It's dangerous to find over 1,750 riddles in one place, and the silly cartoons throughout this collection only make it harder to stop turning the pages. They're organized into 20 categories to keep you from getting lost (or losing your mind). Still, you can't stop turning the pages as you riddle yourself over money, getting sick, hurling insults, thinking up comebacks, enjoying nature, driving, playing, using computers. Just in time, the last riddle appears: What do joggers say when they leave you? So long�gotta run. 352 pages, 160 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

"Rules, strategies, history. Master Chickenfoot, One-arm Joe, Seven-toed Pete, and many other games."--Cover.

Get smart--give your brain a super-sized workout that's fun, challenging, and mind-expanding! You'll really have to keep your wits about you as you tackle six big sections filled with puzzles and tricks of every sort, from the visual to the verbal. Try critical thinking and lateral thinking questions, where you'll have to "work outside the box," forget your assumptions, and look at the problem from a fresh viewpoint. Whodunits have all the pleasures of a mystery--but you're the detective trying to figure it out! Be "number one" at math conundrums, and open your eyes and look sharp when you tackle the picture puzzles and optical illusions. Give this a shot and find out if you can be a "toothpick architect"! Build a house using 11 toothpicks as shown in the diagram. See if you can make the house face the opposite direction by moving only one toothpick. Answer: Move one of the toothpicks in the roof.

Ghosts, specters, and spooksoh my! These scary, creepy, spine-chilling, and thrilling tales will turn Halloween into a real fright nightbut theyre also great any time a kid craves a little hair-raising amusement. With more than 350 pages, there are plenty of otherwordly shivers to please any daring and wide-eyed young reader.

Contains hundreds of interesting trivia questions and answers on a variety of subjects.

An illustrated collection of hundreds of difficult tongue twisters, arranged alphabetically.

Pick a card, any card--but DON'T pick any other card book! This one's beyond compare, the biggest and the best, with 352 pages of fabulous sleights and tricks that will amaze your friends. "Force" your volunteers to choose the right card; make false cuts and shuffles; do double lifts; sneak a peek; and much more. With a little practice, ideas for presentation, and great hints on making magic with your deck, you'll put on a show-stopping performance every time. 352 pages, 156 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

Like junk-food snacks, this biggest little collection of jokes has so many irresistible chuckles that we can't laugh at just one... Tourist (to farmer): Lived here all your life? Farmer: Not yet. Father: Bonnie, please take the dog out and give him some air. Bonnie: Sure, Dad. Where's the nearest gas station? Enjoy jokes about teachers, parents, brothers and sisters, doctors and patients, Martians and earthlings. And groaner book-and-author lists (Sport Injuries by Charlie Hawes; Cookouts Italian Style. Plus tongue twisters, shaggy dogs, first dates, and yes, Waiter, There's a Fly in My Soup jokes. 352 pages, 218 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

Compilation of two titles, Sneaky tricks to fool your friends and More tricks to fool your friends, revised and reformatted for juvenile literature.

Turn those times when you have to sit still for hours into fun occasions you actually look forward to. More travel games than you'll find anyplace else--352 pages crammed with things to do--are specially designed for kids and families when everybody's cooped up in a car or plane, or when you're stuck in a long line or at a slow-food restaurant. Try one of the guessing games where the props are clothes people around you are wearing. Play the new version of Twenty Questions, with clever tactics and winning strategies. Choose from two types of Charades--one noisy and active, the other with pencil and paper. On the road, make hilarious anagrams of words on the back a truck, or edit bumper stickers to mean the opposite of their intention. If all else fails, watch what happens when you strike up a chorus of "Oh You Can't Get to Heaven on Roller Skates" in a crowd.