The Puzzler's Guide to Alaska: Games, Jokes, Fun Facts & Trivia about The Last Frontier

by Jen Funk Weber

Overview

With 60 puzzles to delight curious minds, The Puzzler’s Guide to Alaska is an interactive introduction to the 49th state for kids 8 and up that’s one part puzzle book, one part natural history guide—and lots and lots of fun!

Meet Nelchina the Caribou, Galena the Porcupine, Zippy the Short-tailed Weasel, and Skilak the Black Bear—four good friends who can’t wait to show you around the beautiful state of Alaska. In this book they introduce all kinds of puzzles and games while telling jokes and sharing trivia about Alaska. Learn about the official state symbols, its biggest features, why Alaska’s called the Land of the Midnight Sun, the animals that live here, glaciers, and much more.

The puzzles mix a variety of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) challenges to exercise different parts of the brain, including mazes, logic and math reasoning, crosswords, word searches, and language codes. When solved, the puzzles’ answers (at the back of the book) reveal facts about Alaska’s flora, fauna, history, and culture.

Perfect for long drives, plane or train rides, meals, and other slow times, The Puzzler’s Guide to Alaska keeps young puzzlers occupied and engaged with all things Alaska. So grab a pen or pencil and get ready to travel to Alaska, the true puzzler’s way!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781513141800
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/06/2021
Series:	The Puzzler's Guides
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.22(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jen Funk Weber is a writer, professional puzzle maker, traveler, gardener, and natural history guide. She has created and published hundreds of puzzles and activities for kids of all ages for books and magazines for almost 30 years. She lives with her husband in a house they built overlooking the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska.

Interviews

"Exploration and discovery are two of my favorite things. Alaska is so chock-full of wildly interesting and dramatic ecosystems, animals, and natural phenomena that you can spend 30 years exploring and only cover a fraction of the state. Best of all, you can still be surprised.

Puzzles are all about exploration and discovery. Solving any puzzle requires exploring different options—such as different interpretations of words or different perspectives—until the correct answer is discovered, sometimes in a forehead-slapping, foot-stomping, squealing, tell-everyone-about-it ah-ha moment.

Marrying Alaska exploration with puzzles is like ordering your favorite cake (layered chocolate) with a heaping side of your favorite ice cream (mint chocolate chip): it’s doubly delicious fun!"