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"Clayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by a group of eccentric enigmatologists and now finds himself among the last survivors of a fading institution. When the esteemed crossword compiler and main maternal presence in Clayton's life, Pippa Allsbrook, passes away, she bestows her final puzzle on him: a promise...
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"Bernard the Wolf is flying high up in the sky with his new friend, Enrico the Robin, who's helping him sharpen his vision. Filled with charming visual puzzles, children will develop their observation skills and practice drawing conclusions based on what they see with more than 100 seek-and-find games!"--
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Murder never takes a holiday-as husband-and-wife sleuths Belle Graham and Rosco Polycrates discover when they tackle five crimes hidden in crossword puzzles In "The Proof of the Pudding," Belle and Rosco interrupt their Vermont holiday to solve a crossword that's a recipe for murder. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is the setting for "A Partridge in a Pear Tree" as Rosco helps a college buddy crack a case of foul play concealed in a puzzle. "Mum's the...
9) Two down
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Crosswords get the Hollywood treatment in this mystery featuring PI Rosco Polycrates and master puzzle solver Belle Graham Jamaica Nevisson-or Cassandra Lovett, as she's known to the adoring fans of her daytime soap-has vanished without a trace. She and her pal Genie Pepper went pleasure yachting off Nantucket, only to end up lost at sea. So far, only the charred hull of the boat has turned up. Called in by Pepper's husband, Massachusetts detective...
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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...
11) Thoth's Tangram
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The Tangram has seven pieces. If you take the square piece to have an area equal to one, then the area of all the pieces is eight. The Tangram is not unique, but one of many variations - many being ancient. One of note is Archimedes' Stomachion. The Tangram Book by Jerry Slocum makes a persuasive case that its origin is Chinese dating to around 1800; the book also provides an excellent history of the Tangram. For those interested, another good book...
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Gollywhopper Games volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
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Zane thinks about little but football until after his second concussion, when his parents say he must take a year off, so when he gets a chance to compete in the Gollywhopper Games he is excited about applying many of the skills that help him excel on the football field to a different kind of competition.
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Gollywhopper Games volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Tired of living in his brother Spencer's shadow, twelve-year-old Cameron Schein considers taking an unfair advantage to win the second Golly Toy and Game Company's Gollywhopper Games, in which the brothers and other children compete by solving puzzles, answering riddles, and doing stunts.
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Combining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen's Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator's compulsively readable memoir and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women's work and feminist protest. The indisputable "queen of crosswords," Anna Shechtman published her first New York Times puzzle at age nineteen, and later, spearheaded the The New Yorker's popular crossword section. Working...
16) Alpha Cubes
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“Alpha Cubes: 127 Spelling Games for All Ages” is a book for families. This unique innovation in word gameplay makes it possible to play hundreds of games with a simple set of five different colored lettered cubes. These games cater to various age groups and skill levels, from beginners to advanced spellers.
Participants select colored, lettered cubes and roll them, then use those letters to play various games. Adding some elements of chance...
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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...
19) Hi-ho! Cherry-o
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"HiHo! Cherry-O will delight and challenge preschoolers as they gather cherries, blueberries and apples - and practice early math skills along the way! Be the first to pick all the fruit from your tree & win!"--Container.
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