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My rating of these books may be inflated by the fact that I am so proud of my daughter. The book is like a baby Where's Waldo - it has a panel with roughly six images displayed on the left side of a two-page spread, and the rest of the picture is a busy scene depicting famous characters; in this case, Sesame Street people. The child is supposed to find each of the six objects in the picture. The scenes are not too crowded, and the "hidden" objects are relatively easy to spot. Perfect for show more young readers. My three-year-old girl is so good at these! She can nail all of those hidden items. The paragraph text that accompanies each picture is in rhyme, and not that great a rhyme, but it's really all about the visual hunt here. I also like the fact that they offer suggestions at the back of the book of other things children can find in the pictures. Not a brilliant book, by any means, but it does its job remarkably well, and my girl loves it. Well worth the price. show less

This book contains a bunch of word search puzzles, each on a theme, such as authors, biology, chemistry, geography, U.S. history, etc. Each one has a word bank with several words, names, or phrases to find; each puzzle also includes several Jeopardy-clues around its theme. The answers to these clues are additional words to find in the word search. A healthy dose of trivia knowledge around the topics is helpful as the clues vary in how common knowledge they are. (Never fear, as there is an show more answer key at the back of the book for each puzzle.)

I feel like there might have been multiple contributors to this book as the puzzles definitely varied in difficultly level -- not just the Jeopardy clues but also in how many 'red herrings' were in the word searches. In addition, there was some inconsistencies around clues, such as whether a person included their first and last name or just their last name or whether "the" prefaced the word or not.

All in all, however, there was an amusing diversion to have on hand for downtimes to give your brain a bit of a workout but not something needing your full attention like a novel. show less

One doesn't really read a cookbook cover to cover, but I referenced this one today and thumbed thru it, recalling making many of these wonderful dishes over the years (used today for the ham and potato soup). My favorite cookbook beyond a doubt - the only ding is the lack of a detailed table of contents, but of course that forces you to leaf through if you're looking for a specific dish and leads to the discovery of many more tasty treats. If you can find this, buy it - your palate will show more thank you! show less

This book is my salvation! When my four-month-old granddaughter protests about me changing her diaper, I press a button on this book and play a song for her. She stops crying for a minute to try to figure out what that sound is! Haha! FTW!