Mind Boggling Mazes

Forty mazes with geometric trickery.

Maze puzzles challenge readers to find their way through such places as a large factory, medieval castle, and circus bigtop.

The path least traveled makes all the difference in this volume, especially when you find yourself crossing bridges, escaping from caves, lighting firecrackers, spelling out passwords, and untangling snakes. These 50 challenges include classic, solid, and ripple mazes, along with short-path and avoidance labyrinths and other intriguing problems. Solutions.

Thirty entertaining, challenging mazes: 3-D constructions, directional arrows, designated stops, and more. From easy "No Brainers" to "Full Brain Overload," which might take hours to solve. Includes "hints section."

Looks at the history, theory, and design of mazes, including hedge mazes, panel mazes, mirror mazes, turf mazes, and panel mazes.

When was the last time you truly got lost in a book? Follow these mazes and you'll find yourself on a fascinating, interactive journey through time and space. Photographs and drawings of labyrinths and mazes from around the world allow children of all ages to experience the beautiful complexities of these architectural puzzles, learn their history, and even discover how to make one of their own. This book features the famous Labyrinth of Crete, the source of the myth of the Minotaur and Theseus, the intriguing floor maze in Chartres Cathedral, and hedge mazes, both historical and modern. Puzzles and questions on every page lure the reader into a graphic maze running through the book. This interactive concept is supplemented by "maze" writing paper, perforated and ready to use. This new addition to Prestel's popular Adventures in Art series is so packed with activities and ideas, kids won't even know they're learning.

Superb collection of 48 mind-boggling mazes inspired by legends of the ancient Egyptian Labyrinth. Level of difficulty progresses steadily from first maze to the last. Solutions.