by WillShortz (Author)
Sudoku has taken the country by storm! Now kids can enjoy the puzzle that keeps their parents' minds racing and pencils sharpened. This edition, designed for children of ages 8 and up, begins with a sudoku lesson from Will Shortz and very easy 4 X 4 grids to warm up. Then young solvers advance to more challenging 6 X 6 grids and finally traditional 9 X 9 sudoku puzzles.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Griffin,U.S.
Published: 01 Feb 2007
ISBN 10: 0312368429
ISBN 13: 9780312368425
A puzzling global phenomenon --The Economist
The biggest craze to hit The Times since the first crossword puzzle was published in 1935. --The Times of London
England's most addictive newspaper puzzle. --New York magazine
The latest craze in games --BBC News
Sudoku is dangerous stuff. Forget work and family--think papers hurled across the room and industrial-sized blobs of correction fluid. I love it! --The Times of London
Sudokus are to the first decade of the 21st century what Rubik's Cube was to the 1970s. --The Daily Telegraph
Britain has a new addiction. Hunched over newspapers on crowded subway trains, sneaking secret peeks in the office, a puzzle-crazy nation is trying to slot numbers into small checkerboard grids. --Associated Press
Forget crosswords. --The Christian Science Monitor
Will Shortz has been the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and is founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. He has edited countless books of crossword puzzles, Sudoku, KenKen, and all manner of brain-busters.