Not just for kids anymore, follow-the-dots puzzles offer adults an entertaining challenge as well. These 45 full-page brainteasers, designed for gamesters of all ages, combine letters of the alphabet with numbers that go well over 100. The result? A diverting array of ready-to-color pictures -- animals, buildings, vehicles, more.

Beginners can learn the basics of sketching by combining circles, ovals, rectangles, crescents, and other shapes to produce remarkable likenesses of a number of subjects. Simple, step-by-step diagrams -- plus blank practice pages -- make it easy for youngsters and would-be artists of all ages to draw fruit, fish, kittens, and other subjects. 30 projects.

Junior paleontologists will love bringing a herd of prehistoric creatures to life in this connect-the-dots expedition. Fierce predators and gentle herbivores alike populate these pages, in waiting-to-be-completed pictures of a mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, a long-necked Brachiosaurus, and 28 other captivating creatures from the Age of Reptiles.

This easy-to-follow guide, with its step-by-step diagrams, makes it a snap to learn the basics of sketching the human face. By combining circles, ovals, squiggly lines and other shapes, would-be cartoonists can create realistic portraits of young girls modeling a variety of hairstyles; boys in baseball hats, curly-headed babies, older men and women, and more. Dover Original. Instructions. 30 pages of black-and-white illustrations.