Top Secret - A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing (Paperback)

"The author's upbeat, positive tone is refreshing and his enthusiasm about his topic is contagious." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)
Pssst! Do you know the difference between a code and a cipher? Can you tell a St. Cyr slide from a Cardano grille? Did you know that the discovery of a substitution cipher caused Mary Queen of Scots to lose her head? Don't look now, but packed into this practical field guide is everything a young person needs to know about the art of concealment - making and breaking codes, mastering cipher systems, and experimenting with secret writing. Offering plenty of hands-on practice sessions, tips for creating a code-making kit, sidebars on secret codes in history, and an amusing pair of spies to illustrate techniques, Paul B. Janeczko's tantalizing TOP SECRET won't stay a secret for long.

General

Imprint:	Candlewick Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2006
First published:	April 2006
Editors:	Paul B. Janeczko
Illustrators:	Jenna LaReau
Dimensions:	230 x 181 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-7636-2972-4
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Leisure interests, hobbies & sport > Hobbies, quizzes & games > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	0-7636-2972-3
Barcode:	9780763629724

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