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Hot Topics! Reading List
Puzzle Books
Young Kids
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Cranium FunFolio: Junior Edition
Cranium: FunFolio - Volume 1-
Cranium: FunFolio Family - Volume 1
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In Cranium FunFolio, kids will create a museum exhibit, design their own
robot, and invent silly songs. In Cranium FunFolio: Family Edition, you'll
work with your amazing family to build a time capsule, scavenge your house
for fun finds, and even write your own movie script! When you finish, you'll
have an amazing keepsake that is unique and all your own - a treasure trove
of wacky adventures and hilarious memories you'll return to time and again!
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Road Trip Trivia: A Big Book of Backseat Brainteasers
Kids Travel: A Backseat Survival Guide
The Amazing Backseat Booka-Ma-Thing: Thousands of Miles Worth of Hands-On Games and Activities -
All "endorsed by the Save the Parents' Sanity Foundation"
Analogies
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First Time Analogies by Dianne Draze
- grades K-2
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Attribute Block Thinking Activities: Analogies by Dianne Draze
- grades K-3
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Analogies for Beginners by Lynne Chatham
- grades 1-3
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 Thinking
Through Analogies by Bonnie L. Risby
- grades 3-6
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Analogies
for the 21st Century by Bonnie L. Risby
- grades 4-6
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 Analogy
Roundup by Bonnie L. Risby
- grades 4-7
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Advancing Through Analogies by Lynne Chatham
- grades 5-8
Cranium...
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Cranium: The Creative Cat Book of Outrageous Fun!: Draw it, Sculpt it, Build
it!
Cranium: The Data Head Book of Outrageous Fun!: Search it, Find it, Solve
it!!: Search it, Find it, Solve
it!-
Cranium: The Star Performer Book of Outrageous Fun!: Sing it, Dance it, Act
it!
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Cranium: The Word Worm Book of Outrageous Fun!: Write it, Read it, Say it!
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Alternating rewritable pages, and tons of all-new activities
for both solo and group play, each book offers kids hours of outrageous fun.
In Creative Cat's book, go on a journey of artful exploration,
building, sculpting and drawing using their special Creative Cat Stencil. In
Data Head's book, uncover fascinating facts and stimulating stats
with the help of their Nifty Data Head Magnifier. In Star Performer's book, take center stage and discover
kids dramatic talents
using the Star Performer Kazoo. And in Word Worm's book,
enjoy hours of wacky wordplay, riddles, and rhymes using Word Worm
Letter Cubes. Plus each book is packed with cool Cranium components,
and hidden within each book is a secret slide-out game board and a unique
acetate game sheet. As kids collect all four, they can mix and match their
Books of Outrageous Fun to create new multi-layered games - that means
endless fun!
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Cranium FunFolio: Junior Edition
Cranium: FunFolio - Volume 1-
Cranium: FunFolio Family - Volume 1
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In Cranium FunFolio, kids will create a museum exhibit, design their own
robot, and invent silly songs.
 In Cranium FunFolio: Family Edition, you'll
work with your amazing family to build a time capsule, scavenge your house
for fun finds, and even write your own movie script! When you finish, you'll
have an amazing keepsake that is unique and all your own - a treasure trove
of wacky adventures and hilarious memories you'll return to time and again!
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Cranium Big Book of Outrageous Fun!: The Write-It, Draw-It, Sculpt-It,
Act-It Game-in-a-Book-in-a-Game!
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Cranium one-of-a-kind game-in-a-book-in-a-game.
Logic Puzzles
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Connections
series by Bonnie L. Risby
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Connections - Introductory: Activities for
Deductive Thinking grades 2-4
Connections - Beginning: Activities for Deductive Thinking grades
3-4
Connections - Intermediate: Activities for Deductive Thinking grades
4-6
Connections - Advanced: Activities for Deductive
Thinking grades 6-8
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Logic
Links: Mindware's Best Logic Problems
- Build thinking skills as you reason out sequencing puzzles, using 48
chips (included) to help visually organize thinking...
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Logic Links Level A
Logic Links Level B
Logic Links Level C
Logic Links Level D
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Lollipop Logic: Critical Thinking Activities by Bonnie L. Risby
- grades K-2
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Logic
Safari series by Bonnie L. Risby
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Logic Safari Book 1 grades 2-3
Logic Safari: Book 2 grades 3-4
Logic Safari: Book 3 grades 5-6
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Logic Countdown series by Bonnie L. Risby
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Logic Countdown grades 3-4
Logic Liftoff grades 4-6
Orbiting With Logic grades 5-7
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Logic On Meadow Brook Lane by Bonnie L.
