Games & Activities

Daily Mail All New Cryptic Crosswords 8 is a new collection of cryptic crosswords, guaranteed to test the grey matter every which way, whatever your age or ability. With 100 brainteasing grids to hone your lateral thinking, this book is perfect for...

On your marks, get set, search! Young fans will relish these 100 sporty wordsearches with their lively, cartoon-style illustrations. The puzzles cover everything from football and cricket to para sports and martial arts - with over 1,400 sporting words...

Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles Compelling and addictive, Codeword is the cracking alternative to Su Dokus and Crosswords. The concept is simple. Each number represents a letter, so, starting with the solved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781096805724Author Matthew DavidowFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

A compilation of 100 cryptic crosswords from The Sunday Times, one of the greatest crossword puzzle challenges. These brainteasers will test all cryptic crossword lovers to the limit! Our language, with its tens of thousands of words,...

This large-format activity book contains a wealth of creative, mindful pursuits and puzzles to soothe the mind and enable you to park any worries and stresses and focus on the moment.Mindfulness is the practice of bringing our attention to the present...

Techniques of Positional Play, an improved edition of a Russian classic, teaches amateur chess players 45 extremely effective skills in a crystal-clear manner. It is reliving quite heavily and doing very well after a 2023 video by famous YouTube star...

Challenge yourself with word puzzles Challenge yourself with this set of 200 cryptic puzzles from the most famous crossword in the world compiled by the Times Crossword Editors. Following in the tradition of The Times'...

Have you always wondered how to do a cryptic crossword?Solving one maybe easier than you think thanks to this book.The Telegraph's Puzzle Editor, Chris Lancaster, shows how to crack cryptic crosswords in an easy-to-follow way.This simple-to-use guide...

Put some fun into your puzzling with these clever games, specially designed to give your brain a workout while also making you smile! It's common knowledge that a brain workout is essential for keeping your mind on top form but often the puzzles we turn...

Sudoku from the Daily Mail is back!This bumper edition contains over 400 sudoku grids, ranging from easier puzzles right up to fiendish puzzles that will challenge even the most experienced of sudoku players.Whether you're at home or on the go, the Daily...

Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points with more than 100 car badges to find. From Jeep and Fiat to...

Kakuro is fun - but if the puzzles aren't just right, newcomers can feel frustrated. This collection will ease novices into solving kakuro puzzles, helping them improve and preparing them for the next level of difficulty.About the AuthorConceptis Ltd. is...

Challenge your brain at home with these enjoyable puzzles. Specially compiled to provide the most deadly Su Doku challenge, this is the only volume for Su Doku enthusiasts who need a puzzle that really tests their mettle. Prepare...

Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points outdoors with more than 140 varieties of trees to find. From...

The Mayor of Little Riddlewood has been murdered - use your detective skills to help amateur crime solvers Ben, Gladys, Emily and Harold discover who dunnit! A bumper casefile of over 90 crime-themed visual, code, logic, number and word puzzles to...

The latest volume in the hugely popular Killer Su Doku series from The Times, featuring the highest-quality puzzles with an extra element of arithmetic. This addition to the successful Times Killer Su Doku series will test your skills to the...

For anyone who loves the challenge of Su Doku but manages to solve them within minutes, you can now enjoy the extended mental workout and ultimate endurance test of a five grid interlinked system. This is Su Doku multiplied: every column, row...

"Failure is just a buzz away from greatness" Rory Green is afraid of insects. And mud. And adventures. In fact, he is frightened of most things. But when his family drags him on a camping holiday to Great Oaks Forest, Rory soon discovers that in order...

This bumper collection of puzzles from the pages of The Telegraph will provide hours of entertainment.With plenty of cryptic clues to decode and over 200 puzzles, The Telegraph Big Book of Cryptic Crosswords 4 is the perfect compilation to get your brain...

Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles The Times Cryptic Crossword is the most famous in the world. Test your word power with this classic collection of 80 cryptic puzzles compiled by the former Editor of The Times Crossword. ...

Fuel your passion for quick crosswords with this bumper book!With over 300 crosswords in a range of difficulties, The Telegraph Quick Crosswords 6 will entertain and challenge novices and experienced puzzlers alike.Solve the clues and navigate your way...

Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles 200 brand new compelling and addictive word and number puzzles from The Times. Appearing daily in the newspaper, Codeword is the cracking alternative to Su Doku and Crosswords. ...

Containing 30 seriously challenging dot-to-dots and over 30,000 dots, Ultimate Dot-to-Dot will entertain and engage keen puzzlers for hours on end as each puzzle gradually reveals detailed images of animals, objects and scenes. Incredible interior scenes...

Calling all cosmic lovers: The creator of the wildly popular online art platform Creative Carrah brings you 35 show-stopping, space-themed illustrations of wondrous women to colour in with alcohol markers. Thanks to alcohol markers' trademark vibrancy...

Cryptic crosswords from the Telegraph are the most popular around, and this bumper collection will both frustrate and delight in equal measure. Perfect for any spare moment, and completely addictive, these puzzles are certain to test your lateral...

In this entertaining and challenging collection of logic puzzles, Raymond Smullyan -- author of Forever Undecided -- continues to delight and astonish us with his gift for making available, in the thoroughly pleasurable form of puzzles, some of the most...

Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points at the seaside with more than 140 things to find. From ships and...

Test your code-cracking abilities with 300 of the Telegraph's most addictive puzzles.How does it work? Well, each grid contains numbers that correspond to a letter of the alphabet. With the help of a few solutions to start off, all you'll need to do is...

Bursting with fascinating facts for impressing friends, parents, grandparents and teachers - perfect for curious children everywhere! Wow your friends! Amaze your teachers! Astonish your family! Find over 130...

***Dive into this bumper edition of cryptic crosswords from the Telegraph.The ultimate test in lateral thinking, these fiendish crosswords are the perfect way to pit your wits against some of the best compilers around.Whether you're taking a screen-free...

A quiz in a grid. Test your memory and all round general knowledge with these 80 new crosswords. Not only for crossword lovers, but quizzers of all abilities. This Crossword appears weekly in the Monday edition of The Times. The puzzles offer...

Seeking mental stimulation? Want to test your analytical thinking?Put your puzzling skills to the test with The Telegraph Big Book of Cryptic Crosswords 6!In its 6th volume in this series from the pages of the Telegraph, this book is the ultimate test of...

The perfect activity book for long car journeys in France! Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting...

Looking for something challenging but not impossible, something to bump up your kakuro technique? These medium-hard "green" puzzles are just right for honing intermediate skills. About the AuthorConceptis Ltd. is the leading number-logic and...

A polish bear in World War II rose to the rank of colonel.Penguins can't taste fish.The ashes of the man who invented the Pringles container are buried in one one.On Neptune it rains diamonds.'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long...

Bletchley Park Brainteasers was the runaway Christmas bestseller in 2017 and delighted hundreds of thousands of devoted puzzlers with its fiendish puzzles, riddles and enigmas. It's never to late to join the code breakers of Bletchley Park in their...

Master the ancient art of chess, the game of kings. Learn the key techniques and classic moves of the chess masters, including basic and advanced tactics, combinations, sacrifices, and pawn structures. Over 300 examples demonstrate attacking and...

Ideal for early years to KS1 children who are learning at home. Daisy Upton has two little kids. She loves them - but they drive her mad. So, to try and keep her sanity she started to come up with quick, easy games using stuff from around the house. And...

'This is a fascinating book ... it will no doubt be a great source of entertainment around many a dinner table' - She Magazine______________________________A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has...