ANIMAL ALPHABET FOLLOW THE DOTS
Connect the letters of the alphabet in this little book and you’ll learn which animal likes to roam and which calls the sea his special home. You’ll also meet a creature who slithers along the ground while making very little sound. Fifty-nine puzzles help you learn the alphabet as you’re introduced to a gorilla, cow, horse, goat, turtle, frog, whale, and 52 other animals. Solutions included.
AQUARIUM ACTIVITY BOOK
If you like visiting an aquarium and watching fascinating sea creatures, you’ll love solving these aquarium-related crosswords, mazes, follow-the-dots, hidden pictures, and other puzzles. When you’ve finished each activity, you can have even more fun by coloring the pictures.
Baby Animals Stickers
The charming creatures in this menagerie are ready to enhance gift packages, notecards, mirrors, and a host of other flat surfaces. Included are peel-and-apply portraits of a baby chick (chicken), duckling (duck), kitten (cat), piglet (pig), lamb (sheep), fawn (deer), bunny (rabbit), foal (horse), cub (leopard), and eleven other members of the animal kingdom — all identified.
Bible Quotations Crossword Puzzles
How well do you know your Bible? Test your skills and expand your knowledge with this fascinating collection of crossword puzzles that utilizes quotations from the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, for hours of challenging entertainment and enlightenment.
Each of the 66 crossword puzzles features a theme, such as “One of the Ten Commandments” and “A Text from the Sermon on the Mount.” Upon completion of the puzzle, a special series of boxes reveals a line of scripture from the King James version. You’ll find familiar quotations as well as lesser-known extracts that provide interesting surprises. Names of the books of the bible serve as puzzle titles and offer extra clues. If you’re stumped, you can check the back of the book for complete solutions, plus the source of the quotation, in chapter and verse.
Each of the 66 crossword puzzles features a theme, such as “One of the Ten Commandments” and “A Text from the Sermon on the Mount.” Upon completion of the puzzle, a special series of boxes reveals a line of scripture from the King James version. You’ll find familiar quotations as well as lesser-known extracts that provide interesting surprises. Names of the books of the bible serve as puzzle titles and offer extra clues. If you’re stumped, you can check the back of the book for complete solutions, plus the source of the quotation, in chapter and verse.
BUGS MAZES
Cute bugs need your help! A cricket needs to cross the pond to get to the forest. A butterfly is trying to fly to some sweet-smelling flowers. Can you get them to where they need to go? You’ll have tons of fun as you navigate a bunch of friendly bugs through 48 different mazes.
Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
“A fascinating, challenging book.” ― A.L.A. Booklist
Learn to use the most important codes and methods of secret communication in use since ancient times. Cipher and decipher codes used by spies. Explore the famous codes that changed the fate of nations and political leaders. And enjoy hours of fun experimenting with cryptography ― the science of secret writing.
Beginning with simple letter substitutions and transposition ciphers, world-famous science writer Martin Gardner explains how to break complicated polyalphabetical ciphers and codes worked with grids, squares, triangles, and charts. You’ll learn codes that are keyed to typewriters and telephone dials . . . even codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks. Experiment with invisible writing ― inks that glow in black light and turn red under heat ― and explore the possibilities of sending messages through outer space to unknown worlds.
Using this book, you can solve the historically famous Playfair Cipher used by Australia in World War II, the Pigpen Cipher used by Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, Thomas Jefferson’s Wheel Cipher, the Beaufort system used by the British Royal Navy, codes devised by authors for heroes in literature ― Sherlock Holmes, Captain Kidd, and the Shadow. And you will enjoy experimenting with bizarre methods of message sending ― the Dot Code, Knot Code, Swizzle Code, and more.
Young cryptanalysts, cipher fans, and puzzlists of all ages will find hours of intrigue and challenge in Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing.
Learn to use the most important codes and methods of secret communication in use since ancient times. Cipher and decipher codes used by spies. Explore the famous codes that changed the fate of nations and political leaders. And enjoy hours of fun experimenting with cryptography ― the science of secret writing.
Beginning with simple letter substitutions and transposition ciphers, world-famous science writer Martin Gardner explains how to break complicated polyalphabetical ciphers and codes worked with grids, squares, triangles, and charts. You’ll learn codes that are keyed to typewriters and telephone dials . . . even codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks. Experiment with invisible writing ― inks that glow in black light and turn red under heat ― and explore the possibilities of sending messages through outer space to unknown worlds.
Using this book, you can solve the historically famous Playfair Cipher used by Australia in World War II, the Pigpen Cipher used by Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, Thomas Jefferson’s Wheel Cipher, the Beaufort system used by the British Royal Navy, codes devised by authors for heroes in literature ― Sherlock Holmes, Captain Kidd, and the Shadow. And you will enjoy experimenting with bizarre methods of message sending ― the Dot Code, Knot Code, Swizzle Code, and more.
Young cryptanalysts, cipher fans, and puzzlists of all ages will find hours of intrigue and challenge in Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing.
“A stimulating must for the intermediate cryptographer.” ― The Kirkus Reviews