My First Crossword Puzzle Book (Dover Little Activity Books: Puzzles)

Kids went thru whole book in an hour!

Because I am using the book to help a friend learn English I would have preferred the pictures to be more explicit, less "cartoonish" and more true to the look of the subject. However, my friend is delighted with his little book and is doing the puzzles in pencil so that he can erase the answers after he completes the book and go back to the beginning and do them again! In this way he can learn and then test himself when he's done them all. We shall probably order another crossword book, slightly more advanced, we hope, until his English is just right - enough of an accent to be interesting and charming but good enough so that he is understood and can handle various matters pertaining to Life in general and in the United States of America in particular (one of the words slightly challenging for him)! The choice of images and words learned in doing the puzzle seems quite clever and pertains to life as lived by the average person enough that the answers come fairly easily - this gives a sense of success which encourages the worker of the puzzle to go on to the next and then the next - very good. Thank you for the little book - I look forward to the next one!

I bought this for my 7yo. It is very simplistic and a very small book. Seems to young for this age group.

Thicker than expected (maybe 80 pages or so).Useful as first crossword for kids (~6-8 years).Clues not written. Simply match pictures to open spaces.Each page is a sparse grid of about 6 words (not a dense grid of dozens you might see in normal "easy crosswork" books from gas stations)7-year old with good reading skills found this extremely easy. Will save for younger sister when the turns 6.

Bought this for my great nephew. He loves puzzle books.

Perfect for 5 -6 year old, only missing was the words, My 6 year old grand daughter Loved the size the of the book, and all pictures once I put the words next to the pictures was able to complete the book in less then one hour. Need to buy more books. It was a good beginning.

The Dover activity books are tiny, but just the right size to pop into your bag when going out to a restaurant or waiting area with your kiddo. I like this crossword book because instead of written hints, the hints are pictures, so the child can look and guess instead of your having to read every line. That is also an occasional downside, because the child sometimes might not know what an item is...but that's where guessing context from the puzzle words comes in. I bought this as part of an Amazon.com 4-for-3 sale promotion, and I thought the price was worth the time we would get out of the book.

My 6 year old will work on with my help. He can figure out the words with the pictures clues. But, sometimes need my help with spelling the words. We usually do 5 at one sitting then he wants to stop. He is not interested in coloring the pictures. I like it as the parent because we can go over phonics in a fun way. We also like playing Scrabble Jr together.

I purchased this book for a Five Year Old as it is advertised as My First Crossword Puzzle Book.Having previously purchased a different crossword puzzle book and also word search books for five and six year olds. I would not recommend the book for any age under seven.Also it is a pocket book rather than an A4 size.Was slightly disappointed with this purchase.

Much smaller than I thought it would be and there are only three word puzzles on each page. There are no clues as such to work out, just pictures of the words. My nephew did spend some time colouring in the pictures, which I guess made it last a little longer. I know it's 'My First' but it was very very basic. I think if the child can spell most of the words in that book, it's too basic for them, so a bit pointless. But ok as a stocking filler.

We have quite a collection of the Dover Little Activity Books. I love their compact handbag friendly sizes plus their easy and fun exercises for little ones. This "My First Crossword Puzzle Book" is a very good book to take along to a restaurant keeping children occupied. The level of difficulty is just about right for my 5 year old son to work on it by himself without help. My little boy loved this little book and enjoyed guessing and spelling the words. Excellent value for money!

This is a really great little treasure to keep a 5 year old who is just getting comfortable with spelling for themselves entertained for hours.It got us through a long plane ride. The clues are picture based, and while some are very easy, others the little ones do need to think about.Nice and small booklet for little hands to carry around. My daughter is very proud of her work, I highly recommend this for a first time crossword experience.

Child loved it