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Chicken Games & Puzzles

100 Word Games, Picture Puzzles, Fun Mazes, Silly Jokes, Codes, and Activities for Kids
By Patrick Merrell and Helene Hovanec
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Chicken Games & Puzzles by Patrick Merrell and Helene Hovanec offers a delightful collection of games and puzzles that provide hours of fun for children. The book includes various activities designed to challenge young minds while keeping things light and entertaining. Kids will enjoy navigating through mazes, solving riddles, and completing word searches, all centred around amusing chicken-themed adventures.
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You might enjoy this book if you love a mix of fun and learning! It's a delightful collection tailored for children, packed with engaging games and puzzles with a lively chicken theme. Perfect for sparking creativity and providing hours of entertainment, it encourages problem-solving skills through play.

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Suitable for kids ages 6 to 9, this title offers illustrated mazes, codes, brainteasers, logic puzzles, word searches, jokes and riddles, tongue twisters, and picture puzzles. It also includes 100 chicken-themed challenges.

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Peck your way through chicken wire mazes and crack some codes while collecting eggs. Kids 6 to 9 will delight in this romp through a barnyard full of brainteasers, word searches, tongue twisters, picture puzzles, and much more.

Rudy and Buttercup, two chickens who know their way around the farm, lead you through this engaging and informative book of chicken-themed fun. Cluck and cackle as you solve one fowl riddle after another.

Chicken Games & Puzzles by Patrick Merrell and Helene Hovanec is sure to be a hit with young puzzle enthusiasts eager for a farmyard adventure.

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Chicken Games & Puzzles by Patrick Merrell and Helene Hovanec is an entertaining children's book filled with a variety of engaging activities. The book is praised for its creativity and ability to capture children's interest while providing educational value through fun challenges. Parents appreciate its interactive nature, making it a delightful choice for young readers.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781612120874

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 December 2012

Country: United States

Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 202.0mm

Height: 272.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 144

Collections

Activity Books and Kits Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Drawing, Colouring and Painting Books for Kids Helene Hovanec Patrick Merrell

About the Author

Helene Hovenec is the co-author of many Storey puzzle books, including Barnyard Games & Puzzles. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.Patrick Merrell is a cartoonist, puzzle maker, and author whose work has appeared in hundreds of publications. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times crossword, the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, and the World Puzzle Championship. His other books include Bird Brainteasers and Coffee Time. He lives in Mt. Vernon, New York.

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