What makes this collection of mind-boggling word search puzzles unlike any other? The shapes of each and every puzzle can be downright wacky at times. Instead of looking for hidden words in a jumble of letters that usually comes in a ho-hum square or rectangle, the words in these grids form distinctive picture outlines that are directly related to the puzzles' themes. You get a grid in the shape of a charging bull, for example, in a puzzle about the stock market. There are 58 word searches in all and each one is fun and challenging as well as a little different. Book jacket.

Mark Danna knows how to create puzzle challenges that children find irresistible. That s why Word Search Puzzles for Kids, as well as his other collections, sold 149,700 copies. Now, he s serving up his sixth helping of ingeniously designed and wildly imaginative word searches that smart youngsters will snap up. Each fun grid is a picture (not a ho-hum square) based on the puzzle s theme, including one shaped like a unicorn for a Fantastic Creatures search. There are rebuses, too, searches where kids have to make up the word list from clues, and puzzles with extra-special, tricky twists. The icing on the cake: each word search contains a hidden message that youngsters can only decipher after they ve completed the grid. "

This latest entry in the Mensa series of language-based puzzle books features 26 grids in the shape of each capital letter, plus 13 puzzles in the shape of lowercase letters and 13 in the shape of commonly paired letters. Consumable.

Word search puzzles don t get much better than this. Will Shortz, Puzzlemaster for National Public Radio Mark Danna whose earlier Word Search Puzzles for Kids was a huge success has come up with even more smart search challenges to delight brainy youngsters. What makes them so special? First, the letters in every grid form a picture, so instead of ho-hum squares, children get lively shapes. Then, the puzzles feature a few additional twists. Three of the searches don t have word lists, for example; the puzzler has to create them from a series of clues. And finally, each puzzle has a hidden message: once kids have circled all the correct phrases, the uncircled letters will spell out a silly quote, fun fact, or punch line to a punny riddle. "

After his bestselling Word Search Puzzles for Kids, Awesome Word Search Puzzles for Kids, and Clever Word Search Puzzles for Kids, Mark Danna's out to baffle youngsters again--and they'll enjoy every second of it.

Search and solvewith nearly 160 puzzles here, there s plenty of brain-stimulating pleasure to be had! Each one of these entertaining word searches focuses on a particular subject, with many arranged in a shape suitable to the topic. For example, Hitting Below the Belt looks like a pair of shorts, and the words refer to things worn at or below the waist, like swimming trunks and skirt. The shamrock-shaped Greenery Scenery goes green with mint, moss, and Kermit the Frog. And Things to Do While Sitting includes fly a plane and check e-mail. All the puzzles contain a word list to guide you as you look, as well as the answers if there are a few you can t find."

You'll need an eagle eye to complete these 60 challenging themed word searches: "White on Schedule" contains words of things that are white--such as mashed potatoes and underwear. Some of the grids break out of the traditional box. "Off and Running" is shaped like a horse and contains references to horse racing, while "Give me a Break!" is mug-shaped with words and phrases associated with coffee. There are puzzles to challenge your thinking skills. To complete "Bad Ideas for Movie Sequels" you'll need your knowledge of movies as well as your sense of humor, and for "Abbr.-ations" you'll need to decipher abbreviations to come up with the word list. In "Black Hole" puzzles, the letters in the center of the grid are missing, and once you've figured out what they are, they'll spell out a quip. A fun way to sharpen your powers of observation.