From the creators of the hugely popular The Kids' Book series, kids can test their wits on over 150 word search puzzles in this exciting Christmas-themed edition.

Portable, addictive and satisfying, this fantastic festive book is packed with over 150 word search puzzles to complete. The wordsearches get harder throughout the book, and are perfect for quiet times alone or playing with friends and family over the holiday season.

The Kids' Book of Christmas Wordsearches will help develop children's vocabularies and for those that need a little help, all the answers are at the back of the book.

And now a second classic Waldo adventure gets the deluxe 25th anniversary treatment
Prepare to find:
A striking new jacketed cover
An original poster on the underside of the jacket
A spot-the-difference game between the jacket and the self-cover designs
A gatefold with a new visual checklist on every spread
A never-before-seen section of artwork revealed on every spread
New things to search for

Globetrotters get ready for this ultimate activity book all about holidays. Navigate an Egyptian maze, design your own luggage labels and make your own ice cream! Packed with stickers, pull-out decorated holiday-themed pages, puzzles, colouring, games, and projects to make and try at home, kids will be enthralled by this fabulous activity book. Snip! Stick! Colour! Create!

"One-of-a-Kind Maze Activity Book". Take a walk through ABCity, staying on sidewalks or paths through an intricate maze taking you from page to page past all 26 letters of the alphabet. In each of 13 bustling mazes, look for cleverly hidden objects that correspond to each of the letters hidden within the streets and signs. From airplanes and ambulances to zebras and zippers, the maze weaves through the city as you help Chris and his dog Rusty find their way from A to Z. Answer keys are provided in the back, along with a large, two-sided, foldout poster of the cityone side to display and the other side to color. Jump-start your childs learning while having fun walking this unique, one-of-a-kind city maze designed to help improve fine motor, problem-solving, and visual-perceptual skills! ; One continuous maze made from 13 individual mazes, each featuring two letters of the alphabet; Each maze contains a seek-and-find game designed to entertain, stimulate, and challenge ; Final spread shows the entire ABCity Created for puzzle-loving kids, the maze contains some complicated tricks that will have young readers having fun seeing how it was done at the end. Its mind-bending, super-challenging, and highly visual fun for the entire family.

What's the Play Smart secret? Making learning fun!

Created by educational experts, the award-winning Play Smart series uses Gakken's unique fun-first method of completing age-appropriate activities that are progressively more challenging, building on small achievements, and fostering an eagerness to learn.

Play Smart's philosophy rewards success and builds confidence. The variety of activities leads to creative problem-solving skills and prepares children for the journey of lifelong learning.

Play Smart Alphabet 3+ includes a variety of entertaining and engaging puzzles, games, and challenges that get kids prepped for preschool!

A perfectly pocket-sized puzzle book, full of mazes and logic problems to solve, wordsearches, codes to crack, number puzzles and much more. This book is the ultimate boredom-buster, ready to use any time you have a spare few moments.

Pierre the Maze Detective has a new case. Mr X has stolen the Maze Stone, which has the power to turn the whole of Opera City into a maze. Can you help Pierre and his friend Carmen find their way through the mazes - and stop Mr X before it's too late? This beautifully illustrated book features 15 full-spread illustrations of intricate, magical mazes. Take a trip through a fantastic world of underground cities, hot-air balloons, tree-top towns and haunted houses. Trace your way through each maze, spot the clues and solve the extra mystery challenges along the way. Hours of puzzle fun, for all maze detectives aged 8+. A page of answers with the routes through the mazes and other solutions is included at the end of the book.

The Parthenon in Athens is the most famous Greek temple in the world and an icon of Ancient Greek art. It was built to house a colossal statue of the goddess Athena, and the temple itself was decorated with sculptures and reliefs of the most magnificent quality. These sculptures are now on display in London and Athens, and are admired by thousands of visitors each year. This book explores in detail these lovely carvings, with the aid of new detailed digital photography. Who are the people, animals, and gods and goddesses shown on the frieze and what are they doing? Why were they shown on a temple? How were the sculptures made, and how did the carvers give such an amazing illusion of ranks of horsemen, chariots and people in carvings only a few centimetres deep? Ian Jenkins, a world expert on Ancient Greek sculpture, describes and explains these wonderful sculptures in a vivid and simple way for children, and puts them in the context of Ancient Greek religion, life and art. Children will enjoy discovering the wonders of the Parthenon sculptures for themselves but in the process they will also gain a much greater understanding of the people who created the Parthenon and of the world of classical Athens.

Get your family's brains going with 57 more creative calisthenics for the mind

In China, for centuries it has been acknowledged that early childhood training supports lifelong intellectual growth. For generations, parents have taught their children "brain games"—delightful amusements that challenge the intellects of young people while appealing to their senses of fun and play. While growing up in China, Baifang learned scores of such games that both challenged and intrigued her. Now she shares 57 new stick-puzzle, number, and shape games for children and parents everywhere to share and enjoy. A terrific way to stimulate parent-child interaction, these quick and challenging puzzles and brain teasers enhance creative capacity and logic, fostering problem-solving skills and mathematical awareness.

