Books about Puzzlers from Amazon.com

You can count on horse-crazy kids to be doing something horse-related, thinking about something horse-related, or planning something horse-related 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That's why Cindy A. Littlefield created the Kids' Book of Horse Games & Puzzles. If kids are going to spend their time horsing around, they might as well jump-start their creativity and boost their problem-solving skills at the same time.

The book is divided into five sections: Word Play, Picture Puzzles, Drawing, Fun and Games, and Brain Teasers. (All the answers are included.)

Take the "Horse and Pony Stall of Fame" challenge by matching up famous equines with their human or television character companions. Snuffle through the "Hungry as a Horse" quiz and see if you can find the names of 14 things horses like to eat hidden in a block of letters. Then break out your best drawing pencils and learn how to draw a horse's portrait in six easy steps.

Fun, horsey cartoons and illustrations adorn every page. And scattered throughout the book are horse riddles, bits of horse trivia, and quotes about horses.

Here, at last, is the perfect book for kids who love puzzles almost as much as they love horses..
Price: $4.49 [Notify me when price goes down.]

These artistic logic puzzles took Japan by storm when first introduced by Nishio. And when Games Magazine offered them to international audiences, the response was overwhelming. Now the folks at Games present the U.S. edition of this collection by Japan's top Paint by Numbers pioneers. All 123 ingenious puzzles, from the simple to the complex are included, along with Nishio's solving tips, introductions to the constructors, and your invitation to create your own puzzles for future editions. Warning! These puzzles are madly habit-forming. But they're wonderfully satisfying for those of us who can think far better than we can draw..
Price: $8.80 [Notify me when price goes down.]

On an island paradise somewhere in the South Pacific, Managua—the only native who can read or write—is busily translating Hamlet into pidgin English when a plane interrupts his noble work. Strapping on his false leg, he makes his way to the landing strip to greet the unexpected arrival: William Hardt, a young American lawyer driven by his misguided ambition to win reparations for the island's inhabitants.

Hardt is not the first white outsider to pay a visit; the British came earlier, bringing their language, the small pigs that run wild in the jungle, and Shakespeare . . . and the Americans followed with guns, land mines, and Coca-Cola. But in this place of riotously logical ritual, Hardt's determined quest to do good could make him the most devastating visitor of all.

Profoundly moving and achingly funny, One Big Damn Puzzler brilliantly explores the collision of the twenty-first century with unsullied pagan reality—and establishes John Harding as one of the most imaginative contemporary chroniclers of the human condition.

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Price: $1.54 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Portable Puzzles With rules, strategies, and Solutions

First there was Sudoku. Now there's Kakuro, the new puzzle that takes brainteasers to the next level. With a format similar to crossword puzzles, Kakuro features across or down numerical clues. It's fun, challenging, and totally addictive, and readers won't be able to stop playing it. And now, they won't have to. With this book, they can carry Kakuro anywhere they go!

- Lowest-priced Kakuro book on the market
- Oversized mass market for clear readability
- The new puzzle craze, following hot on the heels of Sudoku's blockbuster success
- Features brand-new, never-before-published Kakuro puzzles for all skill levels.
Price: $2.90 [Notify me when price goes down.]