Risby
- grades 5-8
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  Math
Logic Mysteries series by Marilynn L. Rapp Buxton, grades 5-8
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Math Logic Mysteries
More Math Logic Mysteries
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Tactic Twisters
- Twist and loop your
way through maze-like puzzles, 4 levels of difficulty in each books.
Level A ages 11+,
Level B ages 14+
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What is the Name of this Book?: The Riddle of Dracula & Other Logical Puzzles
by Raymond Smullyan
- A progression of logical conundrums, a subtle introduction to Godel's
Incompleteness Theorems, suitable for kids and adults! Check out Smullyan's
other books
The Riddle of Scheherazade: And Other Amazing Puzzles
Lady or the Tiger? And Other Logic Puzzles Including a
Mathematical Novel That Features Godel's Great Discovery
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Dell Logic Puzzles (subscription)
- Various styles and levels of logic puzzles - all great!
Math Puzzles
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Alien
Math by Nick Bollow, Rita Berg, Marya Tyler
- A puzzle book full of "alien" number bases. While saving the
planet from destruction, students will become fluent in base 6, base 2,
and base 16 (the computer bases) numbers, while gaining a deeper
understanding of our own base 10 number system...
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Amazing
"Aha!" Puzzles by Lloyd King
- Improve your ability to think "outside the box" and boost your creativity
with these mixed bag puzzles - some are easy, some are not!
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Becoming
a Problem Solving Genius: A Handbook of Math Strategies
by Edward Zaccaro
- Every math student needs a tool belt of problem solving strategies to call
upon when solving word problems. In addition to many traditional strategies,
this book includes new techniques such as Think 1, the 2-10 method, and more...
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Challenge Math For the
Elementary and Middle School Student
by Edward Zaccaro
- "Math is often taught as all scales and no music. This book contains the music!"
I couldn't have said it better myself - tons of fun problems...
or
Amazon.co.uk
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Kakuro
and Other Fiendish Number Puzzles (or from the Amazon.co.uk
Kakuro and Other Fiendish Number Puzzles)
- Math in the same vein as Terry Dreary's Horrible Science... fun
for everyone!
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Kakuro
Challenge 1 & 2 (or from
MindWare UK)
or from Amazon...
Kakuro Challenge 1 and
Kakuro Challenge 2 by Alastair Chisholm
- More challenging than Sudoku (also called Cross Sums), Kakuro are a
mathematics crossword puzzle!
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The
Loose Caboose & Other Math Mysteries by Dianne Draze
- Solving the 13 mysteries, kids will be using their knowledge of
decimals, sequences, logic, percentage, geometry, measurement, averages,
time, prime numbers, graphing, and computation...
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 Martin
Gardner's Mathematical Games (CD-ROM)
- The entire collection of Martin Gardner's Scientific American columns on
one searchable CD!
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Math-a-logic by Dianne Draze
- Number sequences, from simple to advanced... grades 5-8
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Math
Logic Mysteries by Marilynn Buxton
- Solvers complete math problems and use reasoning to unlock the
clues needed to solve matrix-based logic problems. Includes
measurement, number operations, geometry, probability, fractions,
decimals, percentages, and algebra...
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Math
Olympiad Contest Problems for Elementary and Middle Schools by George
Lenchner
- Four hundred challenging math problems provide kids with a book of
problems which introduces many different problem-solving strategies...
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 Math
Puzzles and Patterns for Kids series by Kristy Fulton
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Math Puzzles and Patterns for Kids grades 2-4
More Math Puzzles and Patterns for Kids grades 2-4
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Math
Skills Made Fun by Cindi Mitchell
- Combines math skills with coloring worksheets, popular with some young gifted
kids. Color by prime number, fraction, etc...
Math Wizardry for Kids by Margaret Kenda, Phyllis S. Williams
Over 200 math puzzles, games and designs for kids, also available as a kit with a protractor, various triangles, a ruler, compass, and other essential tools
Mathematics
Calendar 2007 by Theoni Pappas
A problem a day, all year long! Plus facts, curiosities, and
challenging problems...
Multiplication
Mosaics and Division Designs and
Addition Adventures and Subtraction Secrets
MindWare's best number problems...
Number
Junctions
Fill in the empty circles so that the number in each black diamond is
the sum of the four adjacent circles. But be careful: a number can't be
used more than once in any column or row... (two levels)
Patty
Paper Geometry
Geometry from a discovery-based approach. Great by itself, or as a
supplement to traditional basic geometry. The "patty papers" are those
waxed squares used to separate hamburgers before they're cooked...
Also
Patty Paper Student Workbook and for Patty Paper, visit
Key Curriculum Press
Primary
Grade Challenge Math
by Edward Zaccaro
Challenge math now available for younger kids, too...
or
from
Amazon.co.uk
Professor Fiendish's Book of Diabolical Brain-benders (or from the
Amazon.co.uk
Professor Fiendish's Book...)
