Exercise your brain with hundreds of colorful, mind-blowing photo puzzles Sudoku, crosswords, word searches, and other brainteasers are wildly popular these days-not just because they're fun, but also because they stimulate the mind and keep it active and healthy. Now there's a new puzzle guide guaranteed to hone your powers of observation and perception.
Picture Puzzles For Dummies features 100 full-color puzzles that use sight to enhance your brain capacity as well as keep you amused for hours!
This portable guide features 100 fun and challenging photo puzzles Includes "spot the changes" puzzles, "cut-ups," "which one of these is not like the others," and a collection of bewildering "black and white" puzzles Visual puzzles have been proven to strengthen memory, attention span, and creativity, as well as amplify logic, vocabulary, and deduction skills. Whether you're completely new to puzzles or you're a puzzle fanatic, Picture Puzzles For Dummies is the perfect guide to keep you entertained.
Author(s): Elizabeth J. Cárdenas-Nelson; Jennifer Connolly
Series: For Dummies
Publisher: For Dummies
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 186
Picture Puzzles For Dummies®
About the Authors
Dedication
Authors’ Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You’re Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Picking Apart Picture Puzzles
Chapter 1: Getting Set to Solve Picture Puzzles
Getting a Feel for the Picture Puzzle Types
Serving Up Solving Strategies
Pumping Mental Iron with Picture Puzzles
Part II: Progressing through the Puzzles
Puzzle 1: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful
Puzzle 2: Buyer Beware!
Puzzle 3: Slip into Something Comfortable
Puzzle 4: Home on the Range
Puzzle 5: A Trendy Spot for a Trim
Puzzle 6: Con-grad-ulations!
Puzzle 7: Kickin’ Back on the Beach
Puzzle 8: Here Kitty, Kitty!
Puzzle 9: Undercover Café
Puzzle 10: Wrap It up!
Puzzle 11: Float Like a Butterfly
Puzzle 12: Hats off to the Ladies!
Puzzle 13: Oil Can!!
Puzzle 14: A Royal Pair
Puzzle 15: Furry Valentine
Puzzle 16: Among the Ruins
Puzzle 17: Fall Family Portrait
Puzzle 18: Say It with a Smile
Puzzle 19: Sweet Siblings
Puzzle 20: Tourist Trap
Puzzle 21: Clownin’ Around
Puzzle 22: Sail Away, Sail Away . . .
Puzzle 23: All about the Accessories
Puzzle 24: Rustic Charm
Puzzle 25: Surf’s Up!
Puzzle 26: Heartfelt Sentiments
Puzzle 27: Dining Al Fresco in Mexico
Puzzle 28: Let Them Eat Cake!
Puzzle 29: Say What?
Puzzle 30: Fender Bender
Puzzle 31: Don’t Blink!
Puzzle 32: Bricks, Balconies, and Balusters
Puzzle 33: Fully Equipped
Puzzle 34: Putting the Kart before the Horsepower
Puzzle 35: Breezy Palms
Puzzle 36: Around and Around We Go
Puzzle 37: Work It, Girl!
Puzzle 38: Totems at Attention
Puzzle 39: Suburban Serenity
Puzzle 40: Wings of Change
Puzzle 41: Jolly Trolley Time
Puzzle 42: A Classic Castle
Puzzle 43: Food and Flora
Puzzle 44: Horsin’ Around with the Family
Puzzle 45: Climbing Higher
Puzzle 46: Junk in the Trunk
Puzzle 47: Don’t Be a Pansy
Puzzle 48: Tie One On
Puzzle 49: Trackside Traveler
Puzzle 50: Airspeed, Altitude, Altimeter, Oh My!
Puzzle 51: A Book Lover’s Retreat
Puzzle 52: Cozying Up to the Canal
Puzzle 53: Backyard Barbecue
Puzzle 54: Welcome Home
Puzzle 55: Flower Power
Puzzle 56: Just Lion Around
Puzzle 57: Lots o’ Luggage
Puzzle 58: Chomping at the Bit
Puzzle 59: Pole Position
Puzzle 60: A Grand Vista
Puzzle 61: Grins and Giggles
Puzzle 62: Brick by Brick
Puzzle 63: Artful Renovation
Puzzle 64: What’s Good for the Goose . . .
Puzzle 65: Getting a Great View
Puzzle 66: Free Fallin’
Puzzle 67: Don’t Miss the Boat
Puzzle 68: Reaching New Heights
Puzzle 69: Flowers and Foliage
Puzzle 70: Dive On In!
Puzzle 71: Where Are the Pink Flamingoes?
Puzzle 72: Down in the Valley
Puzzle 73: Full of Hot Air
Puzzle 74: On the Hunt
Puzzle 75: Read All About It Al Fresco
Puzzle 76: Make It Work — STAT!
Puzzle 77: Architecture with Inspiration
Puzzle 78: All Revved Up
Puzzle 79: Living on the Edge
Puzzle 80: A Colorful Cavalcade of Containers
Puzzle 81: Peering over Navy Pier
Puzzle 82: If Walls Could Talk
Puzzle 83: No Horsin’ Around
Puzzle 84: Angles and Architecture
Puzzle 85: Sticks and Stones . . .
Puzzle 86: Up, Up, and Away!
Puzzle 87: A Colorful Carnival Landscape
Puzzle 88: Mmm, Mmm, Good!
Puzzle 89: Speed Trap
Puzzle 90: One Man’s Trash . . .
Puzzle 91: A Room with a View
Puzzle 92: Views from the Valley
Puzzle 93: Botanical Beauties
Puzzle 94: Switches in the Swatches
Puzzle 95: Mountain Town
Puzzle 96: Three Fair Maidens
Puzzle 97: Kooky, Spooky Castle
Puzzle 98: Hills and High Places
Puzzle 99: Purr-fectly Poised
Puzzle 100: Neighborhood Watch
Part III: Checking Your Work—No Peeking!
Part IV: The Part of Tens
Chapter 2: Ten Tips for Solving
Getting Organized
Establishing a Solving Routine
Keeping Track of What You’ve Done
Limiting Distractions
Scanning the Forest . . .
. . . Scouring the Trees
Trying a New Strategy
Taking a Break . . . But Don’t Quit!
Wrangling out of a Rut
Noticing the Unnoticeable
Chapter 3: Ten Ways to Build Your Brain for Better Solving
Keeping Your Focus
Finding the Right Spot to Settle In
Engaging Your Attention
Trying a Variety of Other Puzzles
Taking a Break from Mind-Numbing Activities
Learning Something New
Reading, Writing, and ’Rithmetic
Clearing Your Mind
Eating Right
Keeping Active
