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Volume I Number 13 . . . . September 8, 1995
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Puzzling on the Rim
Naomi Wakan.
Victoria, B.C.: Pacific-Rim Publishers, 1994.
64pp, paper, $15.95
ISBN 0-921358-20-2
Subject Headings:
Pacific Area-Miscellanea-Juvenile literature.
Crossword puzzles-Juvenile literature.
Grades 4 - 9 / Ages 9 - 14.
Review by Elinor M. Kelly
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Puzzling on the Rim contains thirty-seven crossword puzzles (rated
easy, medium, anddifficult) about Pacific Rim countries.
Topics include Japanese food, Chinese inventions, Australian slang, and
so on.
The idea is to put the students to work with reference books and an
atlas, and the clues encourage browsing.
Some references may be hard to find in some libraries -- back issues of The Economist, Fodor's guides, or Japanese encyclopedias, for example. Some clues are only parts of words or
sentences and would shock those compilers of adult cryptic puzzles with
names like
Puzzling on the Rim includes permission to make
photocopies for classroom use, and of course the answers are at the back.
This is an intriguing way to enlarge students' knowledge of the Pacific Rim.
Recommended.
Elinor M. Kelly is a retired librarian who lives in Port Hope, Ontario.
To comment on this title or this review, send mail to cm@umanitoba.ca.
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ISSN 1201-9364
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