Baifang came to the United States from China in 1977 and earned a degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. Since then, she has worked on various media and cultural exchange programs with China. She is also the author of Chinese Brain Twisters.

Get your family's brains going with 57 more creative calisthenics for the mind
In China, for centuries it has been acknowledged that early childhood training supports lifelong intellectual growth. For generations, parents have taught their children ""brain games""--delightful amusements that challenge the intellects of young people while appealing to their senses of fun and play. While growing up in China, Baifang learned scores of such games that both challenged and intrigued her. Now she shares 57 new stick-puzzle, number, and shape games for children and parents everywhere to share and enjoy. A terrific way to stimulate parent-child interaction, these quick and challenging puzzles and brain teasers enhance creative capacity and logic, fostering problem-solving skills and mathematical awareness.
Baifang came to the United States from China in 1977 and earned a degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. Since then, she has worked on various media and cultural exchange programs with China. She is also the author of Chinese Brain Twisters.

***** Put your lateral-thinking skills to the test with this latest edition of cryptic crosswords from the pages of The Telegraph. Whether you're looking to sharpen your analytical skills, or simply enjoy a screen-free activity, The Telegraph Cryptic Crosswords 10 is the perfect crossword companion. With 100 puzzles to choose from, this new cryptic collection will provide hours of entertainment for beginners and experts alike.

This new collection of beloved, classic black-and-white Hidden Pictures puzzles features travel-inspired scenes and over 1,900 objects to find (with picture prompts). This Hidden Pictures (R) collection is packed with over 100 travel-themed puzzles drawn in the classic Highlights(TM) black-and-white style. From illustrations of family vacations to class trips to adventures on water, land, in the air, and in space, there are puzzles for every interest. With more than 1,900 objects to find, this book is sure to satisfy a sense of adventure in every child.

Blast off into space with this 'Hidden Pictures' puzzle book featuring over 100 out-of-this-world scenes and more than 1800 hidden objects in Highlights black-and-white puzzles. With illustrations of astronaut activities, wacky aliens and other intergalactic adventures, each puzzle in this book is carefully designed to engage and entertain children while honing their concentration skills and attention to detail. This book is sure to please every space-loving child!

Stun your school friends and amaze your parents with your awesome brainpower as you work your way through these mind-twisting challenges. Packed with tricky logic problems these brain-busting puzzles will keep you entertained for hours. Level 2 in the series of three books.

This is the essential kit for the little angel - right down to the cut-out halo. It is filled with dressing up ideas, things to colour and make, recipes for angel treats and angelic jokes to giggle at; plus angel songs to sing, a spot the difference and an angel labyrinth. "Be a Little Angel" guarantees hours of heavenly fun.

From hungry hummingbirds to zipwire adventures, and from tropical jungles to fairy-filled forests, children can explore a variety of wonderful worlds within the trees as they find their way through the superbly illustrated scenes in this book. Each maze is more challenging than the last, and all the answers are given at the back.

Complete page after page of camp theme stories by supplying the parts of speech indicated, then read the entirely silly story back and roar with laughter! Rememberoor prepare yourself forothe funny (and not so funny) moments at camp spent with friends and counsellors. Here's your chance to retell that campfire story the way you think it should really be told.

A smart way to teach children to think logically and creatively One of the most precious gifts you can offer a child is a sharp mind. The 56 puzzles in this delightful collection were passed down through generations of Chinese families who wanted their children to develop concentration and mental agility. Baifang spent hours enjoying them with her family and friends as she was growing up in the north of China. Now living in San Francisco, Baifang is passing them on to her own children and to families everywhere. Each puzzle inspires clear, precise, and inventive thinking. Some teach math concepts; others involve spatial relationships and visualization. All of them have fascinating solutions and help improve memory and problem-solving skills. An inexhaustible source of challenging fun, these are mental calisthenics for stimulating interaction between lively minds from ages 8 to 80.

*Featuring an introduction from Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales!* Can you think like a spy? Then we have a top secret challenge for YOU . . . For over one hundred years, GCHQ (or the Government Communications Headquarters) have worked in secret to gather information and solve the toughest of problems to help keep the people of the UK safe and secure. We are analysts, linguists, engineers, mathematicians, programmers, codebreakers, and lots more - all working together in brilliant teams to solve seemingly impossible problems. At GCHQ, we solve puzzles every day . . . and we're giving you a rare glimpse into our world, by setting you a top secret mission: solve problems and break codes that could befuddle the cleverest codebreaker. From codes and brainteasers to word riddles to language puzzles, there is something for everyone. So grab your friends and family and see how bringing together a mix of minds can solve anything.

Highlights for Children's often-imitated, never-equaled Hidden Pictures puzzles have delighted children--and adults--for over 67 years. This irresistible book is packed with more than 100 black-and-white classic puzzles, each carefully designed to engage and entertain children while honing their concentration skills and attention to detail. With more than 1,200 objects to find, this book provides kids of all ages with hours of puzzling fun. A surefire hit with Hidden Pictures fans who just can't get enough