large world of mathematics. He has also made significant contributions to magic, philosophy, debunking pseudoscience, and children's literature. He has produced more than 60 books, including many best sellers, most of which are still in print. His Annotated Alice has sold more than a million copies. He continues to write a regular column for the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good fun for 10 year olds to Adults, September 3, 2010

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This review is from: Mind-Boggling Word Puzzles (Dover Children's Activity Books) (Paperback)

Kids will need a little help with some of these, but for the most part this is really a kid/family book. We enjoyed sharing it at the dinner table. It is a fairly small book (102 puzzles) and easy to get through. Plenty of fun, a fine book to get at the library.