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She is best known for her creation and distribution of the Kids Across Parents Down (KAPD) family crossword series. [1] Dubbed "The Original Crossword Puzzle for Kids and Their Favorite Adults," the collaborative puzzles are distributed weekly through Tribune Media Services and feature across clues for children and down clues for parents.
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
The Clue series is a book series of 18 children's books published throughout the 1990s based on the board game Clue.The books are compilations of mini-mysteries that the reader must solve involving various crimes committed at the home of Reginald Boddy by six of his closest "friends".
Series Author Publication range # of books in series The Secrets of Droon: Tony Abbott: 1999–2010 44 Danny Dunn: Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams: 1956–1977 15 Happy Families: Allan Ahlberg: 1980– 21 The Chronicles of Prydain: Lloyd Alexander: 1964–1968 5 Aldo Zelnick: Karla Oceanak 2009–2018 A to Z; up to M so far Animorphs: K. A ...
He also earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law (1977), but did not sit for the bar exam and began a career in puzzles instead. [11] Shortz is the author or editor of more than 100 books and owns over 20,000 puzzle books and magazines dating back to 1545, reportedly the world's largest private library on the ...
Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog. Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword ...
Wynne created the page of puzzles for the "Fun" section of the Sunday edition of the New York World. For the December 21, 1913, edition, he introduced a puzzle with a diamond shape and a hollow center, with the letters F-U-N already being filled in. He called it a "Word-Cross Puzzle." [6]
Fortey used this book to explain how life has evolved over the last four billion years. He discusses evolution, biology, the origin of life, and paleontology. Under its various titles Fortey's book has become a best-seller; according to WorldCat, it is in over a thousand public libraries in the United States alone.