The Nostalgic Shoebox - Retro Word Puzzles for Adults

The Nostalgic Shoebox is a word puzzle book for adults who grew up in the 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s. It is not a word search: the words are not listed, you work them out yourself.

Each puzzle is a grid of 20 letter tiles under a theme title, such as Jump Rope Fun or Roadside America. A row of blank lines shows how many words there are and how long each one is. Link letters that touch, even diagonally, to trace each word, and shade a dot under a tile each time a word uses it. When every word is found, one dot is still white, and its letter is the Secret Letter. The Secret Letters of a chapter spell its Secret Word, and the 12 Secret Words lead to the Final Secret.

Inside: 117 puzzles in 12 chapters and 2 levels, 12 retro themes (recess, Saturday morning TV, the dance floor, the open road and more), 12 treats from those years (stovetop popcorn, four square, a tie-dye T-shirt and more), the year or decade of more than 240 words in the solutions, and a short story to close the book. Nudges and solutions at the back.

For fans of word searches and crosswords, and a lovely gift for a 60th birthday or a retirement. Black-and-white illustrations, 188 pages.