Horrible Math at its "worst"...
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
A collection of wacky, mind-boggling math puzzles and brain teasers challenges young readers...
More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
A sequel to the original collection of brain twisters and math puzzles includes ""How much is PEPPERS + PIG LIPS?"" and ""If Jenny's shirt has sparkles on it, will Todd have egg in his hair?""
Dell Math and Logic Puzzles (subscription)
Various styles and levels of logic puzzles - all great!
Search Puzzles
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The
Big Bug Search
by Kamini Khanduri
- Search through the detailed illustrations of periods of history from the
cave man to the 20th century, showing cultures around the world. Great
entertainment for kids from pre-reading through adult!
- The Great
Animal Search
by Caroline Young, Ian Jackson
- Develop a sense of habitats around the world, and the animals that live
there; from the arctic to the equatorial rainforests, from mountains to deserts,
under the water and by the ocean...
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The Great
City Search
by Rosie Heywood
- Search through the glorious illustrations of cities and cultures around the
world today!
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The Great
Dinosaur Search
by Rosie Heywood
- Find the dinosaurs in our history, searching through detailed illustrations
of the periods of
pre-historic earth
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The Great History Search
by Kamini Khanduri, David Hancock
- Search through the detailed illustrations of periods of history from the
cave man to the 20th century, showing cultures around the world. Great
entertainment for kids from pre-reading through adult!
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The
Great World Tour
by Kamini Khanduri
- Great Aunt Marigold gives seekers a ticket for a Great World Tour with
puzzles to solve, presents to look for and clues to help them find out where to
go next. Investigate cultures in cities and countries and cultures around
the world!
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The Great
Undersea Search
by Kate Needham, Ian Jackson
- Fabulous illustrations and excellent text, lead children to learn about a
variety of watery habitats!
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 LIFE
Picture Puzzles
or from Amazon...
LIFE Picture Puzzle,
LIFE The Original Picture Puzzle,
LIFE The Amazing Picture Puzzle, and
LIFE The Ultimate Picture Puzzle
- What's different between these two photos? Tracking grids, time
limits and increasing difficulty...
Who-Dun-Its
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One-Hour Mysteries by Mary Ann Carr (grades 4-8)
- Critical thinking, combined with cloak-and-dagger! Can you find the
clues, and solve these mysteries?
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More One-Hour Mysteries by Mary Ann Carr (grades 4-8)
- More clues, inferred logic, and deductive reasoning... can you solve the
mysteries?
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WhoDunIts
and
More WhoDunIts, assorted, including author Jim Sukach and illustrator
Lucy Carvino (ages 10+)
- My favorite puzzles as a kid, WhoDunIts are short and sweet mysteries,
that take careful reading and attention to detail. Can you solve them
all?
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Young Adult Challenges
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1000
Play Thinks: Puzzles, Paradoxes, Illusions & Games
by Ivan Moscovich
- Visual challenges, riddles, and puzzles to help push thinking into these new
frontiers, some original; others are adaptations of classic challenges. Bold,
bright, colorful, and genuinely inviting, they are arranged by mathematical or
scientific category, and ranked by a degree of difficulty from 1 to 10...
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Ivan
Moscovich's Mastermind Collection Use ← MindWare link left, or Amazon links
below ↓
- Diabolical puzzles from the undisputed king of recreational mathematics.
Leonardo's Mirror, Hinged Square, Shoelace Problem, Monty Hall Problem,
Fiendishly Frustrating Brain-Twisting Puzzles, and Deviously Difficult
Mind-Bending Puzzles. Get one title or all six! Or order them all from Amazon,
Knotty Number Problems,
Leonardo's Mirror,
Perplexing Pattern Problems,
Perplexing Pattern Problems,
The Hinged Square,
Tough Topology Problems,
Peerless Probability Problems,
Brain-Flexing Balance Problems,
Cunning Combination Problems,
The Shoelace Problem,
The Monty Hall Problem, and
Loopy Logic Problems
-
 Magic
Arrow Tile Puzzles by Ivan Moscovich
- Ivan Moscovich knows better than anyone how to create conundrums that are
irresistibly attractive to puzzle lovers—and just like magic, these tricky games
will have you hooked...
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The
Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge by Clifford A.
Pickover
- Grab a pencil. Relax. Then take off on a mind-boggling journey to the
ultimate frontier of math, mind, and meaning as acclaimed author Clifford
Pickover, Dorothy, and Dr. Oz explore some of the oddest and quirkiest highways
and byways of the numerically obsessed...
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The World's 20 Greatest Unsolved Problems by John R. Vacca
- Current debates in astronomy and cosmology, physics and astrophysics,
biology and paleontology, neuroscience, geology, chemistry, and energy
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